Violin Concerto "Winter / L'Inverno" in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4 - Vivaldi (Score)

Score of the violin concerto "Winter / L'Inverno" Op. 8 No. 3 in F major of the collection "The Four Seasons / Le Quattro Stagioni" composed by Antonio Vivaldi.
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0:00 - (Introduction)
0:45 - I. Allegro non molto
4:08 - II. Largo
6:22 - III. Allegro


Sonnet in italian:

Aggiacciato tremar trà nevi algenti
Al Severo Spirar d' orrido Vento,
Correr battendo i piedi ogni momento;
E pel Soverchio gel batter i denti;

Passar al foco i di quieti e contenti
Mentre la pioggia fuor bagna ben cento
Caminar Sopra il giaccio, e à passo lento
Per timor di cader girsene intenti;

Gir forte Sdruzziolar, cader à terra
Di nuove ir Sopra 'l giaccio e correr forte
Sin ch' il giaccio si rompe, e si disserra;

Sentir uscir dalle ferrate porte
Sirocco, Borea, e tutti i Venti in guerra
Quest' é 'l verno, mà tal, che gioja apporte.

Sonnet in english:

To tremble from cold in the icy snow,
In the harsh breath of a horrid wind;
To run, stamping one's feet every moment,
Our teeth chattering in the extreme cold

Before the fire to pass peaceful,
Contented days while the rain outside pours down.
We tread the icy path slowly and cautiously,
for fear of tripping and falling.

Then turn abruptly, slip, crash on the ground and,
rising, hasten on across the ice lest it cracks up.
We feel the chill north winds course through the home

despite the locked and bolted doors...
this is winter, which nonetheless
brings its own delights.

Performers: Julia Fischer (violin), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields