![]() Program music was particularly popular in the 1800s during the Romantic era of classical music. So if the music is depicting a scene of, say, hellfire, the composer is going to pull out all the stops so that you imagine hellfire when you hear the music. ![]() The basic idea with program music is to represent a specific thought, scene or idea musically. Since each of these concerti are great examples of a style of writing called “program music”, I thought we’d talk about what program music is. Today we’ll be specifically talking about the genre “program music” and how “Summer” demonstrates it. This will be a long-running series – each season I am going to examine the corresponding concerto, finishing with Spring next year, the most famous of the set of concertos. This is a Baroque-era concerto in a set of four concerto, each with its own season/theme: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Since it’s currently summertime, I wanted to take this opportunity to delve into The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, specifically the “summer” movement.
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