How Vivaldi took the world by storm.. sun, snow, and rain. Ep19: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

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  • @ClassicsExplained
    @ClassicsExplained  ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Thank you for watching everyone!
    In order to grow our channel in the right ways, we’d love to get to know you all a little better. If you could give us a few minutes of your time to complete this short survey we’d be very grateful: www.surveymonkey.com/r/2TYPXF3

    • @minnieyuyantung
      @minnieyuyantung ปีที่แล้ว

      did we talked about Paganini or Liszt or Rachmaninoff already?

    • @meganlewis2377
      @meganlewis2377 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will there be Pastoral Symphony, Pines of Rome, Barber of Seville, Bartered Bride, Bolero, Kinderszenen, and Songs of the Earth?

  • @_zyphis_2281
    @_zyphis_2281 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Wow the animation team is getting seriously good

    • @akuma2534
      @akuma2534 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ... and high...

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet8545 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    I like the way Vivaldi described spring and autumn as peaceful seasons and summer and winter as stormy ones.

    • @scorpioninpink
      @scorpioninpink ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Summer is usually stormy though.

    • @marcobuncit7539
      @marcobuncit7539 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like a guy who wish he stay on tropical places if he could

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว

      Vivaldi's Winter, to me, is Eschatological and I depict the Fimbulwinter portion of the Norse Ragnarök in this Concerto.@@scorpioninpink

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว

      It sounds like the 10 Plagues unleashed on Pharaoh Ramses II in Exodes. @@scorpioninpink

    • @meganlewis2377
      @meganlewis2377 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To us
      Spring means love, running in parks, picking flowers and Easter
      Summer means fun, barbecue, a day at the beach and 4th of July
      Fall means windy, harvest and Halloween
      And Winter means playing in the snow, having hot chocolate, sitting by the fire and Christmas.

  • @betamax6080
    @betamax6080 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Finally some baroque. Now you’ve covered all 5 eras

    • @AntonyMegaPrime
      @AntonyMegaPrime ปีที่แล้ว +9

      not only that,its the first italian in this channel

    • @vhanzesp
      @vhanzesp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      100th like!

  • @GlaceonStudios
    @GlaceonStudios ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The animation on this is on-point, holy crap! Major kudos to this animation team for their work, it's so fluid!

  • @alex9920ro
    @alex9920ro ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This episode was wonderful. Vivaldi is one of my favorite composers and this video was such a nice surprise for me...🥰

    • @trinefanmel
      @trinefanmel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here! Thank goodness for that chance find in '26 otherwise we either wouldn't know or really wouldn't care...

    • @alex9920ro
      @alex9920ro 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@trinefanmel Vivaldi is still a pretty underrated composer. Most people only know about his Four Seasons, despite the fact he created hundreds other great works.

    • @trinefanmel
      @trinefanmel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alex9920ro I'd say that is unfortunately the case with many other composers, even today.

  • @gabsososo
    @gabsososo ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Please please please NEVER stop making these videos

  • @d4rkness455
    @d4rkness455 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    vivaldi is great. I love his bassoon concertos

  • @BadgerOfTheSea
    @BadgerOfTheSea 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Crazy how late it was such iconic music was rediscovered. No one who died in WW1 ever heard Vivaldi's Four Seasons

    • @Replicaate
      @Replicaate 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right? I had no idea Vivaldi was so nearly completely forgotten. Makes you wonder how many other pieces are sitting in archives or attics that haven't been heard for centuries.

  • @coreysierchio4650
    @coreysierchio4650 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I used to listen to the radio stations on TV & they would have "Fun Facts" for visual stimulation. One such fun fact was "Antonio Vilvaldi died penniless & was buried in a pauper's grave." to which I would think, "Sounds like a bummer only to those who wanted for an inheritance."
    *Thanks for the Content!*

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I spy the nymphs from Debussy's Prelude dancing in Spring 🌸 and Phoebus hungover drinking coffee, driving the Sun, in Autumn🍂. Nice to see some cameos from previous episodes!

    • @stannieholt8766
      @stannieholt8766 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think I saw Camille Saint-Saëns (in sheep costume) and some of Edward Elgar’s friends from “Enigma Variations” in the Venetian crowd.

  • @chocolatechipbleach8341
    @chocolatechipbleach8341 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I love you ClassicsExplained! Your content is among my favorite on TH-cam! I’d love to see a video on the firebird sometime!💖 please keep up the fantastic work!

  • @victorpaesplinio2865
    @victorpaesplinio2865 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this series! The animation is amazing!
    I'm glad Vivaldi was born in late 17th century where the weather was still consistent. If composed today, the piece would end with the rise of the ocean level flooding Venice entirely and the Earth burning due to climate change. Here where I live I experienced the four seasons in just one week.

  • @Pollicina_db
    @Pollicina_db ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Here in Italy we say he was the firt metal musician hahahha, really a genius, to think we almost lost his music…

  • @BlueViper8907
    @BlueViper8907 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I studied under Mark Wood of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra for a few years and he taught me how to play his take on Vivaldi, Vivaldi Rocks. Would definitely give it a listen. It's amazing. Love Vivaldi!

  • @banangnang
    @banangnang ปีที่แล้ว +24

    6:13 Eating pizza and drinking wine in bed with your dog is serious life goals

    • @DegtyarovDaniil
      @DegtyarovDaniil 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      6:39 - besides that, the dog also does!!!

    • @DegtyarovDaniil
      @DegtyarovDaniil 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      6:39 - besides that, the dog also does!!!

    • @The_Punishing_Birb
      @The_Punishing_Birb หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Side quest completion rewards : +10 Sanity +Key to the legendary Salad dog + The pizza bone

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Since you did Vivaldi's Four Seasons, try Repighi's Pines of Rome next. Both Composers are Italian instrumental giants for Earth Day.

    • @Rgoid
      @Rgoid หลายเดือนก่อน

      Episode 24

  • @ThatOneGuyRAR
    @ThatOneGuyRAR ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Fun fact: the feeling of calm and peace you feel while inside a thunderstorm is called “chrysalism”

  • @johanneswerner1140
    @johanneswerner1140 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Played that once (my then girlfriend's violin teacher arranged for a concert with friends, students, ex-students, and herself as solo violin). It was great fun (but stressful, my GF was concert master). Great memories!
    And I like listening and playing his music (and others, Telemann, Bach, Corelli...)

  • @louistostmann2049
    @louistostmann2049 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The dog is the beat boy!

  • @cactuscornette
    @cactuscornette ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how the map used in the weather raport is depicting Italy as it looked during Vivaldis time.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vivaldi was not the only Italian composer from his time (the Baroque). Others include Arcangelo Corelli, Giusppe Torelli, Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, Piero Antonio Locatelli, Gaetano Maria Schiassi, Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, Giusppe Sammartini, and The Scarlattis (Allessandro & Domenico), all of whom wrote Christmas Pastorales.

  • @KarlSheen
    @KarlSheen ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm in love with this channel.......kudos to the hommage to matilda. You never cease to cheer me up

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You mentioned Bach towards the end of this survey. He wrote alot of Christmas works such as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Christmas Oratorio, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, Sleepers Awake, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Pastorale for Organ in F Major. For Halloween there is his Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor. And as for Easter, there is the St. Mathew Passion.

  • @puffadder92
    @puffadder92 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You're cranking them out fast now, I love it!!
    You see yourself covering something by Borodin? Either "Prince Igor" or "Steppes of Central Asia"??

  • @danielrestrepo1119
    @danielrestrepo1119 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I know you’ve been back for a while, but every time I see a video of yours, and every month no less, I feel so grateful that you’re back.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Spring is the first of the paintings in Respighi's Tritpych to Botticelli. Delius wrote On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River, and Winter Night (Sleigh Ride).

  • @avijitsadhukhan8371
    @avijitsadhukhan8371 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Vivaldi was the OG metalhead!!!!

  • @masonwong6131
    @masonwong6131 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These really come out quickly, I'm impressed!

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Classical depictions of Spring other than Vivaldi include Delius (On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring), Glazunov (Spring), Strauss II (Voices of Spring), Respighi (first part of Botticelli Tryptych), Bridge (Enter Spring), and Grieg (Last Spring). Classical Depictions of Summer other than Vivaldi include Delius (Summer Night on the River), and Bridge (Summer, tone poem for Orchestra). Classical depictions of Autumn other than Vivaldi include Grieg (In Autumn). Classical depcitions of Winter other than Vivaldi include Delius (Winter Night "Sleigh Ride"), Waldteufel (Skaters Waltz), Offenbach (Snowflakes Ballet from a Trip to the Moon), & Mozart (German Dance "Sleigh Ride").

  • @esumiwa5583
    @esumiwa5583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    woot #400! Thank you for these videos! I really learn and enjoy them!

  • @BoxOfficeBabbler
    @BoxOfficeBabbler ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved how other characters from prior videos made an appearance in this one. Great use of Easter eggs.

  • @joeyhemlock
    @joeyhemlock ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If you're taking suggestions, I'd love to hear the history of Ravel's Bolero!

    • @Rgoid
      @Rgoid หลายเดือนก่อน

      Episode 23

  • @luisdavidllense2293
    @luisdavidllense2293 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh, that Nigel Kennedy album! What a legend..... This video was awesome! Very descriptive. Thank you so much! I would like to have a collection of actual busts in your cartoon style. LoL! Cheers!

  • @jarekwrzosek2048
    @jarekwrzosek2048 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FOUR SEASONS, LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!!

  • @PonteBata
    @PonteBata ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video!!

  • @johnhagan-zr4pm
    @johnhagan-zr4pm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This isn't possible
    I am actually learning something on YTube
    And enjoying it.

  • @extrude22
    @extrude22 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please do Verdi’s requiem

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another giant during Vivaldi's time was George Firderic Handel. He would write the iconic Easter and Christmas Crossover Oratorio- Messiah (featuring For Unto Us a Child is Born, Pifa, & Hallelujah), For Earth Day- The Cuckoo and the Nightingale, for Christmas Largo from Serse (Thanks to Braodcast from 1905) and Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon (considering the same base line as Pachelbel's Canon). More general works include Zadok the Priest, The Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks.

  • @Foga001
    @Foga001 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maan, i love winter!

  • @Rgoid
    @Rgoid ปีที่แล้ว +6

    FINALLY!

  • @theduchessofspring2395
    @theduchessofspring2395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the subtle reference to the cartoon TV show 'Madeline' you made there. Grew up watching it on 'playhouse disney' as a little girl.

  • @patriciosolorzano5737
    @patriciosolorzano5737 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a great video. Thank you very much for that wonderfully taled story.

  • @dannytbm
    @dannytbm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Damn dude. I get so much more out of music with this context. Thank you.

  • @joshuahwieland8676
    @joshuahwieland8676 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait to watch this after class today, good stuff

  • @hagerty1952
    @hagerty1952 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Loved the Saint-Saens callback with all the animals!
    What do you think of the new Steve Richter "re-imagining" of the piece? I personally love it.

    • @janetestherina7169
      @janetestherina7169 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      saint-saens is now a furry lol

    • @jeryth057
      @jeryth057 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Max Richter? First heard it on The Crown. Really intriguing 🙂

    • @hagerty1952
      @hagerty1952 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeryth057 - Ach! Yes Max. There's also the organist Karl, but I don't think they're related. I must have been thinking of Steve Reich.

  • @sksk-bd7yv
    @sksk-bd7yv ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you so much for opening my ears to classical music! It's both impression and expression - oh and don't forget the plot line. It's well clever! Cheers!

  • @mybachhertzbaud3074
    @mybachhertzbaud3074 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That would be wonderful to have our weather report delivered as a musical piece.😁🎶🎹🎶Play On

  • @alecgalloway3518
    @alecgalloway3518 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not really sure what to say but Im commenting to drive engagement bc this channel deserves it

  • @patrickrainey305
    @patrickrainey305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can’t begin to explain how amazing these videos are, the production value is on par with other great TH-cam channels like crash course! Thank you so much these vids are amazing

  • @srsaquet
    @srsaquet ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, I love Vivaldi!

  • @orffrocks5667
    @orffrocks5667 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Exceptional! Truly a Classic Explained 🤩

  • @nat_melo5450
    @nat_melo5450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:21 vivaldi the grandpa of 4 seasons. ❤

  • @LovelinessCastanos
    @LovelinessCastanos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a G&B Vardøhus Fortress lover,i can actually say that Vivaldi,Four seasons of Winter is the one we'll always hear.

  • @PrincessNinja007
    @PrincessNinja007 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are the songs that made me learn violin

  • @Bobbnoxious
    @Bobbnoxious ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stravinsky once said that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times. "The Four Seasons" alone proves him very wrong.

  • @mandiocatostada3859
    @mandiocatostada3859 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THAT'S AWESOME MY MAN

  • @Rgoid
    @Rgoid ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:10 Vivaldi the Weatherman!

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Vivaldi would also create a famous Gloria for Christmas.

  • @arthurmorgan7557
    @arthurmorgan7557 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Eventhough it's completely overplayed and I mostly avoid it I have to admit it is a masterpiece.

  • @SEELE-ONE
    @SEELE-ONE ปีที่แล้ว +2

    9:20 Fortuna from Carmina Burana right before they tell us about Vivaldi’s pauper ending
    Truly the wheel spun against him

  • @spessivtseva
    @spessivtseva ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a new classics explained video! i'm so happy

  • @TheMister123
    @TheMister123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:18 - 🤣 The callback to Saint-Saens's Carnival 🤣😂
    4:40 - 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Metronoma1
    @Metronoma1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg the dog haha🤣🤣🤣 So funny! This is amazing🙌🙌

  • @davidhamilton2093
    @davidhamilton2093 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely fantastic channel. Better than MCs Great Composers that I bought in my youth.

  • @wildflower315
    @wildflower315 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG I LOVE THIS

  • @naporopanroro6464
    @naporopanroro6464 ปีที่แล้ว

    You meant to explain this.
    Thank you.
    I really enjoy the summer.

  • @adarpeer3769
    @adarpeer3769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful as usual, one of the greatest and most important Baroque composers. If we are talking about Italian composers, I would like to see a video about Verdi or Puccini, they were both amazing and very important opera composers. Particularly Rigoletto and Turandot are very good examples of great works by both those composers.

  • @aravindappat
    @aravindappat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lets goooo! 💪🏾💪🏾

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1926 saw not only the rediscovery of Vivaldi's works, but also the premieres of Puccini's Turandot & Sibelius' Tapiola.

  • @danieldowling9553
    @danieldowling9553 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done! One of the best channels on TH-cam! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @marcoponzio1644
    @marcoponzio1644 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From Goku to superhero to XVII century violin teacher in less than a minute. Wow

  • @brahmsfan_kitty
    @brahmsfan_kitty ปีที่แล้ว

    Played the Spring concerto at a concerto competition when I was in 6th grade.

  • @curtisdaniel9294
    @curtisdaniel9294 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful explanation of this music and The Red Priest himself!❤🎉😊

  • @kgroveringer03
    @kgroveringer03 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s so interesting to hear that he has a connection through his love of birdsong to Messiaen! Maybe you could do a video on his Vingt Regards or the Turangalîla-Symphonie?

  • @andrejs4336
    @andrejs4336 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Antonio Vivaldi while making these: My time has come.

  • @sun-youngsunnykim8794
    @sun-youngsunnykim8794 ปีที่แล้ว

    👏👏👏👏👏👏 standing ovation!

  • @lakrids-pibe
    @lakrids-pibe ปีที่แล้ว

    Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is perfect for a stereo LP recording.
    I don't think we should underestimate the significance of people equipping their homes with hi fi stereo sets in the 1960s and 1970s, and then looking for something to use it for. Something cultivated.

  • @georgeluft7881
    @georgeluft7881 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    May you please make an episode on Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler? Pretty please?

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว

    Bach was a contempoary of Vivaldi, but he wrote alot of Christmas Works such as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Christmas Oratorio, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, Sleepers Awake, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Pastorale for Organ in F Major.

  • @radogoji7031
    @radogoji7031 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember this from Little Einsteins, and I love it!

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That appeared in Episodes, Oh, Yes, Oh Yes, it's Springtime, & The Great Shrinking Adventure.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 1960s was not just the explosion of chamber ensemble, but also the begining of John Rutter's Carols (like Shepherd's Pipe).

  • @lisys511
    @lisys511 ปีที่แล้ว

    This episode makes me smile from cuteness :3

  • @miladeskandari7
    @miladeskandari7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I love your videos. All the best to you

  • @KleinkMusic
    @KleinkMusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always enjoy watching the videos put together by you fine folk! I've been wondering, is this series strictly about music found in the orchestral repertoire or are you eventually branching out into different musical lineups?
    Coming from the wind band space, I'd love to see some videos done on pieces written for concert band! There's many a piece I would dare say are considered 'classics' in the music world. The Holst suites and the works of Percy Grainger come to mind! I don't know, maybe it's worth looking into ;)

  • @Lovecraft_poe2006
    @Lovecraft_poe2006 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm italian and in middle school we ahd to study this for history of music

  • @rodneyloosley77
    @rodneyloosley77 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like your animation. It's cool how you put characters from old videos in to new ones.

  • @chip715715
    @chip715715 ปีที่แล้ว

    yay! another ep! i have been waiting for so long!

  • @JunoMoon-wv2du
    @JunoMoon-wv2du ปีที่แล้ว

    Please dont stop making these+

  • @CharlesRBiggs
    @CharlesRBiggs ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! Bravo!!! 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @pirate_thatcher
    @pirate_thatcher ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your channel, you are covering my favorite composers, I hope you cover gustav mahler for your later contents❤❤❤❤❤

  • @think-about-it3465
    @think-about-it3465 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These animations are so funny, great!! Love how Saint-Saens is back again here as a goat or sheep 😂

  • @mandiocatostada3859
    @mandiocatostada3859 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that's what i call baROCK music ⚡⚡🎸🎸

  • @Jamesmusica
    @Jamesmusica ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved this one! You should do all 24 caprices by Paganini, that could be fun!

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว

      or Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว

    An early exmple of Natural Impressions for Earth Day. No other composer in Italy would succeed Vivaldi in in instrumental masterworks until Ottorino Respighi in the 20th Century with his Pines of Rome.

  • @michelegionno
    @michelegionno 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just think about how many videos on TH-cam have Winter - Vivaldi (The Four Seasons) in them.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA ปีที่แล้ว

    My view of Spring is as Creation, Summer as The 7th Plague in Egypt from Exodes, Autumn as the Intermezzo, and Winter as the Fimbulwinter portion of Ragnarök- the Norse End of Days.

  • @LittleB2007
    @LittleB2007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing episode with just one problem... Why do many musicians in your animation play left-handed? I don't think that ever happens with classical violin or cello.
    (Of course Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar with his left hand is totally accurate! lol)

  • @abaf209
    @abaf209 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful job once again ^^

  • @thecheetocello
    @thecheetocello ปีที่แล้ว

    I would love to see this kind of video with a ravel piece or mahler! You guys do everything perfectly!