"Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Autumn: 3" genre: Crossover
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	SPIRITED & DYNAMIC, the last movement of Autumn programmatically depicts a hunt for wild game. An emphatic introduction spins off a variety of solo episodes. A rapidly trembling passage is transformed into a quasi-romantic interlude using soft arpeggios over drum brush at 1:10. Melodic fragments then alternate with scales that take flight set to triplets. Timpani and tremolos lead up to a more contemplative sequence, as beast falls prey to man, and the main theme then brings the hunt to a rousing finish.
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	Story Behind the Song *** About the Programmatic References *** Vivaldi published his Four Seasons accompanied by four descriptive sonnets, which functioned as musical aids to help the public in its listening experience. However, the music had been circulated for years without the verses. In my opinion they are useful for historical insights and trivia, but should be mostly forgotten after an initial reading. Here are the sonnet lines (translated from Italian) that Vivaldi attributes to the third movement of Autumn. Numbers in brackets indicate the precise time in the music at which the words are associated. [0:00] At dawn the hunters are off to the hunt With horns, rifles and dogs. [1:34] The wild beast flees, and they follow its trail. [1:46] Frightened already, and fatigued by the noise Of rifles and dogs, wounded, it threatens [2:40] Languidly to flee, but, overcome, it dies.

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