"Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Summer: 2" genre: Romantic
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	ROMANTIC & SOOTHING, in contrast to its two stormy outer movements, the Adagio of Summer is about sunshine and tranquility. Each phrase of the melody is a beautiful fragment worthy of basking in. As such, I repeat the whole movement at 3:12 in a rhapsodic Moonlight Sonata style, with comforting triplets outlining the harmony, and an evocative variation of the song above. Each phrase, however, remains punctuated by an ominous hint at the instability of the Summer season, and the movement to come.
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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 second movement of Summer. Numbers in brackets indicate the precise time in the music at which the words are associated. [0:00] The repose of his tired limbs is disturbed [0:38] By the fear of lightning and fiery thunder, [1:21] And by a furious swarm of flies and wasps.

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