"Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Summer: 3" genre: Crossover
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	MANIC & TEMPESTUOUS, this vivid depiction of a summer storm is the most turbulent movement of the Four Seasons. A rumbling motive opens the piece, and a flurry of scales drives it onwards. Dampened solo fragments nervously flit about, until a drum roll leads to a wild revelling in the power of Summer. Scales and rumbles continue to alternate with twitchy exhortations, until a collective groan drives the movement into the earth. This is the shortest piece in the collection, ending the longest Season as a whole.
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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 Summer. Numbers in brackets indicate the precise time in the music at which the words are associated. [0:00] Unfortunately, his fears are justified. [0:08] The sky thunders and fulminates, [0:15] and hail Flattens ears of corn and majestic grains.

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