VIVALDI’s The four Seasons
Program Book

Concerto Grosso in F Major
(after Corelli, Sonata, Op. 5, No. 4)

Adagio
Allegro
Vivace
Adagio
Allegro

George Frideric Handel

(1685-1759)

Silete, venti

Symphonia: Silete, venti
Aria: Dulcis amor, Jesu care
Recitative: O fortunata anima
Aria: Date serta, date flores
Presto: Alleluia

Amanda Forsythe, soprano

Antonio Vivaldi

(1678-1741)

Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)

Concerto in E Major, La primavera (Spring)

Allegro
Largo
Allegro, danza pastorale

Concerto in G minor, L'estate (Summer)

Allegro non molto
Adagio
Presto, tempo impetuoso d'estate

Concerto in F Major, L'autunno (Autumn)

Allegro, ballo e canto de' villanelli (dances and songs of the peasants)
Adagio, ubriachi dormienti (the sleeping drunks)
Allegro, la caccia (the hunt)

Concerto in F minor, L'inverno (Winter)

Allegro non molto
Largo
Allegro

Christina Day Martinson, violin soloist

Silete, venti, silete
nolite murmurare, frondes,
quia anima mea dulcedine requiescit.

ARIA

Dulcis amor, Iesu care,
quis non cupit te amare?
Veni, transfige me.
Si tu feris, nun sunt clades,
tuae plagae sunt suaves,
quia totus vivo in te.

RECITATIVE

O fortunata anima,
o iucundissimus triumphus,
o felicissima laetitia.

ARIA

Date serta, date flores,
me coronent vestri honores,
date palmes nobiles.
Surgant venti et beate
spirent, alme, fortunate
auras caeli fulgidas.

ARIA

Alleluia!

Be silent, winds, be silent
do not murmur, leaves,
for my spirit is resting in sweetness.

ARIA

My sweet love, dear Jesus,
Who does not long to love you?
Come! Transfix me!
If you wound me, I'll not be harmed,
your blow is sweet,
in that I live entirely within you.

RECITATIVE

Oh, fortunate spirit,
joyful triumph,
happy joy.

ARIA

Give me bouquet, give me flowers,
Crown me in your honour,
give me noble palms!
Awake winds, and I'll happily
breathe, mercifully, fortunately,
the heavens' gleaming breezes.

ARIA

Alleluia!

VIOLIN I
Christina Day Martinson,* concertmaster
Concertmaster Chair funded by Julian Bullitt
Jesse Irons, assistant concertmaster
Nelli Jabotinsky
Megumi Lewis
Julia McKenzie
Susannah Foster

VIOLIN II
Sarah Darling*
Lena Wong
Asako Takeuchi
Aniela Eddy
Etsuko Ishizuka

VIOLA
Jason Fisher*
Barbara Wright
Susan Fiore

CELLO
Cullen O'Neil*
Matt Zucker
Velleda Miragias

VIOLONE
Motomi Igarashi*

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