This is the closing chapter in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, composed in 1723, and published in 1725. It is a cycle of four violin concertos each inspired by an Italian sonnet whose mostly pastoral scenes the composer attempts to describe in the music.

The second movement, Largo, however, shows its more intimate and sweeter side, as the lovely singing music depicts people warming themselves by a fire while a cold rain falls outside.

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