The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, Op. 8: Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297 - 'Winter' from 'The Four Seasons' - 1. Allegro non molto

Antonio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Born in Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest) was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for preferment. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died less than a year later in poverty. [source from Wikipedia]

Frozen and shivering in the icy snow. In the strong blasts of a terrible wind. To run stamping one's feet at every step. With one's teeth chattering through the cold. This is the short poem described by the first movement of "Winter", the Violin Concerto "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi. Once "The Four Seasons" is left behind for over 200 years. People start to revalue it until the later period of 1930, and becomes a reviving classical that gets beyond the time.