Las Quatro Estaciones Porteñas: Invierno Porteño (Winter)
Astor PiazzolaPiece Duration: 8:00
About this Piece
(This movement begins at 7:36)
For more information on Piazzola's "Four Seasons," here is an article by Michael Beek: https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/piazzollas-four-seasons-of-buenos-aires-a-guide-to-piazzollas-piece-and-its-best-recordings/
Other Movements:
I. Otono (Autumn)
III. Primavera (Spring)
IV. Verano (Summer)
Notable Passages
Description:
The music starts to pick up speed from Andante; an accelerando is heard right before the first cadenza!
Keywords: Accelerando
Description: The solo violin plays a cadenza (in their own tempo, also known as Tempo Rubato)
Keywords: Cadenza - Form , Rubato - Expressive Elements , Rubato - Tempo
Description:
After a dramatic Ritardando, Piazzolla quotes the original Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi with this recognizable harmonic progression:
Eb Major: I, V6, vi, iii6, IV, I6, ii7, V7, I
Keywords: Harmonic Progression , Ritardando - Tempo , Ritardando - Expressive Elements
Description:
The ensemble plays with smooth and connected articulation. They accompany the expressive solo violin, who plays the movement's main melody. Here the phrases are eight beats (two measures) long!
Keywords: Legato , Phrase - Expressive Elements , Phrase - Melody