The Four Seasons: The Sonnets and The MusicĪntonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) in an anonymous portrait of 1723, in the Museo della Musica, Bologna. The Autumn concerto from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Concerto for violin, strings and continuo, from Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione, Opus 8 No. (The episode was about contemplating the more peaceful autumnal themes, and they actually didn’t use the last stanza, about the hunt, so that part is not read.) I don’t know who performed the reading but she does a wonderful job with the words. Here is the translation, as it was heard in Something Understood.
The producers of an episode about Autumn found my translation and judged it to be the one they wanted to use in their production, so I was happy to grant the rights.
BBC Radio 4 is a very popular and highly respected national radio channel, that programs a wide range of news and history, drama and comedy, and popular science. Something Understood is a Sunday evening feature show about spirituality and religion, covering a wide range of philosophical topics through many different traditions and points of view.
The BBC Radio 4 program Something Understood of November 25, 2018, featured my translation of Vivaldi’s Autumn sonnet. My Translation of the Autumn Sonnet Read on BBC Radio 4
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