Reviewed by theowinthrop 10 / 10 Friends and Middle Age Fears and FolliesĪlan Alda's movie career has been curious. Written and directed by Alan Alda, it's certainly a feather in his cap. The seasons are beautifully photographed and the tightly knit story structure makes the whole thing a pleasure to watch. The new woman is played well by BESS ARMSTRONG and stand-outs among the other couples are RITA MORENO and JACK WESTON, as a bickering couple in the mold of Fred and Ethel Mertz. The story is how one couple (LEN CARIOU and SANDY DENNIS) is marked for divorce, which sets up the theme of antagonism toward the new woman entering the friendship circle and being mistreated out of spite. CAROL BURNETT scores nicely as Alda's wife, adept as he is with one-liners.īut it's all done in a light-hearted way with the seasons bridged nicely by some transitional Vivaldi music. Most of the mishaps are on the funny side and there's a lot of wisecracking between the couples, some of which sounds an awful lot like TV situation stuff. Vivaldi's original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form.Reviewed by Doylenf 6 / 10 Diverting comedy-drama of vacationing couples.ĪLAN ALDA has sharpened the humor and tense situations that occur when three middle-aged couples decide to take vacations together through the four seasons, with some unexpected results. At the time of writing The Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra). Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). For example, 'Winter' is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas 'Summer' evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often dubbed 'Storm.'The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op.

The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Live, unedited performance at the Wiedemann Recital Hall, Wichita State University, 6 February 2000Music by Antonio Vivaldi composed 1723 and published in 1725. John Harrison, violin, with Robert Turizziani conducting the Wichita State University Chamber Players.

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