It’s almost entirely used for instrumental-only work.

Program music was particularly popular in the 1800s during the Romantic era of classical music. So if the music is depicting a scene of, say, hellfire, the composer is going to pull out all the stops so that you imagine hellfire when you hear the music. The basic idea with program music is to represent a specific thought, scene or idea musically. Since each of these concerti are great examples of a style of writing called “program music”, I thought we’d talk about what program music is. Today we’ll be specifically talking about the genre “program music” and how “Summer” demonstrates it. This will be a long-running series – each season I am going to examine the corresponding concerto, finishing with Spring next year, the most famous of the set of concertos. This is a Baroque-era concerto in a set of four concerto, each with its own season/theme: spring, summer, autumn and winter. 👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older.Since it’s currently summertime, I wanted to take this opportunity to delve into The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, specifically the “summer” movement. ⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (venue open to public 45 min in advance. 📅 Dates and times: 15 April at 7:00 p.m. Buy your tickets now to discover the music of Vivaldi at Rode Hoed under the gentle glow of candlelight. ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations never before used for this purpose in Amsterdam.

Four seasons music