1st movement; Primavera Description

Question 1

How does it describe the season in Primavera?

Answer 1

Describes season as: birds, murmuring brooks, thunder/lightning

Question 2

How many stanzas of the poem is used in the 1st movement?

Answer 2

2, Joyful Spring has arrived […] melodious song

Question 3

General Info about Primavera (Spring??

Answer 3

1st movement, Allegro, ritornello From, 4/4 meter E+

Question 4

All INFO and order about Primavera (Spring)

Answer 4

Spring Orchestra Ritornello 1 alternates with solo violin, E+
Solo 1: Bird like trills, quick scales in high register accompanied by violins
Orchestra Ritornello 2
Solo 2: Whispering arpeggio figures represent murmuring brooks
Orchestra Ritornello 3
Solo 3: Modulating, quick repeated notes/ascending scales suggest thunder/lightning
Orchestra Ritornello 4: C#-
Solo 4: Birds resume chirping, repeated notes and trills
Orchestra Ritornello 5 returns to E+, Short Solo passage heard
Closing Ritornello

Question 5

What happens in the 1st solo of Primavera (Spring)?

Answer 5

Bird like trills, quick scales in high register accompanied by violins

Question 6

What happens in the 2nd solo of Primavera (Spring)?

Answer 6

Whispering arpeggio figures represent murmuring brooks

Question 7

What happens in the 3rd solo of Primavera (Spring)?

Answer 7

Modulating, quick repeated notes/ascending scales suggest thunder/lightning

Question 8

What happens in the 4th solo of Primavera (Spring)?

Answer 8

Birds resume chirping, repeated notes and trills

Question 9

What key is the 4th orchestra ritornello in of Primavera (Spring)?

Answer 9

C#-

Question 10

What key is the 5th orchestra ritornell in of Primavera (Spring)?

Answer 10

E+