8, RV 269, is in E major, a key signature associated with a bright, happy character. These would become core features of the concerto: a classical genre where a solo instrument is supported/in conversation with a larger ensemble, usually an orchestra. Here are several things to listen for: the alteration between sections where the soloist plays with the orchestra and when the soloist is the star ( ritornello form) the fast-slow-fast structure of the concerto the return of the main melody near the end of the movement ( proto-sonata form). But since each sonnet is divided into sections that align with each concerto’s three movements, he likely did. We don’t know for sure that Vivaldi wrote them. Each concerto evokes a particular season, accompanied by a sonnet that describes different seasonal +scenarios. One of Vivaldi’s most famous is The Four Seasons, four concertos for violin, strings, and basso continuo (a supportive part often played by a harpsichord or other keyboard instrument). He didn’t he wrote at least 300, some think as many as 500, though not all of them have survived. Some folks joke that Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) wrote the same concerto 200 times.

Vivaldi concerto for 2 violins