LONELY & SUBDUED
Story behind the song
LONELY & SUBDUED, this is the perfect soundtrack to a snow-bound day. The piece opens with an intimate soliloquy on a basic 6-note pattern, which Vivaldi likens to a slippery walk on ice. A number of falling figurations are followed by a recasting of the opening solo. Some abrupt motives depict the cracking of ice. A tender passage for the warm desert wind appears, only to be overrun by a frenetic North wind toccata, bringing Winter to an icy finish.