The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives a musical expression to a season of the year.n addition to these sonnets, Vivaldi provided instructions such as The barking dog (in the second movement of Spring), Languor caused by the heat (in the first movement of Summer), and the drunkards have fallen asleep (in the second movement of Autumn).