Antonio Vivaldi's "Spring" is the first of his set of four violin concertos known as "The Four Seasons". Composed around 1723, these concertos are among the earliest examples of program music - music that tells a story or depicts specific scenes. Each concerto is accompanied by a sonnet describing the season's scenes, with "Spring" evoking birdsong, flowing streams, thunderstorms, and dancing nymphs. Vivaldi's innovative use of musical imagery made these concertos enormously popular and influential works that remain among the most frequently performed classical compositions today.