Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are four violin concertos depicting the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. They are some of the most extravagant examples of music that tells a story (“program music ...
(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Movements: No. 1 in E, 'Spring', RV269 Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor, Director, Violin Antonio Vivaldi, ...
The violinist Giuliano Carmignola is pictured on his motorbike on the cover of this collection of six concertos played "con moto", and the sound is indeed hard-driven and exciting, full of those ...
FROM ELEVATOR muzak and call-centre hold-music to TV and film soundtracks, “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi supplies an inescapable backdrop to everyday life. Yet these ubiquitous earworms have a ...
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Violin Sergei Nikonov returns to the Star with another seasonal instalment of Vivaldi’s perennially popular “The Four Seasons.” This week, with the iconic first movement of ...
A young violin virtuoso, and ten minutes of a Baroque classic that would win her one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions. A great musical performance can bring chills, produce tears, ...
In the 18th century, travelers came from all over Europe to hear Anna Maria and Chiara perform in Venice. Neither attained the wealth or the immortal fame of someone like Paganini, but composers ...