Scottish Ensemble, track released August 17, 2018. Each of the pieces in this program is presented with a narrative, allowing the audience to deeper understand the historical and musical context. from Anno: Four Seasons by Anna Meredith & Antonio Vivaldi ft. Watching the wildlife from the window and listening to the clatter of hooves and the sound of wheels, he decided to create his brilliant violin concertos.ĭuring the performance, our audience can read his sonnets in the program booklet.Įnsemble Violini Capricciosi was founded in 2007 by Igor Ruhadze, as an ensemble of soloists playing virtuoso violin music and specialising in historical performance.

Vivaldi during his trip through the country. It is assumed that the composer himself wrote the poems. It is believed that the idea of embodying various states of nature in music came to A. Vivaldi accompanied the concerts with sonnets, but, alas, today we almost never hear the readout during the performance. They are unique in a way in each piece brilliant virtuosity and enchanting cantilena merge beautifully. Nowadays violinists have combined these concertos into the Four Seasons Cycle. The original version, however, does not have this title.

The first four of them are called 'Spring', 'Summer', 'Autumn' and 'Winter'. In fact, Vivaldi wrote 12 virtuoso violin concerts (opus 8) entitled 'The Experience of Harmony and Invention'. One of the most world-famous musical works is the cycle of 4 concerts by Antonio Vivaldi called 'The Four Seasons' - 'Spring', 'Summer', 'Autumn' and 'Winter'.

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