![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This concert is presented with the generous support of Elizabeth Sengupta. Before the performance, dive deeper into a program you thought familiar with a pre-concert lecture by doctoral candidate Barbara Dietlinger. Hear all four of Vivaldi’s concerti for the seasons like you’ve never heard them before when Concerto Köln, “those wonderful early-musickers from Cologne” ( The New York Times), comes to Mandel Hall this winter. Rather than endeavoring to recreate historical practice down to the most minute detail, Concerto Köln embraces the freedoms inherent in the score, and it is their “deviations from the norm pack a substantial punch” (Charlotte Gardner, Gramophone). The orchestra’s young concertmaster and soloist Shunske Sato remarks that he and the ensemble search for “something new in every moment.” “Imagination, personality and one’s own view of a piece of music were what was expected” in performance up until the 20th century, he says. Stream songs including Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor. Without a doubt, the special energy that Concerto Köln brings to Vivaldi is due to its unique self-governing structure and an unbroken desire to find the unknown. Listen to Vivaldi: Concertos for 4 Violins by Ensemble 415 & Chiara Banchini on Apple Music. In the hands of this ensemble, some of the most ubiquitous examples of baroque music on hard drives and CD shelves and piped into department stores, elevators, and telephones around the world take on an entirely new life, with a freshness and vigor that could only come from an ensemble like this one. Banchini achieves performances which are polished, clearly argued and meticulously prepared. With more than 200 recordings and countless re-imaginings and new works inspired by the opus, it is hard to believe that a 30-year-old ensemble performing in the 21st century could bring something new and exciting to Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, but that is exactly what Concerto Köln, a period chamber orchestra from Germany, accomplishes. Vivaldi: Concertos for Four Violins, Op.3. 3 RV 293, "Autumn"Ĭoncerto in F minor, Op. 12 Intermission Giuseppe Valentini: Concerto for Four Violins in A minor, Op. The Four Seasons ( Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerto for Four Violins in F Major, Op. 1 RV 269, "Spring"Ĭoncerto in G minor, Op. Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, Op. Subscribe and curate your own series with the Pick 4 or 6 subscription package. ![]()
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