Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight

Bristol Ensemble
Roger Huckle  director / solo violin

Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Ludovico Einaudi Primavera, Divenire, Petricor, I Giorni
Astor Piazzolla Summer

The wonderful nature-inspired music of Vivaldi and Einaudi come together in this stunning spring concert.

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is one of the   best loved pieces of classical music, capturing the character of the Italian countryside through a year as the landscape and nature changes with the seasons. As the first example of programme music, we introduce the story of the Four Seasons in a  humorous and revealing way.

The natural world is also beautifully depicted by the works of Ludovico Einaudi as he takes us through Spring, the evocative Petricor – smell of rain and I Giorni – ‘In the Days, Our Life’.

Astor Piazzolla’s pulsating tango Summer concludes a fascinating emotional and uplifting programme of music.