“They have a certain presence and authority about them. “Those are the first-generation synths, and I’ve heard them described as the Stradivarius of the synthesiser,” he laughs. “I wanted to match that flinty, haptic, tactile texture with the electronic elements.” The new record is produced on an analogue mixing desk, with the composer himself playing an early Moog, dating from the seventies. “I love the slight grittiness and earthy feeling that gut strings have,” he says.

Richter is enthusiastic about this blend. In this “alternative rendering”, Chineke!, the groundbreaking British ensemble consisting of majority Black, Asian and ethnically diverse musicians, and the brilliant soloist, Elena Urioste, are playing on gut strings and period instruments: the sort that Vivaldi would have heard, and played, in his own time. Experiencing it felt as though we were being catapulted onto another plane, reverberated through the cosmos by this epiphanic soundworld. We hadn’t heard anything like that, ever. Vivaldi published the concertos alongside sonnets, possibly written by himself, describing the events of the music in meticulous detail.When Max Richter’s Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. Timecodes refer to the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's album Vivaldi: The Four Seasons with Elizabeth Wallfisch as soloist (ABC Classics).Įach concerto has three movements, Fast-Slow-Fast. 45 minutes What to Listen for in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

1723, Italy Published: 1725, Amsterdam as part of a set of 12 concertos, Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention) Genre: Concerto (set of four) Instrumentation: Solo violin, violins, violas, cellos, double basses, organ or harpsichord Duration: c. 8 Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Period: Baroque Composed: c. Title: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), op. Here are some key moments to listen out for. They are some of the most extravagant examples of music that tells a story (“program music”) from the baroque period. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are four violin concertos depicting the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Spring from 4 seasons by vivaldi