The program
The artists
The concert
Most of us associate The Seasons with Vivaldi’s timeless work for violin and orchestra – and this concert puts it at the very centre. Built around the theme of the seasons, traced across four centuries and three musical traditions, the programme pairs Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (Op. 8, nos. 1–4, RV 269, 315, 293, 297) – the most celebrated of all Baroque concertos – with works that extend the seasonal theme into other musical languages. Each of Vivaldi’s concertos is a vivid tonal portrait of the natural world, accompanied in the original edition by sonnets describing storms, harvests, frozen rivers and birdsong. Don’t miss the chance to experience these works live, as beloved today as when they were composed in the early 1700s.
Edvard Grieg’s Våren (Op. 34 no. 2) opens the concert with the lyrical warmth of a Norwegian spring, while Han-Erik Holgersson’s Höstvisa, written on a melody by Tauro, evokes the quiet melancholy of autumn. The second half is given over to Astor Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, in Leonid Desyatnikov’s arrangement for violin and string orchestra: a reimagining of the seasonal cycle through the idiom of the Buenos Aires tango, at once nostalgic and rhythmically electrifying.
Camerata Nordica is delighted to be visiting Kullabygden for the first time, joining forces with the acclaimed Canadian violinist Kerson Leong for what promises to be an irresistible evening.
