Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London on Thursday 15th July 2021

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Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight

Add to my Calendar 15-07-2021 19:30 15-07-2021 21:30 36 Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight In the book “100 Things to Do Before You Die” the author highlights the most exciting events on the planet. He recommends that the reader attend a candlelight concert at St. Martin-in-the-Fields where the perfect blend of baroque music and period architecture, hearing a live rendition Vivaldi’s masterwork The Four Seasons performed by some of the world’s finest musicians, provides a perfect tonic, especially as we emerge out of a challenging year. On Thursday July 15, the National Symphony Orchestra (“Incredible, this lush sounding orchestra”, Classic fm) will be led by brilliant young solo violinist Samuel Staples, a prodigy of the Yehudi Menhuin School. Staples has already performed across France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Japan and the USA. Other works in the programme include Pachelbel’s Canon, Bach’s Air on the G string and Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Composed in 1725, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work, comprising musical depictions of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. When it comes to the detail of these pieces every note paints a picture – barking dogs, drunken dancers, buzzing insects – Vivaldi consistently delivers elegance and originality. In ‘Spring’ he asks the solo violin to play like a sleeping goatherd to the accompaniment of a barking dog. A violent thunderstorm is heard in Summer, after the balmy music representing a warm August evening. Just listen to one section of Autumn where the composer writes 'the drunks have fallen asleep'. In the final movement of ‘Winter’, we hear Vivaldi’s portrayal of a man skidding across ice. No wonder musicians talk of the intense imagination and character required to perform this great work, and there will be no better violinist to bring these works to life than the brilliant violinist Samuel Staples accompanied by the National Symphony. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England

Thursday 15th July 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major, P.37
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Cello Concerto in A minor, H.432
Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
~ Interval ~
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons

Performers

Sam Staples – violin
Pedro Silva – Cello
John Andrews – Conductor

National Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

In the book “100 Things to Do Before You Die” the author highlights the most exciting events on the planet. He recommends that the reader attend a candlelight concert at St. Martin-in-the-Fields where the perfect blend of baroque music and period architecture, hearing a live rendition Vivaldi’s masterwork The Four Seasons performed by some of the world’s finest musicians, provides a perfect tonic, especially as we emerge out of a challenging year.

On Thursday July 15, the National Symphony Orchestra (“Incredible, this lush sounding orchestra”, Classic fm) will be led by brilliant young solo violinist Samuel Staples, a prodigy of the Yehudi Menhuin School. Staples has already performed across France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Japan and the USA.

Other works in the programme include Pachelbel’s Canon, Bach’s Air on the G string and Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.

Composed in 1725, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work, comprising musical depictions of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. When it comes to the detail of these pieces every note paints a picture – barking dogs, drunken dancers, buzzing insects – Vivaldi consistently delivers elegance and originality. In ‘Spring’ he asks the solo violin to play like a sleeping goatherd to the accompaniment of a barking dog. A violent thunderstorm is heard in Summer, after the balmy music representing a warm August evening. Just listen to one section of Autumn where the composer writes 'the drunks have fallen asleep'. In the final movement of ‘Winter’, we hear Vivaldi’s portrayal of a man skidding across ice.

No wonder musicians talk of the intense imagination and character required to perform this great work, and there will be no better violinist to bring these works to life than the brilliant violinist Samuel Staples accompanied by the National Symphony.

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