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The Four Seasons: Spring

In the second of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in E major a.k.a. Spring

In the second of four programmes across 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in E major, RV.269 - better known as Spring.

From the opening's chorus of birdsong to the rustic dance of the finale via the snoring goatherd of the second movement, Hannah considers the concerto's context and inspirations, and shares other early music influenced by the season of hope and new beginnings. Violinist and artistic director of La Serenissima Adrian Chandler talks to Hannah about the Op. 8 collection of concertos that Vivaldi published in Amsterdam in 1725, and what Vivaldi's Spring means to him. And Hannah sends us a sonic snapshot from a recent trip to the church where Vivaldi was baptised in 1678 in the heart of Venice.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring, RV.269 [The Four Seasons]

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Canta in prato, ride in fonte, RV 636 (Opening)

    Singer: Emanuela Galli. Ensemble: Ensemble "Pian & Forte". Director: Francesco Fanna.
    • Stradivarius.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in C major, RV 180, Op. 8 No. 6, 'Il Piacere' (Pleasure)

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • VIVALDI 8 Volume 1: The Four Seasons & other concertos.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Les Plaisirs De L'Ile Enchantee (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Vashegyi.
    • Un Op茅ra pour trois rois.
    • Glossa.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV1047 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Willkommen! will ich sagen (Wer weie, wie nahe mir mein Ende, BWV 27)

    Singer: Matthew White. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Christus, der ist mein Leben - Sacred Cantatas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giustino, RV 717, Act I, Scene 5: Della tua sorte (Fortuna)

    Composer: Nicol貌 Beregan. Singer: Rahel Maas. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.
    • naive classique.

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