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Another chance to hear Joshua Bell direct the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

From the ±«Óãtv Proms 2021: Joshua Bell directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

Presented by Penny Gore, at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Astor Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell (director/violin)

From an icy Italian winter to the heady, sensual warmth of a South American summer: violinist Joshua Bell leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on a musical journey through the sights and sounds of two continents and four very different seasons. Inspired by Vivaldi’s best-known work, Piazzolla – Argentina’s 20th-century tango king, whose 100th anniversary we celebrate this year – created his own response, complete with musical quotations. While Vivaldi’s virtuosic concertos celebrate contrast – the freshness of spring, with its sudden thunderstorms, versus the languid heat of summer – Piazzolla’s musical landscape remains more constant, always swaying to the pervasive rhythm of the tango.

1 hour, 19 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Dec 2021 21:25
±«Óãtv Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E major RV.269, Op.8`1 (La Primavera) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las Cuatro estaciones portenas - Verano porteno

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV.315, Op.8`2 (L'Estate) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las Cuatro estaciones portenas - Otono porteno

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.293, Op.8`3 (L'Autunno) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las Cuatro estaciones portenas - Invierno porteno

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F minor RV.297, Op.8`4 (L'Inverno) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las Cuatro estaciones portenas - Primavera portena

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Stephanie Spragg

    Love came down at Christmas

    Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Choir: ±«Óãtv Singers. Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite (Ballet)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Dec 2021 21:25
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