Eight Seasons at the BBC Proms
15:30 & 20:00
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
interspersed with
Astor Piazzolla
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
(arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
From an icy Italian winter to the heady, sensual warmth of a South American summer: violinist Joshua Bell leads us 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.
Performers
Joshua Bell, director & soloist
Violin I
Harvey de Souza
Gabrielle Painter
Amanda Smith
Fiona Brett
Catherine Morgan
Jeremy Morris
Rebecca Scott
Matthew Ward
Violin II
Martin Burgess
Jennifer Godson
Mark Butler
Rakhvinder Singh
Clare Hayes
Winona Fifield
Viola
Robert Smissen
Fiona Bonds
Ian Rathbone
Nicholas Barr
Cello
Caroline Dale
Will Schofield
Juliet Welchman
Judith Herbert
Double Bass
Lynda Houghton
David Stark
Harpsichord
John Constable
Performances at 15:30 and 20:00.
Listen Live on BBC Radio 3
We are delighted our performance will be broadcast on television on BBC FOUR on Friday 27 August
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Our performances at the BBC Proms are generously supported by Simon Haslam and Kate Alcock