The Four Seasons

Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" are his most famous works and continue to inspire audiences today with their wonderfully vivid depiction of bird calls and dances, heat storms and bitter cold. The four violin concertos are part of a cycle in which Vivaldi published twelve works at once. Two more of them are set against the seasons at the end of the Baroque series. "Il Piacere" ("Joy") is a cheerful, feel-good concert, "La tempesta di mare" ("The Sea Stor...