Pekka Kuusisto: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

From Finland to Italy, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is re-imagined for the 21st century, infused with Nordic and traditional tunes led by Pekka Kuusisto and citternist Ale Carr. Folk dances from the Åre Swedish mountain range become the Apres-ski to Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’; a lazy Finnish summer evening unfurls in the form of a folk song before Vivaldi’s summer storm hits. To open, Caroline Shaw’s Plan and Elevation, a driving yet reflective work inspired ...