A Violin for All Seasons

Featuring

Tasmin Little
David Wright
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
Roxanna Panufnik

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Compositional Technique

Vivaldi's 'Le quattro stagioni' (The Four Seasons) is explicitly programmatic, with each concerto accompanied by a sonnet, thought to be by Vivaldi himself, that the music translates into sound.

Compositional Technique

Roxanna Panufnik's Four World Seasons incorporates diverse cultural elements, such as a Tibetan singing bowl in 'Tibetan Winter' and double-basses imitating a tanpura drone in 'Indian Summer'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Roxanna Panufnik's Four World Seasons was conceived to give Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' concept a twenty-first-century twist, with each season influenced by a country culturally associated with it.

Instruments

Tasmin Little, the soloist, performs on a violin made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1757.

Performer Biography

Tasmin Little, the soloist on this recording, is an internationally recognized violinist who has performed with orchestras across Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan, and North America.

Composition History

Vivaldi's 'Le quattro stagioni' (The Four Seasons) was published in Amsterdam in 1725 as part of his Op. 8, titled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention).

Composition History

Roxanna Panufnik composed her Four World Seasons, a tribute to Vivaldi's work, one piece a year from 2008 to 2011, and it was first heard complete in March 2012.