Celebrating one of 
history’s most 
popular works

In a concert tour that’s selling out around the country, France’s heralded Les Arts Florissants celebrates the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons in a program that also includes other Baroque gems. The violin soloist is Théotime Langlois de Swarte, of whom the reviewer at Gramophone said gives “performances so special that I feel a changed man from listening.”

 

About Théotime Langlois de Swarte & Les Arts Florissants

Les Arts Florissants has “revolutionised the way baroque music is presented.” (Opera News). Founded in 1979 by William Christie, Les Arts Florissants is one of the most renowned baroque music ensembles in the world.

The violin soloist is Théotime Langlois de Swarte, of whom the reviewer at Gramophone said gives “performances so special that I feel a changed man from listening.”

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About the
Performance

This program frames iconic works in a new light. Their overtly narrative style (Vivaldi included sonnets — perhaps written himself — alongside the music) invites questions about the fleeting, cyclical nature of our existence, our relationship with nature, and the eternal renewal of earth’s cycles, now being modified by climate change.

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