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France’s heralded Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants celebrates the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons for Tuesday Musical’s 2025-26 Akron Concert Series at EJ Thomas Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m.

The violin soloist is Théotime Langlois de Swarte, of whom a reviewer at Gramophone said gives “performances so special that I feel a changed man from listening.” As co-founder — with harpsichordist Justin Taylor and violinist Sophie de Bardonnèche — of the Baroque ensemble Le Consort, de Swarte can be heard on international stages and on numerous Alpha Classics recordings, including Specchio Veneziano, Opus 1, and Philarmonica.

Published in 1725, The Four Seasons is one of the most popular works of all time and played an essential role in Vivaldi’s fame. The concert also features other Baroque gems by Monteverdi, Uccellini, and Geminiani — composers who influenced Vivaldi's approach and those he inspired.

Tickets for the Nov. 18 concert start at $19 at tuesdaymusical.org and 330-761-3460.

Tuesday Musical has a decades-long history of providing free tickets for all students and bus funding for student groups. Student tickets are available on concert night at the EJ Ticket Office and bus funding information is available at 330-761-3460 and info@tuesdaymusical.org.

About Les Arts Florissants

An ensemble specialized in the performance on period instruments, Les Arts Florissants has played a pioneering role in the revival of Baroque repertoire. Founded in 1979 by William Christie, it gives approximately 100 concerts and opera performances each season in France and internationally, and has produced an extensive discography.

British tenor and conductor Paul Agnew became its co-musical director in 2020. The ensemble has been in residence at the Philharmonie de Paris since 2015. It has launched several education programs for young musicians, including the Le Jardin des Voix academy, Arts Flo Juniors program, and a collaboration with The Juilliard School.

About Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte is rapidly emerging as a much sought-after violin soloist on Baroque and modern instruments, as well as a chamber musician, recitalist, and conductor. He became a member of Les Arts Florissants while still a student at the Paris Conservatory. His many awards include a 2022 Ambassador of the REMA European Early Music Network, and winner of the Diapason d’Or for his Vivaldi-Locatelli-Leclair album.

Recital collaborators include harpsichordist Justin Taylor and lute player Thomas Dunford, with whom he recorded a much-praised album, The Mad Lover. Another recording, A Concert at the Time of Proust, was made on the newly restored Davidoff Stradivarius at the Philharmonie de Paris Museum. His most recent recording is Vivaldi’s Concerti Per Una Vita.

Alongside his instrumental work, de Swarte is emerging as a conductor. In 2023 he led performances at l’Opera- Comique of Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Gretry’s Zemire et Azor. He returns to l’Opera- Comique to lead Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride in November 2025. De Swarte plays a 1665 Jacob Stainer violin loaned to him by the Jumpstart Foundation.

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