Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

With Guest Director Rachel Podger

Artists: Rachel Podger, solo violin and leader; Pacific Baroque Orchestra; with Myriam Leblanc, soprano; and Marc Mauillon, baritone

Pre-Concert Lecture: 7pm hosted by Christina Hutton.

Run Time: Approximately 90 Minutes, plus an interval

Vivaldi’s best-known concertos for violin and string orchestra revolutionized ideas about what orchestral music could achieve. In these compositions, music has learned to represent flowing creeks, singing birds (of different species, each specifically characterized), a shepherd and his barking dog, buzzing flies, storms, drunken dancers, hunting parties from both the hunters’ and prey’s point of view, even the stillness of frozen landscapes and the warmth of winter fires. We have long looked forward to programming this repertoire and are delighted to present it now with star violinist and guest director Rachel Podger, in collaboration with Vancouver’s own Pacific Baroque Orchestra.

Generously sponsored by The Graham & Gayle Cooke Foundation.