VANCOUVER, British Columbia & BRESCIA, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Art imitates life in Vivaldi's masterpiece The Four Seasons, for which musicians are challenged to create the sounds and sensibilities of nature using unconventional approaches. For Italian conductor Aram Khacheh, the piece also echoes climate upheaval in the 17th and 18th centuries, making it the perfect conversation starter for World Water Day March 22nd.
'Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons amid a century of climate-based calamities that contributed to political and social turmoil,' Khacheh says. 'Extreme weather anomalies gave rise to uprisings and revolts around the world, showing that climate had a drastic impact on how people lived then, as it does today.'
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- 'Seasons of Love' is a song from the 1996 Broadway musical Rent, written and composed by Jonathan Larson. The song starts with an ostinato piano motif, which provides the harmonic framework for the cast to sing 'Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes' (the number of minutes in a common year).
- The Four Seasons is the most popular work of Antonio Vivaldi who is himself one of the most popular composers of the Baroque era (1600-1750.) The music follows very closely the narrative of four poems which Vivaldi apparently wrote himself. For example, in Spring, his barking dog can be heard in the viola section, the running deer in the autumn hunt, and the shivery cold gusts of wind in the.
Khacheh, conductor and artistic director of the Italy-based symphony Bazzini Consort, has joined forces with Canada's RESEAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation to create Mobilizing Symphony – a collaborative that uses the arts to explore ethical innovations in society. Their first project, #Water4Seasons, is a series of short video vignettes featuring musicians playing excerpts from The Four Seasons, which are aligned with larger messages about climate, water and community health, as well as the importance of innovative approaches to ameliorating climate change.
Vancouver-based RESEAU designs and implements innovative and ethical solutions for water quality and community health in Indigenous and non-urban communities. Bazzini Consort is a non-profit symphony that promotes classical music heritage through a new lens of non-traditional approaches to storytelling and collaborations. Together, they are Mobilizing Symphony.
'Vivaldi's work captures the spirit of each season, as well as the human behaviour connected to it' Khacheh adds. 'He's giving a narrative to his music, while using mood and new techniques to convey things like the buzzing of insects and barking dogs, which was very radical for his time. It struck me that there are several parallels between this piece in terms of innovation and telling a human tale about climate, and the challenges and need for innovation we face today.'
The videos will be released on World Water Day, March 22, 2021. Follow our social media:
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The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. The following concerts are available On-Demand for Eugene Symphony donors and members that give $120 or more annually. Soundwaves: The Color of Sound premiered on Nov. 29, 2020 Soundwaves: Symphony Connect premiered on Feb. 11, 2021 Soundwaves: Concerto for Strings premiered on Mar. 4, 2021 Soundwaves IV premiered on Apr. Learn more about becoming a member, HERE.
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This concert will be free and available to the public from May 6 at 7pm until May 14 at 9am.
After that, the concert will be available On-Demand for Eugene Symphony donors and members. Learn more about becoming a member, HERE.
Prepare for Concert Day
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Program
The concert will feature the following pieces:
- Hildur Guðnadóttir, From the Other Place
- Bernard Herrmann, Suite from Psycho
- John Williams, Air and Simple Gifts
- AntonínDvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
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This concert will be free and available to the public from May 6 at 7pm until May 14 at 9am.
After that, the concert will be available On-Demand for Eugene Symphony donors and members. Learn more about becoming a member, HERE.
Prepare for Concert Day
Learn about all the ways to watch, HERE.
Program
The concert will feature the following pieces:
- Hildur Guðnadóttir, From the Other Place
- Bernard Herrmann, Suite from Psycho
- John Williams, Air and Simple Gifts
- AntonínDvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
Guild Concert Preview
Virtual Program Magazine
2020/21 Season Sponsors
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Twitter business account. The following concerts are available On-Demand for Eugene Symphony donors and members that give $120 or more annually.
Soundwaves: The Color of Sound premiered on Nov. 29, 2020
Soundwaves: Symphony Connect premiered on Feb. 11, 2021
Soundwaves: Concerto for Strings premiered onMar. 4, 2021
Soundwaves IV premiered on Apr. 1, 2021
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