December 7, 2020. What do Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazzola have in common? The German violinist Arabella Steinbacher. Her new album Four Seasons features the seasons heard through the music of Vivaldi, with his most famous work, The Four Seasons, and Piazzola with his Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

Arabella, who was born in 1981 to a German father and a Japanese mother, began studying the Suzuki method for violin at the age of three. She went on to the Munich College of Music and later studied with Anne-Sophie Mutter's 'Circle of Friends,' an organization that supports emerging string players.

Four violin soloists (from both MSO and the U of M, as well as two young prodigy violinists) will be featured at this concert. Vivaldi’s most famous “Four Seasons” is inter-woven with the amazing Tango-inspired “Four Seasons” of Argentina’s great composer Astor Piazzolla! Tickets available for purchase here 🎫 Zone A seating (premium visibility) 🎫 Zone B seating (great visibility) Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis within each zone What You Will Enjoy 🕯️ An intimate ambience in a beautiful venue bathed in candlelight 🎻 A talented string quartet performing pieces by classical pieces Candlelight: Vivaldi Four Seasons at VUKA. Piazzolla: Vivaldi – Four Seasons, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (SASD, ISO) Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla Performer: Lara St. John Orchestra: The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Conductor: Eduardo Marturet Audio CD (19 July 2010) Number of Discs: 1 Format: SACD ISO Label: Ancalagon Size: 3.08 GB Recovery: +3% Scan: yes. In 2014 the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra gave a spectacular performance of two works entitled The Four Seasons - one by Antonio Vivaldi and the other by Astor Piazzolla.The strings of the orchestra were placed in the middle of the concert hall and played under their two concertmasters: Vesko Eschkenazy for the Vivaldi and Liviu Prunaru for the Piazzolla. Vivaldi & Piazzolla: Seasons I Solisti Italiani Classical 1993 Preview SONG TIME The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, 'Spring': I. 3:18 PREVIEW The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, 'Spring': II. Largo e pianissimo sempre. By Antonio Vivaldi.

Arabella was hesitant at first to add to the vast number of recordings of Vivaldi's classic, but as she put it, 'This is still MY first recording of it!' As for Piazzola, Arabella says she loves 'the passion, longing and melancholy' of his music.

The album is arranged to best contrast the composers' two styles. Each season alternates between Piazzola and Vivaldi. Piazzola says he didn't think of his Four Seasons as a cycle consisting of several pieces. They were written as individual works between 1964 and 1970 and premiered in Buenos Aires featuring his Quinteto Nuevo Tango in 1970. His Seasons clearly employ the feel of the tango.

Listen to Arabella play Vivaldi's 'Winter' with the Munich Chamber Orchestra:

Contrast that with 'Summer' by Piazzola:

Last year, Arabella played '20 Questions' with the Violin Channel:

Enjoy the contrast of the four seasons in the northern hemisphere of Vivaldi and the southern hemisphere of Piazzola in Arabella Steinbacher's Four Seasons, the WRTI Classical Album of the Week.

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