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The Four Seasons: Autumn

In the last of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F major, a.k.a. Autumn.

In the last of four programmes across 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F major, RV.293 - better known as Autumn.

Dancing, drinking, feasting: Vivaldi's musical depiction of Autumn and the sonnet that accompanies it are all about celebrating the good times of harvest and hunt... and warn of the aftereffects of over-indulgence at the festivities. As part of her exploration of the music and its themes, Hannah talks to Amandine Beyer, Baroque violinist and director of the internationally acclaimed early music group Gli Incogniti, about the concerto and working with choreographers to create a danced version of The Four Seasons. And Hannah sends us one final sonic snapshot from her recent research trip to Vivaldi's haunts in Venice and Mantua.

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Sun 5 Oct 2025 17:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major - 5th mvt, Air (Tafelmusik, 2nd production)

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Reinhard Keiser

    Pomona (Scene 18, ending)

    Ensemble: Capella Orlandi Bremen. Singer: Melanie Hirsch. Director: Thomas Ihlenfeldt.
    • Keiser: Pomona.
    • CPO.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Bacchus, ever fair and young (Alexander's Feast, Part 1)

    Singer: William Berger. Orchestra: Ludus Baroque. Conductor: Richard Neville-Towle.
    • Handel: Alexander's Feast.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 9.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 362, 'La caccia'

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Erato.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Dormi, o fulmine di guerra (La Giuditta)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • ERATO.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV293, 'Autumn' (The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8 & Other Concertos (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Oct 2025 17:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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