His work was revived in the 20th century.Ĭenturies after Vivaldi's death, his music was rediscovered after being fully cataloged in 1926 by historian Dr. In it he depicts each season and the sounds associated with it (flowing creeks, singing birds, winter fires, ice-skating, etc.) through music.Īdditionally, these concertos were each published with their own sonnet, which may have been written by Vivaldi as well.Įlias Gottlob Haussmann, “Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach,” 1748 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) His most famous and beloved series of compositions, “The Four Seasons” was unlike any other musical scores at the time. Vivaldi composed “The Four Seasons” between the years 17 while he was court chapel master in Mantua. His abilities as an instructor increased the prestige of the orphanage's orchestra and choir. He worked here for about 30 years while he created his most famous compositions. The same year Vivaldi was ordained as a priest, he became Master of Violin at an orphanage in Venice called the Ospedale della Pietà, an establishment that housed abandoned children as well as taught them music and a trade. As a result, he found more time to work on his compositions and practice the violin. Only one year later, his fragile health prevented him from administering Mass. Vivaldi was ordained as a priest in 1703 when he was 25 years old. Programs, artists, dates, prices, and availability subject to change.Church of San Giovanni in Bragora in Venice (Photo: Didier Descouens via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) This evening’s performance is made possible in part by the generous support of the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund. You can watch via our Facebook or YouTube.
Tune in to see Ray and the orchestra – and the winner of our Play With Ray contest – perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, plus Ben Gernon leading the LA Phil in Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.
The finalists are Adriana Bec, 13, of San Antonio, Texas Youngji Kim, 22, of Daegu, South Korea and Laura Kukkonen, 17, of Helsinki.
The chosen violinist will play the first movement of Bach’s Double Concerto, side by side with Ray Chen on the Hollywood Bowl stage. But there’s more! This program will also reveal the winner of Play with Ray, a contest which received more than 800 entries from around the world, sent by amateurs ranging in age from 6 to 76. Famed Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi’s most performed and well-loved violin concertos, The Four Seasons, are uncanny in the way they can convey in sound so many feelings and images from the passage of time and weather over the course of a year.
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