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The Four Seasons: Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque

Vivaldi’s evocative Four Seasons never fails to captivate audiences – especially when in the hands of one of the world’s greatest Baroque violinists, Rachel Podger and her superb ensemble Brecon Baroque.

The sheer musical inventiveness of The Four Seasons enables it to sound vital and fresh despite our familiarity with it, and a performance by a group playing period instruments, such as Brecon Baroque, can lend it both an extra edge of raw excitement and also reveal new delicacy in the music. It’s paired in this performance with music from Bach’s dazzling The Art of Fugue. 

Brecon Baroque:  
Rachel Podger baroque violin, director
Simone Pirri baroque violin
Verena Eggensberger baroque violin
Rachel Byrt viola
Alex Rolton cello
Eligio Quinteiro theorbo
Kate Brooke violone
Marcin Świątkiewicz harpsichord

J.S. Bach:
excerpts from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (40’)
Vivaldi:
The Four Seasons (42’)
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Rachel Podger

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Main image: Brecon Baroque © Theresa Pewal

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