It would have been better to schedule this as part of the main concert program rather than as a sort of opening act. These short pieces evoke the times of year in a more abstract fashion, but with irresistible character and beauty.Īudiences at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center last weekend had a chance to experience eight seasons, and more, in a most unusual concert program at David Geffen Hall.įirst up was the Neave Piano Trio playing the Piazzolla in what was billed as a pre-concert recital.

But his violin concertos collectively known as the Four Seasons remain among classical music’s most enduringly popular works.įar less well known, but just as sublime in their own way, are Astor Piazzolla’s Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, or Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. In this part of the world, theoretically at least, we’ve even got four of them.Īntonio Vivaldi wasn’t the only composer to find inspiration in the changing seasons.

– Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Andrew Manze, conductor, with violinist Pekka Kuusisto and bassist Knut Erik Sundquist: Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances for string orchestra Vivaldi, The Four SeasonsĪs a scorching New York City summer reminds us we’re in an age of global heating, it’s nice to be reminded that we do still have seasons. – Neave Trio: Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

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