Why is he a Trailblazer? Can orchestras bring people, animals, landscapes and stories to life – using music? Trailblazer Antonio Vivaldi thought so. Around 300 years ago when he wrote The Four Seasons ...

Venice in the early 1720s was a city of colour and carnival, but Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons brought its own brand of spectacle—through sound. These four concertos shattered the barriers between ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer English Chamber Orchestra Henryk Szeryng, Violin (12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e ...

Vivaldi Violin Concertos, RV 187, 217, 235, 321, 366 & 387 Julien Chauvin (violin); Le Concert de la Loge Naïve OP 30585 62:11 mins Hard on the heels of the seventh volume of Naïve’s survey of Vivaldi ...

(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Movements: No. 1 in E, 'Spring', RV269 Robert Atchison, Violin Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Altamira Chamber Orchestra ...

Faithful followers of the Toronto Star Musical Moments will recognize TSO Violin Sergei Nikonov as a repeat contributor to this series. Nikonov shared a Musical Moment on Nov. 12, 2020 with a wistful ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...

A young violin virtuoso, and ten minutes of a Baroque classic that would win her one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions. A great musical performance can bring chills, produce tears, ...