Violinist Andrew Manze (MAN-zee) is a proponent of the notion that much of Baroque music is improvised, that what's written on the page is an outline to be filled in by the performers. That approach ...

From Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to his opera L’Olimpiade, here are some of the Baroque composer’s finest pieces of music. Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi may have been born over 340 years ago, but his ...

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are four violin concertos depicting the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. They are some of the most extravagant examples of music that tells a story (“program music ...

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. Show more In the ...

FROM ELEVATOR muzak and call-centre hold-music to TV and film soundtracks, “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi supplies an inescapable backdrop to everyday life. Yet these ubiquitous earworms have a ...

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, ...

Live at the BBC Proms: Théotime Langlois de Swarte and his ensemble Le Consort perform Vivaldi, Bach, Avison, Legrenzi, Marcello and Matteis Jr. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from the Royal ...