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 ...
Outside Davies Symphony Hall, a bright green poster promised "A Seasonal Tour." Its main draw: Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," his most famous work and indeed one of the most familiar pieces of ...
Composer of The Four Seasons, Vivaldi was little more than a footnote for 200 years after his death, until a 20th-century innovation restored his worldwide fame. Minister of musicAn anonymous portrait ...
Nicknamed “The Red Priest” for his red hair and religious ordination, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the most brilliant composers of the Baroque era. His influence during his lifetime was ...