Quattro Stagioni
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Instrumentation
Violin
4
Additional Information
'Quattro Stagioni' (2017) is a 21st-century response to the idea behind Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons', as seen through the lens of American artist Cy Twombly's major work from the 1990s, 'Quattro Stagioni'. My 'Quattro Stagioni' consists of four concerto-type movements: each of the four violinists has their own focal movement, where the other three act as the 'ripieno' group. The character of each movement is inspired by one of Twombly's 'Quattro Stagioni' paintings. This work is a meditation on the cyclical nature of life and as such is full of colour, texture and emotion.
The work was commissioned by Music Network for violinists Mia Cooper, Katherine Hunka, Ioana Petcu-Colan and Helena Wood.
Recordings
Date published
2021
Record company
Farpoint Recordings (Ireland)
Title
Echoes and Shadows