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 ...

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 ...

Callers waiting to speak to the Department of Work and Pensions will no longer hear music from the Baroque masterpiece, after saying they couldn’t deal... ‘Viv-al-di’ repetition. Vivaldi’s Four ...

Is this long, long winter making your brain feel lethargic? You might want to try listening to a bit of “Spring” — the opening violin concerto in “The Four Seasons,” probably the most popular ...

You’ve probably heard Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto (“La Primavera” in its original Italian) before. More than likely, you didn’t hear it on the radio or on Spotify or performed live, but you may have ...

Before I decided to stay home with my babies I was an elementary school music teacher and I Loved my job with a capital L. Music and the arts have always been an essential part of my life, not just ...

I first experienced Vivaldi as a toddler at Yehudi Menuhin's festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, in 1975. One day I heard what I thought was birdsong coming from the stage. It was the opening solo of "La ...

Canadian cum American violinist Lara St. John is a classical maverick without peer. The scintillating Bach of her youth, Bach: Works for Solo Violin (Well Tempered Productions, 1996), gave way a ...