EIGHT SEASONS

Concert

THE EIGHT SEASONS

(A. Vivaldi, A. Piazzolla)

THE CONCERT IS HELD IN KAZAKH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Please note that the age limit is 10+

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed

For connoisseurs of classical music, the Astana Opera Chamber Orchestra and Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Bagdat Abilkhanov present the concert “The Eight Seasons”.

 The Four Seasons, composed by Vivaldi in 1723, is one of the finest examples of Baroque music and an undeniable part of the world culture. Four concerts titled “Spring”, “Summer”, “Autumn” and “Winter” remain the most performed of the great Venetian’s 550 other works.

Astor Piazzolla’s name is well known to sophisticated public and devotees of the passionate Argentine tango. It was he who managed to turn the ‘popular’ tango into the high art, the modern classic, having fully preserved its unique and exciting energy. The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Piazzolla is the new sound of tango, which incorporates the best elements of jazz and classical music.

Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Astor Piazzolla’s works are among the most striking phenomena of musical culture of that time. At first glance, it is challenging and unexpected to compare the works of these composers, who were born on different continents, belonged to different musical styles and were separated in time by more than two centuries of history. Venice and Buenos Aires, the genre of the instrumental concerto grosso of the Baroque and the Argentine tango...

The concert programme will also feature chamber works for flute and orchestra by A. Vivaldi and A. Piazzolla, performed by Alexey Kossyrev and Alexander Taraskin.

PROGRAMME:

A. Vivaldi. The Four Seasons, a group of four concertos for solo violin and orchestra

A. Piazzolla. The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, a group of four compositions (tangos)

A. Vivaldi. Flute Concerto in D major (Il Gardellino), Op. 10, RV 428

A. Vivaldi. Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in C major, Op. 47 No. 2, RV 533

A. Piazzolla. Le Grand Tango for Flute and Chamber Orchestra

PERFORMED BY:

Bagdat ABILKHANOV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (violin)

Alexey KOSSYREV (flute)

Alexander TARASKIN (flute)

ASTANA OPERA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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