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Baroque Violin Virtuosity

Vivaldi's Four Seasons

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Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 7:30 pm & Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 5:00 pm

Alice Tully Hall

2 hours, including intermission

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The Baroque era opened the door for the violin to emerge as a defining voice in music. This program features an all-star cast of CMS violinists performing thrilling solo roles in Baroque concertos, including Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, one of the earliest examples of program music. Linked to sonnets possibly written by Vivaldi himself, the works depict the seasons through musical suggestions of babbling brooks, thunder and lightning, blasts of winter wind, and birdsong.

Program

Georg Philipp Telemann

(1681–1767)

Fantasia No. 10 in D major for Violin, TWV 40:23

(1735)

George Frideric Handel

(1685–1759)

Sonata in A major for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1, No. 3

(c. 1725-26)

Arcangelo Corelli

(1653-1713)

Concerto Grosso in D major for Strings and Continuo, Op. 6, No. 4

(published 1714)

Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685–1750)

Concerto in E major for Violin, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1042

(before 1730)

Antonio Vivaldi

(1678–1741)

The Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 1-4

(1725)

Paolo Bordignon

Harpsichord

Chad Hoopes

Violin

Kristin Lee

Violin

Richard Lin

Violin

Julian Rhee

Violin

Arnaud Sussmann

Violin

Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt

Viola

James Thompson

Violin

Edward Arron

Cello

Anthony Manzo

Double Bass
Presented at

Alice Tully Hall

1941 Broadway at, W 65th St New York, NY 10023

Virtuosity in Vivaldi’s Concertos

The Concert, 1623 by Gerrit van Honthorst Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

What is The Baroque Musical Period?