Apollo's Fire

GRAMMY winners Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell have been called “the USA’s hottest baroque band” (Classical Music Magazine, UK). Together with Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana, they present Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons as the revolutionary acts of musical storytelling they were meant to be – bringing Vivaldi’s pictorial descriptions to life. If you thought you knew the Four Seasons, be prepared for surprises! Vivaldi’s 18th-century peasants leap off the page as the musicians revel in the joys and sorrows of a time when people lived closer to nature.

The program also features duelling cellists in Vivaldi’s stormy Concerto for Two Cellos, and Jeannette Sorrell’s acclaimed arrangement of Vivaldi’s La Folia (“Madness”), which the orchestra has performed from memory at the BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, and other venues around the world.