At the Abbey of Saintes (France), Vivaldi’s Four Seasons provide the anchor for a programme devoted to the eighteenth-century concerto. With Gilone Gaubert and Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques bring violin and harpsichord into dialogue, alongside a concerto by Bach. 
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In Saintes, Les Talens Lyriques combine two approaches to the concerto in the eighteenth century. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, a high point of descriptive music, are matched by a Bach harpsichord concerto, which stems from a different relationship with the Italian model. Led by violinist Gilone Gaubert and Christophe Rousset, the programme juxtaposes virtuosity, formal invention and stylistic diversity to demonstrate how the same framework, the concerto, becomes a veritable laboratory of composition and performance depending on the instruments and conventions used.
Around The Four Seasons
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