Music by Max Richter and three original orchestral works
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is everywhere, from TV ads to muzak playlists. Post-minimalist composer Max Richter restores its power and invites us to listen to it anew as he re-composes it, almost note by note. The result is an intensely moving and mesmerising mixture of Vivaldi and his own soundworld, which seems to take the listener into the cosmos to get a new perspective. The album skyrocketed to the top of the classical charts in 22 countries on its release, and Britten Sinfonia has an especially close association with the piece, having given the concert premiere in 2012 and the first performance at the BBC Proms — to a rapturous reception — in 2023. Exclusively for Nevill Holt Festival, the concert will be accompanied by stunning photographs of the natural world by leading photographer and conservationist David Yarrow.
In a unique programme, Nevill Holt Festival and Britten Sinfonia will also perform several vibrant works from living composers, including the premiere of Solitude by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell and Passacaglia by Sergey Akhunov, a serene 21st-century take on an eighteenth-century composition for violin, viola and strings.
