Las 4 Estaciones de Vivaldi

Programme devoted to European Baroque at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, with keyboard concertos by Bach and Albinoni performed by Alberto Urroz and Vivaldi's Las Cuatro Estaciones played by violinist Maria Solozobova.

The evening traces European Baroque music across two parts. In the first, pianist Alberto Urroz performs two keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1056 in F minor and BWV 1058 in G minor, alongside works by Tomaso Albinoni: the Sinfonia in G minor T.Si 7 and the Concerto a cinque in A minor, Op. 5 No. 5.

The second part is devoted to Antonio Vivaldi and his Cuatro Estaciones, Op. 8, Nos 1 to 4, with Maria Solozobova on violin. The cycle includes La primavera RV 269, El verano RV 315, El otoño RV 293 and El invierno RV 297, each in three movements, and places the contrast between nature and virtuosity at the heart of the programme.

The Auditorio Nacional de Madrid is a venue devoted mainly to classical music and home to the Orquesta Nacional de España and the Coro Nacional de España.