Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Christmas at Leeds Cathedral

A Christmas candlelight concert at Leeds Cathedral, where the Piccadilly Sinfonietta plays Vivaldi's The Four Seasons alongside festive and classical favourites, with a violin soloist still to be announced.

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, a set of four violin concertos that portray the changing moods of the year, forms the centrepiece of this winter programme. It is joined by Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Pachelbel's Canon in D, Elgar's Nimrod, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Waltz and Strauss's Blue Danube, a mix of seasonal favourites and established classical pieces.

The performers are the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, with a violin soloist yet to be named. The ensemble gives more than 200 performances a year and draws on some of the UK's finest classical musicians. Its repertoire spans the baroque, classical and early romantic periods, which suits a concert built around both Baroque concertos and nineteenth-century favourites.

The concert takes place in Leeds Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Anne. It is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds and the seat of its bishop, standing on Great George Street in the city centre. The evening suits listeners who want a festive classical programme in a cathedral setting.