Arion Orchestre Baroque - Vivaldi and his curious friends
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Vivaldi—whether exuberant, dramatic, spiritual, or pastoral—is Vivaldi. But, what happens when his works are transformed by the playful spirit of the French? His Four Seasons were already quite in vogue at the Paris Concert Spirituel under the successive leadership of Royer and Mondonville, whose beautiful orchestral works Arion will perform; and the musette player Nicolas Chédeville concocted a lively arrangement of Vivaldi’s Spring, which will be interpreted by the virtuoso recorder player Vincent Lauzer. Yet in his lyric vein, Vivaldi is unique, as you will be persuaded by the magnetic soprano Samantha Louis-Jean.