Janine Jansen & Amsterdam Sinfonietta in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Janine Jansen & Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Janine Jansen and the glowing string players of Amsterdam Sinfonietta are old acquaintances, their band was formed more than twenty years ago. Janine Jansen: 'Working with them is always a pleasure. There is a lot of room for experiment, some ideas arise on stage. Mutual trust forms the basis for being able to make music freely.' Their previous performance with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons was widely praised. 'A thrilling venture of interpretation', is how NRC described the performance. 'You tumble from one surprise to another.' They even won the Ovation, the Classical Music Prize of the Association of Theater and Concert Hall Managements.

Vivaldi's four seasons

Vivaldi completed The Four Seasons in 1723, the year that Bach became Thomas Cantor in Leipzig and Louis XV ascended the French throne. The work was published in Amsterdam. Few pieces have been performed as often as this series of four short violin concertos. Time and again, ticket sales prove that many people love this visual music. If a great soloist and an excellent orchestra program the four seasons , this is a guarantee for a beautiful concert.