Vivaldi by Candlelight Concert: The Four Seasons

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is arguably the most popular classical music ever written. The vivid musical imagery Vivaldi paints with a master’s brush is mind-boggling, especially considering that the instrumentation is limited to a small ensemble of string instruments. It may leave the listener questioning, “If Vivaldi were alive today, what would his twenty-first-century Four Seasons sound like? What would his musical imagery be for drought, floods, and wildfires? How could he make a violin sound like a cracking ice sheet or a pine bark beetle munching away at its vulnerable host?”

Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy is delighted to invite the Vivaldi virtuosi to return to the stage after a year’s absence and present you with this glorious music. We begin our journey with “La Senna Festeggiante” (“Festivities on the Seine”) and travel through the four seasons, concluding the evening with Bach’s beloved “Air” from his third orchestral suite.

Featuring special guest sonnet narrator Doug Fabrizio, host and producer of KUER’s RadioWest, who for decades has been one of the most familiar and popular voices in Utah.

Saturday 12.4.2021
Doors open at 7:00 PM; Concert begins at 8:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
12 C Street Salt Lake City

Please note that we require full vaccination or a negative PCR Covid-19 test, taken within 72 hours of the concert, and photo identification to attend.  Please read our Covid-19 policy online for further details.