The Four Seasons at 300
Celebrating Vivaldi with Hannah French
Presented by Intelligence Squared
| Hannah French | Broadcaster & Musicologist |
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Celebrate the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with broadcaster and musicologist Hannah French. Joined on stage by musicians to perform excerpts, French will draw on her new book The Rolling Year to explore the rich imagery of each concerto and discuss the art of listening seasonally throughout the year.
Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is a revolutionary set of violin concertos that remain Vivaldi’s most-loved works. Each concerto gives expression to a season of the year and invites the listener to witness the sounds of both ancient festivals and the beauty and brutality of the natural world.
On November 5, broadcaster and musicologist Hannah French joins us live to celebrate the 300th anniversary of The Four Seasons and explore why this classic work still resonates today. Joined on stage by musicians to perform excerpts, French will explore the rich imagery of each concerto and discuss the art of listening seasonally throughout the year.
Drawing from her new book The Rolling Year, French will also uncover the detail of Vivaldi’s personal and creative life, and the lasting cultural impact of his work. Based on her interviews with fellow musicians and experts in health, nature, food, wine, and science, she will help to bring new perspectives to the masterpiece that continues to reveal new truths to listeners today.
Join us for an evening of live music and discussion at Kings Place, and have your questions answered in the audience Q&A.
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Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
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90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
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Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
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Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
About Hannah French
BBC Radio 3 presenter and host of The Early Music Show. She previously spent twelve years as a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music. A specialist in baroque music, she is a regular face at music and literary festivals, a presenter for the BBC Proms and an expert commentator on radio and TV. The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi is her first book.
Reviews for The Rolling Year
‘A fascinating and richly informative journey, filled with personal reflections, into and around Vivaldi’s descriptive masterpieces.’ Michael Talbot
‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons come round as reliably as spring, summer, autumn and winter, so reliably you might think there’s nothing more to say about them. Wrong. Hannah French’s fascinating, seasonally-structured exploration restores their freshness, their glow, their mellowness, their chill, so effectively it is like discovering them for the first time.’ Reverend Richard Coles