A Season to Sing!
A Season to Sing by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, The Four Seasons. Published by the RSCM in the 300th Anniversary year of Vivaldi’s most famous work, A Season to Sing weaves into the well-loved melodies texts from poetry and the Bible on the subject of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
“The Four Seasons is the first piece of music I can remember hearing from my childhood. I used to dance around the sitting room to it!” Joanna recalls. “I thought a great way to mark its 300th anniversary would be to make it possible for choirs to perform it. Vivaldi’s tunes are so magnificent they deserve to be sung!”
The Official Launch Concert is taking place at St Bartholomew the Great, London on Saturday 22nd March, and there is an opportunity to join Luminosa Voices, who will be giving the concert, and Forbes L’Estrange at a special Come & Sing event in Farnham on 15th March.
The 40-minute work’s seasonal theme will enable the piece to be performed at any time of the year and it is hoped that A Season to Sing will become a firm favourite with choirs throughout the world. It will be on general sale from June.
