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Welcome to the Cork Midsummer Festival 2007
Tuesday 19th - Saturday 30th June 2007.

The Four Seasons
THE IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: The Four Seasons
Date: Thursday 28th June @ 8pm
Tickets: €15
Venue: St Fin Barre’s Catherdral

Monica Huggett, one of the world’s great baroque virtuosos, leads the Irish Baroque Orchestra in a unique performance of this well known work by Antonio Vivaldi.

The Four Seasons must rate as the world’s most popular baroque orchestral work. This popularity is partly due to the programmatic element of the work, spring, summer, autumn and winter making it both a musical and a meteorological tour de force.

Snatches of the music have been used for film scores and advertising jingles, or can often be heard sotto voce in the background as one ascends to the fifth floor, waits to be connected or taxis towards the runway.

Not only are baroque instruments different from their modern counterparts, but baroque players live dangerously when playing this music, sailing close to the edge of the instrument’s expressive and technical capabilities, bringing an exciting, daring and virtuosic abandon to the music-making. Expect a thrilling experience that transports the listener back to the sound world of Vivaldi’s time.

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