Max Richter’s
Four Seasons Recomposed
World premieres by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell and Sergey Akhunov
with Britten Sinfonia
A unique double bill from the Britten Sinfonia for Nevill Holt Festival 2024 with Thomas Gould on Lead Violin. New work from Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, Dani Howard and Sergey Akhunov, followed by Max Richter’s Recomposed: The Four Seasons with photography by David Yarrow.
Post-minimalist composer Max Richter reimagined Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and invites us to listen to it anew as he re-composes it, almost note by note. The result is an intensely moving and mesmerising mixture of Vivaldi and his own soundworld, which seems to take the listener into the cosmos to get a new perspective. The album skyrocketed to the top of the classical charts in 22 countries on its release, and Britten Sinfonia has an especially close association with the piece, having given the concert premiere in 2012 and the first performance at the BBC Proms – to a rapturous reception – in 2023.
Exclusively for Nevill Holt Festival, this concert was accompanied by stunning photographs of the natural world by leading photographer and conservationist David Yarrow.
In a unique programme, Britten Sinfonia also performed several vibrant works from living composers, including premieres of Solitude by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell and works by Sergey Akhunov, Erkki Sven-Tuur and Dani Howard.
