![]() ![]() The Siciliana variation (7’00”) is especially refreshing. In the opening track of the album, “La Follia,” one never tires of hearing variations on the same sixteen-bar phrase, Schayegh imbuing each with a new mood. In the Largos and Adagios, her embellishments are expressive and sit comfortably among a longstanding Baroque tradition. Buy your tickets now to discover the music of Vivaldi in the open air at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens under the gentle glow of candlelight. Short, fast quarter notes vibrate with appropriately subtle vibrato. In the allegros, Schayegh’s phrases are long and not interrupted by the demands of the bow or position shifts. ![]() A Baroque specialist who studied, along with the rest of Musica Fiorita’s musicians, at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, her playing is remarkably smooth and inventive. ![]() Schayegh’s playing deserves quite a bit of praise as well. What is the order of Vivaldis Four Seasons The order of the four concertos is as follows: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The autumnal hunt (track 10) is the perfect balance of jaunty and refined, which is to say, the ensemble has perfectly balanced staccato and legato attacks. The eighth rests in the first movement (track 5) feel like eternities, as if the heat is so oppressive that the group can barely bring themselves to play the next pair of notes, and the ensuing thunderstorm (track 7) is no less convincing. The group’s Summer is one of the most languorous available, as they imagine themselves out of breath and exhausted. ![]()
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