Musici
Tonya Botsford
I Musici Veneziani in the famous and exciting "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi: four concerts for violin and strings representing the scenes of nature in music, each inspired by each season of the year. The program is also enriched by three other important concerts for strings.A Tribute to Antonio Vivaldi in a live classical music concert
Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of his most recognizable and beloved classical music compositions, and you likely already know parts of it by heart. Vivaldi, who was born in Venice, was a true virtuoso who is best known as a Baroque composer, but he was also an exceptional violin player and teacher. Not everyone knows, however, that he was also a Roman Catholic priest who composed most of his major works during a 30-year stretch when he worked at an orphanage in Venice.
Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Venice, performed by the professional musicians of I Musici Veneziani orchestra, is an exceptional tribute to one of the city's most talented sons. The Baroque majesty of these violin concertos transports all who hear it to a special place of beauty, where time stands still. The color and vibrancy of perfectly harmonized sounds join together to provide an unforgettable journey through the changing face of nature.
You may have heard Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Venice as the background music in a shop or in a hotel, because it is such a common and well-loved composition. But the real way you should hear this exquisite piece of Baroque classical music is to fully immerse yourself in an experience that makes you feel as if you have truly been transported back in time. The only way to really do this is to hear the concertos performed in a Baroque setting, with musicians dressed in authentic period costumes. And this is possible, when you attend Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Venice at the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro.
The artists of I Musici Veneziani orchestra perform the magic of Vivaldi while dressed in costumes designed from original specifications of the Baroque era. The costumes are designed and produced by the prestigious Atelier Nicolao in Venice, where sumptuous fabrics and intricate details come together in garments that bring back the prosperity and aristocratic atmosphere of La Serenissima, the Venetian Republic.
Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Venice at the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro is a classical music concert you will carry with you long after the notes have ended. The performance will transport you back to a time centuries ago, when classical music was a complex and beautiful way to express not only sounds but also emotions, thoughts, ideas, and dreams. When you hear I Musici Veneziani take up their instruments to give full voice to Vivaldi's vision, you'll understand why it has delighted centuries of listeners around the world.
Musici consists of a core of players that welcomes collaborations with nationally and internationally celebrated musicians. Over the last decade they have created lasting relationships with venues and guest artists, performing regularly at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, making their debut at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2019, and enjoying a successful partnership with RTE Lyric FM through regular broadcast of their performances as well as broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. 2022 marks their 10th anniversary, with celebrations including an ambitious concert series featuring music by women composers.
Alongside their concert season, they look forward to several exciting commissions by Irish composers, and are also working on many exciting cross genre, International collaborations, with dancers, theatre and visual artists.
As a soloist, Beth is a prolific commissioner, particularly championing the work of women composers. She will also be giving the world premiere of a new chamber concerto for viola by Irish composer Liam Bates in 2023.
Beth formed acclaimed Irish chamber collective, Musici Ireland, in 2012. They are one of the most respected chamber ensembles in Ireland and their performances can be heard regularly on RTE Lyric FM and across the EBU. Musici Ireland is a female led ensemble & as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations, they will be presenting a series of 5 concerts featuring exclusively female composers. Musici enjoy collaborating with composers, dancers, artists and poets, creating new and interesting ways of presenting classical music.
Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke is an award winning Polish violinist living in Ireland. She is a winner of Hibernian Orchestra Concerto Competition (Ireland) and the Gdańsk Mozart Prize (Poland). She is an avid chamber musician and member of Banbha String Quartet supported by the National String Quartet Foundation and Musici Ireland. She was a founding member of Lupus Piano Trio with whom she received a number of awards at international competitions. Lidia is a recipient of scholarship of the President of the University of Music in Luzern, Switzerland and an Artistic Scholarship of the President of Gdańsk for Special Achievements in Music and Culture. Most recently Lidia has been awarded Arts Council Ireland Bursary and Agility Award.
Lidia graduated with honours from the Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. She furthered her studies in London at The Royal Academy of Music and graduated with MA in performance. Her teachers include Remus Azoitei, Sebastian Hamann, Tomotada Soh and Miroslawa Pawlak.
Their second short film, Her Song, which was completed at the beginning of 2020, told the harrowing story of Mother & Baby Homes. The script attracted the talent of Brenda Fricker and Nicola Coughlan and was funded by Screen Ireland. This film was widely received and saw the duo win an IFTA and be long-listed for the 2022 Academy Awards.
Currently, abha & Jack are finishing up their third short film which is funded by Screen Ireland and stars Tom Vaughan Lawlor, Liam Maoinla with music by Gareth Quinn-Redmond. It is due for release in early 2023.
Other film scores include Nothing Compares by Tara Films (co-composed with Linda Buckley) and Touch by Enda Walsh. Irene holds a PhD in Composition and a BMus from University College Cork and an MA in Music Technology from Queens University Belfast.
Eoin McNinch is a programmer, relighter and designer. Over the past few years, he has diversified his skills to include CAD drawings of venues, Modelbox creation through Fusion 360 & 3D printing and WYSIWYG previsualisation.
Eoin started his theatre career straight out of school, spending 6 years working in the Cork Opera House. Then cut his teeth in the freelance world working with some of Irelands most prestigious companies and has travelled worldwide with them. He has spent 16 seasons as the lighting programmer for Wexford Festival Opera and one season as Lighting Designer with them.
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