The famous German ensemble dedicated to historically informed interpretation offers us in this concert a magnificent program composed of creations by Johann Sebastian Bach in dialogue with works by contemporary Italian composers of the German musician, which shows the magnificent interweaving of influences that existed between one and the other creators.

With its seventy recordings, this training on period instruments holds its international reputation for its dynamic and virtuoso play.

The Köln Concerto, a self-managed ensemble, has the particularity of being without a conductor most of the time. It is therefore a real feat that they accomplish by revisiting, directed by the first violin, this memorable suite of four concertos grossos, each depicting the characters and the torments of each season. The genius of the Vivaldian work can only be measured in the light of the musicians who interpret it.

Concerto Köln is one of the leading German chamber orchestras of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
 
The Four Seasons
 
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1742)
Concerto for strings and continuo in G minor RV 156

Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco (1675 – 1742)
Concerto in D minor op. 2 No. 1, Concerti a quattro da chiesa

Antonio Vivaldi 
Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, ” Spring ” (La primavera)
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, ” Summer ” (L’estate)

Charles Avison (1709 – 1770)
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major, from the 12 Concerti Grossi in seven parts after the Harpsichord Lessons by Domenico Scarlatti

Antonio Vivaldi 
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in B minor, RV 169
Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, ” Fall ” (L’autunno)
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “ Winter ” (L’inverno)

Orchestra: Concerto Köln
Solo Violin: Shunske Sato
Filmed at: Teatru Manoel – Malta