Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (live)
Once an artist finishes his work he hands it over to the public, to the people. They can watch or listen. Or they can use it as a building piece for their own work, changing it slightly, reinterpreting it or using it for something completely new. Theatre works like that and sampling in Pop music. And it works just as well with classical music: Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons. Richter is one of the most innovative composers around. Graduating in composition and piano the German-born Brit threw himself into creative work and didn't stop for 20 years: piano cicrus, electronic and ambient experiments with Future Sound Of London, ballet scores, film scores (e.g. "Waltz with Bashir"), producing (e.g. Vashti Bunyan), and five solo albums. For his latest project he enlisted the help of wunderkind violonist Daniel Hope and acclaimed conductor André de Ridder working on a version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons for Recomposed. Richter's approach to the work is similar to composing for electronic music: he dropped three quarters of the piece, the rest was rearranged and re-recorded. Big masterpieces in a new light. This is going to be one of the highlights!
