Elemental

Earth. Fire. Water. Air. Four elements, endless musical possibilities.

Join Norwich Baroque as they take you on a sonic journey from the earth to the heavens, from land to water, from fire to ice, through the musical imaginations of 17th- and 18th-century composers.

Jean-Féry Rebel jolts us back to the beginning of creation itself with shocking dissonances in his evocation of ‘chaos’ in ‘Les Élemens’, while Antonio Vivaldi captures the irresistible, overflowing sensations of nature and new life in his ‘Spring’ from ‘The Four Seasons’. Isabella Leonarda’s Sonata Duodecima spins mystical melodic threads up to heaven with the delicacy of gossamer silk before outbursts of fiery violinistic virtuosity, while Ignaz Biber’s ‘Sonata Representiva’ brings us firmly back to earth with croaking frogs and mewling cats.

Immerse yourself in the sound-worlds of the elements as Norwich Baroque bring these musical forces of nature to life with their characteristic vitality.

Performers:
Norwich Baroque
Rachel Stroud violin, director