A Season to Sing – A captivating reimagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange

 

 

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A Season to Sing is a choral re-imagining by British composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, evergreen The Four Seasons. Published in the 300th anniversary year of Vivaldi’s most famous work, A Season to Sing enhances the music’s programmatic intent by weaving into the much-loved melodies texts from poetry and the Bible on the subject of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The 40-minute work also includes a setting by Joanna of Ecclesiastes 3.2 – To everything there is a season. The music is arranged for mixed voices and organ or strings (with optional parts for flute, trumpet and trombone) and can also be performed by SA choirs. As always, Joanna has ensured that the piece is highly accessible to many types of choir.

 

‘The Four Seasons is the first piece of music I can remember hearing from my childhood. I used to dance around the sitting room to it! I thought a great way to mark its 300th anniversary would be to make it possible for choirs to perform it. Vivaldi’s tunes are so magnificent they deserve to be sung!’ – Joanna Forbes L’Estrange

 

‘It’s going to run and run, this one….I hope that lots of choirs will take it up and give it the life that it deserves’ – Gareth Malone, choirmaster and broadcaster

 

‘An absolute joy to sing!’ – member of choir at Sydney Opera House performance, April 2025

 

‘…a revolutionary reimagination of The Four Seasons, full of innovation, humour and wit’ – Michael Howell, music artist & finalist of The Piano series 2, Channel 4

 

Extracts of the music here:

SPRING https://youtu.be/Na-dW6dbOcE?feature=shared

WINTER https://youtu.be/K4ozZjZyg8s?feature=shared

A Season to Sing is the result of co-commissioning project between the Royal School of Church Music and Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, one of their most popular living composers. The piece was co-commissioned by 55 choirs worldwide, who benefited from exclusive perks and the opportunity to exclusively perform the work until September 2025. A Season to Sing is already being performed around the world during 2025, including performances in Italy, Australia, America, South Africa and Vietnam, making it a truly international project, and, with the scores going on general release from 1 June 2025, the RSCM and the composer hope there will be many choirs around the world who will wish to sing this captivating new piece from September 2025 onwards.

 

 

 

 

 

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