Those who listened to the uplifting strains of the Spring concerto carried out tasks faster and more accurately than the more sombre Autumn passage, say University of Northumbria researchers.

You’ve probably heard Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto (“La Primavera” in its original Italian) before. More than likely, you didn’t hear it on the radio or on Spotify or performed live ...

Vivaldi’s works are cataloged by an RV numbers, for “Répertoire des oeuvres d’Antonio Vivaldi”. (The “Spring” Concerto from The Four Seasons, for instance, is RV 269.) Interest in his ...

Study: Vivaldi boosts mental vitality Have a challenging mental task ahead of you? Try using Spring from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as background music ...

Vivaldi's Four Seasons has been dropped as the telephone hold music at the Department of Work and Pensions after callers said it made them anxious. The 30-second loop of Spring, the concerto’s ...

Spring arrived with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra this weekend — along with summer, autumn and winter — in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” concertos.

The Jefferson Symphony Orchestra (JSO) is planning a lively Celebration of Spring for its season finale concert on May 4 that will feature musical expressions of the season. This exciting program ...

Antonio Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos. Today, most people know four of them. But those four — commonly known as “The Four Seasons” — have become part of our cultural fabric. They ...

Jazz album: “Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” by Lara St. John, released in 2009 on Ancalagon. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ ...

Violinist Daniel Hope on listening again to what is new in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," a work whose ubiquity can make us just blank it out.

Lara St. John, The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Eduardo Marturet: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires album review by C. Michael Bailey, published on ...