Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - DRESDNER RESIDENZ ORCHESTER

Name: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - DRESDNER RESIDENZ ORCHESTER
Start: 2026-09-12T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-12T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Friedenskirche Sanssouci

took place · 12 Sep 2026

Friedenskirche Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany

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Dresdner Residenz Orchester performs Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" on Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 19:00 in Friedenskirche Sanssouci in Potsdam. The concert is part of the orchestra's German tour, which spans nine performances across cities including Dresden, Berlin, Cologne, and Erfurt. Friedenskirche Sanssouci is a historic chapel within the Sanssouci palace grounds, offering exceptional acoustics for this celebrated composition. Audiences will experience one of the most frequently performed works of classical music in the interpretation of a renowned orchestra.

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About: Antonio Vivaldi

Born in Venice in 1678, Vivaldi left behind more than 500 concertos and a body of sacred and operatic work that defined the Baroque era - with The Four Seasons at its centre, a programmatic masterpiece that has captivated audiences for three centuries and shows no sign of fading.

3.6M

Spotify monthly plays (Vivaldi catalogue)

165M+

Spotify streams - La Serenissima's Four Seasons recording alone

500+

Concertos composed

2M+

Copies sold - Nigel Kennedy's 1989 Four Seasons recording

What's new

2025-12
Opera Philadelphia staged 'The Seasons', a full opera adaptation of The Four Seasons themed around climate change, at the Kimmel Center in December 2025.
2025-11
Les Arts Florissants completed a world tour in 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of The Four Seasons, performing at 31 venues including Carnegie Hall.
2025
A choral reimagining of The Four Seasons titled 'A Season to Sing', commissioned to mark the work's 300th anniversary, was published by the Royal School of Church Music.

Tracks

Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Op. 8Four violin concertos published 1725; the most performed and streamed Baroque work in the world

L'estro armonico, Op. 312 concertos published 1711; a bestseller that influenced J. S. Bach directly

Gloria in D major, RV 589Vivaldi's most popular sacred work, rediscovered in the 20th century

Concerto in D major for lute (or harpsichord) and strings, RV 93Beloved chamber repertoire staple for lute and strings

Stabat Mater, RV 621Sacred vocal work from 1712, widely performed today

About the venue: Friedenskirche Sanssouci

The Friedenskirche (Church of Peace) in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, is a Protestant court church built between 1845 and 1854 under King Frederick William IV, inspired by the Early Christian basilica of San Clemente in Rome. The church houses a notable 13th-century Byzantine mosaic apse and serves as the burial site of several Hohenzollern rulers. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.

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