Vivaldi: Four Seasons/Quattro Stagioni - Janine Jansen - Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival 

I'm grateful that we live in a time where the common person can listen to the best music ever written played by the best musicians in the world...

Concerto No. 1 - "La Primavera" (Spring) Spring Movement 1 (Allegro) - 0:04 Springtime is upon us. The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes. Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle over heaven, Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more. Spring Movement 2 (Largo) - 3:31 On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches rustling overhead, the goat-herd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him. Spring Movement 3 (Allegro) - 6:02 Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring. Concerto No. 2 - "L'estate" (Summer) Summer Movement 1 (Allegro non molto) - 10:22 Beneath the blazing sun's relentless heat men and flocks are sweltering,pines are scorched. We hear the cuckoo's voice; then sweet songs of the turtle dove and finch are heard. Soft breezes stir the air….but threatening north wind sweeps them suddenly aside. The shepherd trembles, fearful of violent storm and what may lie ahead. Summer Movement 2 (Adagio) - 15:41 His limbs are now awakened from their repose by fear of lightning's flash and thunder's roar, as gnats and flies buzz furiously around. Summer Movement 3 (Presto) - 17:54 Alas, his worst fears were justified, as the heavens roar and great hailstones beat down upon the proudly standing corn. Concerto No. 3 - "L'autunno" (Autumn) Autumn Movement 1 (Allegro) - 21:01 The peasant celebrates with song and dance the harvest safely gathered in. The cup of Bacchus flows freely, and many find their relief in deep slumber. Autumn Movement 2 (Adagio molto) - 26:10 The singing and the dancing die away as cooling breezes fan the pleasant air, inviting all to sleep without a care. Autumn Movement 3 (Allegro) - 28:41 The hunters emerge at dawn, ready for the chase, with horns and dogs and cries. Their quarry flees while they give chase. Terrified and wounded, the prey struggles on, but, harried, dies. Concerto 4 - "L'inverno" (Winter) Winter Movement 1 (Allegro non molto) - 32:05 Shivering, frozen mid the frosty snow in biting, stinging winds; running to and fro to stamp one's icy feet, teeth chattering in the bitter chill. Winter Movement 2 (Largo) - 35:21 To rest contentedly beside the hearth, while those outside are drenched by pouring rain. Winter Movement 3 (Allegro) - 37:00 We tread the icy path slowly and cautiously, for fear of tripping and falling. Then turn abruptly, slip, crash on the ground and, rising, hasten on across the ice lest it cracks up. We feel the chill north winds coarse through the home despite the locked and bolted doors… this is winter, which nonetheless brings its own delights. Suite Conclusion: 40:05 Encore: Summer Movement 3 (Presto) - 43:55 Final Conclusion: 46:24

I ran across this by accident. I was looking for something to listen to while I worked. Instead, I sat transfixed for most of an hour to the most beautiful rendition of Vivaldi I have ever heard.

It's easy to take the Four Seasons for granted because it gets performed so often and we hear it many times. But it's a great piece of music and this Janine Jansen/Amsterdam Sinfonietta performance really brought out the great composition by Vivaldi. They didn't rush at all. It's an excellent performance, the scenes are brought vividly to life. Lovely to see the musicians get a standing ovation at the end.

She plays music with the joy of a child and the maturity of an adult.

Everyone in this group looks absolutely insane. I love it.

BEST interpretation of Vivaldi's 4 seasons i've ever seen.... oh my god

After 9 years still the best performance of this masterpiece. Very fresh and full of live. You can feel the seasons. Thank you Janine and Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Concerto No. 1 - "La Primavera" (Spring) Spring Movement 1 (Allegro) - 0:04 Spring Movement 2 (Largo) - 3:31 Spring Movement 3 (Allegro) - 6:02 Concerto No. 2 - "L'estate" (Summer) Summer Movement 1 (Allegro non molto) - 10:22 Summer Movement 2 (Adagio) - 15:41 Summer Movement 3 (Presto) - 17:54 Concerto No. 3 - "L'autunno" (Autumn) Autumn Movement 1 (Allegro) - 21:01 Autumn Movement 2 (Adagio molto) - 26:10 Autumn Movement 3 (Allegro) - 28:41 Concerto 4 - "L'inverno" (Winter) Winter Movement 1 (Allegro non molto) - 32:05 Winter Movement 2 (Largo) - 35:21 Winter Movement 3 (Allegro) - 37:00 Suite Conclusion: 40:05 Encore: Summer Movement 3 (Presto) - 43:55 Final Conclusion: 46:24

Lets take a moment to thank all the sound engineers as well, who set up the mics, to capture this piece of art!

i watched this video more than 100 times and i never get enough of it .. the lady that play on the violin and the whole group is amazing

19:36 I love how this is a full visual performance. Watching the artists match their movements to the mood of the piece is so pretty.

I love how each artist is experiencing the music in their own special way. The faces they make, the body language, it just shows the passion and love for the music.

Oh my GOD!! That is the best Vivaldi Four Seasons Concert I think that I have EVER seen. It was amazing. I've got goosebumps, tears, and a smile on my face!

That hair flip at 18:05 is 🔥. Wow!! What an incredible violinist. This has to be one of my favorite interpretations of this piece. Bravo!

Belissimo! Bravo! The best performance of Vivaldi's masterpiece! Grazie Italia per Vivaldi, bedankt Nederland voor Janine Jansen en de Amsterdam Sinfonietta!

How can you not like this. Amazing. Can you imagine what it takes to get a group to play this way and with such commitment, energy, and concentration? This is what music is all about. I bet they all hugged each other after the performance because you never forget something like this.

Their faces show how emotionally involved they are with the performance. The Four Seasons convey so much feeling and passion, it is like a kind of ritual to conjure the spirit of nature. Vivaldi was a beautiful soul.

Exquisite - I didn’t think I needed to cry, but now I’m sobbing…… so intense and beautiful.

Wonderful! Beautiful. Without words. Thanks Janine!

Oh my gosh incredible performance. She not only played but also conducted by body language, inspiring.

The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed around 1720, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces in the Baroque music repertoire. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, “Winter” is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas “Summer” evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often called “Storm” (as noted in the list of derivative works).

Wow, if perfection has a name, I would definitely say "Janine Jansen". This superb artist leads this work with incredible energy and virtuosity!! There, I think we can talk about magic. Thank you Janine for this moment of majesty and grace 💐 Phil

This is the best version of this song that I could find. Thank you Janine!

The nice thing about music is that you don't need to speak a language to understand it.

I'm not a music aficionado or anything close to it, but I've watched this video five times now, and there is more drama, excitement and tenderness in it than any film I have watched. Every time I watch it, there is something new to hear and to see. Many thanks Avrotros

Bravo! This performance gave me tears of joy. Some of the best music ever performed by human minds and hearts and hands 🙏

As someone who primarily only listens to Vivaldi performed on period instruments. Janine’s interpretation is my favorite modern violin performance.

Vivaldi must have visited heaven to have conceived of such music.

Her expressions, so beautiful. Love watching her play.

Wow! So well performed. I'm not a typical case of classical music lover, but i know THIS piece by heart. The timing and everything was so perfect.

Einfach ergreifend... ich fühle die Botschaft, nicht hören, fühlen... KLASSE !! Virtuos. Danke für diese Reise.

Listening to this is proof that the world isn't all bad. Magnificent.

That was the greatest ever performance of Vivaldi I have ever heard, bravo everybody involved.

Women playing musical instrument is a divine thing, they a force of nature, a storm of emotion, a tsunami of love ❤

Als een metalhead en muziekliefhebber kan ik maar een ding zeggen: Bravo, extreem goed uitgevoerd. Ik zou het zelfs perfect durven te noemen. En zoals anderen ook al hadden benoemd: Diepe respect naar de geluidsengineers die het zo goed hebben weten op te nemen.

Easily the best performance I’ve heard in half a century. I play it often and every time with a heap of gratitude.

The force is strong with this group. Yoda would approve.

Merci ! Depuis des années, je suis sous le charme de cette musique merveilleuse , tonifiante, extrêmement bien interprétée par un orchestre, le vôtre, qui est ma thérapie contre toutes les difficultés de la vie et la Joie extrême de votre interprétation précise et juste mais également pleine de vigueur et de poésie ! Toute la puissance de la vie ! Merci infiniment ! ❤❤❤

La mejor interpretación que he escuchado. Perfecta!!

Thank you Vivaldi for this beautiful piece of music. A gift to humanity.

Janine Jansen is coming from another time, this is my feeling. The violin cry from happiness in her hands. Janine is a fantastic performer! Love her and all this orchestra!

I am not into classic music. I know basics i would say but i loved it. We are all familiar with 4 seasons but watching this was pure joy. Loved it. The feeling of the lady playing the violin was great

I deeply appreciate Janine Jansen's commitment to excellence, which puts this performance a step above others.

I think this is my favorite performance/ recording of the Four Seasons. Janine is amazing and plays with such fire! I love the excitement she brings to this performance.

I usually just put classical music on to study but that final performance was the most captivating thing ever

this is incredible the fact that she both plays the solist and conductor

Janine Jansen ist hier einfach fantastisch! Ein wahrer Genuss, neben der tollen Darbietung auch alleine schon ihrem Mienenspiel zuzusehen. Großartig!

Her expression, phrasing and leadership of the ensemble are beyond brilliant!! It brings the piece to life in a way that most other performances do not.

Lo podría ver cada día de mi vida sin cansarme, es espectacular, no soy música, pero esta obra es lo mejor que existe, siempre he escuchado Vivaldi, la interpretación de las cuatro estaciones, jamás lo había visto, es lo mejor! Gracias 😊

Imagine writing such a perfect piece of music that it gives the weather its own theme music till the end of time.

My God! What a beauty! No words to express how beautiful this group played the wonderful Vivaldi's symphony. Fantastic! The eternal imortal Antônio Lúcio Vivaldi!

A time machine for emotions, you can clearly picture what sensation Vivaldi's soul felt about 3 centuries ago.🌱🌳🍂❄

The most incredible interpretation and recording of this masterpiece I've ever heard. Simply beautiful.

It’s an accomplished performance of a beautiful suite with a beautiful lady leading the graceful performance x❤x

What a beautiful concert, I loved it! 🙋🏼‍♀️💜💞

The best Four Seasons interpretation ever! Never seen as much passion and collective coordination in creating such a marvellous performance anywhere. Bravissimo to Janine Jansen and the team that made up this magnificent performance!

How everyone on the stage is in unison with each other, and pause exactly at the same time is just magnificent. I turn this on for background music while I work, but most often I simply watch Janie and the other musicians in wornderment!!!!!

In this format, you can really see the musicians having a conversation with each other. Especially in Winter, which is the piece that turned me onto baroque music - before I even knew it was called baroque music.

Isn't it strange how comfortable this section of youtube feels? Love it

I love the first cello woman, so passionate! and her hair is perfect haha I have no words to express Janine playing, my God, I will never get tired to see and hear her, she’s playing with all of them not just being the soloist, she’s making music indeed. Marvellous!

How difficult it must be to bring a piece that has been played so often by so many great artists. And to play it like this… wow. Almost like it is reinvented. Am at loss for words. Janine, you are unique. And the ensemble does a breathtaking job too. Who are they?

Such incredible concentration and focus, technical perfection and pathos, leaves one in awe. To have been there to experience it firsthand is only dwarfed by the ability to sit in my living room and play it over and over.

This is the best rendition of Vivaldi I have ever heard, the musicality is off the charts

The best performance I've ever listened to.Words fail.

Best "Seasons" I've ever heard. Not enough credit is given to the recording quality - which is a large part of the listening experience. And who knew Vivaldi could do rock and roll!? This ensemble is so fresh and alive!

True masterpiece. One of the finest musical creations of humankind in the entire history.

It's superb. Her talent is amazing and the whole orchestra so good. I am lost for words. XX

Everytime I hear summer being played I got reminded of Janine's hair flip at 18:06

I love you Janine, the best version of The Four Seasons that I heard ever, a performance with a lot of energy and strength, excellent audio and a soloist who made me appreciate this work of the great Antonio in a different way. Bravísimo!!!!

She is making the crowd fall in love with her. Look at their faces, as the spell she casts emulates strength, confidence, beauty, and captivates them all. Exquisitely done, bravo!

Magnifique! Sans fioritures, la meilleur interprétation des 4 saisons, que j'ai entendu.

Like its predecessors but unlike its cousin the viol, the violin has a fretless fingerboard. Its strings are hitched to tuning pegs and to a tailpiece passing over a bridge held in place by the pressure of the strings. The bridge transmits the strings’ vibrations to the violin belly, or soundboard, which is made of pine and amplifies the sound. Inside the instrument, beneath the treble foot of the bridge and wedged between the violin belly and back, which is made of maple, is the sound post, a thin stick of pine that transmits the string vibrations to the instrument’s back, contributing to the characteristic violin tone. The belly is supported from beneath by the bass bar, a narrow wood bar running lengthwise and tapering into the belly. It also contributes to the resonance of the instrument. The sidewalls, or ribs, are constructed of pine-lined maple.

The best version of Four Seasons that I had ever seen.

Love they way they transfer the emotional musical notes back and for a shared artistic creation. Without the words the musicians share this complex and wonderful musical composition.

excellent ....A big thank you to all for the moment ...👍☺

people are so goddamn lucky to have attended this concert. Janine is just outstanding.

Bravo Ms. Jensen, a very inspired performance indeed! I put on my headphones, so no other sound disturbed me, and fully enjoyed this piece. Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons almost three centuries ago (1723) and it is still part of the best music ever made. A hundred political ideologies will be born and will die, but classical music will still be in the pantheon of the best Western Civilization had to offer.

extraordinary interpretation, dynamic, analytical, passionate without romanticism. And perfectly recorded

Delectably conducted, glorifying and alluring. Jansen's style combines rarely perceived subtleness with a contrasting exhuberant density and richness of grace. She imprints every single and seemingly brief mouvement of the bow with a rythmical, inspirational and levitating effect. Her performance mesmerizes the hearing sense with sets of copious flowering divine waves soaked with a delirious anesthetic.

The third movement of Summer is pure drama and despair turned into music. Amazing.

After 15 years of not playing the Violin, this performance made me buy another one. 💗

Habia escuchado a Vivaldi pero nunca el concierto completo de Four Seasons/Quattro Stagioni/ Las Cuatro Estaciones - magistralmente interpretada por Janine Jansen y esa orquesta de cuerda, simple y sencillamente fenomenal, magistral, fuera de este mundo, muchas gracias por compartir.

What a glorious masterpiece by Vivaldi, brought to perfection by Janine Jansen, I am reduced to tears by the power and passion with which she shares her gift with us mere mortals! Her supporting ensemble is incredible as well! The God of glory has blessed you with supernatural gifts Janine, I hope to meet you one day and thank you!

I have listened to many Vivaldi concerti and this is the most fantastic performance I recall.

Symphonic music like this is absolutely one humanity's greatest achievements! VIVA VIVALDI, and Janine Johnson!

Best ever. I can really follow what's happening.. In the weather the trees nature...Jeanie the orchestrum... Oh man

No me canso de escuchar y ver este maravilloso video, pues me encanta como ella disfruta cada nota, la siente, la vive. Uffff.

The 1707 Strad is very rich and in keeping with this beautiful piece by Vivaldi. Janine has an incredible presence with this instrument. I absolutely adored the whole performance. There are many excellent supporting musicians in this 'Sinfonietta'.

Vivaldi is fantastic! we realize that in his music, he contemplates, rejoices, then cries and somehow revolts. Absurdly fantastic the explosion of feelings that their music causes us. Congratulations to Janine and everyone involved was very good.

Великолепный музыка! Замечательное исполнение оркестра и солиста! Браво!

Nunca había visto un concierto de música clásica donde los intérpretes acabaran despeinados... en especial la primera violinista y violonchecista, que amor y entrega a la música... ole, ole y ole!

What an infinite gifted and adventurous woman....A truly fantastic rendition of Vivaldi's musical creativity in sound painting the story of nature and humans created in the unfolding of the four seasons on our beautiful, sad, tormented planet. Not playing for dead perfection but for the joy of free unchaind passion !

WOW I think the last piece has fallen into place in my personal "bucket list". I have seen and heard Vivaldi's masterpiece performed by so many orchestral arrangements and groups of musicians that it boggles the mind. I feel as I am keenly aware of every single note, every rest and every nuance in its intended delivery. This is one of THE best and PUREST performances of Vivaldi's Quattro Staggioni I have EVER heard!

So so good, they are all amazing. An outstanding performance. Thank you ever so much ❤

I have played this to my cat and now she is totally relaxed and chillin she will probably wake up and ask for coffee and croissants.

This is a really great performance of this Vivaldi masterpiece. It never fails to raise my spirit.

It is not often that I see everyone play with such equal passion, intensity and commitment to produce the best possible outcome. Bravo!

The expressions of the musicians conveys almost as much as the music itself.

Felicidades interpretan magistralmente uds inmortalizan a Vivaldi crecí escuchando las 4 estaciones gracias a mi padre tristemente falleció hace 2 años de COVID siempre lo recordaré al escuchar Vivaldi gracias