Vivaldi and his curious friends
Mathieu Lussier, director
Samantha Louis-Jean, soprano

VIVALDI/ROSSI/MARINI/MARAIS/LECLAIR/MOZART/BACH
Vivaldi—whether exuberant, dramatic, spiritual, or pastoral—
is Vivaldi. But what happens when his works are transformed
by the playful spirit of the French? His Four Seasons were already
quite in vogue at the Paris Concert Spirituel under the successive
leadership of Royer and Mondonville, whose beautiful orchestral
works Arion will perform. The musette player Nicolas Chédeville
concocted a lively arrangement of Vivaldi’s Spring, which will
be interpreted by the virtuoso recorder player Vincent Lauzer.
Even with a soupçon of French flavor, Vivaldi is unique in his
lyric vein, as you will be persuaded by the magnetic soprano
Samantha Louis-Jean.