There's nothing quite like Vivaldi’s masterpiece! Get ready to hear the four amazing concertos known as The Four Seasons, composed for violin and strings, that represent scenes of nature in music, inspired by each season of the year.

The classical masterpiece you already know - experienced live

Spring birds. A summer storm. An autumn hunt. The cold of winter.

More than 300 years ago, Antonio Vivaldi turned the changing seasons into music - and created melodies that are still recognised around the world today.

The Four Seasons is an ideal classical concert for both first-time visitors and experienced concertgoers: accessible, visual, energetic and packed with melodies you may already know. This season, experience it live in historic churches and concert halls across the Netherlands.

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Hear the seasons come to life

Vivaldi did not simply write four violin concertos. He used music to paint scenes from nature.

You can hear birds welcoming spring, the heat and thunderstorms of summer, celebrations and hunting in autumn and the icy winds of winter. Spanish violinist Enrique Gómez-Cabrero Fernández takes the solo role together with the renowned Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands.

The orchestra is well known in the Netherlands for its performances of Baroque music and plays on authentic period instruments. This gives Vivaldi's music a lively, transparent sound and makes the colours and contrasts of The Four Seasons even more vivid.

Live, this familiar masterpiece becomes a musical story unfolding right in front of you.

Discover another side of Vivaldi

The evening also reveals Vivaldi the opera composer. Soprano Olga Zinovieva performs arias written for Rosane in Vivaldi's opera La verità in cimento, together with the famous aria Sposa son disprezzata.

This combination of virtuosic violin playing and vocal music makes the programme much more than The Four Seasons alone.

Musicians

• The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands
• Olga Zinovieva, soprano
• Enrique Gómez-Cabrero Fernández, violin
• Pieter Jan Leusink, conductor

Four Seasons concert dates 2026–2027

• Leusden, AFAS Theatre - Saturday, November 7, 2026, 7.30pm
• Leusden, AFAS Theatre - Friday, January 15, 2027, 7.30pm
• Leusden, AFAS Theatre - Saturday, January 16, 2027, 3.30pm
• Leusden, AFAS Theatre - Saturday, January 16, 2027, 7.30pm
• Amsterdam, Concertgebouw - Monday, March 29, 2027, 2.15pm – Easter Monday
• Leiden, Hooglandse Kerk - Saturday, April 10, 2027, 1.30pm
• Alkmaar, Grote Kerk - Friday, April 16, 2027, 7.30pm
• Groningen, Martinikerk - Saturday, April 17, 2027, 1.30pm
• 's-Hertogenbosch, Jheronimus Bosch Art Centre - Sunday, April 18, 2027, 3pm
• Utrecht, Jacobikerk - Thursday, April 22, 2027, 7.30pm
• Leusden, AFAS Theatre - Saturday, April 24, 2027, 7.30pm
• Zwolle, Academiehuis - Sunday, April 25, 2027, 1.30pm
• The Hague, Grote Kerk - Saturday, May 15, 2027, 1.30pm
• Amsterdam, Concertgebouw - Monday, May 17, 2027, 2.15pm – Whit Monday
• Eindhoven, Catharinakerk - Friday, May 21, 2027, 7.30pm
• Rotterdam, Laurenskerk - Saturday, May 22, 2027, 1.30pm
• Amsterdam, Concertgebouw - Sunday, May 23, 2027, 2.15pm
• Nijmegen, Stevenskerk - Friday, June 11, 2027, 7.30pm
• Elburg, Kloostertuin - Saturday, June 12, 2027, 3.15pm

For concerts at Concertgebouw, a 5 euro surcharge applies to the tier 1 ticket, including refreshments.

For concerts at AFAS Theatre, a 5 euro surcharge applies to the tier 1 ticket, including free parking and refreshments.

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