Forbes L’Estrange_ A Season to Sing

1. A Season To Sing: I. A Time to Dance
02. A Season To Sing: II. Welcome Spring (after Antonio Vivaldi)
03. A Season To Sing: III. Music, Sweet Music (after Antonio Vivaldi)
04. A Season To Sing: IV. To the Bagpipe’s Sound (after Antonio Vivaldi)
05. A Season To Sing: V. Sing Cuccu! (after Antonio Vivaldi)
06. A Season To Sing: VI. Trees Lending Shelter (after Antonio Vivaldi)
07. A Season To Sing: VII. Summer Storm (after Antonio Vivaldi)
08. A Season To Sing: VIII. Song of Harvest (after Antonio Vivaldi)
09. A Season To Sing: IX. Falling Autumn Leaves (after Antonio Vivaldi)
10. A Season To Sing: X. Make a Joyful Noise (after Antonio Vivaldi)
11. A Season To Sing: XI. Winter Freeze (after Antonio Vivaldi)
12. A Season To Sing: XII. Cosy Indoors while Outside it Pours (after Antonio Vivaldi)
13. A Season To Sing: XIII. While Earth Remaineth (after Antonio Vivaldi)
14. A Season To Sing: XIV. A Time of Peace
15. To Everything Thing There is a Season

A Season to Sing by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, The Four Seasons. Published by the RSCM in the 300th Anniversary year of Vivaldi’s most famous work, A Season to Sing weaves into the well-loved melodies texts from poetry and the Bible on the subject of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

“The Four Seasons is the first piece of music I can remember hearing from my childhood. I used to dance around the sitting room to it!” Joanna recalls. “I thought a great way to mark its 300th anniversary would be to make it possible for choirs to perform it. Vivaldi’s tunes are so magnificent they deserve to be sung!”