for Adrian Chandler, a violinist and the founder-director of the Baroque ensemble - and Vivaldi specialists - La Serenissima, 'it's a crying shame that people don't realise what a genius he was.'' 'With familiarity came over-exposure, indifference, even undeserved contempt.

'From elevator muzak and call-centre hold-music to TV and film soundtracks, 'The Four Seasons' by Antonio Vivaldi supplies an inescapable backdrop to everyday life,' a story in The Economist said earlier this year. 'I'm looking forward to playing it in condensed form, as a string quartet.' 'For a piece composed in the 1720s, its enduring love says something about how it is still able to inspire, fascinate and charm audiences of today,' Kahng says. 'The changing of seasons always reminds me of Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons,' says Jason Miller, executive director of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, 'and Er-Gene found a wonderful quartet arrangement that is perfect for intimate space.'Įr-Gene Kahng, concertmaster for APO and a world-renowned violinist, says she never gets tired of playing Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi's best known work.

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