A Season to Sing – Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
A Season To Sing is a brand new 40-minute work for SATB choir/organ by RSCM composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
The Official Launch Concert will take place at St Bartholomew the Great, London, on Saturday 22nd March and there is also an opportunity to join a Come & Sing led by Joanna at St Thomas on the Bourne, Farnham on Saturday 15thMarch.
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The RSCM invited choirs to co-commission the work, and performances are now set to take place all over the world.
A Season To Sing is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, The Four Seasons, first published 300 years ago in 1725. RSCM composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is rearranging the four concertos for SATB choir and organ, weaving into Vivaldi’s 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!”
The 40-minute work also includes a new setting by Forbes L’Estrange of Ecclesiastes 3.2 – To everything there is a season. Its seasonal theme will enable the piece to be performed at any time of the year and it is hoped that A Season To Sing will become a firm favourite with choirs throughout the world.
Please note: The vocal score is not avialble to purchase until 1st June 2025. Any orders received before then will be held.
