Janoska Ensemble: The Four Seasons à la Janoska

Date: June 19, 2025
Time: 8:00 PM
Title: Janoska Ensemble: The Four Seasons à la Janoska
Venue: Námestie SNP 25
Organizer: Stará tržnica, Bratislava

June 19, 2025, 8:00 PM, Stará tržnica, Bratislava
Janoska Ensemble: The Four Seasons à la Janoska (Slovak premiere)

There is hardly a classical music lover who doesn’t know Antonio Vivaldi’s cycle of four violin concertos, The Four Seasons. This year marks exactly 300 years since they were first published in print. Despite the passage of time, The Four Seasons continues to captivate listeners with its expressiveness, dramatic contrasts, and breathtaking violin passages.

What perhaps draws audiences most to this composition is Vivaldi’s ability to vividly depict the wild beauty of nature through the expressive tools of Baroque music. The ever-changing rhythm of the seasons comes to life with extraordinary persuasiveness: from the light chirping of birds to powerful winds, roaring thunder, and the stillness of a wintry landscape.

While there are countless interpretations of this masterpiece, one of the most innovative was created in 2024 by the phenomenal Janoska Ensemble. In collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon, they released their fourth album, devoted to fusing Vivaldi’s musical message with virtuosic improvisation and stylistic diversity.

Viva Musica! Festival proudly presents the Slovak premiere of The Four Seasons in this unique arrangement by Janoska Ensemble, accompanied by the Viva Musica! Orchestra. The special guest of the concert will be Arpád Jánoška, the eldest of the four Janoska brothers.

The Four Seasons is one of the most iconic works in music history, and we decided to bring it into the 21st century in our own ‘Janoska Style.’ On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of its publication, we created our own arrangement incorporating elements of improvisation and our musical language. We will be presenting this version to our home audience in Bratislava for the very first time. The collaboration with the orchestra will add a new dimension of expression, color, and energy. It will be an extraordinary evening for us—musically and emotionally.”
Janoska Ensemble

Performers:

  • Janoska Ensemble
    • Ondrej Jánoška – violin
    • Roman Jánoška – violin
    • František Jánoška – piano
    • Julius Darvas – double bass
  • Guest: Arpád Jánoška – vocals
  • Viva Musica! Orchestra
    • Artistic direction: Sandra Haniszewska Kubasik

📸 Photo © Andreas H. Bitesnich
Program and performers subject to change.
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Discounts:

  • 50% for wheelchair users/persons with disabilities (ZŤP) and their companions
  • 20% for seniors over 65, pupils, students, holders of ISIC, ITIC, or Euro<26 cards