You’ve probably heard Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto (“La Primavera” in its original Italian) before. More than likely, you didn’t hear it on the radio or on Spotify or performed live, but you may have ...

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are four violin concertos depicting the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. They are some of the most extravagant examples of music that tells a story (“program music ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ditched Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as its telephone hold music after research revealed callers found the soundtrack “repetitive” and “stressful”. The Italian ...