The main figure of the next instalment of the star-studded ICE Classic cycle (15 June) will by Fabio Biondi, one of the leading figures in the world of early music. In Kraków, the Italian violinist and conductor with his own ensemble Europa Galante will perform an exceptional version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, where each violin concerto is intertwined with arias from Baroque operas thematically related to the given season. The arias will be performed by Hungarian soprano Emöke Baráth. The program is entitled The Voice of Nature.

• Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E major Op. 8 No. 1 “Spring” RV 269
• Henry Purcell suite from The Fairy Queen
• Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in g-moll Op. 8 No. 2 “Summer” RV 315
• George Frideric Handel Like clouds, stormy winds them impelling (The Triumph of Time and Truth)
• George Frideric Handel Finché d’un zeffiro soave (Ezio)
• Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F major Op. 8 No. 3 “Autumn” RV 293
• George Frideric Handel Da tempeste (Giulio Cesare)
• Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in f-moll Op. 8 No. 4 “Winter” RV 297

Emöke Baráth – soprano
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi – violin, lead

See also:

• ICE Classic 2022: Patricia Kopatchinskaja
• ICE Classic 2022: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

ICE Classic is a unique series of classical music concerts, which induced Kraków to the group of important music stages in Europe. All concerts of the ICE Classic series are held in the Krzysztof Penderecki Hall at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre. Thanks to the concert space offered by the ICE Kraków Congress Centre, the capital of the Małopolska region has at its disposal a concert venue accommodating nearly 2,000 people, with excellent technical facilities and high acoustic performance.

The ICE Classic brand is consistently built upon the performances of the greatest stars of classical music. Krakow has already hosted some of the most outstanding opera soloists of our times: Aleksandra Kurzak, Edita Gruberová, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča and Philippe Jaroussky, exquisite instrumentalists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Isabelle Faust, Ivo Pogorelić and Piotr Anderszewski, the outstanding conductor Kent Nagano with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Sir Simon Rattle with the London Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe with Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and the extraordinary composer Max Richter.