How would he sonic depict the environment? Antonio Vivaldi V “Four Seasons” so much for her Thessaloniki as well as for other cities, based on the nightmare scenario predicted by scientists with the upcoming dramatic changes from global warming;

programmers, environmental scientists And musicians combined their knowledge to recompose the iconic work of the original score with sounds from climate model future as if it were written in 2050. for her changing of the climate.

Project “The [uncertain] Four Seasons / The [αβέβαιες] Four Seasons” was presented by the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) in various countries of the world for four years, but adapted to each country. Each variation is different.

In the version of the work “The [uncertain] The Seasons” by composer Carmen Fizzarotti, which is presented for the first time in Greece in collaboration with the Youth Symphony Orchestra Music Hall of Thessaloniki (MOISA), warmer air now holds more moisture, increasing the intensity of extreme weather events, forests cleared by wildfires have displaced feathered and quadrupedal dwellers, and rising sea levels are changing landscapes and communities.

The new “Summer” of the project is dedicated exclusively to Thessaloniki. “In Concerto II. Rising summer, persistent Thessaloniki, Vivaldi’s “summer” inspired by the environment of the pre-industrial era is recognizable, but the algorithm’s calculations based on the past and present also highlight the characteristics of the future,” explains composer Carmen Fitzharotti. . Scholars and musicians, “focusing on the theme of water, sonically describe the waves that sweep away everything and overwhelm the ancient and modern city, from which, nevertheless, the resilient Thessaloniki grows.”

Scientists and musicians have recomposed the iconic original score with the sounds of a climate model of the future.

While climate change seems to be affecting Thessaloniki less, for other cities, the “Seasons” of the future look more ominous. “The passage of summer, which in the past was a peaceful afternoon nap, is now a dream full of anxiety in an era when fires, food insecurity and other disasters will become more and more frequent,” the project initiators say. “In the composition for Shanghai,” we are told, “there is no music at all. If emissions rise to higher levels, the lowest city is likely to be under water by 2050.”

Half of the orchestras invited to perform “Uncertain Seasons” on six continents are composed of young musicians. Their performances are a lobbying tool for world leaders ahead of COP28, the annual UN conference on the climate crisis. EUYO’s choice of MOYSA “shows that the Megaro Musikis Thessalonica Youth Orchestra has established itself on the European music map,” says Megaro Artistic Director Christos Galilaias. “The institution,” he explains, “founded by pianist Giorgos-Emmanuel Lazaridis and bringing together about eighty young musicians aged 11 to 25 from different social strata, nationalities and cultures, has grown into a mature musical organization.”

In Thessaloniki, the musicians of MOYSA will share the podium with the young musicians of Europe tonight in a program in which, in addition to “Uncertain Times”, works by Bach, Bertwistle and Riley were chosen to emphasize that music is in dialogue with the world. the climate crisis and democracy, the two main problems of our time.

” [uncertain] Four Seasons”, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, May 25, 20:00.