MADRID, Oct 24 - A Spanish music director has adapted Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" to the grim reality of global warming, adding prominence and drama to the summer concerto while shortening the other three, and he believes the Italian great would not mind.
The original opus was composed exactly 300 years ago. The adapted version will premiere on Tuesday at Madrid's popular EDP Gran Via venue, coinciding with the global Climate Action Day. Scientists have linked searing temperatures and dry and windy conditions in many parts of the world, including southern Europe, to climate change.