The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra is part of a worldwide project which will broadcast on November 1st, which is the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The SSO’s performance Saturday night is a new rendition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
It has been reconfigured using algorithms that take into consideration climate change predictions for 2050.
Guest conductor Genevieve Leclair explains that for example the fall section of the original piece would normally have animal and bird sounds, but they are gone, and because there are more extremes in the weather, the music will be more tumultuous in some parts.
Instead of hearing sleigh bills in the winter season, you may hear them in other seasons as well.
Leclair considers it a huge honour to be trusted with this piece.
For those who think they don’t know The Four Seasons, Leclair expects it is a piece of music you would recognize even though you might not know its name.
Tonight’s (Sat) performance is being recorded and will be one of fourteen locations worldwide with its own score written specifically for that area’s weather predictions.