Nigel about Four Elements

"I wanted to use the idea of creating some programmatic, pictorial music based on an underlying theme. The idea that everything is made up of the four elements - air, earth, fire and water - dates back to ancient Greece, and it was a concept that gave me a springboard to start from."(Nigel Kennedy)

In Four Elements, Nigel Kennedy brings some of the contrasting themes of his musical life together by creating a suite of pieces which he conceived as his own 21st century response to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.