Hello to all my lovely tag friends!
On Tag Tuesday we have now nearly gone
through all the seasons, so it seemed appropriate for this week’s MUSIC theme
to choose Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ for my tag.
In 2010 I went to see ‘The Four Seasons By Candlelight’
performed by The Mozart Festival Orchestra.
They captivate the audience as much with their traditional 18th Century
costumes as with their wonderful music.
I love all those wigs, lacy cuffs, velvet tail coats and breeches
adorned with braid and lace.
I used a photo of the orchestra on one side of my tag.
On the other side is the title of the show on a background
of leaves which seemed to go so well with my tags of recent weeks. I added
leaves in various colours ranging from the fresh yellow-green of Spring, through to a snowflake covered leaf of winter
(cut from an old Christmas card). One leaf is cut from the Four Seasons sheet
music!
I have trimmed the tag with some hand embroidered antique
broderie anglaise and some braid to echo the trims of the costumes. There is a
tie of black and white ribbon which looked a little like musical notes.
I made my tag and started writing this post on Tuesday, but
when I was selecting the photographs I realised I wasn’t happy with it and
started again this afternoon. My tag is
now eight layers deep in places! But I
think I am happy with it now!
Thank you for looking and also for taking the time to comment
on my brown and sepia tags. A couple of
you have asked if that really was a real spider! Yes it was! (he was found in the shed, dead already!)
I’m off now to look at all your musical creations,
Bye for now!
Jane xx
Wow Jane, that is one gorgeous tag! The braid in particular caught my eye, but it is all wonderful and double sided means double the viewing pleasure :0) Mo x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Yes, we have almost gone through four seasons already. How can that be??
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tag, and very fitting for this time of year! Valerie
ReplyDeleteWonderful tags Jane, what a great idea for your tag and what beautiful music it is! I was fortunate enough to hear the Four Seasons at an evening concert in the Municiple buildings in Prague a few years ago and it was wondeful!
ReplyDeleteWow, that must have been a wonderful concert you went to - I love the idea of the orchestra all dressed in costume. The tag is a lovely reminder of that special evening - you've done it beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI love Vivaldi too. What a great commemorative piece. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea, I love this tag and the double sidedness of it too.x
ReplyDeleteoo Jane I am glad I missed the spider last week!!! I love that your tag will bring back happy memories each time you look at it. All the different leaves look fab - especially the snowy one. x
ReplyDeleteWow - what a lot of thought you have put into this - well done!! Great tag and a reminder of a great ooccasion. Carolyn x
ReplyDeleteA lovely seasonal tag and how lovely it must have been listening to Vivaldi by candlelight.
ReplyDeleteJane what a great idea with Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ on your beautiful tag.
ReplyDeleteAnni
Lovely idea, reminded me of my university days when Nigel Kennedy's recoding had just come out and we were all listening to it. (What an intellectual bunch we sound! We also all liked Enya and Simon and Garfunkel!)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tag to remember a really special occasion,love the double sided idea too :o)
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