What happens when you take away a third of Vivaldi’s Spring? The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has teamed up with Cancer Research UK to present a new arrangement of Spring from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, in which a third of the notes have been omitted. The reimagined season, arranged by London-based composer Chris Roe, has been created to highlight the importance of charity legacies – one third of Cancer Research UK’s work is funded through gifts left in Wills.

“Many people don’t realise that gifts left in Wills fund a third of Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work, making legacy giving vital for us,” said Sarah Quire, senior legacy manager at Cancer Research UK. “Our work to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer has saved millions of lives, but we won’t stop until we’ve beaten cancer for good. That’s why it’s so important that people continue supporting us through legacy gifts. We hope our new arrangement of Vivaldi’s Spring will inspire supporters to continue funding that third of our work to enable us to keep up the pace of our research in the future.”