The 18th-Century composer also wrote 25 concertos for the cello.

This is strictly for lovers of Il Prete Rosso, the Red Priest. It’s an all-Vivaldi program by the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra. Antonio Vivaldi, the 18th-Century master of the concerto and concerto grosso, was a priest who happened to have reddish hair, and he turned out captivating music by the yard.

There were 230 concertos for violin, 40 for bassoon and 25 for cello, to say nothing of oratorios and chorales. There were even 50 operas, of which 16 survive.

The program this afternoon includes the first two movements of “The Four Seasons,” Vivaldi’s evocative series of violin concertos, with its familiar sawing rhythms and bird-like solo passages. It also includes concertos for cello, lute, and flute and recorder.

The widely acclaimed Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra has been putting on period instrument concerts since 1985. Its founder and musical director is Gregory Maldonado.

The program will be performed at 4 p.m. at the Holliston United Methodist Church, 1305 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. General admission is $18; KUSC-FM subscribers and Southern California Music Society members, $14, and students and senior citizens, $10.