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Antonio Vivaldi
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Antonio Vivaldi was a priest and violinist in Venice who for decades worked with the girls of the orphanage Ospedale della Pietà, whose orchestra drew visitors from all over Europe. He wrote hundreds of concertos and made the form fast, slow, fast the standard, with a recurring refrain for the whole orchestra. In Le quattro stagioni of 1725 soloist and orchestra depict birds, thunderstorms and ice, after poems that are printed in the score. Bach arranged several of his concertos.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the beginning of La primavera and hear how the orchestra plays a cheerful refrain, after which three violins imitate the singing of birds.
De vier jaargetijden, La primavera: I. Allegro (Alan Loveday, Academy of St Martin in the Fields) · Antonio Vivaldi, 1725
De vier jaargetijden, L'inverno: I. Allegro non molto (Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque) · Antonio Vivaldi, 1725
Gloria RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo (King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury) · Antonio Vivaldi, 1715
La primavera: Allegro (Europa Galante) · Antonio Vivaldi, 1725
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Antonio Vivaldi, violin teacher to the orphan girls of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, made the solo concerto fast and spectacular; his Le quattro stagioni appeared in 1725 with poems that explain the music.
See also
Categories: ArtistsConcerto and sonata