Monday, October 11, 2010
A beautiful baroque aria.
This is a beautiful contralto aria from the opera "Farnace" by Antonio Vivaldi, the Red Priest. It had it premiere in 1727 in Venice.The role of Tamiri who is sings this aria was playing by Anna Giro, Vivaldi's protegee, friend and companion.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Long Lost Vivaldi Concerto Unearthed In Scotland
Lost Vivaldi score unearthed in Scotland
Seven-minute flute piece refers to India
Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010 | 2:00 PM ET Comments39Recommend47
CBC News
A lost flute composition by Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian composer behind The Four Seasons, has been discovered in Scotland and will be played in full for the first time in 250 years.
Music historian Andrew Woolley made the find in April while trolling through the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. His discovery was just made public on Friday.
Il Gran Mogol is one of four national concertos created by Vivaldi in the early 1730s. The manuscripts of the four works disappeared soon after the composer's death in 1741.
Woolley was researching the work of Vivaldi and came upon the score listed in the archive's online catalogue. Upon further investigation, he realized the extraordinary discovery he had made.
"The new concerto is a delightful piece with an exquisite central slow movement," he told The Guardian newspaper.
Cultural tour
Woolley said he believes the score was collected during the 1730s by Lord Robert Kerr, the son of the third Marquis of Lothian, during a cultural tour through continental Europe. Kerr, also a flautist, died in 1746. His family's papers are held at the archives.
The manuscript is estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands.
Woolley said collecting scores was a common thing back in Kerr's time and they were considered souvenirs.
The music expert said the concerto refers to India, or the Mogul empire, and is one in a four-part series that includes La Francia, La Spagna, and L'Inghilterro (France, Spain and England), all of which remain lost.
Il Gran Mogol, a seven-minute piece, is to be played in full in January 2011 in Perth, Scotland. Concerts are also slated for Bury St. Edmonds in eastern England and in London. Dates are to be announced.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/10/08/vivaldi-lost-score.html#ixzz11vDr5Tb3
Seven-minute flute piece refers to India
Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010 | 2:00 PM ET Comments39Recommend47
CBC News
A lost flute composition by Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian composer behind The Four Seasons, has been discovered in Scotland and will be played in full for the first time in 250 years.
Music historian Andrew Woolley made the find in April while trolling through the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. His discovery was just made public on Friday.
Il Gran Mogol is one of four national concertos created by Vivaldi in the early 1730s. The manuscripts of the four works disappeared soon after the composer's death in 1741.
Woolley was researching the work of Vivaldi and came upon the score listed in the archive's online catalogue. Upon further investigation, he realized the extraordinary discovery he had made.
"The new concerto is a delightful piece with an exquisite central slow movement," he told The Guardian newspaper.
Cultural tour
Woolley said he believes the score was collected during the 1730s by Lord Robert Kerr, the son of the third Marquis of Lothian, during a cultural tour through continental Europe. Kerr, also a flautist, died in 1746. His family's papers are held at the archives.
The manuscript is estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands.
Woolley said collecting scores was a common thing back in Kerr's time and they were considered souvenirs.
The music expert said the concerto refers to India, or the Mogul empire, and is one in a four-part series that includes La Francia, La Spagna, and L'Inghilterro (France, Spain and England), all of which remain lost.
Il Gran Mogol, a seven-minute piece, is to be played in full in January 2011 in Perth, Scotland. Concerts are also slated for Bury St. Edmonds in eastern England and in London. Dates are to be announced.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/10/08/vivaldi-lost-score.html#ixzz11vDr5Tb3
Baroque Dance
If you was ever wondered what it was like during the Baroque era, here is a very good video showing a few of the most common French court dances that were popular in Europe at the time.
An example of some dance music from the Baroque era, an allemande, corrente and sarabande, by the composer Tomaso Albinoni,a contemporary of Antonio Vivaldi, the Red Priest.
An example of some dance music from the Baroque era, an allemande, corrente and sarabande, by the composer Tomaso Albinoni,a contemporary of Antonio Vivaldi, the Red Priest.
A Serenata Devoted to the Planets
During the Baroque era, Astronomy was still a new field and science was a gentleman's pass time, about twenty years before Issac Newton had introduced a new, better type of telescope that gave a clearer,closer look at the heavens.
Tomaso Albinoni ( 1671-1750) who was a comtemporary of The Red Priest, Antonio Vivaldi came from a wealthy family and was provided with a well rounded education that most likely included science. Here are some experts from a serenata he wrote devoted to the planets, these are very beautiful, but unfortunately not widely known about or recorded. I happened upon this beautiful serenata on a Twitter search of all places leading me to a youtube video and instantly fell in love
Tomaso Albinoni ( 1671-1750) who was a comtemporary of The Red Priest, Antonio Vivaldi came from a wealthy family and was provided with a well rounded education that most likely included science. Here are some experts from a serenata he wrote devoted to the planets, these are very beautiful, but unfortunately not widely known about or recorded. I happened upon this beautiful serenata on a Twitter search of all places leading me to a youtube video and instantly fell in love
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
18th century music video of the day.
Because its finally starting to look like Autumn here in LA, I thought I would post a movement from Vivaldi's Autumn Concerto. The Four Seasons concertos were written over several years by Antonio Vivaldi ( the red priest himself, the namesake of this blog) and published in 1725, this set of four concerti is Vivaldi's most famous work, and probably one of the most famous classical compositions of all time.
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