Within the works of Vivaldi, we see a perfection of the 17th century Italian concerto and opera forms.”įor this video, Voices of Music’s official notes explain, a “new edition” of The Four Seasons “was prepared from the original sources, prints and manuscripts for Vivaldi’s music. “Like Bach, his energy was primarily directed toward perfecting existing forms rather than creating new ones.
“Of the many composers who helped to bring the Italian Baroque style to its zenith at the beginning of the 18th century, Antonio Vivaldi stands out as perhaps the most creative,” says the web site of the Redlands Symphony. In the video above, violinist Cynthia Miller Freivogel joins Voices of Music to play the suite’s “Winter” concerto on such genuinely early 18th-century instruments as the baroque organ, the Italian single manual harpsichord, and the archlute.
Today we offer another performance by the same ensemble, San Francisco’ Voices of Music, this one of an even more beloved piece: Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
Last week we featured a performance of Pachelbel’s Canon as faithful as possible to how Pachelbel originally composed it, as well as to the instruments and playing styles of the era in which he lived.
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