When one thinks of 18th-century Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, one doesn't usually think about the mandolin. But mandolin player John Reynolds, who leads the ensemble John Reynolds & Company, does. He's rearranged the 'Spring' and 'Autumn' sections of Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons, and dug up the composers Double Mandolin Concerto.
The ensemble will perform them at a virtual concert of the Hudson Library & Historical Society, which will also feature two sonatinas by Beethoven, and an aria from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, arranged for mandolin, cello and strings. Musicians include Reynolds and Mark Polanka on mandolin, concertmaster Timothy Staron, violinist Shirley Keirnan, violist Devon Caskey, cellist Greg Fiocco and Alexandre Marr on harpsichord and piano.
The concert will run first on the Hudson Library's Facebook page on Sunday March 28 @ 2pm and will be available on its YouTube channel after that.
Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770, about 14 years after Mozart (born Salzburg, 1756).In 1781, during Beethoven's childhood, Mozart had moved from Salzburg to Vienna, the Austrian imperial capital, to pursue his career.While Bonn was politically and culturally affiliated to Vienna, it was geographically even more remote than Salzburg, lying around 900 km distant on the opposite side of German. Beethoven and Vivaldi Composer Quiz!! 0% average accuracy. Arts, History, Performing Arts. Beethoven and Vivaldi Composer Quiz!! Arts, History, Performing Arts. The Vienna Residence Orchestra presents the most beautiful works of classical music in Vienna from Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Mozart's Little Night Music and Strauss' Radetzky March. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss, Antonio Vivaldi and Ludwig van Beethoven have one thing in common: They lived, played and composed in Vienna. Vivaldi: Concerto for Three Violins in F Major, RV 551 Both Sphinx winners and Rosin perform together in the give and take of Vivaldi's brilliant melodies as if in sparkling conversation. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 The program concludes with the sunniest of an often-stormy composer's symphonies.
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Born in 1678, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is closely associated with his native city of Venice. He studied music as a child with his father, a violinist. At the age of 15, he began to study for the priesthood, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1703.
Vivaldi spent most of his career at a single institution – the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for the illegitimate children of Venetian noblemen and courtiers. Starting as a teacher in 1703, Vivaldi had as his pupils the girls at the Ospedale, for whom music was a key part of their curriculum. Vivaldi was tasked with composing new works for every major church feast, as well as teaching music and voice, and instructing the girls to play various instruments. He proved himself to be indispensable to the school, and was given the position of maestro di concerti in 1716. Under his tenure, the Ospedale's choir and orchestra built a strong reputation.
Vivaldi wrote over 500 instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. He also composed some 40 operas, not for the school, but for public performance in Venice. Although Vivaldi remained with the Ospedale through virtually his entire life, his music became known throughout Europe. Vivaldi's influence may have helped to lighten the darker aspects of the northern European baroque by infusing it with a joyful, Mediterranean tone.
The ensemble will perform them at a virtual concert of the Hudson Library & Historical Society, which will also feature two sonatinas by Beethoven, and an aria from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, arranged for mandolin, cello and strings. Musicians include Reynolds and Mark Polanka on mandolin, concertmaster Timothy Staron, violinist Shirley Keirnan, violist Devon Caskey, cellist Greg Fiocco and Alexandre Marr on harpsichord and piano.
The concert will run first on the Hudson Library's Facebook page on Sunday March 28 @ 2pm and will be available on its YouTube channel after that.
Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770, about 14 years after Mozart (born Salzburg, 1756).In 1781, during Beethoven's childhood, Mozart had moved from Salzburg to Vienna, the Austrian imperial capital, to pursue his career.While Bonn was politically and culturally affiliated to Vienna, it was geographically even more remote than Salzburg, lying around 900 km distant on the opposite side of German. Beethoven and Vivaldi Composer Quiz!! 0% average accuracy. Arts, History, Performing Arts. Beethoven and Vivaldi Composer Quiz!! Arts, History, Performing Arts. The Vienna Residence Orchestra presents the most beautiful works of classical music in Vienna from Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Mozart's Little Night Music and Strauss' Radetzky March. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss, Antonio Vivaldi and Ludwig van Beethoven have one thing in common: They lived, played and composed in Vienna. Vivaldi: Concerto for Three Violins in F Major, RV 551 Both Sphinx winners and Rosin perform together in the give and take of Vivaldi's brilliant melodies as if in sparkling conversation. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 The program concludes with the sunniest of an often-stormy composer's symphonies.
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Born in 1678, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is closely associated with his native city of Venice. He studied music as a child with his father, a violinist. At the age of 15, he began to study for the priesthood, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1703.
Vivaldi spent most of his career at a single institution – the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for the illegitimate children of Venetian noblemen and courtiers. Starting as a teacher in 1703, Vivaldi had as his pupils the girls at the Ospedale, for whom music was a key part of their curriculum. Vivaldi was tasked with composing new works for every major church feast, as well as teaching music and voice, and instructing the girls to play various instruments. He proved himself to be indispensable to the school, and was given the position of maestro di concerti in 1716. Under his tenure, the Ospedale's choir and orchestra built a strong reputation.
Vivaldi wrote over 500 instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. He also composed some 40 operas, not for the school, but for public performance in Venice. Although Vivaldi remained with the Ospedale through virtually his entire life, his music became known throughout Europe. Vivaldi's influence may have helped to lighten the darker aspects of the northern European baroque by infusing it with a joyful, Mediterranean tone.
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In 1740, Vivaldi moved to Vienna. It is thought that he may have hoped to gain a position with the Austrian court, but seems to have found no success. He died in Vienna as a pauper in 1741. In a curious coincidence that illustrates the intertwined relationships throughout the baroque world, a young Franz Joseph Hayden was at this time a choir boy at St. Stephen's Cathedral, where Vivaldi's funeral was conducted.
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At the time of his death, Vivaldi's music was already falling out of favor and few of his compositions were available. He would be virtually ignored until after 1926, when a large cache of original manuscripts was discovered (including his now-beloved Four Seasons). Forgotten works by Vivaldi continue to appear from time to time, most recently in 2003 and 2005.
