Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. In Wednesday’s episode, Donald explores Vivaldi’s successes outside his native Venice, across Italy and throughout Europe, where the financial rewards could be much higher than on home soil. Vivaldis violin concertos called 'The Four Seasons' are one of the best known and loved collections of string music in our time. Vivaldi had many highs in his career, however he also had some difficult low points, finding himself embroiled in scandal and accused of immoral behaviour, before dying in poverty in a foreign city – his star having fallen from favour. We'll follow him from the start of his musical story, teaching at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, through his time as an opera composer, catering to the crowds who swarmed to Venice during carnival season, to his successes away from Venice. This week, Donald Macleod puts these four celebrated concertos front and centre as he also explores the four seasons of Vivaldi’s own life, lingering a little in his summer.
Heres a very special performance of one of the movements, from one of Europes top chamber.
Thanks to his set of Concertos “The Four Seasons”, he remains one of the most famous and best loved composers today. The Four Seasons, composed in 1723, is one of Baroque legend Vivaldis most famous works for violin. Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi’s successes outside his native Venice, across Italy and throughout Europe.Īs performer, composer, impresario, musical director, and teacher, Antonio Vivaldi was a key figure in the musical life of Baroque Italy. Published in 1725, Antonio Vivaldis The Four Seasons is one of the pinnacle achievements of the Baroque period, which spanned from the 17th through the 18th Century.
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