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Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)
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Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments - London Handel Players
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - title pageSix Concerts avec plusieurs instruments: Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann; London Handel Players, director Adrian Butterfield; Wigmore HallReviewed 1 March 2024An evening of colours and timbres as London Handel Players explore multi-instrument concertos including some intriguing solo combinations, all performed with style and engaging aplombBach's manuscript for his Brandenburg Concertos describes them as Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments and the London Handel Players, director Adrian Butterfield, used this title for their Friday 1 March 2024 concert at Wigmore Hall which featured six concertos, two each by Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi, for a wide variety of plusieurs instruments. The fashion for multi-instrument concertos seems to have come to a head during the 1720s and 1730s (Bach's Brandenburg Concertos manuscript is dated 1721) and the results vary from two or three instruments to a positive concerto grosso-like ensemble.We began with Telemann's Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore, viola d'amore and strings, three rather quiet […]
2024-03-04 21:34:15
Happy Birthday, Antonio Vivaldi! Born March 4, 1678. Born on March 4, 1678, in Venice, Italy, Vivald
2024-03-04 14:08:00
Antonio Vivaldi, born Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, on March 4 1678, in Venice, Republic of Venice [Italy],
2024-03-02 12:00:33
Classical home listening: Má vlast with the Czech Phil; Andreas Scholl revisits Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater
Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic mark Smetana’s bicentenary in peerless style, while the countertenor and Accademia Bizantina contemplate the Virgin Mary• Happy birthday Bedřich Smetana! This weekend sees the launch of 2024’s Year of Czech Music, established 100 years ago to mark the composer’s centenary and held every 10 years since. For his bicentenary, the
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