Some Things You May Not Know About Vivaldi

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 05-04-16 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[butlerweave]

Oh , thought this was about vivaldi web browser

[DoodleDawg]

I’ve always liked his Guitar Concerto in D and his mandolin pieces.

[Auntie Mame]

Fascinating. Thank you.

[JoeFromSidney]

As a former bassoon player, I especially appreciate his works for the bassoon. He did more for that instrument than almost any other composer.

[Sans-Culotte]

There are some things of Vivaldi I like quite a lot (4 Seasons, Gloria, Guitar/Lute Concertos, etc); but for the most part, I find his music to be repetitive and use it mainly as background music while I’m at work or reading. Didn’t someone say he wrote the same concerto 400 times?

[Resolute Conservative]

One of my favorite composers.

[Little Pig]

He was known as the “Red Monk”, and was apparently also not a very pleasant person.

[glasseye]

One of my favorite composers.

[ShadowAce]

Vivaldi

[BenLurkin]

Internal fire.

Ouch.

[IronJack]

There is certainly a joy to Vivaldi's work that I find lacking in other composers. Bach was too serious. Handel and Purcell could be downright ponderous. Mozart was capricious and too often self-indulgent.

But Haydn had it. And so did Telemann. And occasionally, Scarlatti.

And of course Beethoven could do it all.

[Hostage]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[onedoug]

Thank you, Monsignor. And thank you, Salvation, for posting.

[dmz]

Very different musical tools available to the Baroque, Classical period and the Romantic composers. Hard to adequately compare them in that light. JMO.

[NYer]

As a former bassoon player, I especially appreciate his works for the bassoon. He did more for that instrument than almost any other composer.

A favorite piece, Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade, Festival de Salzburgo 2005, Valery Gergiev, conducting.

Vienna Philharmonic · Salzburg Festival 2005

[Salvation]

You are welcome.

[IronJack]

LOL! I was half joking. While I consider Beethoven head and shoulders above every other composer, I understand it’s not fair to compare him with the Baroques or Classicists. Not only were the instruments different, but so were compositional techniques and forms. It would be like comparing Hemingway, Twain, and Boccaccio.

[SamAdams76]

In before some smartass posts "Vivaldi...didn't he write the same concerto 600 times?"

I hate that tired cliche and so unfair. Vivaldi was very creative and original, definitely one of the Top 10 of all time composers.

Baroque is my favorite era of classical music.