Francesco Geminiani - Concerto Grosso "La Follia" - ONE & Giovanni Antonini 

Interpretazione Magistrale!!!! Complimenti vivissimi a tutti 🙏🙏🙏👍👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Cordiali saluti. Anna e Luigi.

Stately, elegant, and timeless, Geminiani's masterful variations on "La Folia" played to perfection by this remarkable ensemble. The poignant, slow passages make me cry, the changes in tempo stir my soul, and the exuberant fast passages make my heart dance like a happy-go-lucky child.

One of the favorites. A piece of a touch of Heavenly music.

Geminiani and Corelli...both put me in heaven...such joy and beauty.

Che meraviglia.

FRANCESCO GEMINIANI {LUCQUES 1687-1762 DUBLIN} CONCERTO GROSSO "LA FOLLIA" - ONE & GIOVANNI ANTONINI. Magnifique, orchestre grandiose bravo. LA FOLIA, également appelée FOLLIA en italien ou FOLIES D' ESPAGNE, est une danse apparue au XVe siècle probablement au Portugal dont le thème a servi pour des variations a plus de 150 compositeurs de LULLY à SERGUEI RACHMANINOV en passant par VANGELIS PAPATHANASSIOU. Merci pour ce chef-d'oeuvre de GEMINIANI sublime.

FRANCESCO GEMINIANI: Né le 5 décembre 1687 à Lucques, Italie Décédé le 17 septembre 1762 à Dublin Irlande. Il reçoit ses premières leçons musicales de son père et perfectionne son jeu de violon chez Carlo Ambrogio Lonati à Milan, auprès d'Arcangelo Corelli à Rome et Alessandro Scarlatti. En 1711, il reprend la direction de l'opéra à Naples, puis se rend à Londres en 1714. Sous la protection du duc d'Essex, il peut enseigner et composer. En 1715, il interprète ses concertos pour violon avec Georg Friedrich Haendel à la Cour de Londres. Après une visite à Paris, il y réside assez longtemps, pour retourner en 1755 vers l'Angleterre. Il se produit comme virtuose et comme éditeur d'un périodique de musique - une activité dans laquelle il échoue. Le succès est en revanche au rendez-vous avec la vente de ses propres tableaux ainsi que ceux de maîtres italiens. À Dublin, en1761, un serviteur lui dérobe un manuscrit musical ; d'après ses proches, la contrariété d'être volé de son temps et du fruit de son travail aurait provoqué son décès prématuré.

Absolutely amazing

How come this has so little views, a true masterpiece! One of the best on RU-vid. 1:43 gave me chills.

Beautiful performance, I had not heard this version of La Follia before. Turns out this is Geminiani's fairly literal arrangement for orchestra of Corelli's version, which is for violin & continuo (usually played with cello or viola da gamba doubling the bass line). The orchestral version has a bigger sound and more drama, in Corelli's original there is more room for individual interpretation and ornamentation, and in places is quieter and more reflective. There is plenty of room for both approaches to a piece I can listen to many times again.

Grazie per questo fantastico regalo. Grande esecuzione.

Belleza absoluta saludos desde Argentina algún día conoceré esta hermosa tierra Italiana, salute!

Heart-stopingly beautiful! Love the absence of chairs! It’s too charged w passion to sit!

HERMOSA VERSION. PROFUNDIDAD Y NOSTALGIA.

VIVALDI's Musical Brother!

This wonderful and comfortable performance is universe, and outclassing

I could not get my eyes off the conductor. I was mesmerized by his movement, especially around from 8:30 for next 3 mins.

So beautiful

Buenas noches...no sé mucho sobre este tipo arte musical...pero al escucharlo me sedujo y tranquilizó el Alma...Gracias por compartirlo! Saludos desde Argentina

Great Composer. I love this music.

🙏🙏👏Gracias. folia divina, ¡Bravo!

No sabía que esto se subió en RU-vid....!!! Qué casualidad, en ese día yo vi y escuché esta bella música en vivo. Si no fui a este concierto, no iba a conocer a este gran compositor Geminiani. Actualmente toco sus obras de cámara, por ejemplo sonatas de violín, y de violonchelo también. Les agradezco mucho de que compartieran esta música BELLÍSIMA!! Muchas gracias. Saludos, desde Japón.

I like Geminiani

Awesome! absolutely perfect!

Really magnificent. A performance worthy of "il furibondo".

Wonderful version. I keep coming back to this.

Amazing performance !

A+

Geminiani at his best!!! There is no question in my mind that out of all the music written around the beautiful “Folias” theme, these are the most spectacular "Diferencias". And this interpretation by members of the Orquesta Nacional de España definitely has superb Spanish GUSTO, on this most Spanish theme.

"I have copy-paste feelings." VIVALDI, Antonio

Fabulous interpretation.

Geminiani's follia, seems to me, to have all light and poignancy of the Spring compared to the stately doom of the others. Pax, jb.

Hermosa.obra.barroca.sentimental

Wow! What a wonderful experience!All through the music I was looking mesmerized at the dancing steps of the conductor and first violinist. Even if another conductor opts another modern version of dance it will always be a success because of the popularity of the La Folia. What an enchanting music, leaving sweet memories in our minds for a long time! While my eyes were concentrated exclusively on the dancing duo my both the ears were attuned to the heavenly music. The performance of the dancer - conductor was mute reply to some of the viewers who commented elsewhere comparing conductors as necessary evils! Hope, if they watch this video, they will change their minds!

Absolutely amazing! Thanks for posting this.

Best La Follia~!!!

Amazing, one of the best on youtube.

Streicherkonzerte sind einfach was besonderes :)

Truly exquisite

Гармоничное звучание, жаль не видим лиц исполнителей.

All Human drama is expressed here

Geminiani and Antonini have, I feel, captured the wistfulness of this oft inspiring piece of music, the "La Folia." At any rate, it makes me feel wistful rather than "mad" or happy, the way that Dvorak's "From The New World" symphony feels too. I wish the videographer had moved the camera a bit (was he/she texting for 12 minutes?), rather than let the first violinist and Giovanni Antonini be the only "moving" bodies. Fortunately, the music was definitely moving.

LYSANDE!!!

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (This is his name)

Shades of Vivaldi!

👌✌️🙏🎸🎻🎻🎻

Hola! Que hermoso, toqué esta pieza hace algunos años y me quedé solo con la parte de Cello, ustedes saben dónde o cómo puedo conseguir las partituras ? Gracias!

Liszt uses this theme in his "Rhapsodie Espagnole"!

Es de arcangello corelli

Considerable: 11m12s !!!! Poor man- he chase the pigeons

El tema la follia és originario de Vivaldi, Corelli o Geminiani?

Hl

Bien la interoretaciín. Mal la filmación

Piękne wykonanie...!

Pedrozo.desduruguay