What makes Italian instrumental music so magical? This was the question asked at the beginning of the video about the 'Italian Night' at the Rheingau Music Festival 2023, where Festival Strings Lucerne played instrumental music by Italian composers from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods under the artistic direction of Daniel Dodds and with oboist Cristina Gómez Godoy. This versatile concert program is a reflection of the ‘Italian Style’, which influenced musicians such as Johann Sebastian Bach as early as the 17th century and continued to have an impact into the 20th century.
In the video, concert excerpts are used to present the typical features of the almost 300-year tradition of Italian instrumental music. Join us on a surprising musical journey of discovery through the works of world-famous composers such as Vivaldi, Verdi and Bellini, and get to know lesser-known composers, such as Andrea Falconieri and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari.
At a glance:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:00) Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for strings and continuo in G major (RV 151) Alla Rustica, I. Presto (excerpt)
(00:46) Alessandro Marcello, Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor (S. Z799), III. Allegro (excerpt)
(01:04) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Serenade for string orchestra in E-flat major, III. Scherzo. Presto (excerpt)
(01:20) Giuseppe Verdi, String Quartet in E minor, III. Prestissimo (excerpt)
(01:51) Daniel Dodds on the liveliness and groove of Italian Baroque
(02:12) Andrea Falconieri, Ciaccona for two violins and continuo in G major (excerpt)
(02:44) Dodds on the dancey rhythm in Falconieri’s Ciaccona
(03:20) Vivaldi, Concerto for strings and continuo in G major (RV 151) Alla Rustica, I. Presto (excerpt)
(03:57) Dodds on Vivaldi as a composer with a nose for hits
(04:24) Vincenzo Bellini, Concerto for oboe and orchestra in E-flat major, III. Allegro polonese (excerpt)
(04:54) Cristina Gómez Godoy on how the oboe ‘sings’
(05:18) Bellini, Concerto for oboe and orchestra in E-flat major, II. Larghetto cantabile (excerpt)
(05:45) Gómez Godoy on Bellini and Belcanto style
(06:29) Bellini, Concerto for oboe and orchestra in E-flat major, II. Larghetto cantabile (excerpt)
(06:43) Dodds on Belcanto style, which he says was carried through from Baroque to Wolf-Ferrari
(06:55) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Serenade for string orchestra in E-flat major, II. Andante (excerpt)
(07:18) Dodds on Wolf-Ferrari as an Opera buffa composer
(07:28) Wolf-Ferrari, Serenade for string orchestra in E-flat major, I. Allegro (excerpt)
(08:09) Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor (Op. 9, No. 2), I. Allegro e non presto (excerpt)
(09:09) Gómez Godoy on Albinoni‘s Concerto for oboe, part 1
(08:09) Albinoni, Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor (Op. 9, No. 2), II. Adagio (excerpt)
(09:31) Gómez Godoy on Albinoni’s Concerto for oboe, part 2
(10:10) Albinoni, Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor (Op. 9, No. 2), III. Allegro (excerpt)
(10:42) Dodds on the inventor of the Concerto grosso style
(10:56) Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, Concerto grosso in D minor (Op. 3, No. 5), IV. Presto (excerpt)
(11:42) Gómez Godoy on the first ever Concerto for oboe
(12:19) Alessandro Marcello, Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor (S. Z799), I. Andante (excerpt)
(12:56) Gómez Godoy on how Johann Sebastian Bach made Marcello‘s Concerto for oboe famous
(13:25) Marcello, Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor (S. Z799), II. Adagio (excerpt)
(13:52) Vivaldi, Concerto for strings and continuo in G major (RV 151) Alla Rustica, II. Adagio (excerpt)
(14:23) Thomas Schrott on the tradition of violin in Italy
(14:57) Vivaldi, Concerto for strings and continuo in G major (RV 151) Alla Rustica, II. Adagio (excerpt)
(15:13) Dodds on the typical Italian violin sound
(15:39) Wolf-Ferrari, Serenade for strings in E-flat major, IV. Finale. Presto (excerpt)
(16:32) Credits
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8 июн 2024
