When Vivaldi died in 1741 his music was in the most complete darkness. It was the scholars of Bach in the nineteenth century who first heard of Vivaldi, thanks to the ancient manuscripts where Bach had transcribed the concerts of someone called Vivaldi. It was known who Bach was, but who was Vivaldi? Fortunately, a search was conducted, which resulted in the rescue of Vivaldi from oblivion.
For those who wonders, all the paintings and drawings are from Gaspard David Freidrich, a german romantic painter, not really the style, the country and the period of Vivaldi, who was an italian Baroque composer, but I still really love both !
As a kid I had insomnia, I'd stay up a few days at a time and when I slept it felt like I just blinked, by body ached for years, I felt older as the days turned to weeks, I took the time to research because even though video games brought me joy I felt as though time wanned on me that I should do something productive. I came across classical music and Vivaldi being the first I truly sat and listened to. All that time awake listening to classical music has payed off more than I can recount because I feel as though my sleepiness years were some of the most enlightening of my time. I'm a chef now, and during the mornings I like to start with Vivaldi, this particular piece. And I am moved. Each morning
Nice interpretation. I believe Vivaldi was played in the beautiful going home death scene in Soylent Green when the old book decided his time had come.
Apparently towards the later years in his life Vivaldi went out of style, and was forgotten by many musicians until Bach found out about his music. I’m not sure how people could forget about him, considering the quality of his music.
He went out of style in the Romantic era as well with many composers of that time saying he only made one concerto hundreds of times. It's a shame since the Romantic era is still influential today so many people won't give Vivaldi a listen except for his Four Seasons.
Even Bach was forgotten, not once but twice. Just after his death, he was forgotten, then rediscovered by Mozart when one of his sons wanted to brag about how his music was better than his fathers to Mozart; then he was forgotten again when Beethoven and his sinfonic music erased Barock from memory; he was rediscovered by *** wrong Brahms **** correct *** Mendelsohn.
One thing that contributed to this sad fact might be the lack of a proper medium at that time to preserve the works of the composers other than the paper, hence, Music was easily forgotten. Nowadays we have RU-vid for example, which serves this purpose, and makes music reachable to people.
Eyup Ozturk: I believe it was Mendelssohn who brought Bach's music into popularity again. Reportedly, Mendelssohn's contemporary Hector Berlioz didn't like Bach's music because it contained too much "unnecessary note-weaving".
Vivaldi is the joy of my life - when I am feeling a little down or just need to feel better, I play Vivaldi, especially this Concerto for 4 Violins, or Summer or Winter with Mari Samuelsen, and the happiness returns to me quickly.
The painting looks like what was once a magnificent entrance to an ancient cemetery, gives you a feeling of a loss in time far, far away in medieval history and brought to live by Vivaldi's vibrant musicality. I could listen to it over and over again enthralled by Vivaldi's genius.
This is probably my personal most favourite piece of Baroque music. The sheer energy contained within it is amazing and really lifts you up, makes you forget all the worries about life and just enjoy it.
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@@danielcuriel4512 ¿Donde vio mayoría de origen aleman? Reisner, Brügger, Kader, ok son de origen alemán. ASparte de esos tres veo multitud de origen italiano, hispano, inglés, etc. MUY DESAFORTUNADO SU COMENTARIO.
The flow of the melody and harmony between instruments is amazing. Transitions between different parts are perfect. This is the best piece that Vivaldi composed. Violins are made for this song.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 - 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as the Four Seasons. Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest) was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for preferment. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died, in poverty, less than a year later.
I had to put Vivaldi on after Tchaikovsky Hymn of the Cherubim, lest I leave this plane never to return, , if Hymn to the Cherubim is how i would describe a sunrise to a blind man then this is how a sunburst through clouds would be described to the same man. Vivaldi always lifts me up from the melancholy
Vivaldi had music to write that enabled the blind to see, yea, even the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. It must have been like this music that Job referenced when he was given "songs in the night."
Yeah. I was a fan of Tchaikovsky since I was 8 years old and I've been a fan of Vivaldi since I was 13. I've been a fan of the 4 seasons by Vivaldi since I was 12.
Imagine Renaissance Italy of that time Vivaldi ,Albinoni,Marcello,Scarlati, Correli and from another side Bach,Handel,Teleman All of them contemporaries. Baroque
@@user-mz6ts4xn6i I guess this needed no "professional expert" coming through and making corrections. It was just a way of saying this music does so much good. My 2 cents.
@@Somewhere_Bagel I guess is that. Many people nowadays use the word "depression" without the real meaning, but without meaning nothing bad against depressed people.
It comes directly to your soul and seems to say: "... Live man, live the best you can... and dont look back, go on whatever happens... LIFE IS YOUR ONLY TRASURE... except MY MUSIC, of course!!!..."
The adamant hammering of those first notes, an insistent voice that coaxes and lashes the other strings into agreement, is exquisite. That insistence, that drive, doesn't let up for three minutes straight. My favorite part.
12.5.2023~🎧Le bonheur à chaque écoute renouvelé…💎💎💎VIVALDI, le grand Maître du baroque 🎼🎹🎻🎻🎻chez moi, peut s’inviter, il trouvera toujours une oreille qui traîne pour l’écouter et l’encenser. Que d’envolées❣️❣️❣️C’est beau et, aujourd’hui, tout en haut de ma playlist.💙🤍❤️…de France.🥀
@@juanalloatti1421 y todos los demás músicos y compositores anteriores a 1600, como Leonin y muchos otros que en algunos son anónimos pero dejaron una huella importante.
This Vivaldi's masterpiece touched my late beloved mother's heartstrings , and she was impressed with and shed tears . Inspired by this incomparable performance , I will dream of nostalgic my late beloved mother who deeply loved Vivaldi . Vivaldi's melody fits the cherry blossoms in full bloom . Mother , the season of blooming cherry blossoms has come again in Japan . I remember when I was a little boy and you took me by the hand to go see the cherry blossoms in full bloom It's a memory of a long time ago . From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
@@samfish90212 Thank-you Which is your country ？ The season of blooming cherry blossoms has come again in Japan . Unfortunately banquets in famous public parks of Tokyo have been perfectly banned to prevent the spread of the Covid - １９ The Rite of Spring peculiar to Japan from １０００years ago can no longer be held We are very lonely and unfortunate This year too , the cherry blossoms are destined to fall lonely in front of Tokyo dwellers Someday please visit Japan Japanese delicious foods another heartfelt hospitality wait for you Good luck ！
@@shin-i-chikozima I am from America. My father and I greatly wish to visit Japan. He has always wanted to see your country. The ban is for the best. At least until the COVID is under control.
@@samfish90212 Thank-you so much to your wonderful comments Currently Japanese spring is in full swing The whole of Japan is covered with the faint scent and the color of light pink of cherry blossoms in full bloom . I'm managed to survive three waves of Covid - １９attacked Tokyo while listening to many masterpieces (Bruckner , Debussy , Dvorak , Mussorgsky , etc. ) and reading many literatures ( Manzoni ,Woolf , Faulkner , Balzac , etc. ) Japan waits for you Be on the alert for Covid - １９
@@shin-i-chikozima I hope you are doing alright and you can finally enjoy the blooming cherry blossoms. You are a sensitive soul and I'm glad you can survive filling your life with beauty despite loneliness. Good luck!
J.S.Bach: Can I copy your homework? Vivaldi: Sure, just change it a bit so it doesn't look like you copied J.S.Bach: OK *Me: listens to Vivaldi's Concerto for 4 Violins and then Bach's Violin Concerto in E Major*
Kevin Li I’m confused. Why would both Concertos working with violins mean there was actual indication of inspiration or drawing from Vivaldi? Would that then mean that the Sibelius Violin Concerto is very similar to Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins?
From "Estro Armonico" : Concerto in si minore per quattro violini , violoncello , archi , e basso continuo , op.3 n. 10 - RV 580 Musica : Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Allegro (si minore)Largo (si minore). Larghetto (si minore). Largo (si minore)Allegro (si minore) Organico: 4 violini, violoncello, archi, basso continuo Composizione: 1711 Edizione: Estienne Roger, Amsterdam, 1712 Questo Concerto fu trascritto per 4 clavicembali e orchestra da J. S. Bach (in la minore), BVW 1065 "When the XII Concerts op. 3, Vivaldi is thirty-three years old and on the title page he presents himself as "violin musician and master of the Pio Ospedale della Pietà in Venice". Until that time his fame had not yet crossed the borders of the Serenissima but since the circulation of the first copies the success of the new collection (which he called the Estro Armonico) is immediate and extraordinary. And proof of this is the fascination that he exercised over Johann Sebastian Bach who, between 1713 and 1714, transcribed 6 Concerts from the Op. 3: the numbers 3,9 and 12 (for violin) become Concerts for harpsichord (respectively BWV 978, BWV 972 and BWV 976); the numbers 8 (for 2 violins) and 11 (for 2 violins and cello) are transformed into Concerti per organo (BWV 593 and BWV 596) and n. 10 for 4 violins takes the form of a monumental Concerto for 4 harpsichords and orchestra (BWV 1065). In the Harmonic Estro Vivaldi expresses an admirable structural synthesis between the archetype of the Corellian-style Concerto grosso and his new conception of the form - refrain which then, systematically and ingeniously, will be reused by Bach himself."
Just superbe - Vivaldi always makes me feel so wonderfully alive - and this energy can be felt through the musicians. It all just sparkles and breaks through the boundaries....
Probably my 1,057th time listening to this performance here, right now, seriously. Perfection in all things Vivaldi/Baroque. Soul satisfying. Thanks for sharing it!
Not really: "The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network." www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet and I know you are just complimenting the music, so the r/woosh people can shut up
One of the reasons that Dangerous Liaisons is my favorite movie, is that wonderful music during the whole movie. Not to forget the excellent performing of the actors!!!!! Simply staggering!!!!
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Soy un gran admirador de la música clásica o renacentista pero particularmente hablando Antonio Vivaldi fue, es y seguirá siendo un genio porque su música refleja su alma y ese maravilloso mundo llamado "ANTONIO VIVALDI
Tremenda obra que nunca se olvidara por ser avivante al espíritu humano, de ahí que Vivaldi sea un compositor que marco huella en el clasicismo y lastra su herencia clásica hasta nuestros días.
