VIVALDI | Early Violin Concerto | RV 355 in A minor | Uppsala manuscript 

A single source in Uppsala has saved this concerto, which could be one of Vivaldi’s earliest, from complete oblivion. First catalogued RV 355 on the basis of its attribution to Vivaldi in the source itself, it was then deleted by the cataloguer Peter Ryom on account of style and form, before being reinstated relatively recently. By looking for “concordant passages”, bits and pieces that Vivaldi would occasionally reuse from composition to composition, a number of concertos and sonatas from Vivaldi’s youth (hitherto undiscovered or considered spurious) have been identified with reasonable certainty, with clear patterns emerging that have ascertained the individual attributions. (This was largely the work of Federico Maria Sardelli, who now curates the catalogue.) Many of them are multi-movement works, like the present concerto in five movements of a very loose structure that bears little resemblance even to the oldest compositions from L’Estro armonico Opus 3, except perhaps No. 11, with which it shares a number of “concordant passages”. Most notably for me, an obsessive idea that appears at the 9:00 mark and is also found in Opus 3 No. 11 from the 10th measure onwards. If anything, the fantastical style with which this concerto famously opens seems to permeate much of the solo passages in the Uppsala concerto. Improvisatory, most definitely “Northern”, and only found in trace amounts in the first published concertos. If it was composed around 1700 as has been suggested, it would be not only one Vivaldi’s earliest concertos but one of the very first solo concertos in the history of music.

Thank you! I can't believe how early Vivaldi was beginning to sound like, well, Vivaldi.

You can hear so many structures and progressions as well as short melodic movements he uses in all his later concertos, this is so beautiful

WOW! Ca. 1700!? I had no idea he composed that early! The voltas in the ritornellos and the many movements makes it really feel like it was composed around the time of the shift the century!

For me, this is probably the most interesting of all your videos so far. There are so many features here which recur in later works, especially but not limited to Op. 3. If you can find any other extremely early concerti, that would be fantastic. I am a fan of Vivaldi's early work, there is something special about it. More uniqueness somehow.

8:14 for the Bach enthusiasts; here’s his inspiration

fascinante! sublime! es maravilloso poder seguir viendo nueva musica de un artista de hace 300 años, es increible!

How beautiful

This ia a very significant upload! Thank you Del Vivaldi. Torelli must have been impressed upon hearing this early concerto by Vivaldi (early 1700s) as it displays a style of movements conforming to the already well-established sonata, and yet employing fast ostinato idiom that was more adherent to the Northern Italian Style with its fantasies and virtuosity. Torelli: well done young man!

Ein musikalischer Edelstein. Bravissimo! 👍 👍 👍 👏 👏 👏 🙋

Fascinating. Thank you. To me, it sounds completely authentic, with many features which recur in later works, not just Op. 3, but others too.

masterpiece. You put it play and you can do many things. armony melody rythm

3:12 sounds like Bach's A min concerto for violin... Bach lifted that phrase?

LOVE THIS

Sublime!!!!!

zojuist pas ontdekt, hoe is het mogelijk. en mijn dank is groot voor het mij aanreiken ! ! dit is onbeschrijfelijk mooi . . .

Thanks!

It is Beautiful! Thank you very much!

Super good. Thank you!!!

These need to be on IMSLP!

To me, this sounds like a rather mature piece, in terms of style, invention, and harmony...

Bellissimo! Wooow!

Gracias por el maravilloso aporte al arte y la cultura...

A four-movement sonata version for 2 violins of the same piece, RV107a, with several textual alterations, has emerged recently at the University library anthology at Leuwen. Both versions, at the University libraries (Uppsala and at Leuwen) point to the fact that the work is indeed early since it contains thematic material found in his op.1 sonatas (1705). What is not known is whether or not the textual differences found in RV107a are from Vivaldi himself or from another composer. It can be said with certainty that both versions (RV 355 [formerly Anh.107] and the sonata for 2 vns RV 107a recently found at Leuwen) are early works AND that the both works contain material found in op.1 sonatas. Therefore, there's a good chance that this concerto was from a young Don Antonio Vivaldi.

5:56 instead of the expected descending lines after this ascension, he changed the rhythm going “down”

Undoubted concordance with La Stravaganza RV 316! 4:59 = ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NpCTPDKd4O0.html This RV 355 certainly is a Vivaldi concerto.

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Esplêndido

4:12

Vivaldi? Probably, on account of several characteristic melodic and rhythmic elements, but the solos sound very German to me! Some passages in movements III and V are reminiscent of the "bariolages" found in RV 237. These were the subject of a long debate on this channel about the influence of Westhoff, via Pisendel (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BIjRlNhfw6w.html). There are also similarities with Bach's d minor concerto for harpsichord, originally for violin (BWV1052R), and possibly not by Bach. Movement III at 4:20-4:30 is a good example.(ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BIjRlNhfw6w.html). I'm not trying to start a fight, but this could be a slightly later work by a German composer imitating Vivaldi.

Did only the solo violin part survive?

To me a Torelli's concerto. You can find a similar sound in his op. 8. However someone ipotized that the young Vivaldi was a pupil of Torelli

sounds like the Dresden concerti. something like ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZboXyuDkiY8.html might be before Op. 3 L'Estro Armonico... Vivaldi probabli studied scores from Torelli, and had so small influence of the Roman style.

Manuscript for RV 813? Another early violin concerto of his.

La maggior parte non suona come Vivaldi, solo alcune progressioni e ritmo, è decisamente italiano, potrebbe essere Gasparini, Benedetto Marcello, ma come dice Del Vivaldi, potrebbe essere Vivaldi che si cimenta agli inizi come compositore

7:19 Similar to Dall'Abaco: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7wZ5rtSqUSY.html

Vivaldi brincando com as figurações (divisão).

Not a bad piece but I don;t think it sounds like Vivaldi.