Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto 7 From 'L'Estro Armonico' F Major Op. 3/7: Violin:

Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) is considered one of the most prolific composers in all of classical music. During his lifetime he composed more than 500 concertos of which approximately 350 of them were for violin. Four works by Vivaldi were known to have been composed for solo lute including this Concerto in D Major F.XII n.15 in three movements: Allegro giusto Largo and Allegro. In this edition Victor Van Puijenbroeck has created a piano reduction of the orchestral score and also has adapted the lute part to be played on guitar. Included are parts for both lute (the part has been adapted from lute tablature to modern notation) and guitar(capotasto). Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) is considered one of the most prolific composers in all of classical music. During his lifetime he composed more than 500 concertos of which approximately 350 of them were for violin. Four works by Vivaldi were known to have been composed for solo lute including this Concerto in D Major F.XII n.15 in three movements: Allegro giusto Largo and Allegro. In this edition Victor Van Puijenbroeck has created a piano reduction of the orchestral score and also has adapted the lute part to be played on guitar. Included are parts for both lute (the part has been adapted from lute tablature to modern notation) and guitar(capotasto).

for Flute Strings and Basso continuo-Full score Flute solo and String parts available as HM265.Antonio Vivaldi (1678 1741) ?was sprightly and highly inventive and he filled almost half the world with his concertos? wrote Quantz in a brief appreciation of Vivaldi a generation later. It was only by chance that this Flute Concerto In D which was preserved anonymously in Schwerin truly half a world away from Venice has been identified as a composition by Vivaldi. Easy to perform this concerto radiates musical freshness and high spirits.

Vivaldi achieved popularity throughout Europe with his collection “L’estro armonico” Op.3. He wrote the cycle which consists of twelve violin concertos (including Concerto Op.3 No.3 featured here) for the orchestra of the “Ospedale della Pietà” where he was teacher and director for many years.The two fast outer movements from opus 3/3 feature ritornelli combined with more virtuosic solo sections as was prevalent at the time. This ritornello form gives structure to the movements. It also gives the student who plays both the solo and tutti sections in this edition the opportunity to vary the returning motives interms of dynamics and ornamentation. In the short but expressive Largo distinct quarter notes alternate with patterns of sixteenth across all the strings. This allows the student to practise various bowing techniques.

(The Four Seasons)-Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands with Handel and J.S. Bach as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular he was without serious competition the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works includingforty-nine operas he composed five hundred concertos. The Four Seasons are probably the best known of his concerti with the second movement

(The Four Seasons)-Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands with Handel and J.S. Bach as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular he was without doubt the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works including forty-nine operas he composed five hundred concertos. The Four Seasons are probably the best known of his concerti with the second movement Largo portraying time spent by a roaring fire listening to the rain pounding against the window. This new arrangement for brass band retains all the warmth of the original.

(The Four Seasons)-Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands with Handel and J.S. Bach as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular he was without doubt the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works including forty-nine operas he composed five hundred concertos. The Four Seasons are probably the best known of his concerti with the second movement Largo portraying time spent by a roaring fire listening to the rain pounding against the window. This new arrangement for brass band retains all the warmth of the original.

Features 16 of Bach's transcriptions for solo keyboard instruments (piano and harpsichord) of concertos for violin and other non-keyboard instruments by Vivaldi, Telemann, and others. Reprinted from the definitive Bach-Gesellschaft edition prepared by Ernst Naumann. Content :
Concerto No. 1 in D major, BWV 972 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 3, no. 9)
[ALLEGRO]. LARGHETTO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 2 in G major, BWV 973 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 7, book 2, no. 2)
[ALLEGRO]. LARGO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, BWV 974 (based on an oboe concerto by Allessandro Marcello)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. PRESTO.
Concerto No. 4 in G minor, BWV 975 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 4, no. 6)
[ALLEGRO]. LARGO. GIGA: PRESTO.
Concerto No. 5 in C major, BWV 976 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 3, no. 12)
[ALLEGRO]. LARGO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 6 in C major, BWV 977 (source unknown)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. GIGA.
Concerto No. 7 in F major, BWV 978 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 3, no. 3)
ALLEGRO. LARGO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 8 in B minor, BWV 979 (source unknown)
[ADAGIO]-ALLEGRO. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 9 in G major, BWV 980 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 4, no. 1)
[ALLEGRO]. LARGO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 10 in C minor, BWV 981 (based on a concerto by Benedetto Marcello, op. 1, no. 2)
[ADAGIO. VIVACE. [LARGO]. PRESTISSIMO.
Concerto No. 11 in B-flat major, BWV 982 (based on a violin concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, op. 1, no. 1)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 12 in G minor, BWV 983 (source unknown)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 13 in C major, BWV 984 (based on a concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO E AFFETTUOSO. ALLEGRO ASSAI.
Concerto No. 14 in G minor, BWV 985 (based on a violin concerto by Georg Philipp Telemann)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 15 in G major, BWV 986 (source unknown)
[ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO.
Concerto No. 16 in D minor, BWV 987 (based on a violin concerto by Duke Johann Erns of Saxe-Weimar, op. 1, no. 4)
[GRAVE]-PRESTO. ALLEGRO.

12 Concertos For Violin, Strings And Basso Continuo. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Antonio Vivaldi's twelve concertos op. 4 known by the name of 'La Stravaganza” were first mentioned as a collection of 'Concerti a 4” in the 1711 Foreword of 'L'Estro Armonico” op. 3. Their publication had to wait until 1716, when Estienne Roger issued them in two volumes of six concertos each. However, unlike the original announcement, 'La Stravaganza” is more than a collection of concertos for solo violin with string accompaniment: in five of the concertos the soloist is joined by a second solo violin or even by a solo violoncello (Concerto No. 7). The many reprints of 'La Stravaganza” bear witness to its popularity and widespread dissemination well into the 1730s. Besides the surviving prints, there is a significant body of handwritten sources containing alternative versions for seven of the concertos. Some of these manuscripts stem from the music library of Johann Georg Pisendel. This edition of 'La Stravaganza” is not only the first scholarly-critical edition, it is also the only complete edition available. In addition to the twelve concertos handed down in the Roger edition, Bärenreiter offers an additional concerto in full score, piano reduction and parts contained in the 1728 print issued by the English publishers Walsh and Hare, as well as alternative versions (without viola) found in handwritten sources for Concertos No. 6 (Volume 1) and No. 11 (Volume 2)./ Répertoire / Violon, Cordes et Basse Continue

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection was published without the composer’s assistance and perhaps even his agreement - these six compositions mark a decisive step towards the definition of the classic Vivaldi Concerto, a change evident both from the systematic adoption of the three-movement plan and from the absence of any supplementary solo parts beyond the principalviolin. This critical edition is based on the first edition of Opus VI and its reprints, but takes also into consideration all the sources of single concertos printed into anthologies or transmitted in manuscript form (Wiesentheid and Dresden). The information gathered through the comparative analysis of the manuscript and the printed traditions of Vivaldi’s Opus 6 has permitted us to reconstruct the links among the sources, to clarify some problematic editorial decisions and formulate new hypotheses on the genesis and the intrinsic nature of the collection as a whole. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Classique / Répertoire / Violon, Ensembles de Cordes et Basse Continue

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection was published without the composer’s assistance and perhaps even his agreement - these six compositions mark a decisive step towards the definition of the classic Vivaldi Concerto, a change evident both from the systematic adoption of the three-movement plan and from the absence of any supplementary solo parts beyond the principalviolin. This critical edition is based on the first edition of Opus VI and its reprints, but takes also into consideration all the sources of single concertos printed into anthologies or transmitted in manuscript form (Wiesentheid and Dresden). The information gathered through the comparative analysis of the manuscript and the printed traditions of Vivaldi’s Opus 6 has permitted us to reconstruct the links among the sources, to clarify some problematic editorial decisions and formulate new hypotheses on the genesis and the intrinsic nature of the collection as a whole. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Classique / Date parution : 1905-07-09/ Répertoire / Violon, Ensembles de Cordes et B.C.