 | Vivaldi, Antonio - "Beatus vir" for Winds & Strings RV 598 Vents & Orchestre Cordes |
VoirPDF : "Beatus vir" (RV 598) for Winds & Strings (42 pages - 928.85 Ko)31x⬇ VoirPDF : Basson (87.43 Ko) VoirPDF : Violoncelle (105.75 Ko) VoirPDF : Alto (108.62 Ko) VoirPDF : Violon 1 (121.11 Ko) VoirPDF : Violon 2 (120.35 Ko) VoirPDF : Flûte (120.13 Ko) VoirPDF : French Cor (93.08 Ko) VoirPDF : Hautbois (114.66 Ko) VoirPDF : Conducteur complet (459.87 Ko) MP3 : "Beatus vir" (RV 598) for Winds & Strings 6x⬇ 33x
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| Compositeur : | Vivaldi, Antonio (1678 - 1741) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Vents & Orchestre Cordes | ||
| Genre : | Baroque | ||
| Tonalité : | Si♭ majeur | ||
| Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||
| Ajoutée par magataganm, 26 Mar 2023 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) was an Italian composer and violinist, considered among the greatest exponents of Baroque music. A priest, although unable to celebrate mass for health reasons, he was called "the Red Priest" due to the color of his hair. He was one of the most virtuosic violinists of his time and one of the greatest composers of Baroque music. Considered the most important, influential and original Italian musician of his era, Vivaldi contributed significantly to the development of the concerto, especially solo (a genre initiated by Giuseppe Torelli), and of violin technique and orchestration. Furthermore, he did not neglect opera in music and his vast compositional work also includes numerous concerts, sonatas and pieces of sacred music. His works influenced numerous composers of his time including the greatest Baroque genius Johann Sebastian Bach, but also Pisendel, Heinichen, Zelenka, Boismortier, Corrette, De Fesch, Quantz. His best-known compositions are the four violin concertos known as The Four Seasons, a famous example of subject music. As with many Baroque composers, his name and music fell into oblivion after his death. Only thanks to the research of some 20th century musicologists, such as Arnold Schering, Marc Pincherle, Alberto Gentili, Alfredo Casella and Gian Francesco Malipiero, his name and his works became famous again, becoming one of the best known and most performed composers. Antonio Vivaldi wrote various Beatus vir (Psalm 111) to be sung at Vespers on Sundays and holidays. RV 597, in C major, and 598, in B flat major, survive today, while RV 599, also in B flat major, has been lost. This setting of Beatus vir is the best known of the three. It was originally composed around 1719, but, even if the original composition has been lost, two reworkings of it come down to us (one was probably written in the second half of the 1720s, while the second appears to have been sold by Vivaldi himself at the Ospedale della Pietà in 1739). Musically very hard, this Beatus vir was set to music for two choirs and appears to be a large-scale work. Among the sacred compositions of the Red Priest it is perhaps the one that is most closely linked to the ancient styleand in which, as in the famous Dixit Dominus in D major, Vivaldi demonstrates great skill in the use of counterpoint. It opens with a pompous movement with dotted rhythm, from which Vivaldi extracts a refrain (motto) which he repeats several times during the performance of the entire work (a typical element present in numerous Beatus vir starting with Claudio Monteverdi). The second movement follows, structurally the most bizarre of all Vivaldi's sacred works, presenting only two contrapuntal parts performed by the basses of both choirs. The movement of the Gloria et divitiae is written for two sopranos (in the original version it was composed for a single soprano who used the echo technique) turns out to be surprisingly impressive. In the movement, Exortum est in tenebris, the contrapuntal element treated by the two choirs is very striking. The Jucundus homo, where organ accompanies a solo soprano, anticipates the most expressive movement of the Beatus vir, the trio In memoria aeterna. After the Paratum cor ejus for 2 choirs and the Peccator videbit for solo tenor or chorus, the psalm concludes with the Gloria Patri. The verse Beatus vir qui timet Dominum which often occurs during the sacred work is made in motet form, i.e. with two joined choirs and the orchestra playing in unison with the basses. Source: Wikipedia (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatus_vir_(Vivaldi)). Although originally written for 2 Sopranos, Alto, Mixed Chorus (SATB), Strings and Continuo, I created this Interpretation of "Beatus vir" (RV 598) for Winds (Flute, Oboe, French Horn & Bassoon) and Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). | |||
