Vivaldi composed 39 concertos for bassoon, two of which are incomplete. After the violin, to which the composer dedicated some 230 concertos, the bassoon is the instrument for which he wrote the most concertos. His concertos for bassoon form part of an important musical collection preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale di Torino (Turin) which.
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- For his first years as violin teacher at the Ospedale della Pieta we must imagine him as having been industrious in his activity as a pedagogue and composer; the institution’s administrators soon acknowledged his successes: in 1708 he was given a pay rise, and in 1711 Vivaldi stepped into a vacated position which held a secure yearly wage.
- “Vivaldi the priest, deeply spiritual, comes out in his music. And shortly after was appointed chaplain and Violin Master at a local orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pieta, or the.
Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi ('Vivaldi's Women') is an all-female ensemble of singers and players which aims to recreate the sound of Vivaldi's Figlie di Choro, those foundlings at Venice's Ospedale della Pietà who performed at Mass and Vespers from behind grilles in the high choir galleries or 'cantorie'. It reflects the age range and vocal range of Vivaldi's musicians, with women aged 14 to 60+, some singing tenor and bass. The group uses period instruments played at 18th-century Venetian pitch (A˜440Hz).
The work of Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi is based on the findings of Vivaldi researcher Micky White, which give us a comprehensive picture of the daily life of this remarkable institution during the 18th century, the heyday of its musical tradition. We even know the names and ages of the women who sang and played at specific times, together with their instruments and voices; in some cases the names of soloists are written into the music. Micky White's eagerly awaited biography 'Antonio Vivaldi. A Life in Documents' (L. S. Olschki Editore, Firenze, 2013) presents a chronological series of documents accompanied by copious notes. It brings the composer vividly to life in his musical, religious, social and family environment, and is accompanied by a CD-ROM of photographs of the original material.
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Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi includes several past and present members of Oxford Girls' Choir, and was founded by musicologist and choral director Richard Vendome. In 2005 it recorded “Vivaldi’s Women” and “Gloria” for BBC TV, and Vivaldi’s Vespers for Radio 3, with players drawn from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Jerwood Experience. 'Vivaldi's Women' was awarded a Gold Medal in the 'Best Documentary on a Music Subject' category in the 2007 Park City Film Music Festival, Salt Lake City.
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During October 2007 the choir performed in Antwerp, Utrecht, London and Bristol with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment directed by Pavlo Beznosiuk, in a programme broadcast on Netherlands Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3. In February 2009 Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi recorded music for the Sky Arts series 'Peter Ackroyd's Venice', and this is now available on DVD.