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In introductory remarks to the final concert of Baroque Band’s season Friday night, concertmaster-guest conductor Joan Plana told the audience at Augustana Lutheran Church of the “huge amount of risks ...

WORCESTER — Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" — four violin concertos depicting the different seasons of the year beginning with spring and ending with winter — was a revolutionary work when it was ...

Yet another Vivaldi disc, this time containing five previously unrecorded violin concertos from his gawp-inducing output of 240 works in the genre. Vivaldi's detractors argue that his music sounds ...

The Venice Baroque Orchestra touches down in Chicago for a tour stop concert at the University of Chicago. We hear them play their specialty — music by Vivaldi. Guliano Carmignola is the violinist in ...

(12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', Movements: No. 3 in G, RV310 Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Peter Howard Jensen, Guitar (12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', ...

When it comes to attending live concerts during the Covid-19 pandemic, one question keeps getting asked: Why bother? After all, there are many commercial recordings available, not to mention ...

Looking for some Vivaldi CDs? Try Amazon.com and click on the Baroque composer’s name. You will be confronted with 2,143 releases. Narrow your search to “The Four Seasons,” and the choices are still ...

Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings Gli Incogniti Amandine Beyer, Violin Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Giuliano Carmignola, Violin Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings Antonio Vivaldi, Composer ...

They say we don't have seasons in Northern California, but recent musical life has brought evidence to the contrary. On the heels of last week's sleek but slightly bland performance of Vivaldi's "Four ...

Nicknamed “The Red Priest” for his red hair and religious ordination, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the most brilliant composers of the Baroque era. His influence during his lifetime was ...

These concertos of baroque composer Josef Antonín Guretzky (1709-1769) are a joy! Picking a composer out of Moravian obscurity, the “Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen” have put down world ...