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Vivaldi Peaches

Following my lockdown listening to all of Vivaldi’s concertos, I was delighted to turn my attention to his operas for a piece in the February 2021 issue of Opera magazine. To complement that feature, here is a brief playlist of … Continue reading

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Lockdown walks: On reaching a Vivaldi century

“Vivaldi didn’t write 500 concertos. He wrote the same concerto 500 times.” It’s unlikely that Igor Stravinsky ever actually said this – it was probably coined by Luigi Dallapiccola – but it’s an amusing line anyway, intended to poke fun … Continue reading

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Vivaldi Top Ten Concertos

Working – and walking – my way through nearly 500 Vivaldi concertos during lockdown, I’ve whittled them down to a “top ten” playlist of my favourites. My only criteria were “no nicknames”, to encourage people to listen beyond the ubiquitous … Continue reading

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Florid campery as Vivaldi’s Dorilla in Tempe travels from Venice to Wexford

Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe Wexford Festival Opera, 23rd October 2019 Does Vivaldi have a distinct operatic fingerprint? From the opening chorus of Dorilla in Tempe, every single person in Wexford’s National Opera House could have identified the composer… because the … Continue reading

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Cloudbursts and Venetian sunshine from Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque Orchestra at Wigmore Hall

Vivaldi: Avi Avital/ Venice Baroque Orchestra ***** Wigmore Hall, 22nd December 2018 Venice in December can have a sinister air, mists rising from the canals to silently shroud the city. Sometimes, the Basilica is invisible from the other side of … Continue reading

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