

Booklet contains liner notes and full sung texts (Latin). Excellent performances in Historical Practice style by the elite group from Germany, the Virtuosi Saxoniae, led by trumpet virtuoso Ludwig Güttler. The darker Magnificat in G minor is a superb, mature work, expressing Maria’s feeling of wonder and devotion in concertante solo movements to string accompaniment. De torrente SF - By Kings College Choir, Cambridge/Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Cleobury Dixit. Its jubilant mood, beautiful arias and festive orchestral accompinament fully justify its fame. Vivaldi Gloria 19 20 Dixit Dominus in D, RV 594: 8. Vivaldi’s Gloria (RV589) is one of the most popular choral works ever written and performed, by both professionals and amateurs alike.

This release contains two of Vivaldi’s most famous sacred works, the Gloria and the Magnificat. Recorded in 1989 and with soloists such as Andrea Ihle and Elisabeth Wilke and string accompaniment from specialist early music ensemble Virtuosi Saxoniae, this disc is a must-have for fans of Vivaldi’s sacred music. Vivaldi Gloria May 4 - Overview Program Performers Extras Overview Experience the uplifting power of Antonio Vivaldi’s joyous Gloria, with its gleaming vocal fireworks and richly embroidered orchestral passages. Both the Gloria and the Magnificat would have been performed by girls and women, who are said, somewhat surprisingly, also to have covered the lower vocal parts. Vivaldi: Gloria / Stabat Mater Virtuoso Series. It originally appeared in several different versions the one performed here is final version – arranged for a performance at the Pietà in 1739 – which contained five newly-composed concertante solo movements with string accompaniment, intended for the very best young musicians in the school. Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589 - Dixit Dominus, RV 594 & Magnificat, RV 610. The Magnificat in G minor is another of Vivaldi’s masterpieces. The work ends with a resplendent fugue: ‘Cum Sancto Spiritu’. The bright opening ‘Gloria’ is well known among choral singers and instrumentalists alike, with much of the vocal writing exploring the very limits of the tonality that was common at the time. The Gloria in D is Vivaldi’s most popular choral work and one of his most extensive settings of a liturgical text. If we take it that Vivaldi kept to these conditions throughout the time he was engaged to compose for the Pietà, we can assume that the composer wrote much more sacred music than has come down to us the magnificent works on this recording provide just a snapshot of Vivaldi’s brilliance in this genre. In addition to these pieces, it has since been discovered that there was a contractual requirement for the choir master to compose two new settings of the Mass and Vespers for Easter and the Feast of Visitation. It was during this time that Vivaldi composed the works recorded on this disc. The choir master, Francesco Gasparini, retired in 1713 and his successor was not deemed to have been successful enough as a composer Vivaldi was selected to provide all compositions required for the chapel.

She is a founder member of the Voices of London Festival, and is also a published and prize-winning composer.In 1701 Antonio Vivaldi was appointed violin teacher at the Ospedale della Pietà – an orphanage that specialised in musical training for young girls. Yale Journal of Music & Religion, Volume 2, Number 1. Aesthetic Meaning in the Congregational Masses of James MacMillan. RV 589 is the best-known setting of the Gloria, simply known as the Vivaldi Gloria due to its outstanding popularity. It was probably written at about the same time as the RV 588, possibly in 1715. In addition to her regular conducting work, Hilary also acts as an adjudicator, choral workshop leader and guest conductor. Quite of known simply as 'The Vivaldi Gloria,' the best known of the composer's renditions is 'The Gloria RV 589 in D Major,' which was written sometime around 1715. RV 589 Gloria is a familiar and popular piece among sacred works by Vivaldi.
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She also runs an annual project with Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir, at the Royal Academy of Music, in conjunction with Blossom Street and the RAM composition department, and is conductor of P&O Ferries Choir, the group which won the BBC2 series The Choir, and whom she met whilst filming for the series. 2 at Royal Festival Hall conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Her guest work includes ensembles such as the BBC Symphony Chorus, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service Singers, the University of Greenwich Choir and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Chorus, whom she recently prepared for a performance of Mahler Symphony No.
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Hilary Campbell is a freelance choral specialist, and is founder and Musical Director of professional chamber choir Blossom Street, and Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, Chiswick Choir and the Music Makers of London. Vivaldis Gloria Alto Chorus Rehearsal Aid 1 Part 1 - Gloria.
