Extracts from the oratorio
'Juditha Triumphants’
(sung in Latin)
Continuo:
Dorothy Erhart (harpsichord)
Douglas Hawkridge (organ)
Raymond Clark (cello)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
Philharmonia Orchestra
(Leader. Manoug Parikian )
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
Music transcribed and revised by Vito Frazzi
Vivaldi's oratorio Juditha Triumphans was written for performance at Venice in 1716. The work, as edited by Vito Frazzi , was revived in Italy in 1941, and the score published in 1948 by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana. It is a long work, and for tonight's performance Trevor Harvey has selected the most interesting parts. There are a few choruses, but the oratorio consists mainly of recitatives and arias. One of the arias has an obbligato part for a mandoline; another has a particularly beautiful oboe solo; in yet another, three trumpets are used. Harold Rutland