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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Episode 3: Acceptance in Rome

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Episode 3

Episode 3: Acceptance in Rome

Acceptance in Rome

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Acceptance in Rome

Donald Macleod explores how Johann Georg Pisendel helped promote Vivaldi's music.

Donald Macleod explores how Johann Georg Pisendel, a violinist who had studied with Vivaldi, helped promote Vivaldi's music and ensure more offers of work.

Donald Macleod introduces music associated with a devoted follower of Vivaldi's from Dresden, and influential patrons in Rome.

As Vivaldi's reputation began to spread across Europe, musicians from far and wide made a point of visiting him in Venice. One such was Johann Georg Pisendel, a distinguished violinist from the Dresden court who studied with Vivaldi. On his return he ensured Vivaldi's concertos formed a central role in the repertoire of the court orchestra. Offers of work came in from elsewhere, including Rome, and Vivaldi soon found himself on the invitation lists of some of the most powerful and influential princes and cardinals, including the music-loving Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. Donald Macleod introduces a sonata from a collection owned by the Cardinal, an excerpt from an opera premiered in Rome and a concerto dedicated to the faithful Pisendel's employer at the court of Dresden.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Antonio Vivaldi

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Antonio Vivaldi, a Venetian priest, feted in his lifetime as both composer and violinist, yet destined to die in obscurity in faraway Vienna

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