Tag: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude: Folia – Variations by Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and Marin Marais
La Folía (Spanish), also folies d’Espagne (French), Follies of Spain (English) or Follia (Italian), is one of the oldest European musical themes, or primary material, generally melodic, of a composition, on record. The theme exists in two versions, referred to as early and late folias, the earlier being faster. Arcangelo
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor RV 580
When Vivaldi died in 1741 his music was in the most complete darkness. It was the scholars of Bach in the nineteenth century who first heard of Vivaldi, thanks to the ancient manuscripts where Bach had transcribed the concerts of someone called Vivaldi. It was known who Bach was, but
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1, No. 12, RV. 63, ‘La Follia’: I. Adagio
A surprising movement from Vivaldi. La Follia’ (The Madness) is a musical theme of the most ancient and widespread in the music and European history. It originated in Portugal from 1500 to 1600 and was created to accompany a dance ballad by shepherds and farmers at a fertility rite, a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi Gloria RV 589: IV.Gratias agimus tibi – Propter magnam gloria tua
The Vivaldi Experience continues here at DWR. Please note the precision necessary to maintain the chord structure during the fugal sections. Soooo good.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi – Gloria II: Et in Terra Pax Hominibus
From the Gloria of the Latin mass. The full phrase in Latin is “”Et in terra pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis” The translation is and peace on earth to men of goodwill”
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi’s Domine Fili Unigenite
The seventh part of Vivaldi’s Gloria. Just happen to be singing this in choir this semester. Great piece. 🙂 “begotten Son, Jesus Christ”
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday New Year Baroque Interlude – J. S. Bach: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (BWV 41)
Jesus, now be praised at this new year for Your goodness, revealed to us in all necessity and danger, that we have reached this new joyful time, that soars full of grace and eternal blessedness; that we, in peaceful stillness have completed the old year. We wish to give
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – C.Monteverdi – Zefiro Torna , oh di soavi accenti
ENGLISH VERSION: Return O Zephyr, and with gentle motion Make pleasant the air and scatter the grasses in waves And murmuring among the green branches Make the flowers in the field dance to your sweet sound; Crown with a garland the heads of Phylla and Chloris With notes tempered
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Telemann – Quatuor Parisien N°12 (Chaconne)
The Telemann is exquisite. The video is a masterwork illustrating how to detract from a subject you’re supposed to be highlighting.
Continue reading