Vivaldi – Spring

Song: I. Allegro
Artist: 
Giuliano Carmignola;
Andrea Marcon;
Venice Baroque Orchestra

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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
(1678 – 1741) was an Italian
Baroque musical composer,
virtuoso violinist, teacher,
and priest.

Born in Venice,
the capital of
the Venetian Republic,

he is regarded as
one of the greatest Baroque
composers, and his influence during
his lifetime was widespread
across Europe.

He composed
many instrumental
concertos, for the violin
and a variety of other instruments,
as well as sacred choral works
and more than forty operas.

His best-known work is
a series of violin concertos
known as
the Four Seasons.

Many of his compositions were
written for the all-female music ensemble
of the Ospedale della Pietà,
a home for abandoned
children.

Vivaldi had worked there
as a Catholic priest for
one and half years
and was employed there
from 1703 to 1715 and
from 1723 to 1740.

Vivaldi also had some success
with expensive stagings of
his operas in Venice,
Mantua and Vienna.

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