Vivaldi Behind Chopin: Afternoon Concert Wednesday 13 March

[doversoul1]

Hidden behind the series title Chopin and his Europe, we have this:

Vivaldi's delightful serenata 'Gloria e Imeneo', interspersed here with some of his lesser-known violin concertos
(what I am hearing now (14.16) doesn’t sound like a violin concerto)

2.00pm
Jarzebski: Canzoni e concerti (excerpts)
Vivaldi: Serenata ’Gloria e Imeneo‘, RV.687 interspersed with Vivaldi concertos: in C, RV.186; in F, RV.288; in B flat, RV.380
Vivica Genaux, Martina Belli (mezzos)
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi,violin/conductor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000358k

[ardcarp]

Yes, I heard and enjoyed much of this, though it was 'in the background' as I was doing some physical work. I didn't (don't?) quite grasp the Chopin connection beyond the fact they both...er...lived in Europe.

[vinteuil]

Yes, I heard and enjoyed much of this, though it was 'in the background' as I was doing some physical work. I didn't (don't?) quite grasp the Chopin connection beyond the fact they both...er...lived in Europe.

... here's a Venice - Warsaw connection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Bellotto

After the destruction of the historic centre of Warsaw in World War II, it was pains-takingly rebuilt, largely with the assistance of Bellotto's paintings of the city, which have a Canaletto-like 'photographic' realism to them.

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