Les Musiciennes du Concert des Nations / Bakieva / Riesner / Savall - Pietá!

Performers:

Les Musiciennes du Concert des Nations, Ensemble
Alfia Bakieva, violin
Bianca Riesner, violoncello
Jordi Savall, direction

Vivaldi and the orphan girls of the Ospedale della Pietà
Was Vivaldi actually celibate? Since his ordination to the priesthood in 1703, this would have been only right and proper, but there is no more proof of this than there is of the opposite. In any case, celibacy was not viewed so strictly at the time and 18th century Venice must have been like a permanent »temptation from St Anthony« for a priest. Don Antonio Vivaldi also taught orphan girls to play the violin, cello and viola da gamba at the Ospedale della Pietà for ten years. He wrote the majority of his virtuoso instrumental music for them and formed the orchestra into an ensemble that –, as one read in the gazettes –, was only allowed to be heard in secret so as not to give crowds of music tourists the wrong idea. With his Musiciennes du Concert des Nations and an all-Vivaldi programme, Jordi Savall recalls this Venetian attraction of an all-female top orchestra.

programma

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto F-Dur RV 544 für Violine, Violoncello und Streicher. Il Proteo o sia Il mondo al rovescio
Concerto Es-Dur RV 253 für Violine, Streicher und Basso continuo »La tempesta di mare« (1725))
Concerto h-moll RV 580 für vier Violinen, Violoncello, Streicher und Basso continuo (L'estro armonico) (1711))
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Antonio Vivaldi
Le quattro stagioni »Die vier Jahreszeiten« op. 8 (1725)