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...deeply indebted to Antonio Vivaldi," said the violinist. "And I might say that Vivaldi is indebted...
Chances are excellent that Vivaldi, famed 18th century Italian master of the baroque, would be enjoying new popularity with or without Violinist Felix Ayo and fellow members of the Italian string orchestra called I Musici (The Musicians). But I Musici (pronounced "ee Moo-zee-chee") has surely contributed to the boom. And in the process it has attracted an international following that regards it as the best string orchestra in the world. This week the orchestra begins a three-month North American tour in Quebec. Day after day the musicians painstakingly rehearsed-paying the price, said a proud member...
...Number One" when the orchestra was founded in Rome nine years ago, and I Musici has held on to the title ever since. Repeated winners of France's cherished Grand Prix du Disque, I Musici has made 34 records, sold a phenomenal 300,000 copies. Its best seller: Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In its pursuit of perfection, the group takes four full days to record a 4O-min. LP. The result is a luxurious, butter-smooth string tone, an artful blending of the orchestra's twelve instruments (six violins, two cellos, two violas, harpsichord, bass), a dynamic...
Actor Whitman plays Vivaldi on a penny whistle and tries to look like Pan, but unhappily he looks more like Peter Pan. Juliet Prowse looks like Leslie Caron with muscles and, perhaps because she is a native of South Africa, also looks ashamed of the mess she's in. Massey is gassy. The only object of real interest on the screen is Rafer Johnson, the Olympic decathlon champion, here appearing in his big Hollywood role. Most of the time...
Sunday's schedule: Vivaldi's Concerti for oboe and strings in D minor and F; Bach's Trio sonata (no. 7) and Canon perpetuum (no. 8) from The Musical Offering; Mozart's Concerto no. 5 in A. K.219; and Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 in A, opus...