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Until recent years, if the name of Antonio Vivaldi (circa 1678-1740) appeared on a concert program at all, it was usually linked by a hyphen to the name of Bach, who transcribed a goodly number of Vivaldi's works. Little was known about Venetian Vivaldi himself. The main facts: 1) he was a red-haired priest who had to stop saying Mass because of his choking attacks of asthma, 2) he traveled all over Europe as a violinist, and 3) he was "feeble and sick, yet lively as gunfire...
...since more Vivaldi scores have been discovered (latest count: 409 instrumental concerti, 136 pieces for chamber ensembles, 54 sacred choral works and 46 operas), the vigorous contrapuntal music of the red-haired priest is enjoying a boom...
...orchestra is substituting for the New England Philharmonic. Conductor Russell Stanger has chosen a program of works by Schubert, Mozart, Boyce, and Vivaldi. The concert will begin at 8:15 p.m.: tickets will be sold at the door...
...Antonio Vivaldi had the misfortune of living at the same time as Bach and Handel: overshadowed by his contemporaries, he has never attained the popularity he deserves. Monday night's concert by the Cambridge Collegium Museum presented five examples of his many-sided talent--enough of a sample to make anyone want more...
...major Concerto for flute and string was the evening's novelty. Called the "Bullfinch Concerto" because of its opening bird-call effects, the piece abounds in sprightly melodies and contains some material used by Vivaldi in his great "Four Seasons." However, the performance was marred somewhat by Phillip Kaplan's breathy flute-playing...