Locatelli Violin Concerto op. 3/11 'L'arte Del Violino' (2/2)

Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch
Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer The Raglan Baroque Players
Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

Locatelli was born on September 3, 1695 in Bergamo in Italy. A child prodigy on the violin, he was sent to study in Rome under the direction of Arcangelo Corelli. Little is known of his subsequent activities except that he finally settled in Amsterdam in 1729, where he died on March 30, 1764.

Locatelli was a master at the violin, said to have never played a wrong note -- except once, when his little finger slipped and got stuck in the bridge of his instrument

Locatelli's works are mainly for the violin, an instrument on which he was a virtuoso. His most significant publication is probably the Arte del violino, opus 3, a collection of twelve concertos for the instrument which incorporate twenty four technically demanding capriccios (or caprices) - these could function as extended cadenzas, but are now usually extracted and played in isolation from the concertos.

L'Arte del Violino, printed in Amsterdam in 1733, was one of the most influential musical publications of the early eighteenth century. It is a collection of twelve concertos for solo violin, strings and basso continuo, with a 'capriccio' for unaccompanied violin inserted into the first and last movements of each concerto as a sort of cadenza.

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• Violin
• Concerto
• Locatelli
• Elizabeth
• Wallfisch
• l'arte
• del
• violin
• capriccio
• caprice
• op.
• Baroque

[culturehorse]

Magnifico ... encore !!

[elias12186]

Pick a number from 1-12 and not 11 :P

[suvarbal]

get wasted on this it is so cool

[edivekru]

Espectacularmente hermoso!!! Siempre me gustó, pero nunca encuentro su musica Gracias !!!

[bersa888]

Locatelli was born in my adoptive city, Bergamo. Also A. Grandi, G. Legrenzi and G. Donizetti are all from there. Not bad for a still small town...

[OriginalMoonbeam]

wonderful!!! Thanks!