Vivaldi: Gloria (RV 589) - Domine fili unigenite

Vivaldi's Women (Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi) in an all-female performance of the Gloria at the Church of the Pietà in Venice. The tenors and basses are in the north cantoria (organ side, right) with the sopranos and contraltos facing them on the left. The orchestra (the OAE/Jerwood Experience) is in the west gallery. Costumes by Eric Doughney, after Grevenbroeck.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Vivaldi
• SPAV
• Vivaldi's Women
• Pietà
• OAE/Jerwood Experience
• Micky White
• Richard Vendome
• low female voices
• Oxford Girls' Choir

[askim925]

What a great and perfect reappearance !! I didn't know that women can sing such a low part as a male singers. But I still think that is impossible. I heard that Vivaldi's some sacred music, such as Gloria, Magnificat, Dixit Dominus, etc. could be written for the other place not for Pieta because they consists with S, A, T, B in four parts.

[VivaldisWomen]

@askim925 thank you. A lot of research has been done on this and we are confident of which pieces were written for the Pietà, in which tenor and bass are only heard in chorus. The Dixit (RV 595) ATB trio is the closest exception. Some pieces exist in two versions, e.g. Beatus Vir RV 597 and RV 795 (Pietà version). See the "womens' vocal range" page on our SPAV website for the main arguments.

[macxtc]

where are the MALES!!!!

[VivaldisWomen]

@macxtc If you read through who we are and what we do, you'll see that we're an all-female choir that performs the music of Vivaldi and contemporaries the way it was meant to be heard. Vvialdi wrote almost all his choral works for an all-female choir at The Pieta in Venice, with female Tenors and Basses singing the lower voices at pitch.

[vallebuona1]

Outstanding!!!

I was very moved by your performance!!

Bravissime!!!!

[bailegalego]

es precioso, todo, la estetica, la musica, el lugar... sencillamente celestial.

[askim925]

@VivaldisWomen Thanks !! That page was helpful to understand. It is interesting that about 20% of women are capable of singing tenor, and 2% could sing bass. I guess I am not in that case. haha,,, :P Keep up the good work, guys !!

Best of Regards from the United States

Anna

[malouxoupa2012]

lovely, with a lot of memories

[RevdRichard]

What a revelation. Thank you so much for this. In my opinion you have got it just right - a beautiful balance of clarity with a deft lightness and bounce that is little short of perfection. Bravo

[macxtc]

understood