Vivaldi - "Concerto Funebre" in B Flat Major RV579

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

"Concerto Funebre" for violin, oboe, salmoe, three viole all'inglese, strings and basso continuo in B flat major RV579

1. Largo

2. Allegro poco

3. Adagio - Allegro [Fuga]

Performed by Concerto Italiano
Featuring Paolo Ciociola, violin
Andrea Mion, oboe
Lorenzo Coppola, salmoe
Francesca Vicari, Mauro Lopes Ferreira, Luigi Piovano, viole all'inglese
Conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bach
• handel
• mozart
• beethoven
• grosso
• violin
• cello
• viola
• trio
• sonata
• classical
• canon
• four
• seasons
• baroque
• sacred
• gloria

[Mislavce]

Does anyone know what is viola all'inglese actually? Is it a kind of viola da gamba or something like that? Number of instruments used in Baroque Era fascinates me, and all those names of them even more.

[HARMONICO101]

We don't know 100% what they are. Musicologists seem to think that they are viols or variations of such.

[umbrellano]

This has the potential to be a highly dramatic piece, but Vivaldi dissolved the thirty seconds tension and turned this into a sweet afternoon treat. Even the final moment of self-doubt melted into a carefree fugue meant as a celebration.

[HARMONICO101]

That's what I think makes this such a brilliant work. It's perfectly bittersweet.

[bubblykings]

A Funeral Concerto? Cool! I like how Vivaldi portrayed death...

It probably makes a lot of people feel less afraid of dying and a lot better about death in general. lol

[macdonald59]

@Mislavce : viole all'inglese? simply, the ''consort of violes''

[InbictaProductionzZ]

@Mislavce Usually, it is commonly accepted that the viola al'inglese is one of the names of the viola da gamba, even though some musicologists disagree. in modern interpretation of baroque music, the viola al'inglese is always played as a viola da gamba

[lewars1912]

@bubblykings I agree. It's cheered me up no end.

[festershred]

@Mislavce look up daniel fradkin

[Modoantiquo]

È difficile riuscire a non capire un cazzo di Vivaldi fino a questi livelli. Ma sembra che sia possibile.

Federico Maria Sardelli.

[naratchunzes1]

I would like to have this concerto performed at my burial service so that my soul feel happy

[hardcub02]

@Mislavce Viola all'inglese (=english-viola) was like a smaller cello, with six strings used mostly for study purposes. In those times the strings family was not completely stabilzed, so there were a lot of different variations specialy on the bass section of the orchestra. Some composer also wrote music searching special effects, like J.S Bach in the 3rd Brandenbourg Concert.

[hardcub02]

@Mislavce Yes, the "Viola all'inglese (English viola)" has 6 strings and is a "Viola da gamba (leg-viola: to be played holding it like a bass not like a violin)", whereas the "Viola Francese (French viola)" has 7 strings. The English one was mostly used for study purposes. The French one was mostly used for playing in concerts ;o)

[Arjunai]

Beautiful..

[CanisNigrum]

woooww es hermoso, y algo alegre para se un concierto funebre