Vivaldi-Violin Concerto in E Major 'La Primavera', RV 269 Op. 8 No.1

Watch in High Def: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QsYAikO2Aw
The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. "La Primavera (Spring)" Violin Concerto, from Opus 8 "Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione", No. 1. Composed by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741).

VIOLINS
Nils-Erik Sparf (solo)***
Per Sandkief, Tullo Galli***, Bertil Orsin, Asa Hallerbäck, Els-Marie Landin

VIOLAS
Lars Brolin***, Ann Wallström

CELLO
Kari Ottesen***

VIOLONE
Alf Petersén***

ORGAN/HARPSICHORD
Maria Wieslander***

***Members of the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

"Spring has come, and joyfully the birds welcome it with cheerful song, and the streams at the breath of zephyrs, flow swiftly with sweet murmurings.

But now the sky is cloaked in black and thunder and lightning announce themselves;
when they die away, the little birds turn afresh to their sweet song.

Then on the pleasant flower-strewn meadow, to the gentle rustle of the leaves and branches the goatherd rests, his faithful dog at his side.

To the rustic bagpipe's gay sound, nymph and shepherd dance beneath the fair spring sky in all its glory."

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[TheDeadlyHollow]

this is E flat major......

[animeviolalord]

@TheDeadlyHollow : Nope, this is E-Major. This is a Baroque orchestra tuned at a'=415, so the violin's strings, for example, are approximately tuned like E-flat, G-flat, D-flat, G-flat. The Baroque era had many different tunings. 415 was common in Germany, while 440 (a.k.a. "modern" tuning) was popular in most parts of Italy, 392 (instruments tuned approximately a whole step down from modern tuning) was popular in France in the Baroque era, and 460 tuning was popular in Venice.

[moghedien13]

@animeviolalord 460!? damn could imagine having to sing at that? i think 440 is what we commonly use these days, or have been at least until peopel started using the tunings that were used in the specific period. i remember hearing something about how the higher tuning is ruining voices especially baritones because its really fucks up the passagio. have you heard anything of that sort?

[animeviolalord]

@moghedien13: I don't really know. I don't know any ensembles or orchestras that actually perform at 460 tuning...but I would hate to sing that high! :O I don't know how they did it back then!

[eldervinnie]

@animeviolalord CAn u tell me how they knew what Hz they we're playing on??

[animeviolalord]

@eldervinnie: They probably had tuning forks.....That's a good question.......

[PrayerWarrior4]

thx so much for loading this! :D

[Vagalume1949]

Wonderfull!

[Sofakingbeastn]

I think the first time i heard this song was in Megaman Legends 2. XD its funny how something like this can be put into a video game.

[cortem762]

I'm only watching this because its for a Music History Final

[TheWinfieldFive]

i think i first heard this song on spongebob lol

[060039jtyui]

The instruments must be baroque style.

[Silverlin212]

That 'natural' organic raw quality of the period instruments, coupled with the lower tuning, technical precision and clarity, dynamic emotional expression of this orchestra and soloists performance FUCKING AWESOME!