Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto RV 212 in D, 3rd mov (Allegro)

'Per la Solennita Della S.Lingua di S.Antonio in Padua'
Weird music written for a religious celebration :-)

But the celebration is much stranger than the music itself!
It is the Celebration of The Tongue of the Holy Saint Anthony of Padua (actualli of Lisboa)
Dead on June 13th, 1231 at the age of 36, His Holy Tongue is incorrupt and is in the Baroque Treasury Chapel together with other relics (the Holy Chin, for instance, and some bone)

It seems to me a bit contradictory that Catholics love pieces of the body of their saints, while their religion remarks only spirit to be important... expecially after death :-)

music is played by the ensemble Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
first violin Giuliano Carmignola

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