El autor de 'Las cuatro estaciones' fue un virtuoso del violín y un prolífico compositor de conciertos y óperas, pero murió en la pobreza lejos de su ciudad natal.
Apr 2024
Violin Concerto No. 2 by George Tsontakis
Synopsis
A concerto, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is “a piece for one or more soloists and orchestra with three contrasting movements.” And for most classical music fans, “concerto” means one of big romantic ones by Beethoven or Tchaikovsky, works in which there is a kind o ... Show More
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Dec 2023
Lully and Vivaldi greet the season
Synopsis
Whether you live in sunny California or snowy Minnesota, the arrival of the solstice means, “It’s official: Winter is here!” And if you were born someplace sunny, but moved to someplace snowy, the arrival of winter is pretty hard to ignore.
Winter must have made an impre ... Show More
2 m
Dec 2022
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Ask a non-classical music fan to name a piece of classical music. If they don’t say Beethoven 5, or the Ode to Joy, they probably will say The Four Seasons. They might not know that it was written by Vivaldi, but the Four Seasons are a set of pieces that have made that leap into ... Show More
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