VIVALDI, SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC

Antonio Vivaldi needs no introduction. Within his prolific instrumental output, his style alternates between energetic and expressive, showcasing tireless inventiveness, virtuosic composition, and meticulous attention to timbre, all of which continue to provide immediate and unadulterated pleasure. While primarily renowned as a violinist, he also extensively composed for voice, leaving behind around thirty operas, as well as a significant corpus of secular cantatas and motets. Many of the arias from these works, characterized by sensuality and often highly virtuosic composition, would have been perfectly at home on the stage.

PROGRAM

Concerto for Strings and Continuo in G minor
Concerto for Flute Il Gardellino
Concerto Madrigalesco for Strings
Concerto for Violin, Organ, and Strings in D minor
Sinfonia Al Santo Sepolcro
Psalm Laudate Pueri Dominum for Soprano, Flute, Strings, and Continuo

Venue

Bourgie Hall, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1339 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1G2