#AntonioVivaldi's #Inverno is the greatest depiction of #winter in #music; here's Fabio Biondi & Europa Galante playing the concerto; happy #WinterSolstice to all~! #Wintersonnenwende #vintersolverv #vintersolstånd #solsticedhiver #SolstiziodInverno #동지

www.youtube.com/watch?v=osd9...

#morninglistening to AntonioVivaldi's sacred music for a happy First Sunday of Advent. @Vivaldi_Edition v.72 w/CarlottaColombo_soprano, the @Ghislierimusica ens. & dir. GiulioPrandi on @naiverecords. One is the best recording projects ever.

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#morninglistening to AntonioVivaldi's awesome pasticcio-opera "IlTamerlano" (or "Bajazet") in its latest recording, a gem from AccademiaBizantina & Ottavio Dantone, vol.65 of the heroic @vivaldi_edition

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#Autumn is my favorite season & the best depiction of it in #music is #AntonioVivaldi's #Autunno from his Quattro Stagioni, played here by the wonderful Europa Galante under Fabio Bioni; happy #AutumnalEquinox to all~!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl83...

#AnneSophieMutter was born in Baden-Württemberg #OnThisDay in 1963, becoming one of the leading violinists of her day; apropos the start of summer, here's the German violinist playing the second of #AntonioVivaldi's "Quattro Stagioni":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwjK...
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#AntonioVivaldi's #Primavera is still the best depiction of #spring in #music; here's Fabio Biondi leading Europa Galante in the Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major (RV 269) #SpringEquinox #VernalEquinox

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLG...

#morninglistening to AntonioVivaldi's ViolinConcertos v.1 on @naiverecords w/EnricoOnofri & AcademiaMontisRegalis An absolutely cracking, wild release that set the high, cob-web annihilating standard for this VivaldiEdition series!

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#AntonioVivaldi's #Primavera is still the best depiction of #spring in #music; here's Fabio Biondi leading Europa Galante in the Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major (RV 269) #SpringEquinox #VernalEquinox

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLG...

#AntonioVivaldi's #autunno (Concerto in F, Op. 8 No. 3) from "Le Quattro Stagioni" (the Four Seasons) is the best description of #autumn in #music; here's Vivaldi's text & a performance by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7hG...
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Throwback Thursday: I spent a week in #Rome back in July 1993 & was dazzled by the sights & tastes of #Roma; la #CittàEterna is like a magnificent if chaotic layer cake; here's Fabio Biondi leading Europa Galante in #AntonioVivaldi's "Estate" (Summer):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bavs...

#AnneSophieMutter was born in Baden-Württemberg #OnThisDay in 1963, becoming one of the leading violinists of her day; apropos the start of summer, here's the German violinist playing the second of #AntonioVivaldi's "Quattro Stagioni":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwjK...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-So...

#MorrisDancers in Connecticut greet the #VernalEquinox with traditional English dancing (the Day, New London, 3.20.24); what's gayer than a bunch of Morris dancers holding hands & dancing around a big pole...? Here's #AntonioVivaldi's #primavera:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLG...