Francesco Barsanti (1690-1775) - Concerto Grosso à 8 (1742)

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Composer: Francesco Barsanti (1690-1775)
Work: Concerto Grosso à 8, Opera III (1742)
Performers: Isrаеl Philarmonic Orchestra
Painting: Matthijs Naiveu (1647-1726) - Townscape with a stage performance
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Map: Joan Blaeu (1596-1673) - Stato Della Repvblica Di Lvcca (1665)
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Francesco Barsanti
(Lucca, 1690 - London, 1772)
Italian composer. Very little is known about Barsanti's background. His father may or may not have been the opera librettist Giovanni Nicolao Barsanti (Il Temistocle) but this has never been proved. He studied law in Padua as a young man, but abandoned it to pursue a career in music. In 1714 he emigrated to London with Francesco Geminiani, another musician from Lucca who was several years his senior. He played oboe and recorder, and soon obtained a post in the opera orchestra at the Haymarket where Handel's operas were being produced. Nerici reports that he returned briefly to Lucca in 1717 and again in 1718 to play in the Festival of the Holy Cross, 'for a very high salary.' According to Hawkins and other authorities, in 1735 he left London for Edinburgh in Scotland where he obtained a post as a 'Master' with the Edinburgh Musical Society. He stayed in Scotland 8 years, during which time he benefitted from the support (moral if not financial) of the young Lady Erskine (Charlotte Hope) (1720-1788), and married a commoner named 'Jean', about whom nothing else is known. The fortunes of the EMS were less than stellar at that time; in 1740 the Society was obliged to cut Barsanti's salary from £50 per year to £25, and over the next three years, it refused two of Barsanti's requests for a raise. Barsanti finally returned to London some time after 1743, with his wife and daughter Jane (known as 'Jenny'), but found that he has lost his place in musical society in London and was obliged to take a post as a violist in Handel's opera orchestra. He drew little income from his earlier compositions, and the two works he composed after his return to London brought him almost nothing. He suffered a stroke in 1772 on the eve of his daughter Jenny's début at Covent Garden, and died three years later, sometime between May 1 and 4, 1775. He was cared for to the end of his life by his daughter Jenny, a well-known actress upon the London and Dublin stages.

[@einarvolsung2202]

If I close my eyes I imagine the town bells ring with joy all the people shouting cheers the ships have returned...very happy

[@mariamirabella8747]

🌟Very BEAUTIFUL and LOVELY piece!!! Great video !!!❤❤❤Thank you very much Pau NG.🌼🍷🎵DIAMOND 🎻......🕊❤🕊

[@Kousmichoff729]

Just wanted to thank you for posting this, and other wonderful pieces. I’ve heard a lot of unknown works by unfamiliar composers on your channel. Thanks for remedying that!

[@jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713]

Your uploads,day in,day out, increase my wonderment of how these innumerable maestros - like Francesco Barsanti - could remain unheard of despite their gifting of beautiful collections of charming music! Needless to say that maestro Barsant's music was fantastic.That trumpet one was immaculate! It's a pity that composers neglected that wonderful instrument.Thanks for uploading.

[@aidanrankin5527]

Beautiful, civilised, gentle. …Perfect for winding down at night and forgetting about the heatwave. …😎

[@Reciclassicat]

Yeah, exhausting heatwave ...

[@aidanrankin5527]

@@Reciclassicat A lot cooler tonight but hots up again early next week for two days. I call it a rehearsal for Hell. … But unlike Hell it is not eternal, whereas this music is, thank goodness.

[@Reciclassicat]

Spain is just Hell...

[@aidanrankin5527]

@@Reciclassicat Our heat is coming from Iberia apparently. But I love ❤️ Spain and Portugal.

[@elmiramuradova561]

Thank you ,first time listening this very talented composer ,my minds comes to rest.

[@tobiasalfredoholz31]

Ein wirklich exquisites Konzert ganz im italienischen Stil während der Kulmination barocker Musikkultur, voller Anmut sehr klar und prägnant.

[@richardcastromartinez4329]

Otra joya! Alegre medio día.

[@jorgetfreitas3167]

Just as this painting shows the daily lives of nobles and simple people of the baroque era, baroque music itself takes the imagination to that time filled with exquisite and detailed arts. Currently nothing has changed in everyday life except the music which has gotten worse.

[@Reciclassicat]

Though we have the splendorous reggaeton with its so well crafted poetry................. 😆

[@johnllewlyndavies222]

Beautiful music for a sunny afternoon.

[@angeliner59]

Very nice!

[@moniquehartmann3336]

fantastic😊🤗🤗🤗

[@sabineschett6277]

Danke

[@renaldtremblay8333]

Merci ❤

[@asaadnaeem4121]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@andreagriseri7656]

Lucca, wonderful italian town is the fatherland of the finest composers: Barsanti , Geminiani, Boccherini and......Puccini!!

[@Brill39e]

….Thanks ….

[@MJNewsChannel]

👍👍👍👍 ..

[@iks.7048]

Wonderful! Totally different from your last one.

[@silviocortina3203]

Concerto Op.3 n.4

[@jrou58]

Sí me ha recordado a las suites de Haendel. Mencionas que Charles Burney fue profesor de la hija de Barsanti. Hace unos días no me pude resistir más y compré su viaje musical. No es más que un capricho o un fetiche porque dudosamente lo voy a poder leer. También compré, a propósito del carillón, la novela "El carillonero", de Georges Rodenbach. No la he recibido todavía, es una edición de 1920. De Rodenbach he leído "Brujas la muerta", un libro que no me gustó, pero tengo interés en ir haciendo una especie de friso mental. Gracias por otra obra alegre.

[@jrou58]

¡Ah! Otro acierto con la pintura de Matthijs Naiveu. Me encanta. Otro descubrimiento.

[@Reciclassicat]

Pues te recomiendo que lo leas, su lectura es amena, más como un diario de viaje y también por la cantidad de personajes ilustres con los que coincide Burney a lo largo del camino. Es una fotografia muy fiel e históricamente impagable del siglo XVIII, en mi opinión extremadamente interesante.

[@jrou58]

@@Reciclassicat Pues para poder leerlo voy a tener que empezar a creer en la reencarnación. Espero reencarnarme en lector y no en sapo. La música es lo que más me gusta. Historia de la música más o menos sé, si no me comparo contigo. En el plano teórico lo he intentado varias veces a lo largo de la vida, por ahí tengo un chelo cogiendo polvo. Tenía una decente discoteca, que aunque la sigo reivindicando, se quedó en un divorcio. La mala chufa de siempre. He tratado de rehacerla, pero ya es imposible. Tengo otros intereses, no diría que aficiones, porque son más bastante más que eso. Algunos de ellos me dedico o me he dedicado de manera profesional. Podría no estar aquí ahora mismo, pero esto también me es útil. Ya hablaremos.