VIVALDI | Concerto RV 120 in C minor | Original manuscript

[@DelVivaldi]

Possibly contemporary with RV 562(a): on the reverse of the last folio of RV 120 are notated the first sixteen bars of the second violin part of that concerto. I. Allegro non molto (0:00) II. Largo (2:05) III. Allegro (3:32) Composed: c. 1713-1717 Turin source: Foà 30 Les Violons du Roy, ‘Concerti for Strings’ Bernard Labadie, direzione Dorian xCD-90255

[@jaydenfung1]

I adore this piece! The first movement is the perfect introduction-the atmosphere is tense and bipolar. The mods changes constantly, and in the second movement, Vivaldi brilliantly used the first few notes’ pattern to create a collage of longing, intertwining melodies. The emotion is so deep. But then the third movement, an intense fugue, defies all stereotypes about Vivaldi! Contrapuntal, original, and intellectual while still retaining Vivaldi’s signature “attitude”-some might even call it “sass”-a combination for one of Vivaldi’s greatest movements of all time! And when the amazing theme came in the major mode in the viola part at 4:15, a horn emerged from the drama in a triumphant moment before descending back into the darkness of the organized chaos, which is really just another name for the exceptional form known as the fugue.

[@fuadjada4155]

You wrote it better than I would have. The only thing I can add is this: I agree!

[@danilodelgiudice1931]

Beautiful comment, thanks

[@mhdfrb9971]

Another name for fugue is Canzona

[@francobonanni3499]

Bellissimo. Vivaldi dimostra non solo il suo virtuosismo ma anche le sue abilità in contrappunto con un bellissimo fuga.

[@jaydenfung1]

It’s somewhat unusual for Vivaldi to begin a piece with a compound metre, let alone compound quadruple metre in any movement! I wonder why Vivaldi often saved quadruple metres for last if he did use them (i.e. the finale of his Concerto in B Minor for Four Violins from Opus Three).

[@fuadjada4155]

Five Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 See Jayden Fung's comment: "I adore this piece!"

[@serenissimus1678]

Thank you very much! I asked you for this concert just a few days ago!

[@DelVivaldi]

It takes about two hours to put a short one together. Yet it is said that Vivaldi could compose a concerto faster than a youtuber could upload it.

[@serenissimus1678]

@@DelVivaldi Ah ah! Great! You are Charles de Brosses reborn!

[@fuadjada4155]

@@DelVivaldi I like your comment!

[@danilodelgiudice1931]

Vivaldi...baroque mediterranean light of first decade of XVIII century, vivat Vivaldi!

[@danilodelgiudice1931]

Vivaldi for ever!!!

[@topsecret1837]

What’s happened at 4:42? Looks like he crossed out a big part for some reason.

[@mirthacastillo4332]

Gracias !!! Sublime !!! Desde Argentina. 🎻🎹

[@karinefranciane4694]

GOD VIVALDI

[@danielrodriguez9630]

❤

[@topsecret1837]

Curious how much of this work resembles passages from music in the galant and even by Beethoven’s time.

[@francescomassimi8434]

shades of Legrenzi in the sixteenth figures of the fugue?

[@orianaverbesi8858]

grazie Massimo per averci suggerito questo brano (sto sul gruppo Atac!! col nome di mio marito...). Adoro Vivaldi, ma questo concerto mi mancava... ci si becca sull' Atac, ciao!!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Vivaldi oferece mais fluidez a sua textura fugata, a dinâmica de terraços fica mais interligada.

[@Mohammed_Angler]

Consider the brilliant concerto di Parigi rv 133 :D

[@DelVivaldi]

No surviving autograph. The Paris source is the only one.

[@Mohammed_Angler]

@@DelVivaldi ok, then what about rv 151 alla rustica :)

[@DelVivaldi]

@@Mohammed_Angler That's the spirit!

[@Mohammed_Angler]

@@DelVivaldi I would recommend L'Archicembalo. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHquqJqIedh6Y8U

[@kanelbullenochkakan3118]

@@Mohammed_Angler that album is the best interpretation of the string sinfonias and concertos in my opinion

[@mikegiacaman6755]

The first movement can be more introspective and lyrical if played a lot slower, as below at 33:47. One can hear all the parts clearly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaW0eYinnbuKbsk