Bach, was fluent in the stylistic language of these Italian contemporaries, and through his study of the scores of Vivaldi, became his most distinguished pupil via “distance education” centuries before the internet. The only non-Italian on our program, J.S. The Italian masters on this program, Vivaldi and the succeeding generation of Veracini and Tartini, pressed the limits of violinistic technique to the limit, especially considering that their instruments were played without shoulder rests and other modifications that facilitated the later virtuosity of the nineteenth century. It’s no coincidence that a Golden Age of virtuosic violin playing would accompany the Golden Age of violin making, centered in the Cremona workshop of Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), whose instruments have eluded replication and analysis for three hundred years. VIVALDI Violin Concerto in D major “L’inquietudine”

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11 for violin, strings and basso continuo in D major, RV 208a 10 for violin, strings and basso continuo in F major, 'Il Ritiro', RV 294a 9 for violin, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV Anh. 8 for violin, strings and basso continuo in G major, RV 299 7 for oboe, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV Anh. 6 for violin, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV 374 5 for violin, strings and basso continuo in F major, RV 285a 4 for violin, strings and basso continuo in A minor, RV 354

3 for violin, strings and basso continuo in G minor, RV 326 2 for violin, strings and basso continuo in C major, RV 188

1 for oboe, strings, and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV Anh. not in fact by Vivaldi) for stylistic reasons. The authenticity of some of the works included has long been doubted by scholars. Of the set, ten were for violin solo the other two were for oboe solo. They were in two volumes, each containing concertos numbered 1-6. A set of twelve concertos was published by Estienne Roger in 1716-1717 under Antonio Vivaldi's name, as his Opus 7.

Vivaldi violin concerto in g major