Antonio Vivaldi (1681-1741). He was called il preto rosso
(the red priest) as he was red-headed and a priest.
Vivaldi's influence on instrumental music in the middle and
later eighteenth century was equal to that of Corelli a generation
earlier. Vivaldi was one of the most important figures in
the transition from late Baroque to early Classical style.
The assured economy of his writing for string orchestra was
a revelation. His dramatic conception of the role of the soloist
was accepted and developed in the Classical concerto; above
all, the concise themes, the clarity of form, the rhythmic
vitality, the impelling logical continuity in the flow of
musical ideas, all qualities so characteristic of Vivaldi,
were transmitted to many other composers, and especially directly
to J.S. Bach.
Vivaldi, more than any other single composer, through his
concertos impressed on the eighteenth century the idea of
an instrumental sound in which the effect of solo-tutti contrast
was important, an idea that prevails not only in concertos,
including those for the trumpet, of the period but in much
of the other orchestral music and keyboard music as well.
Vivaldi's usual orchestra at the Piet probably consisted of
twenty to twenty-five stringed instruments, with harpsichord
or organ for the continuo. Vivaldi's writing is always remarkable
for the variety of color he achieves with different groupings
of the solo and orchestral strings.
The 20 piece New York Vivaldi Orchestra brings you the best
music of Vivaldi performed on modern instruments plus complimentary
compositions of other great composers of the time. The orchestra
even has a lighter side to it capable of performing music
of Gershwin, Porter, Bernstein, and Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Conductor Ira Lieberman, BA, MA, PhD (musicology) from Columbia
University, is currently violinist with the Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the NY Pops.
He has been the conductor at the The‰tre de la Monnaie in
Brussels and musical director and conductor for the Lyric
Opera of Long Island.
He is composer of the musical score for Up Your Stars. His
pieces for strings, The Space Age String Orchestra is published
by Alfred Publications. A second volume has been finished
as well as several pieces for 12 brass. He has been chief
music critic for several US papers and has written liner notes
for Sony Classical.
Concertmaster Regis Iandiorio, BM, The Julliard; MM, Manhattan
School of Music, is also a member of or has performed with
the: American Ballet Theatre Orchestra; American Symphony
Orchestra; Brooklyn Philharmonic (Concertmaster); New York
Philharmonic (sub); New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra (Concertmaster);
Orchestra of St. Lukes (founding member); Pittsburgh Symphony.
Other organizations interested in this ensemble were also
interested in:
Members
of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus
The
New York Strauss Orchestra
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