Vivaldi buy tickets. Instrumental concert by Antonio Vivaldi "The Seasons" - presentation

Antonio Vivaldi is a virtuoso violinist, conductor and teacher, one of the greatest composers 17th - 18th centuries He lived and worked in the Baroque era. He was the creator of the genre - instrumental concerto. instrumental concert- a concert for one only musical instruments, without singing.

About 450 Vivaldi concertos are known. The drama in the music, the contrast between the choir and soloist, voices and instruments amazed the audience: saturation was replaced by calmness, tenderness - by power, the solo was interrupted by the orchestra. In the compositions of Vivaldi's concertos, solo and orchestral parts alternated.

"The Seasons" The pinnacle of Vivaldi's work. This cycle combined four concertos for solo violin and string orchestra. They develop musical image based on a comparison of the sound of * violin - solo * orchestra - tutti (translated from Italian means everything)

The theme of the seasons has always been popular in art. This is explained by several factors. firstly, it made it possible to capture the events and deeds that are most characteristic of a particular season by means of this particular art. secondly, she was always endowed with a certain philosophical sense: the change of seasons was considered in the aspect of the change of periods human life* spring, that is, the awakening of natural forces, personified the beginning and symbolized youth * winter - the end of the path - old age.

The cycle of concerts "The Seasons" is a program composition based on poetic sonnets, with the help of which the composer reveals the content of each of the concerts of the cycle: "Spring" "Summer" "Autumn" "Winter" It is assumed that the sonnets were written by the composer himself

Spring is coming! And nature is full of joyful song. The sun and heat, streams murmur. And Zephyr spreads festive news, Like magic. Suddenly velvet clouds come running in, Heavenly thunder sounds like a blasphemy. But the mighty whirlwind quickly dries up, And the chirping again floats in the blue space. The breath of flowers, the rustle of herbs, The nature of dreams is full. The shepherd boy sleeps, tired for the day, And the dog yelps almost audibly. The sound of the shepherd's bagpipes Buzzing over the meadows, And the nymphs dancing the magic circle of Spring is colored with wondrous rays. March April May

Listen to the concert "Spring". What feelings does this music express? What is the main melody of the 1st part of the concert? How can it be called? What did the composer portray in the episodes? By what means of music did he convey the singing of birds, the murmur of streams, flashes of lightning? In what form is the 1st movement written (rondo, variations)?

List of sources used: 1. Sergeeva G.P., Kritskaya E.D. Textbook "Music" Grade 6 (p.). Moscow, "Enlightenment", Sergeeva G.P., Kritskaya E.D. Guidelines to the textbook "Music" grade 6. Moscow, “Prosveshchenie”, na.shtmlhttp://na.shtml 5.

One of major representatives Baroque A. Vivaldi went down in history musical culture as the creator of the genre of instrumental concerto, the founder of orchestral program music.

Vivaldi was from Venice, where from his youth he became famous as a magnificent virtuoso violinist. He was a little over 20 years old when he was invited to the best of the Venetian conservatories. Vivaldi worked here for over 30 years, leading the choir and orchestra. According to contemporaries, the Vivaldi orchestra was not inferior to the French court orchestra of Lully. The famous Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni wrote in his memoirs that Vivaldi was better known by the nickname "Red Priest" than by his own. The composer, indeed, took the rank of abbot, but there was little in him from the clergyman. Very sociable, carried away, during the service he could leave the altar to record the melody that came to his mind. The number of works written by Vivaldi is enormous: he composed with truly Mozartian ease and speed in all genres known to his era. But Vivaldi was especially willing to compose concertos, he has an incredible number of them - 43 grossos and 447 solos for a variety of instruments.

Vivaldi can be considered one of the founders of program symphonism. Many of his concerts have program titles that explain the content of the music. A prime example can serve as a cycle of four concertos for violin, string quintet and organ (or cembalo) "The Seasons". In modern performing practice, they are combined into the cycle “Le quattro stagioni” - “The Four Seasons” (there is no such title in the original):

Concert E-dur "Spring" (La primavera)

Concert g-moll "Summer" (L'estate)

Concert F-dur "Autumn" (L'autunno)

Concert f-moll "Winter" (L'inverno)

Concert programming. Each of the concerts has a detailed literary program set out in 4 sonnets: "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn", "Winter". Perhaps their author was Vivaldi himself (the exact authorship has not been established). In addition to sonnets, separate musical episodes of the Four Seasons cycle are preceded by explanatory remarks commenting on the content of the music. So, for example, in the first part of "Winter", where the composer reaches the heights of artistic depiction, remarks explain that here is depicted how teeth chatter from the cold, how they stamp their feet to keep warm.

There is a lot of genre in the concerts, bright sound-depicting details. Here there are not only peals of thunder and gusts of wind, but also the barking of dogs, the buzzing of flies, the roar of a wounded beast, and even the image of tipsy villagers with their unsteady gait. From the very first part of "Spring" the music is filled with the "joyful singing" of birds, the cheerful murmur of the brook, the gentle wind of the marshmallow, which is replaced by a thunderous squall. "Summer" vividly depicts assertive "peals of thunder". "Autumn" conveys the mood of folk festivals, festivities. In "Winter", the ostinato "beat" of the eighths masterfully conveys the feeling of a piercing winter cold.

Concert structure. In each of the concertos of the "Seasons" cycle, the slow parts are written in a parallel (in relation to the main) key. Their music stands out for its calm picturesqueness after the dynamic Allegri.

Theme "Seasons" in music. The theme of the seasons has always been popular in art. This is explained by several factors. Firstly, it made it possible, by means of this particular art, to capture the events and deeds most characteristic of a particular season. If we take into account that all 4 concerts are three-part, then a parallel with the 12 months of the year is not excluded. Secondly, it has always been endowed with a certain philosophical meaning: the change of seasons was considered in the aspect of changing periods of human life, and in this aspect, spring, that is, the awakening of natural forces, personified the beginning and symbolized youth, and winter - the end of the path - old age. An allusion to the four regions of Italy, corresponding to the four cardinal points, is also possible.

The history of music knows four famous interpretations of the theme of the seasons. These works are called "The Seasons". These are a cycle of concerts by Vivaldi, an oratorio by Haydn (1801), a cycle of piano pieces by P. I. Tchaikovsky (1876), a ballet by A. K. Glazunov (1899).

Concert "Spring".

Spring is coming! And joyful song
Full of nature. Sun and warmth
Streams murmur. And holiday news
Zephyr spreads, Like magic.

Suddenly velvet clouds roll in
Like a blasphemy, heavenly thunder sounds.
But the mighty whirlwind quickly dries up,
And twitter again floats in the blue space.

The breath of flowers, the rustle of herbs,
The nature of dreams is full.
The shepherd is sleeping, tired for the day,
And the dog barks a little audibly.

Shepherd's bagpipe sound
Buzzing over the meadows,
And the nymphs dancing the magic circle
Spring is colored with marvelous rays.

The first part of this concerto illustrates the first two quatrains, the second part - the third quatrain, and the final - the last.

First part of the concert opens with an unusually joyful motif, illustrating the jubilation caused by the arrival of spring - "Spring is coming!"; the whole orchestra plays (tutti). This motive (each time performed by the entire orchestra and the soloist), in addition to framing this part, sounds several more times in the course of the part, being a kind of refrain, which gives the whole piece a rondo-like shape. Followed by episodes illustrating the following lines of the sonnet. In these cases, three soloists play - the main one (I remind you that all the concertos of this cycle are written for the solo violin with the orchestra) and the accompanists of the first and second violin groups; all other participants are silent.

The first episode depicts here" Birdsong". The refrain returns. The second episode (after the refrain) illustrates the words of the sonnet about running streams. And again the refrain. Third episode - Thunder("The sky is covered with blackness, spring announces itself with lightning and thunder"). Thunderstorm is replaced by refrain music. In the fourth episode - birds are singing("Then he (thunder) died down, and the birds began their beautiful singing again"). This is by no means a repetition of the first episode - here is another bird song.

The second part ("Dream of the peasant"). An example of Vivaldi's amazing wit. Above the accompaniment of the first and second violins and violas (basses, that is, cellos and double basses, and, consequently, the harpsichord and the organ that duplicate them do not play here), the melody of the solo violin soars. She illustrates sweet Dreams peasant. Pianissimo sempre (Italian - "very quiet all the time") in a soft dotted rhythm, all the violins of the orchestra play, drawing the rustle of leaves. Altam, Vivaldi instructed to portray the barking (or yapping) of a dog guarding the owner's sleep.

Third movement ("Pastoral Dance"). Here reigns a full of energy and cheerfulness mood. It's amazing how Vivaldi in a small sound space manages to convey so many shades of joy, up to a kind of sad joy (in a minor episode)!

Concert "Summer".

The herd wanders lazily in the fields.
From the heavy, suffocating heat
Everything in nature suffers, dries up,
All living things are thirsty.

Suddenly a passionate and powerful
Borey, exploding silence peace.
It's dark around, there are clouds of evil midges.
And the shepherd cries, overtaken by a thunderstorm.

From fear, poor, freezes:
Lightning strikes, thunder roars,
And pulls out ripe ears
The storm is mercilessly all around.

First part. It was necessary to have the talent and imagination of Vivaldi in order to reflect in the first, that is, the fast part, the mood and state of laziness and languor, which are mentioned in the first two quatrains, which are the program of this part. And Vivaldi does it brilliantly. " Heat Exhaustion"- this is the composer's first remark. There are many breaks, "sighs", stops in the musical fabric. Next we hear the voices of birds - first cuckoo, then a goldfinch. First a gust of cold north wind represent all the violins of the orchestra (including the soloist), while the violas and basses, according to the notes in the score, have "sharp gusts of wind" and simply "different winds". the music that started the concert). But this also passes: only one solo violin and bass remain. The violin has intonations of complaint: this "shepherd's complaint", explains his intention to Vivaldi. And the wind blows again.

Second part wonderfully built on the sharp contrast of the melody, personifying the shepherdess, his fear of the elements of nature, and the menacing thunder of the approaching thunderstorm. This is perhaps the most impressive example of dynamic contrast in the music of the pre-Beethoven period - an example that can safely be called symphonic. Vivaldi's remarks alternate: Adagio e piano (Italian - "slow and quiet") and Presto e forte (Italian - "fast and loud").

The third part is Storm. Streams of water rush in different directions, represented by scale passages and arpeggios (chords played very quickly one after another, and not simultaneously), rushing up and down. The integrity of the whole concerto is given by some features of the composition, which are revealed only by attentive listening to the musical fabric of the whole work: for example, in the middle, when fast passages are entrusted to violas and basses, the violins perform a rhythmic and melodic figure akin to the episode with "different winds" from the first movement .

Concert "Autumn"

Noisy peasant harvest festival.
Fun, laughter, fervent songs ringing!
And Bacchus juice, igniting the blood,
All the weak knocks down, bestowing a sweet dream.

And the rest want to continue
But singing and dancing is already unbearable.
And, completing the joy of pleasure,
The night plunges everyone into the deepest sleep.

And in the morning at dawn they jump to the forest
Hunters, and huntsmen with them.
And, having found a trace, they lower the pack of hounds,
Gamblingly they drive the beast, blowing the horn.

Frightened by the terrible noise,
Wounded, weakening fugitive
Runs stubbornly from the tormenting dogs,
But more often than not, it dies.

First part. "Dance and Song of the Peasants"- explains author's note at the beginning of the part. Cheerful mood is conveyed by the rhythm, by the way, reminiscent of the rhythm of the first part of "Spring". The brightness of the images is given by the use of the echo effect, so beloved not only by Vivaldi, but by all baroque composers. This is played by the whole orchestra and the soloist along with it. New section the first part - a genre scene "Tips"(or "drunk"). The soloist in the passages flowing at the violin "spills" the wine; melodies in the orchestral parts, with their unsteady gait, depict drunken villagers. Their "speech" becomes intermittent and slurred. In the end, everyone falls asleep (the violin freezes on one a sound that stretches for five measures!). The first part ends with what it began with - the jubilant music of a merry festival.

Second part. A small part, only two pages of the score, draws with sounds the state of deep sleep and quiet southern night. The way you perform your parts gives a special flavor to the sound. string instruments: Vivaldi orders musicians to play with mutes. Everything sounds very mysterious and ghostly. When performing this part, the harpsichordist has a special responsibility: his part is not written out by the composer in full, and it is assumed that the harpsichordist improvises it.

The third part("Hunting"). The musical and poetic genre caccia (Italian - caccia, "hunt") was cultivated in Italy as early as the 14th-15th centuries. In vocal pitches, the text described scenes of hunting and pursuit, while the music depicted jumps, chases, and the sound of hunting horns. These elements are also found in this part of the concerto. In the middle of the hunt, the music depicts "a shot and the barking of dogs" - this is how Vivaldi himself explains this episode.

Concert "Winter"

Trembling, freezing, in the cold snow,
And the north wind wave rolled.
From the cold you knock your teeth on the run,
You kick your feet, you can't keep warm

How sweet in comfort, warmth and silence
From the evil weather to hide in the winter.
Fireplace fire, half-asleep mirages.
And the frozen souls are full of peace.

In the winter expanse, the people rejoice.
Fell, slipped, and rolls again.
And it's joyful to hear how the ice is cut
Under a sharp ridge that is bound with iron.

And in the sky Sirocco and Boreas agreed,
There is a fight going on between them.
Although the cold and blizzard have not yet given up,
Gives us winter and its pleasures.

First part. There is a really cold atmosphere here. Remarques explain that it depicts how teeth chatter from the cold, stamping their feet, howling fierce wind and running to keep warm. For the violinist, the greatest technical difficulties are concentrated in this part. Masterfully played, it sweeps as if in one breath.

Second part. And then there are the joys of winter. Complete unity of the soloist and the accompanying orchestra. A wonderful aria is flowing in the style of bel canto. This part is unusually popular as an independent, completely finished work.

The third part. Again a genre scene: ice skating. And who in Italy knows or knew how in the time of Vivaldi, when there was no artificial ice was not, skate? Of course, no one. Here Vivaldi depicts - in funny "tumbling" passages of the violin - how you can "slip and fall easily" or how "ice breaks" (if you literally translate the content of the sonnet). But then a warm south wind (sirocco) blew - a harbinger of spring. And between him and the Boreas, a confrontation unfolds - a stormy dramatic scene. This is the end - almost symphonic - of "Winter" and the entire cycle of "Seasons".

In 2019, we invite you to the amazing concerts "Seasons", which will be organized in Moscow. Each concert is a magical extravaganza of music, the personal view of great composers on the gentle spring and hot summer, the riot autumn colors and winter silence.

The Four Seasons includes performances featuring Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi, Haydn and Piazzolla. It is amazing how different the musical reflections of the composers on the same topic became, how differently they saw the change of seasons outside the window!

"Seasons": general information

The cycle "Seasons" includes 9 separate concerts, each of which will feature works by one or another composer. This means that every music lover can purchase a ticket for the performance that is closer to him in spirit and character.

Follow our poster - it tells in detail about each performance, indicates the address where to listen to the concert, given short description works included in its program.

Contact us - we guarantee that the evening spent in the delightful world of the sublime and eternal, like love itself, classical music will be remembered forever. The best works from the cycle "Seasons", best performers, the best organization of concerts - all these components are mandatory for events for which you can purchase tickets from us. We want to involve high art the maximum number of people and we will be glad to see you in the visual row!

Seasons

Cathedral Chamber

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi is recognized as the most performed work in the world. This music is recognized from the first notes. She collects the best concert halls and stops passers-by in the streets and squares. At the same time, no matter how many times you hear it, it never leaves you indifferent. What is her secret? Nobody knows this yet!
In 1725, Antonio Vivaldi published a collection of his works, "The Experience of Harmony and Invention." The first four of the twelve virtuoso violin concertos included in the collection are called "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter". Each of these four concertos has its own poetic epigraph text. The legend attributes the authorship of the texts to Vivaldi himself. And, according to the same legend, the concertos were created by the composer while traveling through Italian cities when he admired the pictures of his native Italian nature from the stagecoach window.
Why are these musical pictures so touch us? Perhaps the point is that they are palpably authentic, visual? Or in the fact that they easily guess the parallelism of the states of nature and the states of the soul - and in this music everyone recognizes himself? But only himself sincere, pure, real - for a moment he became really free. Yes, and nature itself appears here in its original purity and grandeur. When it reflects the Creator...
"Vivaldi's music is the glorification of God through the admiration of nature, through a sense of its integrity, its harmony," says Nikolai Khondzinsky, conductor and artistic director Chamber Chapel "Russian Conservatory". “The Baroque era is a time of amazing purity. The time when composers could directly address their works to God. This is very bright music - and you want to be yourself in it.
November 21, at 19.00, in the Cathedral Chamber Chamber Chapel "Russian Conservatory" together with the well-known Japanese violinist Ayako Tanabe will perform four amazing Vivaldi concertos. So, you will be able to live this music as if you are living it for the first time.
The concert will take place in one of the best concert halls modern Moscow - in the Cathedral Chamber, in historic building Moscow Diocesan House, located at Likhov lane, house 6.

Ayako Tanabe (Japan), violin

A unique violinist, possessing not only a virtuoso technique and impeccable taste, but also the trait of chivalrous service to music, rare in our time. Being a very bright soloist, she demonstrates remarkable qualities: a high culture of intonation, a subtle sense of style when performing the most complex and diverse music (from Baroque masters to authors of the 21st century). Laureate of international competitions, including international competition them. Dvarionus, International Competition. Beethoven, International Competition. Aram Khachaturian and many others.

Nikolay Khondzinsky, conductor

"In the ability to interpret exclusively, the maestro appears on this moment one of the best domestic conductors"
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Laureate of the Prize. Boris Tchaikovsky.
Laureate of the International Bach Festivals.
Laureate of the Prize of the Government of Moscow.
Chief Conductor of the Pskov Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
The conductor collaborates with the most famous orchestras in the country, including: Symphony Orchestra Mariinsky Theater, Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and others.

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"Christmas in London" with the London Handel Orchestra is a unique evening of baroque music in historical costumes of the 18th century. This program gathers thousands of viewers on Christmas days in London's Royal Albert Hall, and now it will be presented again in Moscow!

The London Handel Orchestra will perform greatest works baroque eras (Bach, Handel, Vivaldi) and world-famous Christmas carols and songs. The first part will feature a masterpiece by Antonio Vivaldi - four concertos for violin and orchestra "The Seasons", one of the most popular classical works of all time. The soloist will be the outstanding English violinist Robert Gibbs. The basis of the second part will be the best examples of baroque music for choir, organ and orchestra by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, as well as the most popular Christmas carols and songs.

This evening, the stage of the House of Music will be decorated in a New Year's way and festively illuminated, and the musicians of the Handel Orchestra in historical costumes and wigs of the 18th century will start a time machine, transferring the audience to the Baroque era. You will celebrate the upcoming Christmas in elegant style, mentally finding yourself in Venice with Vivaldi, in London with Handel and in Leipzig with Bach. The London Handel Festival Orchestra was organized in the English capital specifically to perform and popularize baroque music and, in particular, one of the greatest creators of that era - G.F. Handel. Playing in the orchestra best musicians London, which are famous for their unsurpassed craftsmanship in the execution of masterpieces of the Baroque era.

Duration: 2 sections of 45 minutes

In a programme:

1 branch
A.VIVALDI-FOUR SEASONS - 4 concertos for violin and orchestra, soloist Robert Gibbs
"Spring" (La Primavera) "Summer" (L "Estate)
"Autumn" (L "Autunno)
"Winter" (L "Inverno)

2 branch
J.S.BACH - Hallelujah BWV 143 - for orchestra, organ and choir
G.F. HANDEL - "Zadok the Priest" - Royal Coronation Anthem - for orchestra, organ and choir
J.S.BACH/CH.GOUNO - "Ave Maria" - for orchestra, organ and choir
J.S.BACH - Aria on the string "Sol" - orchestra
A.VIVALDI - "GLORIA" (1 part) - for orchestra, organ and choir
G.F. GENDEL - "Hallelujah" (choir from the oratorio "Messiah") - for orchestra, organ and choir
Cullen Joy to the World (Happiness all over the world) - a Christmas carol for orchestra, organ and choir
Hark the Herald Angels sing (Angel's Heed) - Christmas Christian hymn for orchestra, organ and choir
O Come, All Ye Faithful (O come, all believers) - Catholic Christmas hymn for orchestra, organ and choir
O little town of Bethlehem (O little town of Bethlehem) - a Christmas song for orchestra, organ and choir
O Holy Night (Holy night) - Christmas song for orchestra, organ and choir
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (We wish you a Merry Christmas!) - Christmas song for orchestra, organ and choir
Let it Snow (Let it snow) - Christmas song for orchestra, organ and choir
London Handel Orchestra and Choir (UK)
Organ - optional
Soloist - Robert GIBBS, violin (UK)
Conductor – Graeme WEELY (Great Britain)

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