Friday, March 4, 2022

March 4 - Antonio Vivaldi; Mario Davidovsky (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous entries for March 4th are here: Antonio Vivaldi (2019), Antonio Vivaldi (2020), Paul Mauriat; Antonio Vivaldi (2021)

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Antonio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) remains one of the most loved composers of the Baroque era.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seasonal Cycles


Our classical station is clear

That they play what the folks want to hear,

Which is one of the reasons

That Vivaldi’s The Seasons

Comes back again year after year.

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I’m Writing as Fast as I Can

 

In 1704, a year after his ordination, he was given a dispensation from celebrating Mass most likely because of his ill health. Vivaldi said Mass as a priest only a few times, and appeared to have withdrawn from liturgical duties, though he remained a member of the priesthood.  -- adapted from Wikipedia


Vivaldi, for health, was released

From the duties of being a priest,

And yet the miasma

Of bronchial asthma

Didn’t slow down his pen in the least.


Vivaldi Riconosciuto


Vivaldi wrote works for the stage

Which wilted away with the age;

But they’ve been re-assessed

And have rather more zest

Then appears from the manuscript page.

 

 

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Mario Davidovsky (4 March 1934 – 23 August 2019) was an Argentine-American composer , best known for his series of compositions called Synchronisms, which in live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electroacoustic sounds played from a tape.  



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is It Live or Is It…?


Davidovsky’s Synchronisms

  Endeavor to escape

The limitless unshrinking schisms

  Of blending live with tape.

 

 

 

 

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