Plus, stay with us to the end as we read your reviews from Apple Podcasts. There is a lot to get into, like his time and circumstances teaching at an orphanage in Venice, how he helped develop the concerto, and we discuss if illness was the true reason why he stopped being a priest after just one year. In this episode, I'm joined by WETA Classical's Evan Keely, and we are diving into the extraordinary life of Antonio Vivaldi. Today, he ranks among the most popular and widely recorded of Baroque composers, second perhaps only to Johann Sebastian Bach,who himself was deeply influenced by Vivaldi's work.John Banther: I'm John Banther, and this is Classical Breakdown.įrom WETA Classical in Washington, we are your guide to classical music. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died less than a year later in poverty.Īfter his death, Vivaldi's music slid into obscurity until a vigorous revival in the 20th century.
After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for preferment. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietí , a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest) was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. His best-known work is a series of violin concertosknown as The Four Seasons. He is known mainly for composing many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. Born in Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe.
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric.
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