What do people think of Vivaldi?

Bloozcrooz · 04-13-2011, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Rrright

@ Burning down; I think I'm going to crash my car into something the next time I Have to hear the four seasons again. They are so overplayed everywhere.

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s_k · 04-13-2011, 04:41 AM

What, now people are going to tell me to use more smileys?

Gregor XIII · 04-13-2011, 05:44 PM

I once saw a concert, where they mixed up Vivaldis Four Seasons with Charles Ives' Four Holidays Suite. Which is extremely modern, weird and cacophoneus. So you would have a piece of gorgues baroque music. And then noise. Beauty. Noise. Beauty. Noise.

I thing Vivaldi tends to be a bit safe and boring, but in this context, it was amazing. Great concert.

ifax108 · 06-10-2011, 02:24 PM

I love the Vivaldi Gloria. That's easily one of my favorite pieces of music.

ayush789 · 07-08-2011, 03:29 AM

Hi
I think it's good..

thanks.

IndianOrynx · 10-16-2011, 06:54 AM

Vivaldi "four seasons" is one of my favourite.

brandilistens · 10-22-2011, 04:35 PM

I love some of the pieces he did for the bassoon. An underused instrument for many composers.

Secretchord · 10-31-2011, 09:21 PM

This guy is very good!!

Paul Smeenus · 02-23-2013, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

His music is not extremely radical for the period, and the arrangements are quite simple, compared to Bach's arrangements, for example. Don't get me wrong, I love Vivaldi's music, but I also think it is a little overrated. A lot of people tend to define Baroque music by citing Vivaldi, and in my opinion, that's not really apt. Sure, you can't talk about 17th century music without mentioning him in the slightest, but his music is certainly not definitive of the period.

I completely 100% agree with this assessment. I would like to demonstrate this, and while I agree with what BD posted about the over-played Four Seasons, I will nonetheless use it as an example of why I feel that JS Bach is so vastly superior.

Consider the most famous of the 4 movements, "Spring". In particular, pay close attention to the bass register:

It's just the E. Just the basic key note. All of the melodic features of the piece are in the upper register, the violins. Now juxtapose that to "Die Kunst Der Fuge"

IsotopeBill · 04-04-2013, 07:08 AM

I'm always smiling when I listen to Vivaldi. He's an exciting composer, lots of fun listening to him.

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Gregor XIII Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 57	I once saw a concert, where they mixed up Vivaldis Four Seasons with Charles Ives' Four Holidays Suite. Which is extremely modern, weird and cacophoneus. So you would have a piece of gorgues baroque music. And then noise. Beauty. Noise. Beauty. Noise. I thing Vivaldi tends to be a bit safe and boring, but in this context, it was amazing. Great concert. __________________ Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur + thoughts on women in Akhmatova and Mizuguchi: The Centrifugue

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IndianOrynx Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2	Vivaldi "four seasons" is one of my favourite. __________________ <Link removed by moderator>

06-10-2011, 02:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
ifax108 Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: MA Posts: 4	I love the Vivaldi Gloria. That's easily one of my favorite pieces of music.

07-08-2011, 03:29 AM	#25 (permalink)
ayush789 Groupie Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 4	Hi I think it's good.. thanks.

10-22-2011, 04:35 PM	#27 (permalink)
brandilistens Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kansas City Posts: 8	I love some of the pieces he did for the bassoon. An underused instrument for many composers.

10-31-2011, 09:21 PM	#28 (permalink)
Secretchord Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 8	This guy is very good!!

04-04-2013, 07:08 AM	#30 (permalink)
IsotopeBill Groupie Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Homerton Posts: 20	I'm always smiling when I listen to Vivaldi. He's an exciting composer, lots of fun listening to him.