Vivaldi la stravaganza rachel podger biography
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La stravaganza
La stravaganza [literally 'Extravagance'] (The Eccentricity), Op. 4, is a set of concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1712–1713. The set was first published in 1716 in Amsterdam and was dedicated to Venetian nobleman Vettor Delfino,[1] who had been a violin student of Vivaldi's.[2] All of the concertos are scored for solo violin, strings, and basso continuo; however, some movements require extra soloists (such as a second violin and/or cello solo).
List of concerti
[edit]These works are laid out in the following movements:
La Stravaganza, Op.4, Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, RV 383a:
- Allegro
- Largo e cantabile
- Allegro
La Stravaganza, Op.4, Concerto No. 2 in E minor, RV 279:
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro
La Stravaganza, Op.4, Concerto No. 3 in G major, RV 301:
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro assai
La Stravaganza, Op.4, Concerto No. 4 in A minor, RV 357:
- Allegro
- Grave e sempre piano
- Allegro
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Rachel Podger
Rachel Podger
Sunday 27 April 2008 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
Rachel Podger: Lucie Skeaping meets violinist Rachel Podger, who reflects on her highly successful career to date and her relationship with the baroque violin.
Rachel Podger: Biography
Rachel Podger of the most creative talents to emerge in the field of period performance over the last decade. Rachel has established herself as a leading interpreter of the music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She was educated in Germany and in England at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied with David Takeno and Michaela Comberti.
After beginnings with The Palladian Ensemble and Florilegium, she was leader of The English Concert from 1997 to 2002. In 2004 Rachel began a guest directorship with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with whom she has toured throughout europe and the USA. Rachel directed the orchestra at last year's BBC Proms and this year see
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Rachel Podger
British musician (born 1968)
Rachel PodgerFLSW (born 30 May 1968)[1][2] is a British violinist and conductor specialising in the performance of Baroque music.
Career
[edit]Podger was born in England to a British father and a German mother. She was educated at a German Rudolf Steiner school[1] then returned to study first with Perry Hart, then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with David Takeno, Pauline Scott, and Micaela Comberti. During her studies, she co-founded Baroque chamber groups The Palladian Ensemble and Florilegium, and worked with period instrument ensembles such as the New London Consort and London Baroque.
Podger often conducts Baroque orchestras from the violin. She was the leader of the Gabrieli Consort and Players and later of The English Concert from 1997 to 2002, touring extensively, often as soloist in Vivaldi's Le quattro stagioni and Grosso mogul concertos. In 2004 she took up guest directors