Vivaldi la stravaganza rachel podger biography
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Rachel Podger
the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin
The Timesthere is probably no more inspirational musician working today
Gramophoneintoxicating combination of power and grace
Toronto Star (with Tafelmusik)Baroque Violin / Director
https://www.rachelpodger.com
“Rachel Podger, the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin,” (The Times) has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical. She was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015, Gramophone Artist of the Year 2018, and the Ambassador for REMA’s Early Music Day 2020. A creative programmer, Rachel is the founder and Artistic Director of Brecon Baroque Festival and her ensemble Brecon Baroque; is Principal Guest Director for Tafelmusik; Patron for The Continuo Foundation and an Ambassador for the Learned Society of Wales. Rachel was awarded BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Yea
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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
La Stravaganza, O
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The Early Music Show
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