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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 1d

…then carries the idea on with different notes.

It’s the lowest note of the pattern — the one he keeps returning to — that represents the bell. Can you hear it tolling through the flurry of fast notes?

The whole album 8+ is out 14 November. You can listen to this movement now: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 1d

In the middle of Vivaldi’s third movement, someone else’s third movement makes an appearance…

In the finale of RV 332 (Op. 8 No. 8, G minor) Vivaldi gives a sly nod to Johann Paul von Westhoff and his Imitatione delle campane (“Imitation of bells”). By “sly nod” we mean he lifts about eleven bars…

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 4d

it’s been a busy week!

Huge thanks, as always, to Cedars Hall for being such brilliant hosts. It’s a beautiful place to record — and not just for the acoustics!

PS. We'll be doing this concert one more time next week for Cambridge Early Music and we'd love to see you there.

La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 4d

One of the best parts of our concerts (sorry, Ade!) is chatting to our wonderful audience 🥰

As the person often at the CD table, the question I get most is: “Have you got this on CD?”

For those of you who came to our recent concerts with @RaffaelelaRagione and asked when we’d be recording…

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 7d

…signing off with a pedal cadenza that keeps snapping back to the same note so it tolls like a bell.

How did this north-of-the-Alps idea reach Venice? Most likely via Vivaldi’s student Pisendel, a member of the Dresden court orchestra 🎻

From 8+, out 14/11. Pre-save here: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

Vivaldi Opus 8 Vol. 2 - Signum Records

Listen to content by Adrian Chandler.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 7d

Can you hear the bells? 🔔

Vivaldi loved recycling his own ideas and dressing them up in new concertos, but this time he does something different.

In the finale of RV 332 (Op. 8 No. 8, G minor) he nods to Johann Paul von Westhoff’s Imitatione delle campane (“Imitation of bells”)…

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 7d

Our next album, 8+, is out in just over two weeks 🙌 pre-save here: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

Vivaldi Opus 8 Vol. 2 - Signum Records

Listen to content by Adrian Chandler.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 7d

Mid-chase, the violin solo takes off as if it’s the deer itself, fleeing the rest of the band… 😆

This snippet from Vivaldi’s “La caccia” (Op. 8 No. 10, RV 362: I. Allegro) overlays Vivaldi’s own manuscript from Turin, so you can see how many notes he squeezes into such a small space 🎻

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

Drop a 🎺 if you can hear the hunt, or a 🤔 if you think we’re reading too much into it!

Head to your favourite streaming platform to hear the first movement and see if you can spot the different ideas. You’ll have to wait for the full album on 14 November for the moment the deer meets its fate… 🦌

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

When the whole collection is about “the fusion of harmony and invention,” that choice feels deliberate.

If you know Autumn from The Four Seasons, you might recognise some of these hunting ideas cropping up again. Vivaldi was playing a long game with his musical motifs.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

Ever wondered what a Baroque hunt sounds like? 🤔

Vivaldi’s La caccia (“The Hunt”) from Op. 8 is full of musical secrets: horn calls, “barking” dogs, fleeing deer, and even the moment the wounded beast falls.

What’s fascinating?

Among concertos 7–12, titles are rare — La caccia stands out.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

Ahh thanks for coming!! Hope you had a great night.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

For those who asked: we’ll be recording this programme next week and performing it one final time in Cambridge on 6 November.

La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 9d

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us in London and Liverpool this week ❤️
It was wonderful to meet so many of you and hear how much you enjoyed the music — and a bonus that Ade was able to play too 😉

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 11d

We’re off to Liverpool today for another concert with Raffaele La Ragione and Lynda Sayce. See you very soon at the Tung Auditorium!

La Serenissima - Vivaldi: Plucked and Bowed | The Tung Auditorium

A rare chance to hear Vivaldi’s music for plucked and bowed strings, with La Serenissima joined by Raffaele La Ragione

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 11d

We had a great time playing at St Martin-In-The-Fields last night! Thanks to all who joined us ❤️

And isn’t it lovely to see Ade with a violin again? He’s still recovering from his shoulder injury, but last night he was able to play in public for the first time since July 🥳🎉

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 16d

🎶 23rd October, 7:30pm @ St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
🎶 24th October, 6pm @ The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool
🎶 6th November, 7:30pm @ Cambridge Early Music

All details and ticket links on our website: www.laserenissima.co.uk/events/

Events from 27th October 2024 – November 6 – La Serenissima

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 16d

Here's Ade with bit of background to Vivaldi's Solo Mandolin Concerto, speaking at our recent concert at @turnersims.bsky.social, Southampton.

We're really looking forward to reuniting with Raffaele La Ragione for more mandolin music very soon ⬇️

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 21d

We’ll be back later in the week to show you exactly where and when these details appear, but for now… enjoy the music! 📯

8+ is out 14 November. Pre-save here: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

Vivaldi Opus 8 Vol. 2 - Signum Records

Listen to content by Adrian Chandler.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 21d

When you think of “the hunt”, what comes to mind?

Horns? Guns? Dogs? The drumming of horses’ hooves? A deer fleeing? 🦌

You should hear all of these in our new single, out today:
Vivaldi's “La caccia”, Op. 8, No. 10, RV 362: I. Allegro.

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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 22d

...it has so many crossings-out and additions that we recorded a second, “souped-up” version which we’re saving for another day. For this single you’re hearing the Op. 8 print version.

Here's the first (rather tidy in comparison to the rest) page from the autograph.

La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque @laserenissimauk.bsky.social · 22d

...without playing favourites, probably Adrian’s favourite!

We often like to show Vivaldi’s original manuscripts alongside our performances, but although an autograph of this concerto survives in Vivaldi’s own collection in Turin...

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