Thursday, October 7, 2010

Long-forgotten Vivaldi flute concerto found in Edinburgh

http://bit.ly/cQFjMQ

Composer's piece gets its first public airing for 250 years

By Jonathan Brown

Friday, 8 October 2010


He was the flame-haired musical star of 18th century Venice, known to his fans as Il Prete Rosso – the Red Priest. Antonio Vivaldi's reputation, however, spread further than the confines of the Italian city state where he groomed young abandoned girls to become musical prodigies.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I adore Vivaldi and looking forward to hearing this one. Anyong