Vivaldi and ornamentation. Between the Venetian Pietà and Pisendel's Dresden
- Giorgio Cini Foundation – Island of San Giorgio
Antonio Vivaldi Italian Institute
Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation
The Levi Foundation and the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi of the Giorgio Cini Foundation collaborate to create the advanced course held by Veronica Cangemi dedicated to singing.
A musicological meeting entitled Vivaldi and ornamentation. Between the Venetian Pietà and Pisendel's Dresden edited by Javier Lupianez invited by the Levi research group 'Musical dramaturgy in Venice (1678-1792)'.
The art of improvisation and ornamentation, central to Baroque performance practice, reached a level of extraordinary refinement in the 18th century, closely linked to musical language, national styles, rhetoric, the composer's intentions and the performer's style. In this lecture we will explore Antonio Vivaldi's improvisational language and its transmission through his most important disciples: the German violinist JG Pisendel and the celebrated soloists of the Ospedale della Pietà, Anna Maria and Chiara. We will travel from Venice to Dresden and back, to investigate how these practices continued to develop in the Pietà after Vivaldi's death.
The meeting is open to all and will be held at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, Padiglione delle Capriate
Image: Concerto in D minor, RV 237 facto for Monsieur Pisendel – SLUB Dresden, Mus.2389-O-46, c. 1, detail (photo preserved in the IIAV archive)