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Title: 1. Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings
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Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785).
Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings.
1st: Arripe alpestri ad vallem.
Il Seminario Musicale.
Gérard Lesne: Countertenor.
Director: Gérard Lesne.
Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785) was an Italian composer from Venice, noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa.
He was born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon, and as a result, he became known as Il Buranello. His first attempt at opera, La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali (1722), was a spectacular failure, having been hissed off the stage. He subsequently studied music with Antonio Lotti, and after a brief period in Florence working as a harpsichordist, returned to Venice for another attempt at opera. This time, his opera seria Dorinda (1729) was a success and launched his theatrical career.
In 1740, he was appointed music director of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti, and he worked at St. Mark's in Venice from 1748, being appointed maestro di cappella (considered Venice's top musical post) there in 1762. He lived and worked for most of his life in Venice, though from 1741 to 1743 he worked in London, and from 1765 to 1768 he worked for Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg.
His first opera buffa was L'Arcadia in Brenta (1749). This was also his first collaboration with librettist Carlo Goldoni, with whom he produced a number of operas. These works were very popular, with Il filosofo di campagna (1754) a particular success. Goldoni's libretto Il mondo della luna, first set by Galuppi, was later used by a number of other composers, including Joseph Haydn and Giovanni Paisiello. Subsequent operas include L'amante di tutte (1760) and I tre amanti ridicoli (1761), written on libretti by the composer's son Antonio Galuppi, who wrote under the name "A. Liteo."
In his later years, his operatic output decreased somewhat. Among his nonoperatic works are a large number of pieces for harpsichord and several oratorios. By the time of his death, in Venice, Galuppi was one of the best-known and most respected figures in the Venetian musical establishment. A requiem mass was held in his memory at St Mark's.
At least two sacred choral works by Antonio Vivaldi have been attributed to Galuppi, a Beatus Vir and a Nisi Dominus; musicologist Janice Stockigt believes that a Dixit Dominus might be another such work.
Title: 2. Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings
Description: Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=orIdtHz3E7E&fmt=18
Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785).
Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings.
2nd: Ah! Quo fugio, quo vado?
Il Seminario Musicale.
Gérard Lesne: Countertenor.
Director: Gérard Lesne.
Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785) was an Italian composer from Venice, noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa.
He was born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon, and as a result, he became known as Il Buranello. His first attempt at opera, La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali (1722), was a spectacular failure, having been hissed off the stage. He subsequently studied music with Antonio Lotti, and after a brief period in Florence working as a harpsichordist, returned to Venice for another attempt at opera. This time, his opera seria Dorinda (1729) was a success and launched his theatrical career.
In 1740, he was appointed music director of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti, and he worked at St. Mark's in Venice from 1748, being appointed maestro di cappella (considered Venice's top musical post) there in 1762. He lived and worked for most of his life in Venice, though from 1741 to 1743 he worked in London, and from 1765 to 1768 he worked for Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg.
His first opera buffa was L'Arcadia in Brenta (1749). This was also his first collaboration with librettist Carlo Goldoni, with whom he produced a number of operas. These works were very popular, with Il filosofo di campagna (1754) a particular success. Goldoni's libretto Il mondo della luna, first set by Galuppi, was later used by a number of other composers, including Joseph Haydn and Giovanni Paisiello. Subsequent operas include L'amante di tutte (1760) and I tre amanti ridicoli (1761), written on libretti by the composer's son Antonio Galuppi, who wrote under the name "A. Liteo."
In his later years, his operatic output decreased somewhat. Among his nonoperatic works are a large number of pieces for harpsichord and several oratorios. By the time of his death, in Venice, Galuppi was one of the best-known and most respected figures in the Venetian musical establishment. A requiem mass was held in his memory at St Mark's.
At least two sacred choral works by Antonio Vivaldi have been attributed to Galuppi, a Beatus Vir and a Nisi Dominus; musicologist Janice Stockigt believes that a Dixit Dominus might be another such work.
Title: 3. Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings
Description: Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=fkC5aVTUWXU&fmt=18
Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785).
Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings.
3rd: Sereni affectus mei.
Il Seminario Musicale.
Gérard Lesne: Countertenor.
Director: Gérard Lesne.
Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785) was an Italian composer from Venice, noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa.
He was born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon, and as a result, he became known as Il Buranello. His first attempt at opera, La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali (1722), was a spectacular failure, having been hissed off the stage. He subsequently studied music with Antonio Lotti, and after a brief period in Florence working as a harpsichordist, returned to Venice for another attempt at opera. This time, his opera seria Dorinda (1729) was a success and launched his theatrical career.
In 1740, he was appointed music director of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti, and he worked at St. Mark's in Venice from 1748, being appointed maestro di cappella (considered Venice's top musical post) there in 1762. He lived and worked for most of his life in Venice, though from 1741 to 1743 he worked in London, and from 1765 to 1768 he worked for Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg.
His first opera buffa was L'Arcadia in Brenta (1749). This was also his first collaboration with librettist Carlo Goldoni, with whom he produced a number of operas. These works were very popular, with Il filosofo di campagna (1754) a particular success. Goldoni's libretto Il mondo della luna, first set by Galuppi, was later used by a number of other composers, including Joseph Haydn and Giovanni Paisiello. Subsequent operas include L'amante di tutte (1760) and I tre amanti ridicoli (1761), written on libretti by the composer's son Antonio Galuppi, who wrote under the name "A. Liteo."
In his later years, his operatic output decreased somewhat. Among his nonoperatic works are a large number of pieces for harpsichord and several oratorios. By the time of his death, in Venice, Galuppi was one of the best-known and most respected figures in the Venetian musical establishment. A requiem mass was held in his memory at St Mark's.
At least two sacred choral works by Antonio Vivaldi have been attributed to Galuppi, a Beatus Vir and a Nisi Dominus; musicologist Janice Stockigt believes that a Dixit Dominus might be another such work.
Title: 4. Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings
Description: Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZTjW7LIxs&fmt=18
Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785).
Motet "Arripe alpestri ad vallem" for voice & strings.
4th: Alleluia.
Il Seminario Musicale.
Gérard Lesne: Countertenor.
Director: Gérard Lesne.
Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785) was an Italian composer from Venice, noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa.
He was born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon, and as a result, he became known as Il Buranello. His first attempt at opera, La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali (1722), was a spectacular failure, having been hissed off the stage. He subsequently studied music with Antonio Lotti, and after a brief period in Florence working as a harpsichordist, returned to Venice for another attempt at opera. This time, his opera seria Dorinda (1729) was a success and launched his theatrical career.
In 1740, he was appointed music director of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti, and he worked at St. Mark's in Venice from 1748, being appointed maestro di cappella (considered Venice's top musical post) there in 1762. He lived and worked for most of his life in Venice, though from 1741 to 1743 he worked in London, and from 1765 to 1768 he worked for Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg.
His first opera buffa was L'Arcadia in Brenta (1749). This was also his first collaboration with librettist Carlo Goldoni, with whom he produced a number of operas. These works were very popular, with Il filosofo di campagna (1754) a particular success. Goldoni's libretto Il mondo della luna, first set by Galuppi, was later used by a number of other composers, including Joseph Haydn and Giovanni Paisiello. Subsequent operas include L'amante di tutte (1760) and I tre amanti ridicoli (1761), written on libretti by the composer's son Antonio Galuppi, who wrote under the name "A. Liteo."
In his later years, his operatic output decreased somewhat. Among his nonoperatic works are a large number of pieces for harpsichord and several oratorios. By the time of his death, in Venice, Galuppi was one of the best-known and most respected figures in the Venetian musical establishment. A requiem mass was held in his memory at St Mark's.
At least two sacred choral works by Antonio Vivaldi have been attributed to Galuppi, a Beatus Vir and a Nisi Dominus; musicologist Janice Stockigt believes that a Dixit Dominus might be another such work.
Title: Burano
Description: In una giornata di sole con mia moglie Antonella ho visitato l'isola di Burano nella Laguna veneta.
E' stato come vedere uno spettacolo del circo con i colori delle case, panni al vento come equilibristi e musiche varie in ogni calle.
Mi sembrava adatta la musica di Fellini Circus per questo "Spettacolo di Luci e Colori",
A voi il giudizio...
In a sunny day with my wife Antonella I visited the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon.
It 'been seen as a spectacle of the circus with the colors of the houses, clothes to the wind as equilibristi and various music in every street.
I seemed to fit the music of Fellini Circus for this "show Lights and Colors"
You judgement ...
Burano (in dialetto locale Buran /bu'ran/) è un'isola abitata della laguna di Venezia ed è considerata una frazione del comune di Venezia. Vi abitano circa 3000 persone ed è collegata da un ponte all'isola di Mazzorbo, che ne è parte integrante.
È nota per la lavorazione artigianale dei merletti,per i tipici dolci "Bussolai", nonché Il suo nome deriverebbe da Boreana, uno dei quartieri della città romana di Altino, o forse una delle sue porte (quella posta a Nord-Est, da dove giungeva la bora). Burano fu infatti fondata, come le altre isole vicine, dagli abitanti di questo centro fuggiti sulla laguna per sfuggire alle invasioni barbariche, in particolare quelle degli Unni di Attila e dei Longobardi. Le prime abitazioni erano poste su palafitte con le pareti fatte di canne e fango e solo a partire dall'anno Mille furono costruite case in mattoni. Burano poteva giovare anche di un clima mite, grazie ad una certa ventilazione che allontanava la malaria. Divenuta comune autonomo, cadde ben presto sotto l'orbita di Venezia a cui rimase sempre legata.
A partire dal Cinquecento, iniziò la nota lavorazione del merletto.per le sue tipiche case vivacemente colorate.
L'isola è collegata con i battelli e i vaporetti a Torcello, Murano, Treporti, e Venezia. Il cuore del paese è Piazza Baldassare Galuppi, realizzata interrando un canale, in cui si affaccia la chiesa di San Martino. È nota per la lavorazione artigianale dei merletti, nonché per le sue tipiche case vivacemente colorate, ma il perché di questa usanza non è ancora chiaro. Un'ipotesi dice che ogni colore sarebbe simbolo di una determinata famiglia e in effetti ancor oggi a Burano vi sono pochi ma molto diffusi cognomi. Per questo motivo sono diffusi, come un po' in tutto il Veneto, dei soprannomi per distinguere un ramo da un altro.
Un'altra supposizione afferma che i colori vivaci servirebbero ai barcaioli per ritrovare la propria casa quando c'è nebbia, che qui è spesso particolarmente firra.
Da ricordare che per tutto il periodo del Regno d'Italia per cambiare il colore di una casa serviva chiedere il permesso ad un sovraintendente.
L'unica chiesa che si erge nell'isola è la chiesa di San Martino. Famoso il suo campanile pendente da quando i basamenti, fondati, come tutta Venezia, su palafitte, hanno ceduto.
L'unica Piazza del paese è la piazza Baldassare Galuppi.
Tipico dolce è il bussolà di biscotto a ciambella giallo di uova, farina e burro, da non confondere con l'omonimo di Chioggia, un pane tostato a ciambella.