Concerto Armonico Budapest A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Some critics avow that Vivaldi’s concerto series L’Estro Armonico (Harmonic Inspiration) was perhaps the most influential publication of the 18th century. It is a fact that very little music has ever elicited such an explosive success and at the same time fashion wave than this opus, which contains concertos for one, two or four violins in four trio groups. The fantastic collection is widely known today, yet it only appears very rarely in its entirety. Concerto Armonico undertake this project in two most promising evenings: the orchestra perform all 12 concertos on Vivaldi’s opus 3 series with solos by members of the ensemble. The Vivaldi collection is joined by works from the six concerto armonicos after which the ensemble is named. The pieces were for many years considered to be by Italian composers (for a while they were ascribed to Pergolesi as well), but eventually it transpired that they were the superb compositions by the Dutch Count Wilhelm van Wassenaer, who as a nobleman could not publish them under his own name. However, the count was truly a musical, trained composer: his works are among the finest examples of Italian style concertos.