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Vivaldi & Others: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Kees Vlaardingerbroek July 7, 2024

Berio believed that sounds are inextricably linked to a certain historical-traditional, even archetypal, meaning.

Vivaldi & Others: Luigi Dallapiccola and the Struggle with Tyranny

Kees Vlaardingerbroek June 22, 2024

Dallapiccola composed Il prigioniero, set against the backdrop of the Dutch Revolt, to protest Mussolini’s regime.

Vivaldi & Others: Don Roffredo Caetani—17th Duke of Sermoneta and 8th Prince of Teano

Kees Vlaardingerbroek June 2, 2024

It is high time for the music of Roffredo Caetani to be rediscovered.

Vivaldi & Others: Pietro Mascagni—Crowned Before He Became King

Kees Vlaardingerbroek May 19, 2024

In less than 80 minutes, Cavalleria rusticana alone establishes Mascagni as a composer worth our attention.

Vivaldi & Others: Giacomo Puccini and the Dark Sides of the Human Soul

Kees Vlaardingerbroek April 28, 2024

Puccini was a complex man with a distinctly dark side. This is also reflected in almost all his operas.

Giuseppe Verdi—The Voice of the Oppressed

Kees Vlaardingerbroek April 14, 2024

Verdi sat like ‘an Assyrian god,’ constantly commenting on the smallest details.

Vivaldi & Others: Vincenzo Bellini—the composer admired by both Verdi and Wagner

Kees Vlaardingerbroek March 31, 2024

Bellini is poor, it is true, in his instrumentation and harmony! … But rich in feeling and in an entirely individual, personal melancholy! Even in

Vivaldi & Others: Gioachino Rossini—The Manic-Depressive Swan of Pesaro

Kees Vlaardingerbroek March 10, 2024

The ‘serious’ Rossini still does not get the appreciation he deserves in the opera world.

Vivaldi & Others:
Interlude—The Case of ‘Albinoni’s Adagio’

Kees Vlaardingerbroek February 28, 2024

The Adagio gives a totally distorted picture of Albinoni and his music.

Vivaldi & Others: Giovanni Battista Viotti—Brahms’ Secret Love

Kees Vlaardingerbroek February 18, 2024

Viotti manages to strike a brilliant balance between infectious virtuosity and musical depth.

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Vivaldi & Others: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Vivaldi & Others: Luigi Dallapiccola and the Struggle with Tyranny

Vivaldi & Others: Don Roffredo Caetani—17th Duke of Sermoneta and 8th Prince of Teano

Vivaldi & Others: Pietro Mascagni—Crowned Before He Became King

Vivaldi & Others: Giacomo Puccini and the Dark Sides of the Human Soul

Giuseppe Verdi—The Voice of the Oppressed

Vivaldi & Others: Vincenzo Bellini—the composer admired by both Verdi and Wagner

Vivaldi & Others: Gioachino Rossini—The Manic-Depressive Swan of Pesaro

Vivaldi & Others:
Interlude—The Case of ‘Albinoni’s Adagio’

Vivaldi & Others: Giovanni Battista Viotti—Brahms’ Secret Love

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