Splendid, ambitious, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Harmonia artificiosa is a work that delivers all the talents of its author and marks the budding virtuosity of the violin. It is a tour de force and is defined as the culmination of technical and stylistic research. With it, the violin takes on a new place in the […]
Vivaldi's Four Seasons are the most famous violin concertos in the history of music. The abundance of contrasts makes it a work that perfectly meets the criteria of Baroque music. But what intrigued the 18th century audience more are the mimicries, which are very present in the Four Seasons. Throughout the four concertos, one believes […]
Created for Holy Week in the 18th century, the Leçons de Ténèbres are intended to prepare the faithful for Easter. From the texts of the Lamentations by Jeremiah of the Old Testament, they are true exhortations to repentance and meditation. In the Christian liturgy, they symbolize the loneliness of Christ at the moment of his […]
