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# **Antonio Caldara - La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145173511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145173511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *A monumental Venetian–Austrian oratorio, where Pietro Metastasio’s poetry meets Caldara’s spiritual depth* ## **1. A Masterpiece Born at…

# **Antonio Caldara - Morte e sepoltura di Christo - Oratorio - 1724 - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145171183?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145171183?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** *A monumental Viennese oratorio of grief, devotion, and Baroque drama* Antonio Caldara, one of the…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮 - 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶 - 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/veracini-adriano-158803977?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶’s 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮 belongs to one of the most fascinating moments in the history of eighteenth-century opera: the competitive…

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗔 (𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟭) 𝗟’𝗢𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗱𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/cimarosa-andrea-163220845?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟮 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 Vicenza, 1784 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁í𝗻𝗲𝘇, soprano — Aristea 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗹ü𝗵, soprano — Argene 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗸, mezzo-soprano — Megacle 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗻,…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜 Chapter VI of C. F. Abdy Williams’s 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵…

# 𝗩𝗢𝗫 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟵 VOXNX2570 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 20 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 VOXNX2571 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - Piano Concertos Nos. 17, 22 & 25 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 VOXNX2572 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 - Piano…

𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔: 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 occupies one of the most poetic positions in Western…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗢: 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗔 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 The history of the 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼 is one of the most fascinating in all music,…

# **CHURCH MUSIC (V)** **(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## The C-minor Mass in Context: Between Bach and Beethoven It has been said—entirely rightly—that this unfinished Mass stands **midway between…

# **Apostolo Zeno (1668–1750)** *Life, Intellectual World, and Operatic Libretti* **Apostolo Zeno** occupies a crucial but often underestimated position in the history of Baroque opera. Standing between the exuberant theatrical freedom of the 17th…

# **Baroque Music Written for New Year’s Day and New Year Celebrations (1 January)** **A comprehensive historical survey** In the Baroque world, **New Year’s Day (1 January)** was not a private celebration but a…

# **Haydn: Choirboy at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (1740–1749)** In **1740**, when **Joseph Haydn** was just **eight years old**, his musical abilities brought him to **Vienna**, where he was admitted as a **boy soprano at…

# **A COMPLETE TIMELINE OF WORKS FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT CECILIA** ## **16th Century — The Origins of Cecilian Music** **c. 1560 – Palestrina: *****Cantantibus Organis*** Polyphonic motet celebrating the legend of Cecilia…

# **Saint Cecilia: Patron Saint of Music — History, Symbolism, and Musical Works Inspired by Her** Saint Cecilia, long revered as the **patron saint of music**, occupies a unique place at the intersection of…