“ It’s too long and too hard,” they complained. Some had stalled in Book 5 and were floundering on Vivaldi’s G Minor Concerto. Setting up our music school on return from Japan and the UK, we received a few queries from parents whose children had lost momentum and wanted to revitalise their playing. Yet for some students, Volume 5 is a challenging book.
The G minor concerto is classic violin wholefood – healthy traditional fare in three connecting courses. The three movements of Vivaldi’s A minor concerto, in contrast, are studied separately in Books 4 and 5, making them seem like separate pieces. The Main Study Points Intonation Quicksand!Ĭoncerto in G Minor by Vivaldi, 3rd movement in Volume 5 is an exciting point in the Suzuki violin repertoire, where for the first time students complete a whole concerto in one sitting. In this post, Part 2 of the Concerto in G Minor by Vivaldi, 3rd movement, we look at the study points for pages 2 and 3. Apart from the demands of teaching, he was required to compose an oratorio or concerto for every feast. Like many teachers today, Vivaldi was on a yearly contract, with his teacher’s position at Ospedale della Pietà depending on a vote of the Board – and yet the requirements of his job were considerable.
Unfortunately this is not an unusual story for musicians, composers and teachers throughout history: Much of humanity’s great artistic achievements have been meagerly rewarded. Vivaldi enriched us all immeasurably, yet despite the quantity of celebrated music he wrote, the prestigious commissions and honours, he lived his final years in financial difficulty. From the same perspective you could see the French Impressionist artist Claude Monet’s paintings as all looking the same!Īnd just as it is easy to identify a Monet painting, Vivaldi’s music has a unique sound that we all recognise – and an unmistakable brightness, vivacity and exuberance. A music critic once said Vivaldi’s concertos all sound the same, an astounding opinion in view of the extraordinary breadth, depth and variety of this Italian Baroque composer’s music.
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