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Orchestra 1756
Mozart’s 250th birthday was used as an opportunity to found the Orchestra 1756 in 2006. The ensemble devotes to the interpretation of music between 1750 and 1800. The unique Mozart sound originates from intensive occupation with the stylistics of the 18th century, historic instruments and balanced formations of musicians. The Choir of Salzburger Konzertgesellschaft depending on the repertoire consists of 16 to 24 singers.
Vivaldi's four Seasons at the St. Charles Church Vienna
The four Seasons are four violin concerts by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, the four Seasons is Vivaldi's most famous work, and is one of the most popular pieces of Baroque music. Each concert is varied, each resembling a respective season. Each one of the concerts is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. The four concerts were written to go along with four sonnets. Though it is not known who wrote these sonnets, it is believed that Vivaldi wrote them himself, each of the sonnets is broken down into three sections, nicely corresponding to a movement in the concert.
Antonio Vivaldi (born 4. March 1678 in Venice - died 28. July 1741 in Vienna) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. Vivaldi's final years were filled with financial difficulties. Vivaldi chose to sell off sizeable numbers of his manuscripts in order to finance his migration to Vienna. The reasons for Vivaldi's departure from Venice are unclear, but it seems likely that, after his meeting with Emperor Charles VI, he wished to take up the position of a composer in the imperial court. Shortly after Vivaldi's arrival in Vienna, Charles VI died, that left the composer without royal protection and no source of income. Vivaldi died, on the night between 27 and 28 July 1741. Vivaldi's funeral took place at St. Stephen's Cathedral. On 28 July he was buried in a simple grave at the Hospital Burial Ground in Vienna, next to Karlskirche, in an area now part of the site of Vienna's Technical University. The house Vivaldi lived in was torn down, the Hotel Sacher is built on part of the site. Memorial plaques have been placed at both locations.
