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Venice and Vivaldi / a Robclif production for La Sept and Channel Four ; created by H.C. Robbins Landon ; producers, Jillian Robinson, Tony Sutcliffe ; director, Tony Sutcliffe.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2007], ©1993.
Description1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorLandon, H. C. Robbins (Howard Chandler Robbins), 1926-2009 conceptor.
Other author/creatorRobinson, Jillian, producer.
Other author/creatorSutcliffe, Tony, producer, director.
Other author/creatorNorwich, John Julius, 1929-2018 host.
Other author/creatorKing, Robert, 1960- conductor.
Other author/creatorDenley, Catherine performer.
Other author/creatorFocile, Nuccia performer.
Other author/creatorHogwood, Christopher, performer.
Other author/creatorCoin, Christopher, performer.
Included WorkVivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741 Nisi Dominus. Cum diderit.
Included WorkVivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741 Nisi Dominus. Gloria.
Included WorkVivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Concertos, string orchestra, RV 157, G minor.
Included WorkVivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Estro armonico. N. 10.
Included WorkCimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801. Sonatas, keyboard instrument No. 9.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Agrippina Ho un non sò che nel cor.
Other author/creatorKing's Consort, performer.
Other author/creatorConservatorio di musica (Venice, Italy), performer.
Other author/creatorRobclif (Firm)
Other author/creatorSEPT (Television station : France)
Other author/creatorChannel Four (Great Britain)
Other author/creatorFilms for the Humanities (Firm)
Series Five centuries of music in Venice ; [Program 3]
Five centuries of music in Venice. [Program 3]. UNAUTHORIZED
Abstract "This program is devoted to the 18th century, the age of decadence. It covers the rise of Antonio Vivaldi and his famous all-women orchestras at the Pieta, the heyday of Venetian composition, Vivaldi's departure from Venice and the rise of a new breed of composer, and the decline ... Live performances at the Conservatorio and the Church of the Redentore.
General noteOriginally produced for the television program, Maestro : a musical journey through Venice.
General noteProgram presented in two parts of approximately equal length. Includes excerpts from the music of Vivaldi, Cimarosa, and Handel.
CreditsWriter and music consultant, H.C. Robbins Landon.
Performer John Julius Norwich, host ; King's Consort, Robert King, director ; Catherine Denley, Nuccia Focile, vocal soloists ; Christopher Hogwood & Christopher Coin, cellists ; students of the Conservatory of Music in Venice.
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Other title Maestro, a musical journey through Venice (Television program)
Publisher numberFFH 4074 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Publisher number4074 Films for the Humanities & Sciences

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