Much of Vivaldi’s sacred vocal and instrumental music was written for performance at the Pietà. This piece, along with its mother composition RV 588, was composed at the same time during Vivaldi’s employment at the Ospedale della Pietà (Pietà hospital) as maestro di violino, a convent, orphanage, and music school in Venice.Īntonio Vivaldi was appointed a violin teacher in 1703 and served in various roles through 1715, and again from 1723 to 1740. RV 589 is the best-known setting of the Gloria, simply known as the Vivaldi “Gloria” due to its great popularity. It was probably written at about the same time as the RV 588, possibly in 1715. RV 589 Gloria is a familiar and popular piece among sacred works by Vivaldi.
Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the hymn, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, and two of them survived: RV 588, and RV 589.Ī third, RV 590, is mentioned only in the Kreuzherren catalog and presumed lost. It is an integral part of the Ordinary of the Mass. The words of the hymn date probably from the 4th century. The piano reductions are straightforward, clearly presented and preserve the character of the works.Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Vivaldi – Gloria, RV 589 – Trevor Pinnock () Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589 – Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589 Although the authenticity of the autograph manuscript score is beyond doubt, these new editions contain some re-evaluations in phrasing and performance practice which go beyond what other editions have to offer. It is a purely a choral work without solo passages.īoth works can be performed independently but can also be combined as a kind of short mass. The date of its composition remains unclear. The same mastery has also been applied to the “Kyrie” RV 587 (BA 8950), scored for two choirs and two groups of stringed instruments. In the twelve movements of the “Gloria”, Vivaldi displays the whole range of his mastery from festive, sublime outer movements to tender, transparently scored solo passages. The scoring of the solo voices (SSA) suggests that the work was written during his period at the Ospedale della Pietà, around 1716. However, it was probably also performed within church services. Vivaldi wrote the “Gloria” as a self-contained work in the style of a concertante mass. Today the “Gloria” RV 589 (BA 7674) is one of Vivaldi’s best-known compositions and one of the most frequently performed sacred vocal works from the Baroque period.
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