In any case, Antonio was officially baptised on May 6. Vivaldi’s father, Giovanni Battista, was a violinist at St Mark’s Cathedral, and although he taught his prodigiously gifted son to play from ...

Minister of musicAn anonymous portrait of a composer, believed to depict Antonio Vivaldi, does little to signal that he was a priest. The wig and clothes are those of a Venetian gentleman ...

Even in the mid-20th century, Vivaldi’s reputation as a composer was so small that not even the exact date of his birth or the place and date of his death had been established; his music was very ...

Trailblazer Antonio Vivaldi thought so. Around 300 years ago when he wrote The Four Seasons he was one of the first people to compose music that was designed to remind listeners of places and ...

FROM ELEVATOR muzak and call-centre hold-music to TV and film soundtracks, “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi supplies an inescapable backdrop to everyday life. Yet these ubiquitous ...