Magnificat, RV 610/611 : For SATB Soli, Chorus & Piano.

Contents: 1. Magnificat (Chorus) -- 2. Et Exultavit (Soprano, Alto, and Tenor Soli and Chorus) -- 2a. Et Exultavit (Alternate version – for Apollonia) -- 2b. Quia Respexit (Alternate version – for La Bolognese) -- 2c. Quia Fecit (Alternate version – for Chiaretta) -- 3. Et Misericordia (Chorus) -- 4. Fecit Potentiam (Chorus) -- 5. Deposuit (Chorus) -- 6. Esurientes (Duet for Two Sopranos) -- 6a. Esurientes (Alternate version – for Ambrosina) -- 7. Suscepit Israel (Chorus) -- 8. Sicut Locutus (Trio for Soprano, Alto, and Bass) -- 8a. Sicut Locutus (Alternate version – for Albetta) -- 9. Gloria (Chorus). Vivaldi's Magnificat probably dates from shortly after the 1726 death of composer C.P. Grua, which resulted in his having to provide sacred music for the Venetian orphanage and convent he enjoyed a long-standing relation with: the Ospedale della Pietà. There are actually three versions of the work: 1) for single chorus and orchestra (RV 610) -- 2) for double chorus and two orchestras (RV 610a) -- and the final version (RV 611), which takes six movements from replaces the other three movements woth solos written for specific singers at the Pietà: Apollonia, la Bolognesa, Chiaretta, Ambrosina and Albetta. -- -- The present edition, originally published by E.F. Kalmus in 1969, retains the material from the original single-choris version (RV 610), while including the added solo material Vivaldi inserted for RV 611 as alternatives, making it eminently practical for today's choral groups. Now available in a digitally-enhanced reprint.

1 vocal score (76 p.)
Edition Number: Z 273391
ISBN: 1932419535
ISBN13: 9781932419535
Distributor Number: Z273391