Concerto for Flute in D major RV783 (Score & Parts)

Vivaldi Concerto for Flute in D major RV783 (Score & Parts)

Concerto for Flute Solo, Strings, Basso continuo. The full score contains a lightly realised keyboard continuo part and separate parts for flute solo, violin I,II; viola; cello.

A flute and piano reduction is available as BA6892.

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) “was sprightly and highly inventive, and he filled almost half the world with his concertos” wrote Quantz in a brief appreciation of Vivaldi a generation later.  It was only by chance that this Flute Concerto in D major, which was preserved anonymously in Schwerin – truly half a world away from Venice –, has been identified as a composition by Vivaldi.  Easy to perform, this concerto radiates musical freshness and high spirits.