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La Folia (Madness) 1705 – Antonio Vivaldi (Ft. Apollo’s Fire)

In response to my post on Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Polly MacDavid at SilverAppleQueen recommended today’s featured piece La Folia (Madness). The name refers to the frenzied way peasants twirled to the music. Interestingly La Folia is not attributed to

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Concerto For Mandolin In C Major RV425 Allegro (1725) – Antonio Vivaldi

In 1725 at 47 years of age Vivaldi produced the Four Seasons. Today’s Mandolin concerto is often accompanied with the 4 violin concertos which gives musical expression to a season of the year. The work is one of the most

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