Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major (Grosso Mogul), complete | Augusta McKay Lodge RV 208 8K

A special collaboration with Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) and Voices of Music: Vivaldi’s “Emperor“ Concerto in D Major, performed on original instruments. Augusta McKay Lodge, baroque violin. Live, 8K video from our concert in NYC, October 6, 2022. GEMS is a non-profit corporation that supports and promotes the artists and organizations in New York devoted to Early Music— the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods. Visit them on the web at Voices of Music is filming in 8K! To support our work, visit us at Vivaldi’s Concerto in D Major “Grosso Mogul” is one of only a handful of concertos to survive with the original cadenzas. These extended unaccompanied passages, presumably by Vivaldi, give a vivid impression of virtuoso violin playing in the baroque. Vivaldi’s ”display” concertos—and also Locatelli’s—often set the stage with a series of forceful scales establishing a clear tonality, follo