Popora: Vespro per la Festivita
Porpora's 1744 Vespro per la Festivita dell'Assunta was first performed in Venice at the Ospedaletto, one of four orphanages for girls that specialized in music to the extent that they were regarded as conservatories. The most famous of the four was the Piet+ , where Vivaldi taught violin. Porpora's work consists of five psalms, a Magnificat and a Salve Regina. The music is conceived in the early Classical style as developed during the 1720s by Porpora and his rivals, Leonardo Vinci and Johann Rating: |
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