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The '''Kyrie''' in G minor (RV 587) by [[Antonio Vivaldi]] is a setting of the [[Kyrie]] for two cori (two orchestras, each with respective four-part chorus) written between 1720-35. This is the only extant setting of the Kyrie the composer wrote.
The '''Kyrie''' in G minor (RV 587) by [[Antonio Vivaldi]] is a setting of the [[Kyrie]] for two cori (two orchestras, each with respective four-part chorus) written between 1720-35. This is the only extant setting of the Kyrie the composer wrote.<ref>Talbot, Michael. ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Vivaldi_Compendium/lYypmdoyPqYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR128&printsec=frontcover The Vivaldi Compendium]''. United Kingdom, Boydell Press, 2011. 116.</ref>


RV 587 is divided into three movements. The first movement begins with an orchestral interlude based on a modified version of the first movement of the composer's [[Magnificat (Vivaldi)|Magnificat]]. The chorus is adorned with descending [[eighth note|quavers]] in the orchestra. The second movement is a duet between cori and for two [[soprano|soprani]] in each cori. The final movement unites the two cori with a brief grave and enters a fugue. The fugue would later be reworked for the composer's [[Concerto Madrigalesco (Vivaldi)|Concerto Madrigalesco (RV 129)]].
RV 587 is divided into three movements. The first movement begins with an orchestral interlude based on a modified version of the first movement of the composer's [[Magnificat (Vivaldi)|Magnificat]]. The chorus is adorned with descending [[eighth note|quavers]] in the orchestra. The second movement is a duet between cori and for two [[soprano|soprani]] in each cori. The final movement unites the two cori with a brief grave and enters a fugue. The fugue would later be reworked for the composer's [[Concerto Madrigalesco (Vivaldi)|Concerto Madrigalesco (RV 129)]].


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Kyrie, RV 587

The Kyrie in G minor (RV 587) by Antonio Vivaldi is a setting of the Kyrie for two cori (two orchestras, each with respective four-part chorus) written between 1720-35. This is the only extant setting of the Kyrie the composer wrote.[1]

RV 587 is divided into three movements. The first movement begins with an orchestral interlude based on a modified version of the first movement of the composer's Magnificat. The chorus is adorned with descending quavers in the orchestra. The second movement is a duet between cori and for two soprani in each cori. The final movement unites the two cori with a brief grave and enters a fugue. The fugue would later be reworked for the composer's Concerto Madrigalesco (RV 129).

References

  1. ^ Talbot, Michael. The Vivaldi Compendium. United Kingdom, Boydell Press, 2011. 116.