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I kind of doubt that Vivaldi's student orchestra at the girls' school was full of incredibly talented instrumentalists, who could toss off his fast bravura passages without a hitch.
I can't help but imagine them as an ordinary school orchestra, most of whom aren't particularly good or talented... and they all dread orchestra practice, because Fra Antoni refuses to either simplify his masterworks for beginner players, or accept the results. Concerts always sound utterly horrible, everyone slogging through music they barely can play, at various tempos that are all less than Vivaldi is beating, and he's always purple and hyperventilating by the end.
listening to baroque music n stuff for school, but i gotta say, the harpsichord fuckin slaps dude
like it sounds so mysterious and haunting but also so regal
like it's what walking around with a candle in an old rococo mansion sounds like
makes me wanna put on a big poofy curly wig and leggings, and walk around like an 18th century composer
the harpsichord is so cool man
this implies that the redditor in question thinks only the Bach-style wigs are stupid and the Mozart-style wigs are actually cool
later i saw a post on reddit that said “the difference between baroque and classical music is whether it was composed by someone wearing a stupid wig”