Antonio Lolli (c.1725-1802) - Concerto a Violino Principale (1775)

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Composer: Antonio Lolli (c.1725-1802)
Work: Concerto in G. Violino Principale, Violino Primo, Violino Secundo, Viola di Alto con Basso (1775)
Performers: Jiří Vοdіčka (violin) https://tinyurl.com/2fv3tzhr
Barocco sempre giοvаne https://tinyurl.com/3xfuckaf

Concerto a Violino Principale
1. Allegro spiritoso 0:00
2. Cantabile adagio 8:31
3. Allegro 11:52

Painting: Francesco Zerilli (1793-1837) - A view of Palermo at the mouth of the Falco
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Antonio (Antoin, Antoine) Lolli [Loli, Lolly]
(Bergamo, c.1725 - Palermo, 10 August 1802)

Italian violinist and composer. He was probably trained in the city of Milan, by 1758 was named solo violinist to the court of the Duke of Wurttemberg in Stuttgart. He also commenced touring as a virtuoso, appearing with great success in Vienna (c.1760) and at the Concert Spirituel in Paris (1764, 1766). As a result of incurring debts, the Stuttgart court allowed him to tour extensively in order to recoup his losses. His tours took him to Frankfurt am Main and Utrecht (1769), Italy (1771), and northern Germany (1773). Lolli's Stuttgart contract was abrogated due to his debts in 1774. He then went to St. Petersburg, where he was a favorite of Catherine II in the capacity of chamber virtuoso (1774-83). He also found favor with Grigori Potemkin. Lolli continued to tour, and absented himself from the court between 1777 and 1780. Having dissipated 10,000 florins he had accumulated from gambling, he returned to St. Petersburg in 1780 and succeeded in regaining his social and artistic position. He appeared in concerts at Potemkin's palace there, and also in Moscow. Despite his frequent derelictions of duty, he was retained at the court until his contract was terminated in 1783. In 1784 he gave his last public concerts in Russia. He then appeared in Stockholm, Hamburg, and Copenhagen (1784), London (1785), and Italy. After visits to Copenhagen, Hamburg, and Stettin (1791), Palermo (1793), and Vienna (1794). In 1794 he was engaged as maestro di cappella to the court of Naples. After retirement, he settled in Palermo, where he spent his last years in poverty. As a performer, he was greatly admired for his commanding technique as a virtuoso and he was even known as 'the Shakespeare among violinists', but as a composer critics such as Charles Burney found his music bizarre. Lolli had little if any formal training in composition, nor did he ever realize his intentions of studying counterpoint with Padre Martini. Such study might not have made him a better composer, but identification as a Martini pupil might have mitigated contemporary criticism of his works. His music consists of 12 violin concertos, 28 violin sonatas, six duos, and 36 solo violin capriccios. His main claim to fame is a treatise, 'L’école du violon en quatuor' (1784).