Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor

I chose to write about this piece because it is a favorite of mine. It is considered to be an excellent student piece for solo violin, and it's often used as a performance piece at concerts, recitals, competitions.  I was first exposed to it when I was asked to accompany a Suzuki violin recital.  

The student played played the first violin part and the other string parts were transcribed for the piano. 

The full name of the piece is L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 6 in A minor for violin and strings, RV 356.  It is from a collection of 12 concertos by Vivaldi.  It has 3 movements, Allegro, Largo, and Presto.  


In class we listened to the first movement, and analyzed the structure.  It has 3 motives that we labeled A, B, and C.  Motive A had 3 variants that we called A1, A2, and A3.  Motives B and C each had 1 variant.