Concerto in A minor, RV 445 — complete Larghetto

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Movement: II. Larghetto · Time Signature: 4/4

Range: C4–D♭6

Range: F4–G♭6 on your alto staff

All 24 bars of the original A-minor slow movement, transposed uniformly for recorder. Practise the repeated trills and written appoggiatura rhythms slowly; keep the pulse through the triplets.

Notes Used: C4, F4, G4, Ab4, Bb4, B4, C5, Db5, D5, Eb5, E5, F5, Gb5, G5, Ab5, Bb5, C6, Db6

Notes Used: F4, Bb4, C5, Db5, Eb5, E5, F5, Gb5, G5, Ab5, A5, Bb5, Cb6, C6, Db6, Eb6, F6, Gb6

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: F minor

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: Bb minor

Fingering Review

Performance Goal: Keep the repeated trill figures even through every change of register.

Adapted from Müller-Schmidt (2020), CC BY-SA 4.0 edition, checked against Vivaldi’s autograph. Adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0. Slurs and dynamics are omitted. Scroll dense scores horizontally.