Leopold Mozart (1719-87) - Sinfonia burlesca for 2 Violas, 2 Cellos and Basso continuo in G-Major, I. Sinfonia. Performed by Eduard Melkus/Ensemble Eduard Melkus on period instruments.
I adore this recent trend (if that's the right word) of letting an orchestra play classical music on a festival. It's magical to see thousands of festival-goers going absolutely wild on Beethoven. Mosh/circlepits, crowd surfing. It's wonderful to see the orchestra and the audience having the time of their lives.
Vivaldi on his deathbed in 1741: please, put it into my will that the first movement of my Spring concerto can only be used to indicate fancy settings in cartoons or as hold music for the absolute worst call centres.
Vivaldi's lawyer: Antonio what the FUCK does this mean