Because I squandered yesterday in shameless self-promotion on account of the appearance of my newspaper article about Julian Grant’s new harpsichord concerto (which will be introduced on this weekend’s concerts of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra), I neglected to mark the birthday of Baroque luminary Antonio Vivaldi. Since today happens to be the anniversary of the birth of Brazilian master Heitor Villa-Lobos, let’s hear it for the V’s, as I juxtapose avian inspirations by Vivaldi and Villa-Lobos.

Happy birthday, boys!

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Vivaldi, “Il Gardellino” (“The Goldfinch”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZGSeRwEO0

Villa-Lobos, “Uirapuru,” folkloric rainforest piece named for Brazilian bird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1sPSAD9SEc

And in case you missed it

https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/artsandentertainment/grant-goes-for-baroque-in-new-harpsichord-concerto/article_94cf66e3-ae6b-4c7f-b193-2dc7fcdc2592.html