Vivaldi’s Greatest Protegé

<p>In early 18th century Venice, the Ospedale della Pietà took in abandoned baby girls through a tiny gap in the wall.&nbsp; In addition to ensuring the girls’ survival, the orphanage employed one of the world’s greatest ever composers - Antonio Vivaldi - to train the girls in music.&nbsp; One of his pupils, Anna Maria della Pietà, became his star protegé and went on to a phenomenal career as a violinist and the maestro’s biggest rival.</p><br><p>Anna Maria’s largely forgotten life is compellingly recovered and reimagined in this summer’s most eagerly anticipated historical novel, <em>The Instrumentalist</em> by Harriet Constable. She joins Professor Suzannah Lipscomb to talk about how she discovered and brought Anna-Maria's heart-rending story to life.</p><br><p>Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><br><p>"Et in Terra Pax" from Vivaldi's <em>Gloria in D </em>used with the kind permission of the <a href="https://www.girlchoir.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Girl Choir of South Florida</a>. Watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evDePQYX6a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here &gt;</a></p><br><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p>Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original TV documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign up <a href="https://historyhit.com/subscription" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a> for 50%&nbsp;off your first 3 months using code ‘TUDORS’ </p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey&nbsp;<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here &gt; </a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>