Domenico Dall'Oglio (c.1700-1764) - Concerto (Sol maggiore) per il Violino Principale
Performers: Tommaso Luison (violin); Frequenze Diverse ensemble
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Italian violinist and composer. A student of Giuseppe Tartini, he was
appointed as concertmaster of the cathedral orchestra in Padua in 1721.
In 1732 he was appointed violinist at the Basilica di Sant'Antonio in
Padua. In 1735, however, he and his brother Giuseppe Dall’Oglio, a
cellist, accepted an invitation of employment at the Russian court in
St. Petersburg, where for the next 30 years they both served. Court
records make frequent references to his activities as a virtuoso
violinist, composer and participant in court intrigue. He died in Narva
on his way back to Italy in 1764. He was known for his performance on
the lute and violin, as well as his collaborations with Francesco Araja.
His music includes a prologue, a concert aria, 34 violin sonatas,
around 12 symphonies (six published 1735 in Paris, as well as several
“Russian” symphonies), 17 violin concertos, a sonata for string quartet,
several pieces for viola and basso, as well as numerous ballets. His
string music reveals him as a master of the Italian 18th-century and
reminiscent of Antonio Vivaldi's virtuoso style. The music theorist and
Padre Martini student in Bologna, Giovanni Battista Dall'Oglio
(1739-1832), was not related to him.
