Credo (Vivaldi)

The Credo in E minor (RV 591) is the only extant setting of the Nicene Creed by Antonio Vivaldi. Another setting exists (RV 592) but is of dubious authenticity.

Settings[]

RV 591[]

Figure 1. Measures 1 and 2 of the Violini I e II staff of RV 591.

RV 591 has four movements. In a style similar to his psalm setting of , the first movement adorns the chorus' simple rhythms of crotchets and minims with the orchestra playing semiquavers and quavers. The second movement is a brief choral episode in the stile antico, borrowing thematic material from the composer's Magnificat. The fourth movement is based on a semiquaver-quaver motif similar to the first movement, and closes with a fugue.

Figure 2. Measures 129 and 130 of the Violino I staff of RV 588.

The first (and final) movements open with a motif which bears similarity to a brief passage found in the first movement of the Gloria (RV 588).

Movements[]

1. Credo in unum Deum
2. Et incarnatus est
3. Crucifixus
4. Et Resurrexit

Media[]

Credo 1. Credo in Unum Deum Menu 0:00 Credo – Et Incarnatus Est Menu 0:00 3. Crucifixus Menu 0:00 Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra with the Advent Choir directed by Gabriel Pavel

RV 592[]

RV 592 is a disputed composition, attributed to Johann Adolph Hasse.

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Editions[]

• Vivaldi: Credo RV 591, Stuttgart Carus-Verlag 1974

External links[]

• Free scores of Credo in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)