Bob wrote:

>Vivaldi, Handel and Rossini are examples of composers who use lighter
>forces to achieve their ends. But I don't think we should consider
>them in a lessor light solely because of that.
>
>They can be just as profound on a spiritual level.

I am completely agree with you, even if i don't like opera at all, Rossini
in that field is more than O.K.  In all this trend i was not to much
noticed about it, but Vivaldi was great as Haendel was it too.  A question
for Bach admirers(like me):  Why Bach took so much material from Vivaldi to
make a wonderful transcriptions?.  Best wishes:

Gerardo:.