This is the middle section of one of Vivaldi's concertos, but I have not been able to identify which one -- indeed, it may well be from a trio sonata rather than a concerto. My recording is based on a partially corrupted Musescore file which I found online, headed: "A. Vivaldi: Concerto in Re Maggiore Per Flauto, Violino e Violoncello". I cannot see this piece in Vivaldi's flute concertos, so I suspect this is not the original instrumentation. There were also no tempo markings int he score, and I do not know what tempo Vivaldi specified for this movement: I have marked it "andante", but it may have been larghetto or even largo. If you recognise the piece, let me know and I will add the correct RV number.
I attach the score, extracted from the Musescore file I found, in two versions: with the cello part in bass clef and in octave treble clef if you want to play in on guitar or OM (a few low notes need to be transposed to make it playable on those instruments).
Notwithstanding the dubious provenance, this is a very nice movement which transfers well to my configuration of two mandolins and mandocello.
1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
Martin
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