vivaldi's contemporaries and predecessors such as purcell, bach and handel featured the flute (traverso and/or recorder) significantly in their works. rv 433 was conceived as a concerto for transverse flute in d. the first publication of the concerto, included as no. 1 in vivaldi's op. 10, "vi concerti a flauto traverso", was around 1728 in amsterdam, by michel-charles le cène. the "la tempesta di mare" name for the concerto is given in the score.