Paul Jacobson

Tag: Vivaldi

  • Winter thrills with Vivaldi

    Winter thrills with Vivaldi

    I really enjoy Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and I’ve been listening to variations of a few of the movements/pieces/parts (I’m not sure what the terminology is) from Four Seasons in the last day or so. Two of my favourites are these: I’ve also really enjoyed watching different performances on YouTube, such as these: We’re expecting…

  • Vivaldi’s Summer 3, spiced up

    Vivaldi’s Summer 3, spiced up

    I’m listening to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (well, a version of it anyway) while I work through exercises in Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, and I really like how Vivaldi’s Summer 3 has been tweaked in the album “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons“. Here’s a fairly typical rendition of this track: Now,…

  • Spring, remixed

    Spring, remixed

    I really enjoy this take on Vivaldi’s Spring 1: You can hear Max Richter’s influence in this layered rendition. It’s a terrific piece of music to relax to after my wife’s cooking tonight.