Max Richter In Concert: Reimagining Vivaldi

Mess with Vivaldi, is that not sacrilege?

Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Astor Piazzolla, they do not play the same piece twice, they improvise, they adapt.

When on X-Factor or Britain (ain’t) Go Talent, and they say he-she-they has made the song their own, I think no, they have produced a pathetic copy of the original, added nothing to it, and so why bother.

I often attend musical performances in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife. Some are great, they hold me spellbound, but too often I sit there bored stiff, wondering why I am there, as the musicians go through the motions, no enthusiasm. I wonder who is more bored, me or them. I feel like screaming at them, improvise.

• Socos Duo – Concierto en El Castillo de San Felipe
• Concierto de A Ritmo de Tango
• Concierto de jazz en Teatro Timanfaya

Kronos Quartet, they can switch from Vivaldi to Hendrix without skipping a beat.

Let It Go (Disney’s “Frozen”) Vivaldi’s Winter

This is real snowy wasteland, not digital editing in a studio.

I would have preferred straight Vivaldi Winter from The Four Seasons.