Recently, I've gathered renewed interest in some of Vivaldi's violin concertos. I have been listening to them for many years, since middle school. Easy listening for sure, and maybe exactly because of this (as with all other Vivaldi music), my interest in them has been on and off over the years. Now I'm on it again.

I had been away from Urbana much of the time since July. As such, I hadn't got much desire to touch my violin - I felt like I was always in a hurry to somewhere. It's towards the end of October, when I returned from Hong Kong, that I felt I finally started to live in the new apartment, where I had moved in with my 2 roommates since August. Now, I've finally got some mood to get back on violin again. I have found that these Vivaldi concertos are particularly well suited for me to get in shape. They are more interesting than the regular etudes. They do require some practice to play well, but not particularly challenging - I don't think I'm quite ready to play anything hard yet.

These violin pieces are lovely. I can't resist sharing some of them here  =)

In my mind, this is a piece that has been associated with what court music is. It is elegant, expressive, and refreshing.

I first listened to this piece from a senior student of my violin teacher, when he was practising it for his grade 8 violin exam. This movement, together with the final movement (next one), was dedicated to a favorite student of Vivaldi who was about to leave Vivaldi. It is easy to feel a tinge of departing sadness, and how it transforms throughout the movement, as well as across movements.



In my imagination, this highly charismatic piece represents the self-declaration of a lady, with very refined tastes, reserved, and yet emotional.

今天回香港，上午九點多就飛到Chicago。原定十二時多飛往東京，因為日本有颱風，延遲三個小時才起飛，結果到達東京的時候，前往香港的航班已出發。航空公司安排入住酒店(不過要自費)，給了我一張紙條，上有酒店資料及前往方法。一看，嘩！！！Narita Excel Hotel Tokyu！！想不到第一次來日本(以前轉機不算)，第一次參觀的明勝便是傳說中Tommy和阿Ball所講的Ex-ce-ru Ho-te-ru。


第一次親身見到傳聞中有洗屁股功能既日本馬桶，不過不知道清潔能力好不好。可以想像，如果洗不乾淨，染色的水又流到其他地方，其實更難受




又Hawaiian massage，又英國式乜乜第二的心臟乜乜足乜刺激，其實是否和大家樂的俄羅斯牛柳飯，瑞士焗豬扒飯同出一轍？

Ex-ce-ru Ho-te-ru...OK！

歌詞：

ウインドゥのコートが呼びとめる
あなたにこそふさわしいと诱ってるわ
运命としか思えないほど素敌 素敌
爱はモデルを探しつづける
世界にひとつのウソをささやく
シャナイア
シャナイア シャナイア
唇さえリップの色选び
ダレもがほら自分のモデル探してるわ
ガラスの靴 いくつも有ることを知るの 知るの
爱はモデルを选び続ける
今日もドレスは私を呼ぶ
シャナイア

由於小弟不懂日文，請教了Google Translator作翻譯。結果如下  :D

法院要求停止Uindu
她適合你誘津
我只能想像為總理素敵敵運命
將繼續尋找愛的模式
私語是世界謊言
吐溫
吐溫吐溫
必選顏色，甚至唇唇
你知道我找我的模型也達雷
你知道是知道的幾個玻璃拖鞋
必選愛的模式繼續
連衣裙和今天給我打電話
吐溫

想起了章如城的"有耳的棺材"：