Hi Bert,
How many times must one listen to Vivaldi before AC 11.2 ushers in the new millennium for Surescripts on January 1st?
I'm glad that you asked!
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Unfortunately, Vivaldi left us only 500 concertos and sinfonias.
(I scorn his nearly fifty operas, roughly ninety sonatas, and scads of sacred choral music.)
Let's see . . . it's December 14th, so I have 17 days left.
Given an average of 10 minutes per concerto, I calculate that I can listen to RV 87 through RV 585 before the New Year by enjoying a mere five hours a day of Vivaldi.
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500 concertos x (10 minutes/concerto) = 5,000 minutes
5,000 minutes / (60 minutes/hour) = 84 hours
84 hours / 17 days = 5 hours/day
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Luckily, multiple performances of all of these are available on Youtube, so I don't have to waste time shoving my dusty CD's in and out of the computer.
Even more luckily, the open source YouTube-DLG provides a convenient interface for downloading and storing the music.
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
