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ArtsJournal: music
2019-03-03 19:00:34
Two Centuries Of Incorrect Labeling Made Us Think Gilbert Stuart Painted A Portrait Of George Washington’s Enslaved Chef
So the painting isn’t a Stuart, and it’s definitely not a portrait of a chef (and certainly not Hercules), say experts. What the heck? Errors of interpretation. “‘No American cook in the colonies dressed like that,’ said Evans, noting that the now-familiar chef’s toque did not appear until the 1820s. ‘It’s a fantasized image of […]
2018-05-30 07:13:58
Focus on Gounod - Palazzetto Bru Zane's Sixth Paris Festival
Charles Gounod in 1859, the year of the premiere of Faust. Charles Gounod is the focus of Palazzetto Bru Zane's Sixth Paris Festival which runs from 1st to 29 June 2018. Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques with soloists Véronique Gens, Jean-François Borras, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Andrew Foster-Williams, Juliette Mars, Ingrid Perruche, and Jérôme Boutillier are giving a concert performance of Gounod's 1859 version of Faust, this is the original version with spoken dialogue (and no ballet) which was premiered at the Théâtre-Lyrique, having been rejected by the Paris Opera as not sufficiently 'showy'. By the time the work did reach the Paris Opera, it had sung recitatives, a ballet and more, becoming a full grand opera.Another rarity is Gounod's opera La nonne sanglante which is being staged at the Opera Comique by David Bobée with Laurent Equilbey conducting Accentus Choir and Insula Orchestra, with soloists Michael Spyres, Vannina Santoni, […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2016-06-07 20:28:01
What Walter Benjamin Read
“The small black notebook catalogues Benjamin’s reading from the age of 22 in 1917 until 1939, shortly before he left Paris fleeing from the Nazis. It begins with number 462—earlier entries are lost—and ends with number 1712, Robert Hichens’ Le Toque noire. Putting to shame the more leisurely reader, Benjamin was averaging more than one book a week.”
2016-04-09 06:12:54
Los sonidos de las cuerdas y las pláticas de los asistentes llenan la sala. Las pinturas del techo cuentan mitos griegos de una sociedad que ya no aplica. El decorado del recinto, las lámparas y las alfombras traen recuerdos de temporadas donde las familias de poder desfilaban con abrigos de animales raros. El diseño del escenario contrasta con la decoración de tiempos viejos. El mar negro de los músicos ensayando unas últimas cuerdas crea una cacofonía que suena entre música y ritmos salvajes. Los sonidos me traen a mente las llamadas a la guerra. El público y los músicos esperan la entrada triunfante del general que los llevara a la guerra. Esperan al jinete que cabalgará por las llanuras salvajes del plano musical. La entrada sutil de las cuerdas en el primer movimiento de la sinfonía no. 8 de Schubert llena la atmosfera de un sentido de misterio. Segundos después […]