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Run The Jewels at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris
In 2015, Run The Jewels won were showered with awards and acclaim for their rich and intelligent hip-hop. On stage, Killer Mike and El-P are the kind of duo they don’t make any more: they pass the ball, bouncing flows back and forth with incredible skill. It's good, it's funny, it's powerful.
Schubert, Quatuor N°14 “Death and the Maiden”
The Austrian Franz Schubert had a very short life (he died at 31 years of syphilis) but composed about 600 Lieder! Death and the maiden was written in 1817, words are from a poem by Matthias Claudius. This theme is taken from the Greek and Roman mythology (eg the Rape of Proserpina), which opposes t...
The night of the Kings: Royal festivities in the time of Louis XV
Jordi Savall takes over the three prestigious rooms of the castle, to honor the three Kings who created the architecture of Versailles.
With Louis XV it was the century of Voltaire and Rameau who became passionate about the Arts, and the King continued the tradition by being fond of par...
Brahms: symphony N ° 1 in C minor, op.68
Johannes Brahms composed his first symphony late in life, beginning it in 1862 and completing in 1876. Legend has it that his decision to tackle the genre was prompted by his finding a pen on Ludwig van Beethoven’s tomb in 1862. It represented the return to the great classical symphony, while fashio...
Schubert, string quartet N° 15 in G Major D.887, op. 161
This string Quartet, written by Franz Schubert in ten days in June 1826, is the fifth and final composed for this kind of ensemble. This quartet is characterized by its polyphonic extent, its contrasts and structural complexity. It includes four movements : Allegro molto moderato, Andante un poco mo...
Son Lux at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris
Listening to his intimate records, seeing his slender form hunched over his piano, it’s hard to imagine the insane force of Son Lux concerts. But thanks to a drummer and guitarist of breathtaking precision and presence, we get to experience the full extent of their power.
The Art of the Soundtrack
Cyril Morin, French film composer, working magic with our emotions, has set out to conquer the United States.
Through a portrait of this unique artist, tracing his original career (from rock to film music via advertising), his decisive meetings, the professionals with whom he has worked and clips of...
Beethoven, Symphony # 3 Op. 55, «Eroica»
Beethoven firstly devoted this symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte but the composer gave up this idea when he learned that the first consul was crowned emperor. He then renamed it in memory of a great man, though it has been finally dedicated to his main patron, the Prince of Lobkowitz. This symphony is ...
Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Unlike the two previous symphonies, that were created in Vienna, this symphony was premiered on the 25th of October 1885 in Meiningen by the Meininger Hofkapelle under the direction of the composer, and it was a success. Brahms and Hans von Bülow, conductor of the Meiningen orchestra, then took it i...
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF VALERIAN : The Story of Page 52
Few months before Luc Besson' movie "Valérian and the city of the 1000 planets" release, this documentary is an immersion” within the studio of JEAN-CLAUDE MÉZIÈRES, a master of the 9th Art and co-creator with PIERRE CHRISTIN of the “VALÉRIAN” series.
A day-by-day, real-time tutorial in the art of...
