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The high road to Kilkenny – Early Music from Ireland
Perfomance of The Musicians of Saint-Julien in Celtic lands, “The high road to Kilkenny” combines refined, “highbrow” pieces along with an entertaining repertoire of songs in Gælic and dances from the Irish Baroque.
Ancient Celtic music carries great mystery. Wherever you look at it, i...
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Op.36 in F minor
Dedicated to Tchaikovsky’s platonic muse (and wealthy patroness) Nadezhda von Meck, the Fourth Symphony conceals a hidden programme, which the composer explained in a letter to his friend. The main idea of the work, the kernel of the whole score, appears at the opening: "Fatum, that fatal power whic...
Blaenavon & Isaac Gracie (Pocket Parties)
Blaenavon. These three young Englishmen are among the most promising talents of the moment, capable of going from elegiac piano ballads to epic rock songs without batting an eyelid. Signed to the Foals label, they were tipped for success after their appearance at the 2016 SXSW Festival, the leading ...
The last council
The Last Council tells the story of 13 old ladies, native grandmothers and charismatic ambassadors of oral civilisations: living libraries, keepers of long forgotten traditions, each of these grandmothers is the image of a culture. They come from Central Africa, Nepal, Tibet, North and South Americ...
Beethoven, Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61
Beethoven's violin concerto, written in 1806, the same year as the Fourth Symphony, is characterized by its profusion of themes and its unusual length: almost forty minutes, twice the length of most of Mozart's violin concertos.
Today this concerto is considered one of the major pieces of the violin...
Brahms, Symphony N°2 in D major, op.7
After the slow maturation of the First Symphony, the composition of the second one takes one year and its creation in Vienna by Wagnerian conductor Hans Richter is a success. Everybody find it more understandable and brighter. Brahms himself spoke of " waltze series" or "gay and innocent little symp...
Forever Pavot at the Binic Festival
Inrocks say that his latest album is "psychedelic, cinematic ... a great dream machine". Forever Pavot is an enigmatic character who sings in French and whose melodies plunge you into atmosphere known but ever new : Ennio Morricone, John Barry or Pink Floyd. A delicious concert in the sweetness of s...
Frustration at the Binic Festival
Album after album, concert after concert, Frustration conquered the audience with its rock electro cold guitar atmospheres. The band is carried away by the exceptional voice and charisma of Fabrice, a singer that Ian Curtis would have not denied! A band to follow for sure !
The Binic Festival:
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Mozart, serenade KV. 361 in B flat major « Gran Partita »
Serenade KV 361 in B flat major, called Gran Partita, is a work in seven movements for twelve wind instruments and double bass. Originally devoted to the outdoors, this "Evening Music" goes beyond the spirit of divertimento to get closer from the symphony.
Through its inspiration, the diversity of i...
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.