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Beethoven, Symphony N°6 op. 68, “Pastoral”
Unlike most of Beethoven’s works, the 6th symphony refers to real world themes and wild nature phenomenons, hence "Pastoral". Created in Vienna on december 22nd 1808, its structure is not the classical one for a symphony : five movements instead of four, each one illustrating a particular episode ...
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book I
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92
Beethoven uses an extraordinary palette of rhythms, colours and nuances in this work, increasing the contrasts and creating a sensation of perpetual motion. Wagner said "this symphony is the apotheosis of dance itself." This dancing character reaches its peak in the final, Dionysian scherzo. Yet ...
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
They are 24, 28 and 30 and share a common desire: to embody the word of God. Through their youth, their outspokenness, their atypical life stories and their different personalities, these 21st century seminarians shed a new light on the meaning of this vocation and, in a broader sense, the renunciat...
Stars and Men
On the occasion of the World Year of Astronomy in 2009, this documentary offers to enter the wings of one of the biggest European Services of Astrophysics (the SAp) and to discover, behind research, those who are in charge of it.
For one year, we follow the everyday life of persons who live the coun...
Gaza Souvenirs
“The easiest way of making the town’s acquaintance is to know how the people in it work, how they love, and how they die.” Albert Camus.
The film is a succession of phone calls between a young Palestinian, Wissam, and a young French filmmaker, Sam. Together, they bring back memories of a phantasmag...
THE LEGEND OF THE BUTTERI
No, you’re not dreaming! The lonesome cowboy riding his trusty horse through the desert isn’t a thing of the past. And they’re not restricted to the Wild West, either. In Italy, the butteri, the cowboys of the Maremma marshes, have refused to lay down their arms in the face of mechanisation. This dw...