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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...
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C major, op. 67
"Just as you throw yourself here into the worldly maelstrom, so you can write works, in spite of all the hindrances imposed by society. Let your deafness be no longer a secret, even in art.” Beethoven, 1806 (inscription in the margin of a sketch for his Quartet Op. 59 n° 3).
Beethoven was more deter...
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...
Cagnes-sur-mer, a world in itself
The Cagnes-sur-Mer racecourse is a legendary racetrack. Very different from the other 250 racetracks in France because of its geographical location on the French Riviera with its feet in the Big Blue, it is also a "mixed" track, where the three equestrian disciplines, flat racing, jump racing and tr...
Carte blanche to Pierre Hantai
During the 10th Festival of Music and History for Intercultural Dialogue, harpsichordist Pierre HANTAI performs works by William Byrd, Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin and Georg Friedrich Haendel, on a harpsichord manufactured by Philippe Humeau.
Concert recorded at the Fontfroide Abbey i...
Chasing the baan
The Baan is the name the Indians give to the tidal bore wave of the Hooghly River, a major tributary of the Ganges. It is an ephemeral wave, sweeping away everything in its path and has always been feared by the inhabitants of the city of Calcutta.
Twice a day, with the changing tide, a wave impress...
Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartet live at the Galerie de la Bibliothèque de Versailles
The pianist Chilly Gonzales is one of the most interesting and complex musicians of his generation. It’s in a building full of history with an amazing aura that this concert takes place: the galeries of the Bibliothèque de Versailles.
The former Hôtel des Affaires Etrangères in the time of Louis XV,...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: ADOLFO ARRIETA, CADRÉ – DÉCADRÉ
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Jean Narboni, historian and critic, and Adolfo Arrieta, French film-director of Spanish origin, review the cinematographic career of Adolfo Arrietta during a meeting in Montreuil. André S. Labarthe films t...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: BENOIT JACQUOT, THE LAST SPHINX
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe
In April 2014, Benoit Jacquot suddenly disappears in the middle of Le journal d'une femme de chambre. Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, called in rescue by André S. Labarthe, founds the director in Italy. Life, cin...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: REMINISCENCES OF JONAS MEKAS
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Andre S, Labarthe assignes a difficult task to Jackie Raynal: to direct a portrait on a movie maker who only films self-portraits. What could be filmed on Jonas Mekas which hasn't already been immortalised...
