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Olivier Latry plays the Great Organ of Notre-Dame
In the dead of night, in the very centre of the capital, a man is hunched over the keyboards of his instrument. Alone, inside Notre-Dame de Paris. Olivier Latry, one of the cathedral’s resident organists, relishes the privilege of being able to play this great Cavaillé-Coll instrument, which is amon...
Once upon a time… performed by l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France
The Orchestre National d'Ile de France, directed by Enrique Mazzola, invites us to rediscover 3 tales for yound and old alike. Performed at the Philarmonie de Paris :
- Engelbert Humperdinck: prelude of Hänsel and Gretel (8')
- Ruggero Leoncavallo: Prologue of Pagliacci (6')
- Sergueï Prokofiev: Pe...
Parents for life
Their son is a criminal and they will bear this cross forever. They are the parents of Matthieu, who in 2011, at a boarding school in Chambon sur Lignon, killed his friend, Agnès, who was 13 years old. To date in France, Matthieu is the only person to have been sentenced to life imprisonment for a c...
Post Mortem and other small hassles
Family company 'Vita', implanted in the suburbs of Lyon, is specialized in cleaning up places where were found dead bodies, filthy apartments and other pests. Christophe Mercier, head manager, decided a few years ago to develop a specific human remains cleaning protocol. His team faces sickening mel...
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf (l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France )
Pierre plays in the Russian countryside, near the house of his grandfather. A wolf is hanging around and eats the farm’s duck. Pierre managed to tie his tail, then convinces the hunters not to kill him and finally take him to the zoo. There is more fear than harm in this timeless tale that delights ...
Rameau : Daphnis & Eglé / La Naissance d’Osiris
Two works that have rarely seen the light of day. Setting them alongside Rameau’s tragédies lyriques one might be tempted to dismiss them as flimsy entertainments but they reveal a world full of charm, humanity, sensuality, and grace. These are not pieces written for the opera houses of Paris but fo...
Regal at the Binic Festival
This French Garage trio, discovery of the label Born Bad, is not afraid to chop melodies that overcome with emotion on sophisticated arrangements full of energy !
The Binic Festival:
Created in 2008 by a passionate team, willing to give to their land (Binic is a small port on the Britain North coas...
Revenge of the Charcutiers
The time has come for butchers to take their revenge. Gone is the old-fashioned image of the artisan in his stained apron. Today, some of them are turning pork into a noble product, taking pride of place on the table at fancy dinners. Thanks to the success of locally made produce, the profession now...
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Prologue de Pagliacci (l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France)
The scene takes place an August afternoon in a village of Calabria. In Pagliacci, the author uses the “mise en abyme” process of the dramatic action: The fiction get mixed up with reality when one of the actors takes advantage of the play to settle accounts with his wife’s lover. The music is compos...
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.
