It is perhaps the most cheerful of Beethoven's symphonies, performed here with such lightness of step and deft elegance: Conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock, the Orchestre de Paris performs Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60, at a 2017 concert held at the Philharmonie de Paris.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composed his fourth symphony in 1806, in a comparatively short amount of time. The March 1807 premiere was held in private, conducted by the composer himself, the first public performance being given in November of that same year. The Symphony No. 4 was well received during the composer's lifetime, but fell under later criticism. When held up against Beethoven's monumental Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, and 9 – it appears somewhat flat, less pregnant with meaning. The sunny nature of the Fourth should not however obscure the fact that it, too, is an expression of a theme which lay outside the usual bounds of music, and a formidable one at that; the theme of freedom.
Beethoven had been previously preoccupied with his opera Fidelio – the paradigm of the ‘rescue opera’ genre. An initial version was premiered in 1805, the second incarnation appearing in March of 1806. Beethoven's fourth symphony may be considered a continuation of Fidelio’s theme of liberation. The first movement, for instance, begins with a slow, brooding introduction, upon which the fast, lilting main theme bursts in like a liberating strike. Beethoven also references his sole opera in movements which follow. There is, however, an additional, programmatic parallel between Beethoven's Fourth and Fidelio: Both pieces deal with love. In the opera, the theme is openly played out, yet in the Symphony No. 4 it is expressed as a gesture, or a mood. Beethoven was experiencing a contented love affair with the Countess Josephine Deym von Stritetz while he was composing his fourth symphony.
(00:16) I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
(12:05) II. Adagio
(21:49) III. Menuetto – Trio: Allegro vivace – Un poco meno allegro
(27:21) IV. Allegro ma non troppo
jueves, 18 de noviembre de 2021
Alejandro Saga, homenaje a las de los atentados de París
El artista chileno Alejandro Saga ha querido rendir homenaje a las víctimas de los atentados de Paris de 2015 con una exposición en la que se pueden ver 12 retratos de esas víctimas, inaugurada el día del triste aniversario en la Galería Jour et Nuit Culture de París.
miércoles, 17 de noviembre de 2021
Charlie Chaplin at home in Switzerland, 1973 (from "The Gentleman Tramp")
• Beautiful rare footage of Charles Chaplin and his wife Oona at their home, the Manoir de Ban in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, in 1973 from Richard Patterson’s documentary The Gentleman Tramp (1975) with Walter Matthau. © Roy Export Company Limited
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martes, 16 de noviembre de 2021
La Europa judía de hoy (1/2) | DW Documental
¿Cómo viven y sienten los judíos en la Europa de hoy? ¿Qué historias cuentan? ¿Cómo aúnan tradición y modernidad? Y ¿cómo afrontan la discriminación y las amenazas?
"Hay una cotidianeidad judía en Europa que no suele mostrarse. Debates sobre política, Oriente Medio y antisemitismo eclipsan la diversidad de la vida judía. Por eso, era importante que empezáramos a reflejarla echando un vistazo espontáneo a esa realidad". Con este propósito, se lanzaron a un viaje por Europa el periodista suizo Yves Kugelmann y la productora de cine alemana Alice Brauner, ambos judíos.
La primera de las dos partes del documental lleva a Brauner y Kugelmann a Marsella, Estrasburgo, Fráncfort y Berlín. Con Harold Weill, el Gran Rabino de Estrasburgo, hablan sobre la vida en el barrio judío. ¿Se sienten él y su comunidad amenazados? Alon Meyer, presidente del club de fútbol multicultural TuS Makkabi Frankfurt y presidente de la federación deportiva judía Makkabi Deutschland, detalla la hostilidad que su equipo sufre fuera de los terrenos de juego. Posteriormente, Yves Kugelmann y Alice Brauner se encuentran en Berlín con la dramaturga y escritora Sasha Marianna Salzmann.
lunes, 15 de noviembre de 2021
Florencia Giordana Braun, ‘Pensar todo de nuevo’ en París
La argentina Florencia Giordana Braun, directora de la Galería Rolf Art de Buenos Aires, acaba de inaugurar la exposición ‘Pensar todo de nuevo’ en la Galería Argentina de París.
Naturalmente ha estado con Jordi Batallé en El invitado de RFI para presentárnosla.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051 | Orchestra ...
What makes Johann Sebastian Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto special is its darker, almost mysterious sound. This comes from the special instrumentation, which does entirely without high strings and wind instruments. Instead, violas, viols, cellos, double bass and harpsichord alone fill this sixth of the Brandenburg Concertos.
In keeping with the reduced size of the Orchestra Mozart, Concerto No. 6 is performed without a conductor. Claudio Abbado conducted the other five Brandenburg Concertos on this concert evening, but he steps aside for the sixth, leaving the stage of the stylish Teatro Municipale Valli entirely to the seven musicians – and his outstanding chamber orchestra elegantly brings the well-known Baroque concerto to life.
The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) are a collection of six instrumental works that Bach dedicated to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, in 1721. They are regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era. The concerts were, however, likely composed between 1718 and 1721, for Bach’s Köthener Hofkappelle. Bach’s original title, Six Concerts with Various Instruments, describes exactly what is special about these concerts; the varied use of several instruments – with different strings, wind instruments, or solo harpsichord for the concertini.
Orchestra Mozart:
Danusha Waskiewicz – Viola
Simone Jandl – Viola
Rainer Zipperling – Viola da gamba
Sabina Colonna Preti – Viola da gamba
Enrico Bronzi – Cello
Alois Posch – Violone
Ottavio Dantone – Harpsichord
00:03 I. Allegro
06:00 II. Adagio ma non tanto
10:47 III. Allegro
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