Luis Soares's Blog, page 153

Mea tormenta, properate!

Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński makes a dramatic entrance with the aria ‘Mea tormenta, properate’ by Johann Adolf Hasse, a track from his debut album, ANIMA SACRA. “Baroque style is about freedom and passion,” says Orliński, who was born in Poland, trained at New York’s renowned Juilliard School and in 2016 won the Metropolitan Opera's prestigious National Council Auditions.

While Hasse came from Germany, ANIMA SACRA’s special focus is on composers of the Neapolitan school and it features...

Mário Cesariny - You Are Welcome To Elsinore

Entre nós e as palavras há metal fundente
entre nós e as palavras há hélices que andam
e podem dar-nos morte     violar-nos     tirar
do mais fundo de nós o mais útil segredo
entre nós e as palavras há perfis ardentes
espaços cheios de gente de costas
altas flores venenosas     portas por abrir
e escadas e ponteiros e crianças sentadas
à espera do seu tempo e do seu precipício

Ao longo da muralha que habitamos
há palavras de vida     há palavras de morte
há palavras imensas, que esperam por nós
e outras,...

Risingson

Official video of Massive Attack performing Risingson from the album Mezzanine.

 

I seen you go down to a cold mirror
It was never clearer in my era so
You lick a shine upon your forehead or
Check it by the signs in the corridor
You light my ways through the club maze
We would struggle through the dub daze

 

I see myself in there upon my lover
It's how you go down to the men's room sink
Sad we talk of how madmen think
I see myself in there upon my lover
I don't know her from another miss
I don't know...

Alla gente a Dio diletta

Jakub Józef Orliński - "Alla gente a Dio diletta" (from "Il Faraone sommerso")

Among the world premiere recordings on the Polish-born countertenor’s programme is this aria by the Neapolitan composer Nicola Fago, ‘Alla gente a Dio diletta’.

Sung by Aaron, brother of Moses, it comes from the oratorio ‘Il Faraone sommerso’ (The drowned pharaoh), which tells the dramatic biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt. The flowing serenity of the aria is reflected in the dream-like atmosphere of this vi...

Black is Beautiful

Diz Thiago Borba:

Inspirado no movimento cultural que aconteceu nos anos 60 nos EUA pelos afro-americanos nasce o projeto fotográfico #BLVCKSBTFLL - Black is Beautiful que propõe ampliar o padrão da beleza que nos foi imposto no Brasil. 

Cadet Limbo

King Krule - Cadet Limbo // Directed by Charlotte Patmore. // Written by Archy Marshall.

Sally Mann

Deep South, Untitled (Scarred Tree), 1998

Bean’s Bottom, 1991

Bloody Nose, 1991

Hephaestus, 2008

Cherry Tomatoes, 1991

The Two Virginias #4, 1991

 

From the NYRB:

Do the landscapes that we inhabit have a memory of us after we disappear? Does something of us remain caught in the branches, entangled with the grass? Do faces hold memories of their past and a hint of their future? These are some of the questions raised by a haunting exhibition of photographs by Sally Mann, which demonstrat...

Suspirium

Thom Yorke performs Suspirium live at Maida Vale studios, London for BBC Radio 6 Music This track was written by Thom Yorke as part of the score for the horror movie Suspiria & was broadcast on Mary Anne Hobbs' 6 Music show.

Ombra mai fu

Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Repertoire: Handel Arias
Artists: Franco Fagioli (Countertenor), Il Pomo d’Oro, Zefira Valova
Place: Lonigo (Italy), Villa San Fermo, Sala Rossa
Produced by: Jakob Händel
Video Director: Igor Cortadellas (IGOR STUDIO)
Video Production: IGOR STUDIO - www.igorstudio.com
Music Video for “Ombra mai fu” © 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Charles Simic - Autumn Sky

In my great grandmother's time, 

All one needed was a broom 

To get to see places 

And give the geese a chase in the sky. 

 

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The stars know everything, 

So we try to read their minds. 

As distant as they are, 

We choose to whisper in their presence. 

 

               • 

 

Oh Cynthia, 

Take a clock that has lost its hands 

For a ride. 

Get me a room at Hotel Eternity 

Where Time likes to stop now and then. 

 

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Come, lovers of dark corners, 

The sky says, ...