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We'll Meet Again

"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight and their families and sweethearts.

The song gave its name to the 1943 musical film "We'll Meet Again" which is shown here in which Dame Vera Lynn played the lead role.

Valzhyna Mort - Nocturne for a Moving Train

The trees I’ve glimpsed from the window
of a night train were
the saddest trees.

They seemed about to speak,
then –
             vanished like soldiers.

The hostesses handed out starched linens for sleep.
Passengers bent over small icons
of sandwiches.

In a tall glass, a spoon mixed sugar into coffee
banging its silver face against the facets.

The window reflected back a figure
struggling with white sheets.

The posts with names of towns promised
a possibility of words
for what flew by.

In lit-up windows p...

Il Barbiere

Teatro La Fenice - stagione 2007/ 2008
Gioachino Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

CAST

Il conte d’Almaviva Francesco Meli
Bartolo Bruno De Simone
Rosina Rinat Shaham
Figaro Roberto Frontali
Basilio Giovanni Furlanetto
Berta Giovanna Donadini
Fiorello Luca Dall’Amico
Un ufficiale Claudio Zancopè

Direttore Antonino Fogliani
regia Bepi Morassi

scene e costumi Lauro Crisman
light designer Vilmo Furian
regista collaboratore Luca Ferraris

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice
maestro del Coro Alfonso Caiani
maes...

Mother of Muses

Mother of Muses sing for me
Sing of the mountains and the deep dark sea
Sing of the lakes and the nymphs of the forest
Sing your hearts out, all your women of the chorus
Sing of honor and fate and glory be
Mother of Muses sing for me

Mother of Muses sing for my heart
Sing of a love too soon to depart
Sing of the heroes who stood alone
Whose names are engraved on tablets of stone
Who struggled with pain so the world could go free
Mother of Muses sing for me

Sing of Sherman, Montgomery, and Scott‬
And of Zh...

Lucille Clifton - Bouquet

i have gathered my losses
into a spray of pain;
my parents, my brother,
my husband, my innocence
all clustered together
durable as daisies.
now i add you,
little love, little
flower,
who walked unannounced
into my life
and almost blossomed there.

La Noche de los Mayas

L'Orchestre de Paris
Alondra de la Parra - conductor

Silvestre Revueltas - La Noche de los Mayas, Suite Orchestrale
0:24 I. Noche de los mayas
7:18 II. Noche de jaranas
12:46 III. Noche de Yucatán
19:25 IV. Noche de encantamiento

Festa da Espuma

David Bruno é um artista português que ama o seu país e a sua cultura, com todas as virtudes e imperfeições que lhe são inerentes. Depois dos álbuns “O Último Tango em Mafamude” (2018) e “Miramar Confidencial” (2019), o artista fez um desvio na temática “Vila Nova de Gaia” (a sua cidade natal e musa inspiradora das narrativas dos dois primeiros álbuns) e está de volta com “Raiashopping”, um disco onde o artista dá um passo atrás na sua árvore genealógica.

Um álbum inspirado em histórias pessoai...

Crime, 1957

In 1957, Life assigned Gordon Parks to illustrate a recurring series of articles on crime in the United States. The editors wanted to examine not only rising rates of criminal misconduct but also the perceived lack of response to such activity. Parks embarked on a six-week journey that took him and a reporter, Henry Suydam, to the streets of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Many of Parks’ images are low-lit, with figures shown in shadow, reflected in mirrors or windows...

Médée

En direct du Magazine le 19 novembre 2014, l'ensemble Amarillis dirigé par Héloïse Gaillard et la mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d'Oustrac interprètent deux airs de Médée tirées de "Thésée" de Lully: "Ah, ah, faut’il me venger" / "J’ai caché mon dépit". Une émission à réécouter dans son intégralité sur: http://bit.ly/1vrMrLB

Regi Claire - (Un)certainties

My sister once gave me
A. an ultramarine silk scarf
B. a star-shaped candlestick of clear glass
C. a guardian angel made from clay and driftwood

My sister loved
A. her family
B. her partner
C. kayaks

My sister’s partner loved
A. her
B. his family
C. kayaks

My sister and her partner loved
A. adventure
B. sports
C. water
D. the sea

My sister and her partner
A. had been on sea kayaking trips before
B. were familiar with that coastline
C. were offered a guided tour
D. trusted their abilities and experience

My sister...