Luis Soares's Blog, page 88

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo

TheCapriccio on the departure of a beloved brother(Italian:Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo),BWV992, is an early work byJohann Sebastian Bach, possibly modeled on the Biblical Sonatas ofJohann Kuhnau. The story that Bach performed it at age nineteen when his brotherJohann Jacobleft to become anoboistin the army of Charles XII inSwedenis questionable. But the chosen tonality of B-flat major seems to be a deliberate reference to the family's name ("B" in German is...

Ron Padgett - The Absolutely Huge and Incredible Injustice in the World

What makes us so mean?
We are meaner than gorillas,
the ones we like to blame our genetic aggression on.
It is in our nature to hide behind what Darwin said about survival,
as if survival were the most important thing on earth.
It isn't.
You know—surely it has occurred to you—
that there is no way that humankind will survive
another million years. We'll be lucky to be around
another five hundred. Why?
Because we are so mean
that we would rather kill everyone and everything on earth
than let anybody get...

Bloodbuzz Ohio

SOAK covers The National's track 'Bloodbuzz Ohio'.

Makes Me Wonder

"Makes Me Wonder" feat. Marta taken from the 'Test of Time' compilation out now on False Idols.

Dir / Dop / Edit: Mateusz Miszczyński & Jakub Stoszek
Steadicam: Krystian Dąbek, Tomek Dobski
Make-up: Kamila Dobska
Best boy: Mateusz Niedośpiał
Colorist: Mateusz Miszczyński

Current Mood

When we think of beds, we usually think of them as neatly made, waiting to be used. Noah Kalina wanted to undo that, to pull back the covers and sculpt a monumental shape out of the fabric where our bodies would be, and where our bodies have been, as both a still-life (of the materials of sleep) and a portrait (of someone's presence).

Bedmounds is the culmination of Kalina’s long-term project creating and capturing sculptural forms in the middle of beds around the world. The mounds...

It was a very good year.

Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year (in studio) (1965) from Jean CECE on Vimeo.

One hot September summer night in 1990 I’m tossed and turned in bed like the mattress and the sheets are a storm and I’m a small ten year-old boat in it. I wake up soaked in sweat from a bad dream I can’t remember to the siren’s call of music from downstairs. I go look. Music is where mommy and daddy will be, where I’ll find solace. Down I go. The record player is in the front room and in warm weather my...

The Silver Sleigh Bells

Live from Musikbrauerei, Berlin – Pianist Daniil Trifonov performs Rachmaninov’s The Silver Sleigh Bells, Op. 35, No. 1 at the Yellow Lounge in November 2019.

Hart Crane - Interior

It sheds a shy solemnity,
This lamp in our poor room.
O grey and gold amenity, --
Silence and gentle gloom!

Wide from the world, a stolen hour
We claim, and none may know
How love blooms like a tardy flower
Here in the day’s after-glow.

And even should the world break in
With jealous threat and guile,
The world, at last, must bow and win
Our pity and a smile.

T.G.I.F.

Artist: Róisín Murphy
Track: Narcissus
Label: SKINT BMG
Production Company: Squire

Director: Róisín Murphy
Producer: P Tidyness
1st Ad: M Lawson
DOP: Farmer D'
Focus Puller: Bhen Worthington
Gaffer: Chris Dowling
Art Director: P Tiddy
Wardrobe Designer: Polly Banks
Make Up: Emil Zed, Bobbie Gordon

Offline Edit: Ben Unwin
Grade / Effects: Sim Tennant
On-line: A weird box of Effects.
Catering: Phil Tidy
Runner: Veronica Allana
Camera Kit: Love Film
Lighting: c/o Spectrecom
Studio: Spectrecom Studios.

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Allegro con Brio

Jan Lisiecki – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro con brio

Jan Lisiecki – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3: II. Largo

Jan Lisiecki – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3: III. Rondo. Allegro

Deutsche Grammophon is delighted to release Jan Liesieckis interpretation of Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos. The album follows Lisiecki’s acclaimed Mendelssohn concerto recording earlier this year and marks his sixth recording for the Yellow Label. The recording marks a milestone at the break of the Beethoven...