Antiphony
April 16, 2010
Did you ever wonder what those two facing organs in Italian churches were for? Here’s one thing they could do:
The echo effects in the second piece are especially charming and, like everything else in these performances, must be really effective with the stereo effects in the room itself.
Taking Easter Week Off?
April 9, 2010
Not Everyone Can Be Conrad or Nobokov
April 4, 2010
I had just finished reading this interesting article on the problems that foreign journalism students have in writing in a second language, if that language is English, when a friend pointed out to me a paragraph that he found charming. It is the mission statement of the classical-music service of Radio France online:
Without adhering systematically to the demagogic formula: ” the public is right always “, it is necessary for us well to agree that it is not always wrong: to hold account of its observations is least things on behalf of a radio of ” public ” service.Consequently, with two additional concerts diffused during the weekend, there are four hours more suggested to our listeners who will find – in addition – the appointments which them ” fidélisent ” throughout the week: this alternation of comments of sensitizing and information.The ” plural ” spirit of France Musiques will continue to appear by the opening of the chain to all the forms of expression: traditional musics, original film tapes, jazz, contemporary creations,etc.
Since it is difficult to believe that a passage like that sprang forth from any human head, I assumed that it came from an automated online translator. So I fed it back into the Goggle translation machine. This is the result, which some will find entertaining:
Sans adhérer systématiquement à la formule démagogique: «le public a toujours raison», il est nécessaire que nous sommes bien d’accord que ce n’est pas toujours tort: pour tenir compte de ses observations au moins les choses au nom d’une radio de “public service” . Par conséquent, avec deux concerts supplémentaires diffusés pendant le week-end, il ya quatre heures de plus proposé à nos auditeurs qui se trouve – en plus – le rendez-vous qui les “fidélisent” tout au long de la semaine: cette alternance de commentaires de sensibilisation et de information.The ” pluriel de «l’esprit de la France Musiques continuera à comparaître par l’ouverture de la chaîne à toutes les formes d’expression: musiques traditionnelles, des bandes originales de films, jazz, créations contemporaines, etc.
Tip of the hat to Jonathan Mortimer
Christus Victor
April 3, 2010
My favorite over-the-top Edwardian Easter anthem (Stanford), on a super-dramatic medieval text (St Fulbert of Chartres).
Come, Ye Daughters, Share My Anguish
April 2, 2010
A Bach Saint Matthew Passion Webcast from The Netherlands, one of the innumerable local performances of the work this time of year — each different, with its own flavor.