Gustav Mahler’s.. Symphony n° 5
Gustav.. Mahler’s..
Symphony.. N° 5..
Is.. intoxicating..
Listening to it.. I am transported into a place of great imagination..
Deep.. emotions..
Feelings..
Of.. divine love…
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Music | Dance
Jean-Christophe Maillot’s.. Le Lac
A warm feeling, a mood, an exhilaration enveloped me while watching enthralled.. Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s “Le Lac”, brilliantly choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot.
It has been so long since that charming feeling, uplifting sensation, that devours the soul, when one’s senses are allowed to celebrate, instead of denigrate.
Maillot and his dramatist collaborator, Jean Rouaud, forged a superb contemporary version of the legendary “Swan Lake” ballet by Tchaïkovski…
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Baryshnikov as Nijinsky: Letter to a Man…
The… night…
Was… dark…
Chilly… monstrous…
When… we shivered…
Our… way to…
Théâtre de… la Ville…
Watching the legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov.. metamorphose into the iconic Vaslav Nijinski… he literally became him by completely inhabiting the awesome.. frightening.. fragmented mind of the great.. prodigious most celebrated former virtuoso artist.. who performed with his mentor Sergei Diaghilev’s renowned Ballets Russes…
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Sergiu Celibidache.. A “God”…
Sergiu… Celibidache…
Romanian… conductor…
Composer… teacher…
Philosopher…
Had a life enhancing effect on my senses… watching him conduct the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra on the Franco-German TV network ARTE.
The experience felt like bathing in the very presence of… “The Divine”… a near transcendental moment… the closest thing to heaven…
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Closest.. To You…
Closest… to you…
While… in…
The… company of…
Frédéric Chopin’s…
Concerto… pour piano…
Numéro… un…
My eyes… close…
My lashes… flutter…
Wet… with tears…
You’re… there…
With… me…
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Frédéric Chopin.. Romantic Genius…
Frédéric Chopin…
Fryderyk…
Buried… was his… “heart”…
In his much loved homeland…
Poland…
Beneath an epitaph…
“For where your treasure is…
There will your heart be also”…
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La Philharmonie.. de Paris…
François… Hollande…
Chef… de l’État…
Inaugurated… opened…
La Philharmonie… de Paris…
Along with his entourage… including Anne Hidalgo… the mayor of Paris…
Was met on the opening night gala on the 14th of January… with a “sustained and spontaneous ovation”…
“Un concert… historique”…
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Chinese New Year 2014… in Paris…
“Le… Dragon”…
Loomed… large…
Formidable…
Its… huge head…
Its body… rippling…
Undulating… gliding…
Effortlessly… confidently…
Through the streets of Chinatown… in Paris…
We were… ecstatic…
The… Dragon…
Has always been… a powerful symbol of China…
In fact… we were celebrating the…
Chinese New Year 2014…
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Chantecler Tango… at Théâtre du Châtelet…
As… the curtain…
Of… the splendid…
Châtelet…
Théâtre Musical de Paris…
Slowly… lifted…
We… the enthralled…
Parisian… audience…
Were transported… to the mythical cabaret…
Chantecler…
In… Buenos Aires…
Mora… Godoy…
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