Woodwind Quintet

 The work of the Berlin based composer Sophia Jani lives across influences of various artists of all times and nations: from Bach and Schubert to the European and American avant-garde of the 20th and 21st century, to avant-pop artists like Björk and Ryuichi Sakamoto, or electronic music producers such as Tim Hecker, Laurel Halo or Skee Mask. In this way, she creates music that spans a dramaturgical arc while suspending any sense of time - calm, powerful, elegant, dance-like.

 

Woodwind quintet N°1

"Traditionally, when writing for a woodwind quintet, each instrument is assigned a specific function within the group. I was interested in breaking with these conventions and distributing the same elements equally throughout the ensemble. My idea was to create a pulsating process that changes over time, almost unnoticeable for the listener, until the piece ends up in a completely different place as it started." S.J.

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a review of "Music as a mirror" , her debut album, HERE

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Round Table on Modern Art

 

The Western Round Table on Modern Art.

San Francisco, April 8, 9 and 10, 1949.

The object of the Round Table was to bring a representation of the best informed opinion of the time to bear on questions about art today (1949). 

with  George Boas (Moderator): philosopher; John Hopkins University; Trustee, Baltimore Museum of Art. Gregory Bateson: cultural anthropologist, lecturer, authority on Bali and New Guinea. Kenneth Burke: literary critic, philosopher, novelist. Marcel Duchamp: artist. Alfred Frankenstein: critic; music and art editor, San Francisco Chronicle. Robert Goldwater: critic and art historian; Associate Professor of Art, Queens College. Darius Milhaud: composer and conductor. Andrew C. Richie: art historian and critic. Mark Tobey: artist. Frank Lloyd Wright: architect &  Arnold Schönberg: composer.

 

Marcel Duchamp & Gregory Bateson

 

Three sessions were scheduled for the first two days; an unscheduled fourth session was added the third day at the request of some participants. The second session was open by invitation to the public and to members of the San Francisco Art Association; the three other sessions were closed.

 

recordings,  images  &  transcript

Schönberg was unable to participate in the round table discussion, and instead recorded part of his contribution on his Webster Wire Recorder.

 

thanks to UBU web for these documents

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Songs of time lost

En 2014, à Antibes,  Vincent Segal & Piers Faccini fêtaient leurs retrouvailles en musique en piochant dans leur discothèque idéale. 

Un moment magique!

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Flamenco 1960

 

Extrait du documentaire "Flamenco, encuentros con los gitanos españoles" de Lennart Olson. Tourné à Sacramento, enregistré en 1962 et diffusé en septembre par SVT (Sveriges Television), la télévision publique suédoise. Le documentaire est une contribution de la Bibliothèque nationale suédoise .

 

Souvent appelée Antoñita La Singla pour la scène, ou simplement "La Singla", elle est une des grandes danseuses et actrices née gitane et figure de la danse flamenco des années 60.

 

 

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Bulerias

"Carmen Amaya, c'est la grêle sur les vitres, un cri d'hirondelle, un cigare noir fumé par une femme rêveuse, un tonnerre d'applaudissements."
Jean Cocteau

Fameuse danseuse de flamenco, Carmen Amaya (1913-1963) révolutionna la danse flamenca par ses fameux "zapateados", martèlements de pieds qu'elle exécutait à une vitesse prodigieuse.

Bach Plucked Unplucked

 

Ce projet mené par le pianiste Edouard Ferlet et la claveciniste Violaine Cochard consiste en une relecture d'oeuvres de Jean-Sébastien Bach mêlée à quelques improvisations.

This project led by the french pianist Edouard Ferlet and the harpsichordist Violaine Cochard consists of a re-reading of Bach' works criss-crossed with a few improvisations.

 

 

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