Podcast appearances and mentions of Claude Debussy

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear the answer to the question about Mario Vargo Llosa. There's The Sound Kitchen mailbag, the “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!    Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level” and you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Brother Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Brother Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 19 April, I asked you a question about Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize-winning author from Peru. You were to re-read Paul Myers' article “Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89”, and send in the answers to these questions: In which year did Llosa win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and what did the Nobel Committee write about his work?The answer is, to quote Paul's article: “His Nobel Prize in 2010 came 51 years after The Cubs and Other Stories. The Nobel committee said the accolade was an award for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, “What are the obstacles that impede your happiness?”, which was an idea from Erwan Rome, who suggested we look at the philosophy questions asked on the French baccalaureate exams, the French leaving-school exam. This one was for the 2018 students.Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Father Stephen Wara from Bamenda, Cameroon. Father Steve is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Father Stephen,on your double win.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Samir Mukhopadhyay from West Bengal, India - who noted Vargas is one of his favorite Latin American writers; Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh; Niyar Talukdar from Maharashtra, India, and last but not least, RFI English listener Tanjim Tatini from Munshiganj, Bangladesh.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme:  “En route à Bengal” inspired by traditional Bengali folk music, arranged and performed by the Hamelin Instrumental Band; Traditional Peruvian Cumbia; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “The Loud Minority” by Frank Foster, performed by the the Loud Minority Big Band.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Ollia Horton's article “Ukraine, Gaza and #MeToo in the spotlight as Cannes Film Festival opens”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 16 June to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 21 June podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

"La musica è l'aritmetica dei suoni come ottica è la geometria della luce".(Claude Debussy)

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the drop in pollution rates in Paris. There's “On This Day” and “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, and plenty of good music. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!    Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 12 April I asked you a question about the drop in air pollution in Paris. That week, Airparif, an independent group that tracks air quality, reported that between 2005 and 2024, levels in Paris of the two most harmful air pollutants – fine particles and nitrogen dioxide – fell by 55 percent and 50 percent respectively.You were to re-read our article “Air pollution in Paris region 'cut in half' over the past 20 years” and send in the answer to this question: According to Airparif, what are the policies that led to the reduction in Paris' pollution? What are some of the concrete steps that were taken?The answer is, to quote our article: “Antoine Trouche, an engineer at Airparif, told France Inter radio that several concrete steps had made a difference.These included ‘the Euro emissions standards, taxation of industrial pollutant emissions, and increased public transport and cycling infrastructure'.He also pointed to ‘the replacement of diesel vehicles with petrol and electric vehicles.'”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Jayanta Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India: “Suppose you find an old magical lamp which when rubbed a genie appears and tells you he will fulfill one wish. What would your wish be?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI English listener Malik Allah Bachaya Khokhar, the president of the Sungat Radio Listeners Club in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. Malik is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations on your double win, Malik.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Ramu Reddy, a member of the RFI Pariwar Bandhu SWL Club in Chhattisgarh, India, and RFI Listeners Club members Sardar Munir Akhter from Punjab, Pakistan, as well as Deekay Dimple from Assam, India.Last but not least, RFI English listener Ataur Rahman Ranju, the president of the Alokito Manush Cai International Radio Listeners Club in Rangpur, Bangladesh.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme:  “Free Wheelin'” by Thierry Durbet and Laurent Thierry-Meig; “Arc en Ciel 3” by Philippe Bestion; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Un Nuit à Paris” by Kevin Godley and Lol Cream, performed by 10cc.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “France hosts summit to lure scientists threatened by US budget cuts”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 9 June to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 14 June podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) - Quartetto per archi in sol minore, op. 10, L 911.       Animé et très décidé (0:00)2.       Assez vif et très rythmé (6:04)3.       Andantino, doucement expressif (9:51)4.       Très modéré (16:23) Alban Berg Quartet Gerhard Schulz, violinoGünter Pichler, violinoThomas Kakuska, violaValentin Erben, violoncello

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about Marine Le Pen's full embezzlement sentence. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 3 April I asked you a question about Marine Le Pen, the president of the far-right French party the National Rally (RN). She, along with eight other RN Parliament members, was judged guilty of embezzling 4.4 million euros in European Union funds to pay France-based RN party staff who worked only for the RN and not on EU issues.Le Pen and her fellow lawmakers have been banned from running for office for five years. This ban, which had previously been a rare sentence, has become commonplace since the Sapin 2 law was adopted in 2016, which made it the standard sentence for cases involving the embezzlement of public funds and was roundly supported by RN lawmakers – until now.You were to re-read our article “RN leader Le Pen battles for political future after embezzlement conviction”, and send in the answer to this question: Aside from the ban on running for office, what else was included in Le Pen's sentence?The answer is, to quote our article: “Le Pen was also sentenced to four years' imprisonment, two of which will be served under an electronic bracelet, and a fine of 100,000 euros.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by the late Muhammad Shamim who lived in Kerala State, India: "Would you rather be rich but not famous, or famous but not rich?"   Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI English listener Lata Akhter Jahan, the co-president of the Sonali Badhan Female Listeners Club in Bogura, Bangladesh. Lata is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Lata, on your double win.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Shaira Hosen Mo from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh; Nasyr Muhammad from Katsina State, Nigeria; John Yemi Sanday Turay from Freetown, Sierra Leone, and last but not least, Saleha, who is also a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme:  “Les Jardins de L'Alhambra” by Gérard Torikian; “Stacatto” by René Aubry; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Aýa döndi” by Nuri Halmamedov and Mahtumkuli, performed by baritone Atageldi Garýagdyýew.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “How French women won, and used, their right to vote in 1945”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 2 June to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 5 June podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the French wine crisis. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have new RFI Listeners Club members, Jocelyne D'Errico, a Frenchwoman who lives in New Zealand, and Alexander Konak from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.Welcome Jocelyne, welcome Alexander!  So glad you have joined us!You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write to me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I'll send you a membership number. It's that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you'll receive a premium prize.This week's quiz: On 29 March, I asked you a question about RFI English journalist Jan van der Made's article “France's wine industry is in crisis. Can this Nigerian consultant save it?”Not only are people drinking less wine – sales are down and so are exports – but there are the 200 percent tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump. But Chinedu Rita Rosa, whom Jan profiled in his article, thinks she has the solution.You were to send in the answer to this question: What is Chinedu Rita Rosa's solution for the troubled French wine industry?The answer is, as Rosa told Jan: “It's time to find alternatives to the US and China, in countries such as Brazil, India and Africa ... French wine producers should have a deep understanding of the culture and tastes of new markets and adjust their products and marketing strategies accordingly. ‘You have to meet people, learn about their tastes, and adapt accordingly.'”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Sadman Shihab Shahorier, the co-chairman of the Source of Knowledge Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh: “What is your most vivid childhood memory?” Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI English listener Tasmaul Akhter Nazma, the general secretary of the Sonali Badhan Female Listeners Club in Bogura, Bangladesh. Tasmaul is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Tasmaul, on your double win!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Ferhat Bezazel, the president of the RFI Butterflies Club Ain Kechera in West Skikda, Algeria, and Abiha Fatima, a member of the RFI Online Visitors Club in Sahiwal, Pakistan. There's Naved Raiyan, the president of the RFI Fan Club in West Bengal, India, and last but not least, RFI English Listener Mampi Paul, also from West Bengal.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Wildlife of Tanzania” by Wuji; “Paris Cafe Ambience”; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Mount Harissa” from the Far East Suite by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.  Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “What happens now after the death of Pope Francis?”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 19 May to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 24 May podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

durée : 01:28:23 - Une heure et plus, un compositeur : Claude Debussy - par : Aurélie Moreau - « Être supérieur aux autres n'a jamais représenté un grand effort si l'on n'y joint pas le beau désir d'être supérieur à soi-même », disait Debussy. L'univers de ce compositeur visionnaire est fascinant. Sa recherche de l'inédit a marqué à jamais l'histoire de la musique.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)Danses per arpa cromatica e orchestra d'archi, L 113Danse sacrée - Très modéré (fa maggiore)Danse profane - Modéré (re maggiore)Elena Gorna, arpaOrchestra Sinfonica d'ItaliaFlavio Emilio Scogna, conductor *****10:29Sonata n. 2 in fa maggiore per flauto, viola e arpa, L 145Pastorale - Lento, dolce rubatoInterlude - Tempo di minuetto (fa minore)Finale - Allegro moderato ma risolutoEmmanuel Pahud, fluteYulia Deyneka, violaAline Khouri, harp

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have new RFI Listeners Club members, Jocelyne D'Errico, a Frenchwoman who lives in New Zealand - and Alexander Konak from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.Welcome Jocelyne, welcome Alexander!  So glad you have joined us!You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write to me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I'll send you a membership number. It's that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you'll receive a premium prize.This week's quiz: On 22 March,I asked you a question about Paul's article “Zimbabwe's aspiring Olympics supremo Coventry targets development of athletes”, which profiled seven-time Olympic medalist Kirsty Coventry, the most decorated African in the 129-year history of the Games.Kirsty Coventry was one of the candidates vying for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, which was decided a few days after the podcast … and she won! She's the first woman, and the first African, to hold the post. Congratulations Ms. Coventry!You were to send in a list of the medals the swimmer won, along with the dates of the Games in which she won them.The answer is, to quote Paul: “… in 2004 at the Athens Games, she won gold in the 200m backstroke, silver in the 100m backstroke and bronze in the 200m individual medley.In Beijing in 2008, she retained her backstroke title and claimed silver again in the 100m backstroke as well as silvers in the 200 and 400m individual medley.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Alan Holder from England's Isle of Wight. His question was: “Do you believe that people have a sixth sense - that is, an ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of smell, sight, taste, hearing, and touch?  Can you recall any personal experiences to justify your belief?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Dipita Chakrabarty. Dipita is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Dipita, on your double win!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club member Bidhan Chandra Sanyal from West Bengal, India, and Paresh Hazarika, a member of the RFI United Listeners Club in Assam, India. Last but not least, there are RFI English listeners Khondaker Rafiqul Islam from Naogaon, Bangladesh, and Ahmad, who's a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Koud Min” by Aurélien Chambaud and Yon Kalawang; “Hip Hotheads” by Rick Braun; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and Antonio Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in a minor, RV 499, performed by Daniel Smith with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Philip Ledger.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Paul Myers' article “Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 12 May to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 17 May podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about European military powers. You'll hear about recent concerts featuring the music of JS Bach, as well as “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan". All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have new RFI Listeners Club members, all members of a student radio club in West Bengal, India, headed up by their teacher, Ratan Kumar Paul. Join me in a hearty welcome to new members Deep Paul, Dilip Meta, Sima Pal, and Rimil Paul, with of course, their teacher, Ratan Kumar Paul.Welcome, one and all! So glad you have joined us!You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write to me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I'll send you a membership number. It's that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you'll receive a premium prize.This week's quiz: On 15 March, I asked you a question about our article “Macron hosts European military chiefs to discuss Ukraine security guarantees”. French President Emmanuel Macron had just met with defense ministers from Europe's five main military powers for talks on the "necessary rearmament of Europe", as well as military support to Ukraine, according to one of the French defense minister's aides.You were to send in the answer to this question: Which five countries are Europe's main military powers? The answer is: France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and Poland. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “Which is more important, talent or hard work?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Helmut Matt from Herbolzheim, Germany. Helmut is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Helmut, on your double win!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Hasina Zaman Hasi, a member of the RFI Amour Fan Club in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and RFI Listeners Club members Solomon Fessahazion from Asmara, Eritrea, Karobi Hazarika from Assam, India, and Samir Mukhopadhyay from West Bengal, India.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The Adagio from the Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060 by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by violinist Nemanja Radulovic, oboist Sébastien Giot, and the Double Sens Ensemble; “Herr, unser Herrscher”  (“Lord, our Ruler”) from the St John Passion, BWV 245 by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Jos van Veldhoven; Czardas by Vittorio Monti, performed by Nemanja Radulovic with the Chamber Orchestra of Cannes, conducted by Didier Benetti; the Allegro from the Violin Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052R by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Nemanja Radulovic and the Double Sens Ensemble; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; the theme music from "I Dream of Jeannie" by Hugo Montenegro; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and traditional Greenland Inuit Chants and Drums. Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “Air pollution in Paris region 'cut in half' over the past 20 years”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 5 May to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 10 May podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

Cyndi Lauper is a multi-award winning singer and songwriter. She has sold more than fifty million records, won an Emmy for acting and her musical Kinky Boots earned her a Tony and an Oliver award. Born in 1953, Cyndi grew up in a blue collar neighbourhood in New York. Her mother loved music and art and took her children to free exhibitions in New York which inspired Cyndi. As a very young girl, Cyndi listened to her mother's extensive record collection and mimicked the voices she heard from musicals and operas.After a difficult family home life due to her mother's turbulent marriages, Cyndi found solace in music and began writing songs when she was ten. She left home at seventeen determined to make it in the music industry. She started out as a singer in bands, whilst supporting herself doing a series of jobs. Early in her career, she lost her voice for almost a year after trying to make herself heard over amps which were too loud. Success eventually came when she released her debut solo album She's So Unusual in 1983 – the first album by a female artist to spawn four consecutive US Top 5 singles.Cyndi lives in New York with her husband, David who is an actor. They met on a set of a film and rock legend Little Richard officiated their wedding.DISC ONE: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Composed by Claude Debussy and performed by The Orchestre National de Lyon DISC TWO: All That Meat and No Potatoes - Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars DISC THREE: Puccini, “Un bel di, vedremo” (“One fine day, we shall see”) from Act II of Madame Butterfly. Performed by Maria Callas with Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, conducted by Herbert von Karajan DISC FOUR: Getting to Know You - Marni Nixon DISC FIVE: I Want Hold Your Hand - The Beatles DISC SIX: A Sailboat in the Moonlight - Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra DISC SEVEN: One Way or Another - Blondie DISC EIGHT: Hound Dog - Big Mama ThorntonBOOK CHOICE: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris LUXURY ITEM: A luxury hotel CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Puccini, “Un bel di, vedremo” (“One fine day, we shall see”) from Act II of Madame Butterfly. Performed by Maria Callas with Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, conducted by Herbert von KarajanPresenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Sarah Taylor

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about AI and the French company Lingora. There's “The Listener's Corner”, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and an homage to Muhammad Shamim, the president of the RFI Golden Eagles Club. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have new RFI Listeners Club members, all members of a student radio club in West Bengal, India, headed up by their teacher, Ratan Kumar Paul. Join me in a hearty welcome to new members Deep Paul, Dilip Meta, Sima Pal, and Rimil Paul, with of course, their teacher, Ratan Kumar Paul.Welcome, one and all! So glad you have joined us!You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write to me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I'll send you a membership number. It's that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you'll receive a premium prize.This week's quiz: On 8 March, I asked you to listen to Alison Hird and Sarah Elzas' Spotlight on France podcast number 124. They covered AI in the show, and the EU-backed "third path" approach, midway between the US' private tech firm-dominated model, and China's state-controlled technology.You were to re-listen to their AI report, specifically about the French company Lingora, who recently released a large language model trained on French and European content. You were to send in the answer to these two questions: When was the company Lingora founded, and in which year did they begin work on their AI model? The answer is, as Sarah noted: Lingora was founded in 2000; the company began working on AI in 2016.In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: "Is it wrong to disobey laws?"Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Jayanta Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India. Jayanta is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Jayanta, on your double win.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Radhakrishna Pillai from Kerala State, India; Zenon Teles, the president of the Christian – Marxist – Leninist - Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India, and Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh.Last but assuredly not least, there's RFI English listener Shaharier Sadman Shihab from Naogaon, Bangladesh.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Kashmir” by George Fenton and John Leach; “Bamboule” by  Pierre Bensousan; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Yé ké yé ké” by Mori Kante, performed by Mori Kante and his ensemble. Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “RN leader Le Pen battles for political future after embezzlement conviction”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 28 April to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 3 May podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

durée : 01:27:50 - En pistes ! du vendredi 04 avril 2025 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - A retrouver aujourd'hui également : Un concerto pour piano de Cécile Chaminade, des pièces iconiques du répertoire de Bach et Biber à la viole de gambe, les grands airs de l'opéra napolitain du XVIIIe siècle...

durée : 01:27:50 - En pistes ! du vendredi 04 avril 2025 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - A retrouver aujourd'hui également : Un concerto pour piano de Cécile Chaminade, des pièces iconiques du répertoire de Bach et Biber à la viole de gambe, les grands airs de l'opéra napolitain du XVIIIe siècle...

Piše Veronika Šoster, bereta Višnja Fičor in Aleksander Golja. Knjižna zbirka Sončnice že vrsto let prinaša sveže pesniške pristope, zelo različne glasove, poetike in občutja. Na videz drobna knjižica Favnovo popoldne izjemno plodovitega ustvarjalca Andreja Medveda, sicer pesnika, esejista, filozofa, urednika, prevajalca in umetniškega vodje Obalnih galerij Piran, si zasluži vso pozornost, saj je presunljiva in zgoščena v najmanjši atom izdihanega zraka. Kot vedno se je pri branju Medvedove poezije dobro čim bolj seznaniti z aluzijami, navezavami, pokloni in navdihi. Že naslov zbirke Favnovo popoldne prinaša pravo zakladnico zgodovine in kulture. Favn je bil v rimski mitologiji bog polj in gozdov, upodobljen kot človek s kozjimi nogami, lahko bi rekli, da je rimska različica grškega satira. Navdihnil je mnoge, med drugim francoskega simbolista Stéphana Mallarméja, ki je leta 1876 napisal pesem z naslovom Favnovo popoldne. Tu se zgodba vplivov ne konča, saj je osemnajst let pozneje skladatelj Claude Debussy na podlagi pesnitve napisal skladbo z istim naslovom. Mallarmé je bil do poskusa najprej zadržan, saj naj bi že poezija dovolj zazvenela, ko pa je Debussyjevo desetminutno stvaritev slišal v živo, mu je poslal precej občudujočo zahvalo. Medvedova knjiga tako, že preden jo odpremo, nagovarja in vabi v posebno vzdušje, ki naj bi bilo popoldne nekega mitološkega bitja. Vendar ne ostane le pri tem. Knjiga se takoj razprši na razne pomenske konce in kraje in nas že s prvim verzom povabi v prazne, zapuščene prostore. Posvečena je deklici Danki Ilić, katere tragična zgodba še vedno ni dobila zaključka. Medved tako hipoma ustvari močan kontrast med nežno sanjavo glasbo in tragičnimi usodami, kar je pravzaprav tudi srž vsake mitologije. Vsebinskemu kontrastu sledi tudi vizualni, saj se pesmi razdrobijo v zelo nenavadno obliko – skoraj vsaka stran v knjigi prinaša tri verze zgoraj in tri verze spodaj, na sredi pa med njimi zeva velikanska praznina. So to prostori, ki smo jih zapustili, ki so zapustili nas? Se med njimi giba favnova senca? Tudi Medvedovo Favnovo popoldne lahko beremo kot enotno stvaritev, ki pa se napaja iz raznih virov. Gre za poezijo, ki jo je neizmerno težko ujeti v opise, saj se dogaja na obrobju zavesti, med stikom neba in zemlje, ki sta ves čas povezana v svoji usodnosti. Podobe so po eni strani neverjetno trpke, stroge, hladne, krute, po drugi pa mehkobno svetle, nežne, čutne. Medved izumlja svoj jezik, jezik iz zemlje, če si sposodim Zajčevo sintagmo (a ne kar naključno, že na začetku knjige naletimo na podobo kepe iz pepela). To je jezik, ki rožlja in se krotoviči, ki nas ne izpusti iz svojega primeža od prve do zadnje vrstice: »[…] in kot svetlobni prti, ki skrijejo obrazne maske … Kot majhni krti iz telesne plazme se skrijejo neznansko majhni škrati v krvi, kot pivnik v laske in kot tipalke v žrdi … Kot mokra ptica v dlani, stopljena klica v izprani raztopini, v nebesni kani … Kam so izginile listnate role? V sladke, presladke šamrole? So se razblinile v znitkane pole? V kepi iz ust in žrela? V pust občutek po piku kraljevskega žela? V tekoči, lepljivi vodik, v plinaste cisterne?« Andrej Medved se poigrava tako s pomeni in navezavami kot s samimi besedami, pa naj gre na ravni zvočnosti besed, kot tudi na ravni skrite notranje rime, ki ni stalna, zato je ne moremo pričakovati in se ne izpoje, ko pa se pojavi, se zdi kot osji pik, kot trska, kot sončni žarek med listjem. Tako je zbirka tesno zvezana tudi na besedni in zvočni ravni. Iz vsakega verza bi lahko izluščili mnogo skritih pomenov, a včasih je bolje, da se prepustimo toku Favnovega popoldneva, da nas ponese skozi tisočletja in spet nazaj, v današnje prazne prostore, ki še kako odmevajo. Po tonu se zdi, da gre za nagovor oziroma dialog z bralcem, pesniški subjekt se ves čas obrača na nekoga, pri tem pa uporablja primerjave, da bi opisal, kar doživlja in opazi okrog sebe. Vpraša nas, če lebdimo v popoldnevu favna, in res se zdi, da se v trenutku odlepimo od tal in se še bolj prepustimo toku poezije, ki je polna mitoloških podob, zgodovine, umetnosti, pa tudi čisto vsakdanjih podob sveta. Vsako novo vprašanje nas postavlja pred dilemo, pred željo po odgovoru in obenem hlepenju po nadaljevanju v ritmu, ki ne jenja: »Si kdaj pomislil na vzhajajočo / luno, ki v ožarčenem sfumatu skriva / plašč grenkobe, ki se zajeda v tvoje čelo in ramena, / brez polti in črnih turov?« Kot se pred favnom razprostre popoldne, se pred pesniškim govorcem razprostre vsemirje, ki ga lovi v verze, kjer bi se vsaj malo ustalilo, ustavilo, umirilo. Hoče videti, kako zraste vrt, kako se zaspi na dlaki jazbeca, kako brizgne kri, kako se zbudi jutro, kako se žrejo oblaki in se podirajo stolpi. Pri tem spraševanju niti malo ne prosi za pozornost, saj je naslovnik vprašanj lahko kar on sam, ali pa so namenjena le tihemu odzvanjanju v zavesti, med sanjami. Proti koncu knjige se večkrat vrine njegov bežni medklic na vsa ta vprašanja, 'ne vedel bi, a vendar vem', ki še bolj priča o vseobsegajočih možnostih, ki jih odpira. Gre za poezijo, ki se ji moramo prepustiti, s katero moramo odplavati v neskončno dolgo popoldne. In postati, kot pravi zadnji verz knjige: »Kot nebo brez konca.«

Vandaag een aflevering in de serie "In Stukken". La Mer van Claude Debussy wordt in stukken geknipt. Aan de hand van de fragmenten in de mooiste opnames wordt het stuk onder de loep genomen. Panelleden: mezzosopraan Ekaterina Levental en hoboïst Ali Groen.

The story of French electronic music over the last hundred years is one of artistic and technical innovations that changed the course of contemporary music. The late 19th century stylistic inventions of GABRIEL FAURÉ, MAURICE RAVEL, and CLAUDE DEBUSSY led to the emergence of Impressionism and Minimalism in the 20th century—while the revolutionary innovations of ERIK SATIE laid the foundation for ambient background music and personal music for solo piano. At the same time, the invention of playable French electronic instruments like the “Ondes Martenot” in 1928, accelerated the arrival of live electronic performance, and the French brilliance in style and design produced exceptionally refined sonic and textural quality in recordings after mid-century. On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, a look at French ambient and electronic music from the 1970's to now, on a program called "AMBIANCE FRANÇAIS." Music is by DEBUSSY via TOMITA, JEAN MICHEL JARRE, THIERRY DAVID, CHRISTIAN WITTMAN, PAUL SAUVANET, and AIR. https://bit.ly/HOS-1394. [ view playlist ] [ view Flickr image gallery ] [ play 30 second MP3 promo ]

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the US vote at the 24 February UN General Assembly. There's an homage to Bangladesh's Independence Day, “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 1 March, I asked you a question about the UN General Assembly vote on 24 February.  You were to re-read our article “French president Macron set to brief EU leaders over details of Trump talks”, and send in the answer to this question: With which country or countries did the US align its votes at the UN General Assembly meeting?  The answer is, to quote our article:  “As the talks between Macron and Trump were taking place, the US sided with Russia in two votes at the United Nations to avoid condemning Russia's campaign against Ukraine - a shift from the stance of the previous US administration.”The resolution, co-sponsored by Ukraine and European Union countries, condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops. The US vote marked a significant policy shift, as the country aligned with Russia, Belarus, and North Korea in opposing the resolution. The resolution was adopted with 93 votes in favor, 18 against, and 65 abstentions. Countries that abstained included India, China, and the United Arab Emirates. The second vote was a U.S.-introduced resolution, which did not mention Russian aggression and called for a swift end to the conflict. This resolution was adopted after an amendment, proposed by France, acknowledged Russia's invasion. The amended U.S. resolution received 93 votes in favor, eight against, and 73 abstentions, with the U.S. abstaining from the final vote on its own resolution.In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What was the breaking point that made you quit a job?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: Jocelyne D'Errico, a Parisian who lives in New Zealand. Jocelyne is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations on your double win, Jocelyne.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Ferhat Bezazel, the president of the RFI Butterflies Club Ain Kechera in West Skikda, Algeria; Nafisa Khatun, the president of the RFI Mahila Shrota Sangha Club in West Bengal, India; RFI English listeners Shihab Al Islam from Naogaon, Bangladesh, and Rimil Paul from West Bengal, India.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The traditional Bangladeshi “Ki Jadu Korila”; “Ballade Russe” by E. Dermenko, played by Nicolas Kedroff; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Giant Steps” by John Coltrane, performed by Gary Bartz.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Jan van der Made's article “France's wine industry is in crisis. Can this Nigerian consultant save it?” which will help you with the answer.You have until 21 April to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 26 April podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

Sir Jony Ive is a designer who is best known for his pioneering work at Apple alongside his friend and colleague, the late Steve Jobs. Jony's creative vision is behind some of the company's seminal products which have transformed the way we live today including phones, music players and watches. He was born in Chingford in east London and loved drawing and spending time in his father's workshop where the two of them made the young Jony's Christmas presents including a go-kart, a treehouse and a toboggan. He studied Industrial Design at Newcastle Polytechnic and moved to San Francisco to work for Apple in 1992. In 1997 Steve Jobs returned to the company, having been ousted several years earlier, and the two of them set about revolutionising the landscape for home computers with the creation of the iMac. In 2019 Jony set up his own company LoveFrom with the industrial designer Marc Newson. In 2023 Jony and his team designed a foldable Red Nose for Comic Relief and in the same year the company launched a scholarship programme aimed at increasing representation in the design industry.In 2012 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to design and enterprise.DISC ONE: Really Saying Something (US Extended Version) - Bananarama, Fun Boy Three DISC TWO: De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police DISC THREE: Main Theme - Carter Takes a Train - Roy Budd DISC FOUR: Singin' in the Rain - Harry Ive DISC FIVE: Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds DISC SIX: Define Dancing - Thomas Newman DISC SEVEN: Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75: 3. Clair de lune. Composed by Claude Debussy and performed by Claudio Arrau (piano) DISC EIGHT: "40" - U2 BOOK CHOICE: The complete set of Jeeves & Wooster novels by P G Wodehouse LUXURY ITEM: A bed CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: "40" - U2 Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

In deze week bij Kalm met Klassiek: nieuw leven! Bladeren komen uit de knoppen, lentebloemen en bloesem tekenen het straatbeeld, vogels maken nestjes, kortom: nieuw leven vinden we overal om ons heen, deze tijd van het jaar, en dus ook hier in Kalm met Klassiek! Presentator Ab Nieuwdorp moest bij dit nieuwe weekthema gelijk aan de muziek van vandaag denken, een lente-achtige versie van het wereldberoemde 'Clair de lune' van Claude Debussy. Luister naar een wereld die ontwaakt, in dit bijzondere arrangement voor orkest van John Rutter. Wil je meer Kalm met Klassiek? Ga naar npoklassiek.nl/kalmmetklassiek (https://www.npoklassiek.nl/kalmmetklassiek). Alle muziek uit de podcast vind je terug in de bijbehorende speellijst (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YgSfm1Sux7CroiJvzeUdx?si=f0f254ee8f4048e7). 

durée : 00:16:21 - Le Disque classique du jour du vendredi 21 mars 2025 - La harpiste française Anaëlle Tourret fait paraître son deuxième album studio "Perspectives concertantes", qui comprend un concerto pour harpe de Reinhold Glière, un concertino d'Ernst von Dohnányi ainsi que deux danses de Claude Debussy.

durée : 00:16:21 - Le Disque classique du jour du vendredi 21 mars 2025 - La harpiste française Anaëlle Tourret fait paraître son deuxième album studio "Perspectives concertantes", qui comprend un concerto pour harpe de Reinhold Glière, un concertino d'Ernst von Dohnányi ainsi que deux danses de Claude Debussy.

If life is a game, Harvey Rain is determined to win. But what does winning actually look like? And what does this mean for the other players?   Something to consider when reading/listening: Is it true that the only thing worse than not getting what you want is getting it?   You might enjoy this episode if you like:   Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman Sam Harris' ‘Making Sense' podcast Alan Watts Fiction that makes you think Philosophical fiction Speculative fiction Chicken farming Lab grown meat World domination Contemplating the meaning of life Any form of philosophical enquiry   Thank you for listening. Please follow the podcast to stay up to date with the latest episodes. Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com  Website: Meaninglessproblems.com  Thanks for listening  Credits: Written and performed by Doe Wilmann Thanks to Katie Empett for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.  Artwork by Katie Empett Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.  A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.  Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann (C) 2025

Maurice Ravel war zwar Franzose, aber er hatte baskische Wurzeln und beschäftigte sich in vielen Werken mit Spanien. Ganz besonders in der spanischen Rhapsodie, seinem ersten großen Orchesterwerk von 1907, Die Suite verzaubert durch folkloristisches Kolorit, sinnliche Süße und einen Orchesterklang, der süchtig macht. Von Michael Lohse.

Award-winning harpist Ashley Jackson, whose expressive work melds traditional classical music with the rich heritage of Black spirituality, has a new album on the horizon — Take Me To The Water (out March 21).  In her masterful dip into transformative and spiritual power of water, Jackson interprets work by Alice Coltrane, Claude Debussy, and — on Today’s Top Tune “Deep River II” — the work of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. 

durée : 00:27:36 - Les Midis de Culture - par : Marie Labory - Au programme du débat critique, du spectacle vivant : "Pelléas et Mélisande" de Claude Debussy dirigé par Antonello Manacorda et mis en scène par Wajdi Mouawad, et "Antoine et Cléopâtre" mis en scène par Tiago Rodrigues. - réalisation : Laurence Malonda - invités : Zoé Sfez Productrice de La Série musicale sur France Culture; Marie Sorbier Rédactrice en chef de I/O et productrice du "Point Culture" sur France Culture

Interpreten: Lisa MariaSchachtschneiderLabel: Ars ProduktionEAN: 4260052383773Es gab eine Zeit, da war der Begriff „Konzeptalbum“ein wenig in Verruf geraten. Mittlerweile jedoch erlebt die thematisch passendeZusammenstellung verschiedenster Komponisten, Zeiten und Stile wieder eineHochblüte. Besonders gelungen, in mehrfacher Hinsicht, ist dies beim jüngstenAlbum der Pianistin Lisa Maria Schachtschneider.Die aus Deutschland stammende, seitJahren jedoch in der Schweiz beheimatete, Pianistin Lisa Maria Schachtschneidersieht es als großes Privileg, „von atemberaubend schönen Berglandschaftenumgeben zu sein und eine der höchsten Luftqualitäten weltweit täglich einatmenzu dürfen“. So schreibt sie es am Beginn des Beihefttextes zu ihrer neuen CDPlanet Earth – as within so without. Mit dem Musikprogramm darauf, den vierElementen zugeordnet, möchte sie einen künstlerischen Anstoß zu einem „wertschätzenden,achtsamen und bewussten Wahrnehmen und Erhalten unserer Natur und Umwelt geben“.Eine Referenz an ihre SchweizerWahlheimat findet sich mit dem Schweizer Jahr aus den Années de Pèlerinage vonFranz Liszt sowohl beim Wasser als auch in der Luft. Bekanntes stammt weitersaus dem Repertoire von Claude Debussy, u.a. Feux d'artifice, Maurice Ravel,Jeux d'eau oder Igor Strawinsky, danse infernale aus dem Feuervogel. Zu denprominenten Herren der Tonsetzerzunft gesellen sich nicht minder großartigeWerke von Komponistinnen der letzten 200 Jahre. So gibt es Höhepunkte wie dasu.a. wunderbar impressionistische From Grandmother's Garden von Amy Beach oderdie, für ihre Entstehungszeit um 1947/48 sehr spätromantische, Klaviersonatevon Martha von Castelberg zu entdecken. Oder die ausgesprochen originellen Preziosenaus den Träumereien von Sophie Gräfin Wolf Baudissin. Es ist jedoch nicht nurdie Auswahl der einzelnen Stücke, und natürlich das ganz hervorragende Spielder Pianistin selbst, sondern auch die Anordnung und Dramaturgie derZusammenstellung, die diese CD zu etwas ganz Besonderem macht. (mg)

“Um sonho de liberdade” tornou-se uma das maiores produções do cinema, dos últimos tempos, devido ao seu profundo conteúdo humano, perfeitamente interpretado por seu elenco excepcional. Se você já assistiu, ou ainda não, não perca a oportunidade de nos acompanhar nessa bela reflexão filosófica sobre o filme. Os professores voluntários de Nova Acrópole, mergulham nos valores humanos presentes nessa história, capaz de inspirar as mais elevadas ideias em meio a um contexto de violência e hostilidade. Há uma estrutura moral em cada ser humano que o torna invulnerável e absolutamente livre em qualquer circunstância. Venha conosco descobrir como a filosofia pode nos ajudar a ver e a viver essa essência própria de cada um. Participantes: Danilo Gomes e Vítor de Lucena Trilha sonora: Claude Debussy, Os perfumes da noite, imagens para orquestra.

What's the power of taking just one step? That's what Petra Bagust looks into on this episode of Sunday Sanctuary. When the journey ahead is too big to comprehend, or you have more than one option available, what would happen if we took one step? In this episode, Petra talks to co-founder of the charity One Mother to Another and former 1News Europe correspondent, Joy Reid, about her journey with long Covid and learning to take one step at a time. In recent months, producer Sam has been wondering what it means to be a good treaty partner here in New Zealand. One step he took this year was to head to Waitangi for a week. Another step he took was to take a microphone with him to record a Waitangi diary for this episode. Haere mai! Music: Intsrumental by The Fuzzy Robes (played at the end of the intro)Frolic by Jake Xerxes Fussell (played at the end of Joy's interview)Lost Forever by Tony Njoku (played at the start of the Little One Step reading)By the Sleepy Lagoon by BBC Concert Orchestra (played at the end of the Little One Step reading)Caught in the Middle by ParamoreRivers that you Cannot See by North Americans (played during communion)This is Your Life by Hannah CohenPīwari by Christoph El Truento (first song in Sam's Waitangi diary)Moon Age by Duster (second song in Sam's Waitangi diary)East Cape by Headland (last song in Sam's Waitangi diary)Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy (played during the benediction)

Certains des plus grands chefs-d'œuvre de la musique ont d'abord été accueillis par des huées, des scandales et des rires moqueurs . Cet épisode explore les réceptions tumultueuses de plusieurs opéras légendaires. Pelléas et Mélisande de Claude Debussy choque par son audace musicale et même provoque une querelle entre Debussy et Maurice Maeterlinck , prêts à en venir au duel. En 1954, Déserts d' Edgar Varèse scandalise le public avec ses fils avant-gardistes, retransmis en direct à la radio. Le Barbier de Séville de Rossini , pourtant aujourd'hui adoré, connaît une première catastrophe, entre rires et incidents de scène. La Traviata de Verdi , mal servie par une distribution inadaptée, est tournée en ridicule avant de triompher un an plus tard. À travers ces histoires, Hélios Azoulay revient sur la résistance du public face à l'innovation musicale. Réalisation Axelle Thiry. Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Claude Debussy hasste Auslandsreisen - er brach lieber auf zu imaginären Orten. So wie 1909 mit dem ersten Band seiner Préludes: Kühne Klavierstücke, die Raum lassen für eigene Bilder. Die poetischen Titel stehen erst am Schluss in Klammern. Mit seinen innovativen Harmonien stößt Debussy das Tor zur Moderne weit auf. Von Christoph Vratz.

fWotD Episode 2831: Untitled Goose Game Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 3 February 2025 is Untitled Goose Game.Untitled Goose Game is a 2019 indie puzzle stealth game developed by House House and published by Panic Inc. Players control a goose who bothers the inhabitants of an English village. Players must use the goose's abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters to complete objectives. It was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.The idea for Untitled Goose Game originated from a stock photograph of a goose that a House House employee posted in the company's internal communications. Inspired by Super Mario 64 and the Hitman series, House House worked on combining stealth mechanics with a lack of violence to create humorous in-game scenarios. The game's unusual name came from a last-minute decision in preparing the title as an entry for a games festival. The music, curated by composer Dan Golding, uses short clips from six of Claude Debussy's Préludes. It has been described as "reactive music" because the clips are played after certain actions. The game was released on macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on 20 September 2019, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 17 December 2019.Untitled Goose Game received positive reviews, with critics praising its gameplay and humour. The game received the D. I. C. E. Award for Game of the Year and the Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year, among other accolades. Dan Golding was nominated for an ARIA award for the music. By the end of 2019, Untitled Goose Game had sold more than a million copies.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:30 UTC on Monday, 3 February 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Untitled Goose Game on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Justin.

About Gaby Casadesus Born Gabrielle l'Hôte, she studied at the Paris Conservatory with Louis Diémer and Marguerite Long and was awarded the first prize in piano at age 16. She met Claude Debussy at this time, as he was the judge for one of her competitions. Gaby later won the Prix Pagès, which was the most prestigious award in France at the time for which women were eligible. In 1921, she married the pianist Robert Casadesus and with him formed the Robert and Gaby Casadesus duo. The duo made many recordings of the four-hand piano repertoire. However, Gaby was also a significant soloist. She knew Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Fauré, Florent Schmitt and Moritz Moszkowski, and her interpretations were aided by their guidance. Her repertoire also included Felix Mendelssohn, whose music she effectively championed, and the keyboard composers of the Baroque era. As a teacher, Gaby Casadesus taught in the US, at the Salzburg Mozarteum, at the Académie Maurice Ravel in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and most notably at the American Conservatoire at Fontainebleau. Among her notable pupils are Donna Amato, David Deveau, Rudy Toth, and Vladimir Valjarević. After her husband's death in 1972, she worked with Grant Johannesen and Odette Valabrègue Wurtzburger, to found the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition which ran from 1975 to 1993. Casadesus died November 12, 1999, at age 98 in Paris. She is buried with her husband and son, Jean in Recloses, department of Seine-et-Marne. About Thereselink to buy book -- https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Gaby-Casadesus-Piano-Recital/dp/B00000DSHBCasadesus Rawson Daughter of the late French pianists Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Therese Casadesus Rawson received a Ph.D. in French language and literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. She has taught French, Humanities, French Diction and French vocal repertoire to singers at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia for nearly 30 years. Besides teaching and performing—she is a soprano focusing on Bach and French repertoire--Therese Casadesus Rawson is also active as a lecturer in a variety of topics pertaining to French culture, music, literature, painting, culinary arts. She has been and continues to be involved with French or Franco-American cultural institutions. She was President of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie for nearly 10 years, and has been President of the Fontainebleau Associations for 25 years: the stateside support group which helps organize and finance the summer Music and Fine Arts program at the Château de Fontainebleau. Therese's involvement with the Fontainebleau Schools is steeped in the legacy of her famous parents, Robert and Gaby, and her brother Jean, who were themselves devoted to the Fontainebleau Schools, teaching extensively at the Conservatoire Américain (the music side of the program). Remarkably, Robert and Gaby succeeded in running the program in New England during World War II and Gaby continued to teach until her passing in 1999 at the age of 98. The French Government awarded Therese the Palmes Académiques in recognition of her teaching activities, and, in 2001, she was named to the rank of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres on account of her efforts on behalf of Franco-American cultural affairs. Meosha Bean Films on Plex https://watch.plex.tv/person/meosha-bean Shout out ATL link -https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-meosha-bean-filmmaker-actor/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creator-to-creators-with-meosha-bean--4460322/support.

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Claude Debussy - ReverieFrancois-Joel Thiollier, pianoMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.553290Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Téhéran, 1955. A la suite d'une lecture de ses poèmes, le regard de Forough Farrokhzad (1934-1967), égérie des milieux littéraires iraniens qui n'a que vingt ans, est accroché par celui d'un jeune homme. Elle s'apprête à repousser les avances de Cyrus, ou la Tortue, comme elle le surnomme, et ignore qu'il va bouleverser son existence. Erudit, francophile, Cyrus lui traduit en persan les poèmes de Pierre Louÿs tout en lui racontant la vie du poète et celle de son grand amour, Marie de Régnier.A travers celle de Marie, Forough entrevoit la vie dont elle aurait rêvé. Grâcieuse, intelligente, perverse, la fille du grand poète José-Maria de Heredia est une des reines de la très libre Belle Epoque, tout Paris se l'arrache. Elle collectionne amants et maîtresses, publie sans cesse et s'amuse dans les salons les plus prestigieux. La poétesse iranienne, elle, mariée à 16 ans à un artiste sans fantaisie, est bridée par sa famille, son militaire de père et les mœurs de son pays. Tout le monde s'épie, tout se sait. Mais Forough ne sait qu'être libre et provoque scandale sur scandale au fil de la parution de ses recueils. Elle célèbre la chair, la vie, l'émancipation et ne se renie pas. Toute son existence, Forough cheminera avec l'histoire de Marie de Régnier et de Pierre Louÿs au cœur, au point de venir à Paris avec Cyrus, sur les traces des deux amants et de leur cohorte d'amis, Claude Debussy, Marcel Proust, Léon Blum, Liane de Pougy et Nathalie Clifford-Barney. Sa mort tragique, à 32 ans, mettra un terme à son œuvre d'une immense intensité, qui en fait sans aucun doute la plus grande poétesse de l'Iran contemporain.Musique : "Caravan" de Duke EllingtonHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

I wanted to get a Handheld Talk episode out for the holiday but unfortunately, due to my own carelessness, my files for that have been lost. Instead, enjoy this little playlist I threw together featuring songs from games we played this year. Hope you enjoy! See you soon for our Pathologic 2 episode. —RosePlaylist:"Two of Everything" by Tori Beaumont from "Immortality""Kusabi Love or Die Remix" by Masafumi Takada from "The Silver Case""Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy, arranged by Masafumi Takada from "The Evil Within 2""Fear II" by Yutaka Minobe from “Rule of Rose”"Koe" by Tsukiko Amano from “Fatal Frame III: The Tormented”"Miracle Workshop" by Vasily Kashnikov from “Pathologic 2”"You Came Back" by Ockeroid from “Crow Country”"Dead Space” by Jason Graves from “Dead Space”"Silencio Zero" by Vasily Kashnikov from “Pathologic 2”"The Tormented" by Tsukiko Amano and Ayako Toyoda from “Fatal Frame III: The Tormented”"The Reverse Will (Unseen Paths)" by Akria Yamaoka from “Silent Hill 2 (2024)”"Opening" by Nainita Desai from “Immortality”"Fairtale Town" by Ockeroid from “Crow Country””Shoot Speed" by Masafumi Takada from “Killer7”"Twyrine" by Vasily Kashnikov from “Pathologic 2”"Backbiting" by Yutaka Minobe from “Rule of Rose”"The Attic" Yutaka Minobe from “Rule of Rose”"Rave On" Masafumi Takada from “Killer7”

Claude Debussy - Children's Corner: The Snow is DancingFrancois-Joel Thiollier, pianoMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.553291Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Two years ago for Halloween, I presented the first of my “Haunted Opera House” episodes. At the time, I had such a plethora of creepy musical material that I produced a bonus episode of material that otherwise would have ended up in the dung heap (like the body of Faust at the end of Schnittke's Faust Cantata, which closes the episode). We also hear music from Damn Yankees featuring the red-hot Gwen Verdon; Dvořák's Rusalka (a stunning duet with Teresa Stratas and Gwendolyn Killebrew); Respighi's comic opera Belfagor (in which a devil [Lajos Miller] encounters his superior in a cunning young woman [Sylvia Sass]; Ernest Bloch's Macbeth (in which Inge Borkh gives a luminous performance of Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking Scene); Willem Pijper's strange musical drama based on the medieval legend of Halewijn, a Bluebeard of the Lowlands; La Chute de la Maison Usher, (the climax of Claude Debussy's incomplete opera based on Edgar Allan Poe's Fall of the House of Usher); and Antikrist, Rued Langgaard's unique, indescribable, and nearly unstageable mystery play. But it is Iva Bittová's gleefully deranged performance of Alfred Schnittke's gruesome Faust tango which will, I predict, find its way into your nightmares! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.