While living in his brothers house, Murph tries to keep his brother and his brother's fiancée from seeing the pictures he photoshops of her giving birth to him.
Father Matteo Ricci, Jesuit, mathematician, geographer, and musician, chose to become a missionary in China. He was the first Westerner to whom the emperor granted permission to be buried on Chinese soil.
Dialogues of the Carmelites. Opera in three acts and twelve scenes by Francis Poulenc, based on the play by Georges Bernanos. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti, directed by Emma Dante.
Rome, French Embassy - Reconstruction at Palazzo Farnese of a historic concert celebrating the end of the 17th century, featuring Arcangelo Corelli with an ensemble of over 50 musicians in a festively decorated Piazza di Spagna.
From the cloister of the Complesso di Vicolo Valdina, in the presence of Chamber President Roberto Fico, musicians Gilda Buttà, Luca Pincini, and Paolo Zampini will perform some of the pieces that have made Ennio Morricone's work immortal throughout the world.
In a special Christmas edition, violinist Daniel Hope and guests perform a varied and atmospheric repertoire including traditional Christmas songs in new arrangements, classical works and the hit song "Fields of Gold". Daniel Hope's guests are British musician, composer, and living-legend, Sting, Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, winner of the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition, South African soprano Golda Schultz, Argentinian-British guitarist Dominic Miller, Brazilian pianit Sylvia Thereza, the up-and-coming Leonkoro Quartet, cellist Nicola Mosca and percussionist Michael Metzler.
Hélène Grimaud's eagerly awaited debut at the BBC Proms was scheduled for 11 September 2001. Until the last moment, the organisers hesitated to go ahead with the performance, such was the shock following the collapse of the World Trade Centre. But London's Royal Albert Hall did go ahead with the concert, in which the soloist gave a masterful performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Programme: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58, by Ludwig van BeethovenSymphonie fantastique, by Hector Berlioz Concert filmed on 11 September 2001 at the Royal Albert Hall (London) during the BBC Proms.
With his wild hair, Jean Rondeau is a rock star of the harpsichord. Profile of the young French harpsichord player who is breathing new life into an instrument that is too often ignored.
Il sangue e la parola (Blood and Words) “Not the sword but words illuminate the way” is a cantata by maestro Nicola Piovani with lyrics freely adapted from Aeschylus' The Eumenides. Performed by the orchestra and choir of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with Andrea Pennacchi as narrator. The concert also includes performances of symphonic suites from La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of San Lorenzo) and La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful).
Piano/electric duo Grandbrothers perform at Cologne Cathedral to celebrate the 700th anniversary of its consecration, in a spectacular show featuring their ‘augmented’ piano and light show.
A thrilling musical adventure, where the band discovers a mysterious object capable of unleashing a supernatural energy that transforms the reality around them. In the purest style of Jumanji or The Mask, the musicians are swept away into a magical and delirious universe where music comes to life and every note has the power to change everything.
With the war in Ukraine, Odessa Classics festival has found a temporary home in the Estonian capital. On the programme are works by Pärt, Mozart and Britten performed by Alexey Botvinov and Daniel Hope and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Olari Elts.
Teslaism is a 3rd person-racing musical game featuring Elon Musk and his self-driving car/lover and life coach, as they drive towards a shareholder meeting in a post-gamified Berlin landscape. The film takes the newly built Gigafactory in Berlin as a prism to describe the emergence of Teslaism (succeeding Post-Fordism) as an upgrade to the system of production and consumption predicated on advanced storytelling, financial worldbuilding, and imagineering »the look of the future«.
From the Gustav Mahler Cultural Center in Dobbiaco, Byzantine Concerto for cello and orchestra by Nicola Segatta. A dream suspended between East and West, dedicated to Sollima the Magnificent. Maestro Marcello Fera conducts the Piccola Orchestra Lumière, with Giovanni Sollima as cello soloist.
Lyrical virtuosity, unbridled fantasy and light comedy: an evening of Jacques Offenbach and carefree celebrations with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Cyrille Dubois.
Under the baton of charismatic Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Orchestre de Paris performs Olivier Messiaen's most famous work: The ambitious and beguiling Turangalîla-Symphonie.