Mercedes Sosa, Piedra y Camino



Piedra Y Camino


Del cerro vengo bajando,
Camino y piedra,
Traigo enredada en el alma, viday
Una tristeza...

Me acusas de no quererte.
No digas eso...
Tal vez no comprendas nunca, viday
Porque me alejo...

Es mi destino
Piedra y camino...
De un sueño lejano y bello, viday
Soy peregrino...

Por mas que la dicha busco,
Vivo penando...
Y cuando debo quedarme, viday
Me voy andando...

A veces soy como el rio:
Llego cantando...
Y sin que nadie lo sepa, viday
Me voy llorando...

Es mi destino,
Piedra y camino...
De un sueño lejano y bello, viday
Soy peregrino...

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Nina Simone, Feeling Good


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Nina Simone

Uma grande, grande senhora.



Nina Simone, Ain't Got No...I've Got Life
(segundo as tags do youtube, em Harlem, 1969)


http://www.ninasimone.com/
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone

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Miles Davis with his nephew Vincent Wilburn, Jr. playing Human Nature in Belgrad 1986

Home

Hoje, na RTP2, às 20h28.



O documentário também poderá ser visto aqui:

- http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html

- http://www.youtube.com/homeproject



«HOME - a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.

For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.

HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand»

in http://www.youtube.com/homeproject

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Close your eyes. You will see

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Enviaram-me um mail com o vídeo de um anúncio. Gostei tanto que quero partilhar convosco.
[Já agora, é melhor ouvir qualquer dos vídeos com o som alto... :o) ]


A história que se conta no anúncio é a de uma menina que queria aprender violino.
No fundo, a história tem a ver com a força, com a vontade. Com a Alma.


«Music is a visible thing.

Close your eyes. You will see»







A música é lindíssima. Trata-se do Canon in D (c. 1680) do Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)


Para a ouvirem, aqui vão 3 versões:

- Canon and Gigue for three violins and basso continuo in D major
Performed by Hesperion XXI
Directed by Jordi Savall




- Canon in D major
Played by The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra




- Canon in D major
Performed by Voices of Music



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Madeleine Peyroux, Hey Sweet Man



Madeleine Peyroux, Dreamland, 1996





- http://www.madeleinepeyroux.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/officialmadeleinepeyroux
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Peyroux

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A Fine Frenzy, You Picked Me

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The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936

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«In this video introduction to the Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936, American Jewish athlete Marty Glickman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Director Sara J. Bloomfield, exhibition curator Susan Bachrach, and German Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann reflect and remember the 1936 Olympic Games as more than history.

To learn more about the 1936 Olympics, visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/»

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Pause from Aaron Sjogren on Vimeo.
(seguir link para ver em HD)



- Color Theory - «Think in color»
- Aaron Sjogren 's Music
- Aaron Sjogren on video
- AudioVisualRepublic

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Boas férias


Há dias, recebi no mail este vídeo que me fez recordar as minhas férias grandes e o tempo que passava em casa de uma das minhas tias a brincar com o Star, um cão tão querido como este.

E pensei: depois de referir os Beegeesinhos (ainda que muito ao de leve...) num post sobre o Mike Patton... nada será como dantes.
Então, já que estamos na "silly season" porque não publicar este vídeo ternurento com o "Can't Smile Without You" do Barry Manilow num blog que trata, sobretudo... de arte contemporânea?!...

Até junto a letra para se poder cantar e tudo.


Depois, toca a ir ver exposições e ir ao Jazz em Agosto.

:O)


E boas férias para quem está ou vai de férias





You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you

You came along just like a song
And brightened my day
Who would have believed that you were part of a dream
Now it all seems light years away

And now you know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile

Now some people say happiness takes so very long to find
Well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me

And you see I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you

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Brassaï, Cabine d'autobus, s.d.



Miles Davis, It Never Entered My Mind, 1956



A ver -

Brassaï
- Masters of Photography
- Masters of Fine Art Photography
- Artcyclopedia
- HighBeam Encyclopedia
- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- Brassai-Picasso:40 Years of Dialogue - Herald Tribune
- An excerpt from Conversations with Picasso by Brassaï - University of Chicago Press
- Wikipedia


Miles Davis
- official site
- Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website
- Sony Music
- All Music
- Internet Movie Database
- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- Archives of "Sons of Miles" Profiles
- All About Jazz
- Wikipedia

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I Started a Joke

Faith No More, I Started a Joke, 1997


No mesmo ano de 1997 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf9itXPJOJ4

E, dois anos antes, em 1995 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J-9k13zWLQ


Estive indecisa sobre qual dos vídeos publicaria. Mas tanto faz. Deixo aqui os links. Vale a pena ouvi-los a todos.

Mike Patton em três interpretações do I started a joke dos BeeGeesinhos.
Digamos que, para resumir, a música corre na alma e no corpo do homem.



I started a joke
Which started the whole world crying
Oh but I didn't see
That the joke was on me, oh no

And I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me

And I looked at the skies
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Cursing my head
From things that I've said

Till I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me

And I looked at the skies
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Cursing my head
From things that I've said

Till I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me,
That the joke was on me, me


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- http://www.mikepatton.de/

- http://www.myspace.com/pattonmike

- The musical world of Mike Patton

- Mike Patton & Metropole Orchestra - Live at Holland Festival 2008 (video of the entire live Mike Patton & Metropole Orchestra concert at Paradiso - Main Hall)

- Faith No More

«Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and video game voice actor (...) Patton has earned critical praise for his diverse vocals, which touch on crooning, falsetto, death growls, rapping, chanting, mouth music, beatboxing and scatting, among other techniques; critic Greg Prato writes, "Patton could very well be one of the most versatile and talented singers in rock music."
He often produces side projects in collaboration with other musicians (...) He co-founded Ipecac Recordings with Greg Werckman in 1999, and has run the label since. (...) Recently, Patton has worked with Björk and the beat boxer Rahzel. He is often featured on new releases, and is regarded as extremely hard working. (...) Patton is highly regarded in alternative musical circles, and seen as something of an idol in the eyes of modern alternative youth for his air of mystique, his constantly-changing musical sensibilities, his impressive vocal range, and his experimental nature.
(...) When interviewed about his lyrical content with Faith No More, Patton responded, "I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound of a word than with its meaning. Often I just choose the words because of the rhythm not because of the meaning".»

in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Patton

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Hoje o céu está mais azul,
Eu sinto
Fecho os olhos, mesmo
assim
Eu sinto
O meu corpo estremecer
Não consigo adormecer


Ah, nem o tempo vai chegar
P'ra dizer o quanto eu sinto
Você longe de mim
É uma espécie de dor


Hoje o céu está mais azul
Eu sinto
Olho à volta mesmo assim
Eu sinto
Que este amor vai acabar
E a saudade vai voltar


Ah, nem o tempo vai chegar
P'ra dizer o quanto eu sinto
Você longe de mim
É uma espécie de dor


Já não sei o que esperar
Dessa vida fugidia
Não sei como explicar
Mas é mesmo assim o amor



Rosa, 2004

Música - Rodrigo Leão, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Letra - Ana Carolina
Voz - Rosa Passos

Vídeo - José Francisco Pinheiro


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Rosa Passos - Hoje, sexta-feira, no CCB:

«ROSA PASSOS - ROMANCE - BRASILIAN LOVE SONGS

Rosa Passos, a grande senhora do Jazz e da Bossa Nova, também conhecida do público português pela sua interpretação do tema “Rosa”, incluído no álbum Cinema de Rodrigo Leão, traz ao CCB o primeiro da série de concertos que apresenta em Portugal durante o mês de Julho, a propósito do novo álbum Romance – Brasilian Love Songs.

4 Jul 2008 - 21:00

(...)

“Mais que uma cantora, Rosa Passos é uma grande compositora e excelente guitarrista, segundo o estilo do seu ídolo João Gilberto. A sua voz tem a limpidez da água e o seu fraseado é destituído de vibrato e ornamento, apenas colorido pela sonoridade da língua portuguesa. [...] Se esta não é a mais bela das vozes, é seguramente uma das mais notáveis e encantadoras.”

Gary Giddins, in New Yorker – Novembro de 2007»

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Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

(também poderá ver o vídeo aqui.
No blog, consigo vê-lo sem problemas com o Firefox,
mas não com o IE7 - nem carrega sequer...)



«Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.»
In TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

«Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.»
In TED | Speakers | Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity expert

«Robinson feels that Western education is geared at training workers instead of training young people to think critically about life, art, culture, and humanism.»
In Wikipedia - Ken Robinson (British author) (c/ outros links)



Gostava muito que vissem este vídeo.

Por isso, transcrevo estas duas frases (dos links acima referidos - TED) para abrir o apetite:
- «A typical review: "If you have not yet seen Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk, please stop whatever you're doing and watch it now."»
e
- «The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? "Everyone should watch this."»

Espero que surtam efeito.

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Desde sempre, associo a Música no Coração ao Natal.

Assim, aqui deixo uma prendinha para vocês
e, em especial, para os meus sobrinhos Sofia e Diogo :o)

Para acompanhar a cantar, afinado ou desafinado.

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The Sound of Music














Do Re Mi


My Favorite Things


Edelweiss



Gosto de todas as músicas do filme.
Por isso, a escolha das 3 músicas prende-se com o universo youtube ou com a minha falta de jeito (porque não consegui encontrar muito mais...)

Junto Climb Every Mountain numa versão que encontrei por lá:







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- Wikipedia, The Sound of Music (film)
- Movie vs. Reality: The Real Story of the von Trapp Family
- IMDb
- Reel Classics
- Senses of Cinema, "How Do You Solve a 'Problem' Like Maria von Poppins?" by Peter Kemp
- A photo portfolio — filming ‘The Sound of Music’

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* - o My Favorite Things pedi emprestado ao Intruso.

Francis Bacon

- The Estate of Francis Bacon
- Tate Collection - Francis Bacon
- Francis Bacon Image Gallery
- também poderá ver a entrevista em UbuWeb




part 1/6



part 2/6



part 3/6



part 4/6



part 5/6



part 6/6


The South Bank Show,
LWT (London Weekend Television), UK
Season 8, Episode 194
(First Aired - Sunday June 9, 1985)

Director - David Hinton
Producer - David Hinton
Editor - Melvyn Bragg


«Part of The South Bank Show series, David Hinton directs this BBC documentary about British painter Francis Bacon, known for his horrifying portraits of humanity. The program consists of a series of conversations between Bacon and interviewer Melvyn Bragg, starting with commentary during a side-show presentation at the Tate Gallery in London. Later in the evening, Bacon is followed through various bars hanging out, drinking, and gambling. In another segment, Bacon provides a tour of his painting studio and a glimpse at his reference photographs of distorted humans. The artist discusses his theories, influences, and obsessions. This title won an International Emmy Award in 1985.»
in Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide.


- The South Bank Show - Factfile
- Melvyn Bragg - in his own words.
- The South Bank Show, a Subjects & Air Dates Guide

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Culture Rocks the City

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Culture Rocks the City
Documentário de 26'.
Versões francesa e inglesa.

«Filmed in Barcelona, Lille, Timisoara and Zagreb, "Culture Rocks the City" shows how culture can radically change the image of European cities. Comparing experiences of cultural activism between Eastern and Western Europe, SEETV explores how culture can become a powerful tool of both economic development and citizenship.»

in SEETV (South East Europe TV Exchanges)


+ inforº - European Cultural Foundation - Capacity Development projects


Via Expressarte. Documentário sobre a importância da cultura no desenvolvimento local

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Stanley Kubrick, State Street, Chicago, 1949



Miles Davis, Walkin'
The Miles Davis Quintet digs into this Richard Carpenter classic on November 7, 1967 at the Stadthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany (Miles Davis Quintet European Tour 1967)

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Keith Jarrett & Chick Corea Plays Mozart
Concerto For 2 Pianos & Orchestra In E-Flat Major, K. 365 (K. 316a): III. Rondeaux: Allegro



Chick Corea Akoustic Band, How deep is the ocean



Chick Corea Akoustic Band, On Green Dolphin Street


Chick Corea no CCB, 20 Out 2007, às 21h00.
«(...) O músico norte-americano é, juntamente com Herbie Hancock e Keith Jarrett, um dos nomes de topo do jazz contemporâneo e regressa a Portugal para subir ao palco do Grande Auditório do CCB apresentar, pela primeira vez, um espectáculo totalmente a solo.
Chick Corea é um dos músicos de jazz mais prolíficos e um dos espíritos mais critativos das últimas décadas.
As influências de Bud Powell e Thelonious Monk e, o trabalho com Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan e Miles Davis transformaram-no num verdadeiro camaleão: do avant-garde ao bebop, compôs também música infantil, e passou pelo jazz de fusão e sonoridades mais clássicas.(...)»
in CCB

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