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Ton Koopman and his Dancing Shoelaces
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 186 seconds
Ton Koopman plays Bach's Fugue in g minor on the greater Silbermann organ (built 1714-18, renovated 1981-83) at St. Marien Cathedral in Freiberg.
This is a clip from the DVD "Ton Koopman Plays Bach - Organ Works, Harpsichord Pieces, Arias": http://tinyurl.com/y afwyd
Notice the old style pedals (short!) and then, of course, the shoelaces. Such a spirited performance!
Related: bwv578, fuge, fugue, g-minor, g-moll, koopman, organ, orgel, pipe, ton
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Olivier Messiaen, "Louange ŕ l'éternité de Jésus"
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 521 seconds
Another movement from "Quartet for the End of Time". Recorded 30 November 1991. This is a short excerpt from the DVD http://tinyurl.com/o ybus
Related: end, fin, jésus, louange, messiaen, olivier, quartet, quatuor, temps, time, éternité
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Messiaen organ improvisation
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 542 seconds
This is the improvisation played following the composer's pondering the registration at http://youtube.com/w atch?v=lX6Obr3Qkr4
This is the second improvisation from the now out-of-print DVD http://tinyurl.com/o ybus : "And the three kings had seen the Star of the Christ in the East and headed towards Nazareth."
Related: improvisation, messiaen, organ, sainte-trinité
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Bach - Toccata in G major, BWV 916. Ton Koopman plays.
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 142 seconds
A small fragment from Ton Koopman's DVD "Organ Works. Harpsichord Pieces, Arias". See http://tinyurl.com/f ykkh
This is Presto from Toccata in G major for harpsichord, BWV 916. The camera operator is an idiot but it's still fascinating to watch, esp. NOT played on the piano for once. If anyone knows of any video of any performance on the *lute harpsichord* (aka. Lautenwerk), let me know.
Related: 916, bach, bwv, g-major, harpsichord, koopman, toccata
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Bela Tarr - a snippet from "Damnation"
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 241 seconds
No description needed. The film is available on the DVD in the UK http://tinyurl.com/f yz4v and in the US http://tinyurl.com/z 8aje
Music by Mihály Vig who composed music to many of Tarr's films and even acted in one ("Sátántangó", as Irimiás). A great sounding selection of his work appeared on CD in Hungary: http://tinyurl.com/h doc3
This piece is track 9 ("Esö").
Related: béla, damnation, film, hungarian, kárhozat, mihály, tarr, vig
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Hand-pumped organ
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 87 seconds
Another small bit from the DVD http://tinyurl.com/s ocu2 . An authentic organ pumped by hand in Castromocho, Spain. Francis Chapelet plays.
Related: chapelet, francis, organ, pipe
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Bay to Breakers 1999
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 365 seconds
The usual silliness of the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco. Calling it a race is perhaps a bit of a stretch for most of the participants but who cares. Another one is coming in a few days anyway. I was painted silver but I'm holding the camera so you can't see me, heh...
Related: bay, block, breakers, family, francisco, nudity, party, race, san, to
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Queen Nefretiti
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 164 seconds
This is the famous bust of Queen Nefretiti in (at the time the video was taken) Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin. In 2005 the museum moved from its Charlottenburg location to Altes Museum: http://tinyurl.com/y d8azz We also take a look at one of the unfinished models, from the same ancient workshop.
Related: altes, museum, nefretiti, nofretete, Ägyptisches
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Near Reichstag, Berlin, June 1989
Posted by: JanPB
Video duration: 229 seconds
Walking near the northern side of the Reichstag building in Berlin by the river Spree. I'm standing in West Berlin, the border is at the nearest water edge. The East Berlin patrol boat is thus in the East although the wall is across the river for obvious reasons. Then we pause for the crosses. The last cross has a date that's just 4 months old. Sad.
Related: berlin, mauer, reichstag, spree, wall
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