The phenomenal countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and mezzo-soprano Nathalie Stutzmann singing ‘Son nata a lagrimar’ (‘Condemned to grieve’), a duet from Handel’s ‘Julius Ceasear’ – What an exquisite way to go into a Sunday, don’t you agree? From the album ‘Heroes from the Shadows’ / Warner Classics – Erato / 2014
This evening exactly 31 years ago, I participated in a retreat in the Pyrenees. We were on the French side of this glorious mountain range separating France from Spain – stretching all the way from the Bay of Biscay one end, to the Mediteranian in the other. The indigo mountain night was filled with …
Following the ESC (Eurovision Song Contest) marathon I grabbed the remote and discovered Bergman’s Wild Strawberries was showing on one of the other channels. What a relief! What elixir for my psyche after overdosing for three and a half hours on heavily made-up beautiful people, spectacular lighting and special effects… What an astonishing master …
