Presenter：Stacey Rodda 盧廸思
The Culture Show has been making direct connections between art inspired by music and music inspired by art. Now it’s time for more - unexpected connections...The Culture Show is continuing its look at how the visual arts and music are so connected - sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly. We have unearthed a wealth of examples, yet we have so much more to explore. I hope that for those of you who join me for the music – much of which has never been, or is very seldom played on Radio 4 – you will also develop my passion for art. Join me, Stacey Rodda, Sunday nights at 7 pm for The Culture Show.
Caillebotte & Caillebotte
In this episode we are going to look at only one painting - Young Man Playing the Piano (1876) by Gustave Caillebotte. Caillebotte was considered an Impressionist, but painted in a more realistic manner, his family and friends, the bourgeois pedestrians strolling in his neighbourhood, the workers who came to his house... This painting, with its exquisite portrayal of light coming through the window, pictures his brother Martial - a composer whose music we will hear in this episode – a unique piece of words and music that is absolutely rare and stunning - Une Journée.
Presenter：Stacey Rodda 盧廸思
Music inspired by art and art inspired by music. In this episode we look at Chagall and the cello. The vital relationship that Marc Chagall cultivated with music was rooted in the Hasidic culture of his childhood, in religious singing and Russian popular music. Music became a constant source of inspiration to Chagall, from traditional folk songs to the music of Bach. His paintings are full of musicians: violinists, cellists and flautists. We take a look at his Le violoncelliste of 1939 and 1964, and will hear two of Bach’s Cello Suites played by Chagall’s good friend - Mstislav Rostropovich.
