Presenter：Stacey Rodda 盧廸思
MAY 2025 FOCUS: FRANCE
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…connecting music to visual arts, literature, film and theatre while discovering the delights of these arts in different parts of the world
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FOCUS: FRANCE
The Culture Show with Mr. Benjamin Cabouat, Consul for Culture, Education and Science in HK and Macao
The Culture Show with Mr. Benjamin Cabouat, Consul for Culture, Education and Science in HK and Macao
The Culture Show with Mr. Benjamin Cabouat, Consul for Culture, Education and Science in HK and Macao
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The Culture Show with Mr. Timo Kantola, Consul General of Finland in Hong Kong
The Culture Show with Mr. Timo Kantola, Consul General of Finland in Hong Kong
The Culture Show with Ms. Alice Fratarcangeli, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and Macau
The Culture Show wirh Ms.Klára Jurčová, Consul General of the Czech Republic in Hong Kong
CHAGALL REVISITED
This week we look at Marc Chagall's painting Commedia dell’arte, originally created for the Frankfurt Opera House in 1959.
Historically, the circus, one of Chagall’s favourite subjects, had grown from the theatrical features of the old Italian Commedia dell’arte. In this extremely large 'circus' painting, all of Chagall’s favourite performers can be seen, together with an orchestra and audience. Chagall’s work is filled with brilliant colour and exuberant activity - it is joyous and life-affirming.
We will also hear Ana Sokolović’s Commedia dell'arte (I, II, III), an acclaimed trio of string quartets that bring the theatrical characters to life through music. Her very recently staged Clown(s) met with sweeping critical acclaim with reviewers recognising the work as a landmark contribution to contemporary opera.
Presenter：Stacey Rodda 盧廸思
ALEXANDER CALDER'S MUSICAL INFLUENCE
Pierre Boulez, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, György Ligeti, Witold Lutosławski and others compared their work to mobiles, and Calder's kinetic sculptures became a source of inspiration where the individual elements move freely yet within a structured, balanced framework. The concept drove dynamic innovations to the musical score - “open” scores, which require active participation and decision-making by the performer. Art and music collide once again...
