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
The Music of Miró
In this episode a pairing of music and art, not by my design, but by way of Joan Punyet Miró’s playlist to accompany some of his grandfather’s masterpieces.
Punyet Miró believes music, by composers from Mozart to John Cage, help to expand a viewer’s experience of his grandfather’s art. He has paired musical compositions beloved by Miró with some of his works - like fine wines with a main course.
Dutch Interior (1) - Badinerie from the Orchestral Suite No.2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 by J S Bach
The Hunter (Catalan Landscape) - Presto from The Four Seasons, Summer by Vivaldi.
The Birth of the World - Introduction to Part One Adoration of the Earth from The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky
Woman (Opera Singer) - extract of “O ciechi, ciechi” from Monteverdi’s Selva morale e spirituale
Hirondelle Amour - Molto allegro from Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
The Flames of the Sun Make the Desert Flower Hysterical - extract from Stephen Hartke’s piano quartet The King of the Sun
