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SINGING IN THE RAIN

Posted in ART, FILMS, LONDON, MUSIC, VIDEO, tagged cancion, film, Gene Kelly, lluvia, London, Londra, Londres, música, müzik, müzikal, movie, music, musical, película, rain, Singing In The Rain, song, yağmur, şarkı on 09 August 2013| Leave a Comment »

It’s raining in London. And we are…

Singing and dancing in the raaain!

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THE GENERAL

Posted in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, FILMS, MUSIC, PHOTO, TRAVEL, tagged 1920, 1926, American, American Civil War, B&W, BBC, Birleşik Krallık, black and white, blanco y negro, Buster Keaton, cinema, City Hall, clasico, classic, Escocia, etkinlik, event, evento, film, Glasgow, Grand Central Hotel, klasik, música, müzik, movie, music, película, railway, Reino Unido, Scottish Symphony Orchestra, sessiz film, sessiz sinema, seyahat, silent cinema, silent film, silent movie, siyah beyaz, Skotland, Timothy Brock, train, travel, tren, UK, viaje, yolculuk, İskoçya on 30 July 2013| 2 Comments »

Last Friday, our last night in Scotland, we went to Glasgow’s old City Hall, built in 1841, to watch two Buster Keaton silent films accompanied by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on its UK Première.

First film was a Buster Keaton short comedy, One Week (1920) and the second one was a Keaton classic, The General (1926) inspired by American Civil War and the railways.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by American Timothy Brock who is also the composer of the musics, was brilliant. The harmony of the music with films was perfect. Watching two classics of silent cinema with such a great music was a big pleasure.

After the concert, finding a nice place with a working kitchen at 23.00 in Merchant City, Exchange Square and having a relax dinner with couple of glasses of wine was the last nice little touch of the evening.

Oh, sorry, the last little touch of the night was taking these photos in front of an old train photo in our hotel, Grand Central Hotel which is an old train station hotel dating back to 1883 and designed by Scottish architect Robert Rowand Anderson.

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QUIMERAS BY PACO PEÑA

Posted in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, LONDON, MUSIC, tagged African, Africano, Afrikalı, art, arte, baile, dance, dans, Español, espectaculo, etkinlik, event, evento, flamenco, flamenko, gösteri, gitar, guitarra, guitarre, London, Londra, Londres, música, müzik, music, Paco Peña, performance, performans, Sadler's Wells Theatre, sanat, Spanish, spectacle, İspanyol on 11 July 2013| Leave a Comment »

Last time we have been in a Paco Peña concert was years ago, in Istanbul. When we heard that Peña’s flamenco project Quimeras comes to a theatre near to us, we were very excited to hear his guitar again.

Yesterday evening we were in Sadler’s Wells Theatre for Quimeras performed by Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company. Quimeras is an art project about Spain, flamenco, Africa, immigrants from Africa to Spain.

The performance was exquisite, the way they combined the flamenco music and dance with African music and dance was fascinating. It was a big pleasure to hear again the big flamenco master’s guitar. All musicians and dancers were superb but specially dancers Ángel Muñoz and Charo Espino were amazing.

If you are around London in these days, just go! Go and enjoy!

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ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Posted in LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, MUSIC, VIDEO, tagged 14 de Febrero, 14 February, 14 Şubat, All You Need Is Love, amor, Aziz Valentin, aşk, Beatles, cancion, Dia de los Enamorados, Liverpool, London, Londra, Londres, love, música, müzik, music, San Valentino, Sevgililer Günü, song, St. Valentine, St. Valentine Day, şarkı on 14 February 2013| 2 Comments »

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TAKE FIVE BY DAVE BRUBECK

Posted in ART, MISCELLANEOUS, MUSIC, VIDEO, tagged 1966, art, arte, Dave Brubeck, London, Londra, Londres, música, müzik, music, sanat, Take Five, video, YouTube on 06 December 2012| Leave a Comment »

In memory of…

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SOUND ON SCREEN

Posted in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, FILMS, LONDON, MUSIC, tagged Beethoven, Bernard Rose, canlı müzik, Ciné Lumière, cine, cinema, clasico, classical, film, klasik, L'Institut Française, live performance, London, Londra, Londres, Mahler, Martin Scorsese, música, müzik, movie, music, musica en vivo, película, Roman Polanski, Schubert, sinema, Sound on Screen on 05 December 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday evening we enjoyed a beautiful performance at Ciné Lumière, the cinema of L’Institut Français in South Kensington. It was a Sound on Screen organisation, a combination of parts of film on big screen and live classical music concert.

First part was Beethoven’s ‘Sonata Op. 47 for piano and violin’ performed by Alexander Schmalcz (piano) and Diana Galvydyte (violin) with Bernard Rose’s film ‘Kreutzer Sonata’.

Second part was Mahler’s ‘Piano Quartet in A minor’ performed by Alexander Schmalcz (piano) and members of Quatuor Voce with Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Shutter Island’.

And the third part was Schubert’s ‘String Quartet No.14 in D minor’ performed by Quatuor Voce (violin, violin, viola, cello) with Roman Polanski’s film ‘Death and the Maiden’.

Before the concert we had a glass of wine at the little bistro of L’Institut Français. It was a successful performance. And also thanks to this organisation, we learned that Ciné Lumière is a comfortable cinema which shows nice films. What we can want more?

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