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LIFE IS SHORT

Posted in ART, EVENTS, LONDON, tagged canlı müzik, Dai and The Ramblers, gece hayatı, Islington, King's Head, la vida nocturna, live music, London, Londra, Londres, música, müzik, music, musica en vivo, night life, pub, teatro, theatre, tiyatro, Upper Street on 29 November 2013| Leave a Comment »

Enjoy the moment, drink and dance! Life is short…

VERMEER AND MUSIC EXHIBITION

Posted in ART, EVENTS, LONDON, MUSEUMS, tagged arte, artist, artista, century, Dutch, enstrüman, exhibition, exposicion, instrument, instrumento de musica, London, Londra, Londres, música, müze, müzik, müzik aleti, museo, music, musueum, National Gallery, painter, pintor, ressam, sanatçı, sanati art, sergi, siglo, Vermeer, Vermeer and Music, XVII, yüzyıl on 20 August 2013| Leave a Comment »

The last days of summer in our little kingdom and we are trying to catch up the exhibitions we didn’t visit yet in London.

Today we headed to The National Gallery for Vermeer and Music exhibition to enjoy Johannes Vermeer’s and other XVII. century Dutch artists’ music themed paintings. In the exhibition we also had a chance to observe different music instruments of same period between the halls.

The exhibition is open until 8 September in The National Gallery.

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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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EDINBURGH JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

Posted in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, TRAVEL, tagged art, arte, blues, clasico, classic, cultural, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Escocia, etkinlik, event, evento, festival, jazz, kültürel, Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra, klasik, música, müzik, Mike Hart All Star Band, music, Palazzio Spiegeltent, sanat, Scotland, İskoçya on 28 July 2013| Leave a Comment »

Since two weeks we were away and had a little road trip around our little kingdom. We visited nice places, enjoyed the incredible sun and joined some cultural events.

When we were in Edinburgh, in this beautiful Scottish city, we were lucky to find tickets to two concerts in Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. First one was Mike Hart All Star Band playing classic hot jazz from the 20’s and 30’s. It was a beautiful night.

After this American jazz band, the next night, we choosed Scotland’s leading jazz repertory band, Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra with a guest from New Orleans, clarinettist Evan Christopher who joined them for this concert.

The second concert was the icing on the cake for us in our last night in Edinburgh. We loved them, we didn’t want the concert finish and it was a perfect way to say to Edinburgh “See you next time!”.

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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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