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Cel mai tare meci de fotbal din toate timpurile!

E cel din filmul lui Svankmajer. Aveti incredere in noi, nu vi-l recomandam degeaba! Dureaza mai putin de un sfert de ora si nu se compara cu nici un meci pe care l-ati vazut vreodata:

Daca nu va merge Google Video, aveti mai jos acelasi filmulet in varianta de pe YouTube (in doua parti):

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Saturday Noon Concert (27): Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Opus 90

Beethoven wrote this one 5 years after writing the 26th piano sonata, during the summer of 1814. The 27th piano sonata has only two parts. The first movement is regarded as a dialogue between reason and passion, while the second is seen as a dialogue between lovers (see here, for instance). He hope you’ll enjoy it, because we did. 🙂

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (26): Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, opus 81a, ‘Les Adieux’

This time the name of the sonata seems to express Beethoven’s own intentions. The sonata was dedicated to “(…) Archduke Rudolph in admiration”. We don’t know who he was, but we’ll google him later.

Anyway, according to Beethoven’s indications, the three parts tell the story of a farewell, of a period of absence and finally of the departed person’s return (Beethoven wrote the word “Lebewohl” (Farewell) over the three chords of the first part). And now, let’s give it a try:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (25): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Opus 79

The 25th piano sonata written by Beethoven is rather short (in spite of having three movements), quick and playful. The truth is that we don’t know what else to tell you about it. Here it is:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

S-au anuntat castigatorii! (pentru YTSO)

S-au anuntat pe la inceputul saptamanii, dar noi ne-am uitat abia acum, asa ca acum va spunem. E vorba de YouTube Symphony Orchestra, orchestra simfonica formata din oameni din comunitatea YouTube, care o sa cante simfonia lui Tan Dun in aprilie (pe 15 la Carnegie Hall, pe 16 pe net). A, si o faza supertare: din orchestra o sa faca parte si un roman, domnul Titus Flueras:

Nu uitati ca banii se transforma! Ochiul dracului devine zana zorilor :)

Este vorba de un proiect independent care propune imaginatie si idei pe bancnotele romanesti. Sorin Axinte, Daniel Gavrila, Ramona Sima, Sorin Tranca si Bojan Spasic lanseaza in discutie publica Valorile neobservate din mainile noastre. Mai multe detalii gasiti pe site-ul Transforma.

E greu sa gasesti simboluri nationale care sa fie reprezentative pentru multi oameni. E posibil sa fii injurat daca in loc de Eminescu l-ai pune pe o bancnota pe Sfarma-Piatra, iar pentru unii e mai reprezentativa o manastire decat cladirea Ateneului.

Banii nu inspira chestii ludice. Poate doar datul cu banul. Nu iti inspira nici prea multe povesti frumoase, sunt ochiul dracului in folclor. Oamenii de la Trans/forma (parca arata mai bine scris asa :-D) incearca sa nu-i mai demonizeze. Sa priveasca suprafata bancnotei ca pe un spatiu al exprimarii publice. Or something like that.

Iar asta e doar un proiect. Undeva pe site (v-am spus ca mai bine va uitati singuri) scrie: “Transforma e un spatiu de joaca si lucru. Rostul lui e de a supune atentiei si discutiei publice idei si proiecte.” Ok, noi am ciulit urechile. Suntem curiosi sa vedem ce-o sa mai urmeze.

Saturday Noon Concert (24): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Opus 78

Beethoven dedicated this sonata to one of his students, the Duchess Thérèse von Brunswick (she might be the one for whom Für Elise was written too). So this is perhaps how Beethoven sounds when he’s in love. 🙂 Happy listening:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (23): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

You’ll recognize this one easily. The sonata is really powerfull, quite violent in fact (no wonder Lenin liked Appassionata a lot 🙂 – see here). Some might say it reveals a bit of Beethoven’s turbulent spirit. Gramo would prefer to say it was like heavy metal for the beginning of the 19th century. 🙂 Anyway, here it is:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.