L'évaluation Des Psychothérapies

A la veille de l'Exposition universelle de 1851, à Londres, Rick Hunter, ancien botaniste pour la Compagnie des Indes orientales, survit comme chasseur de primes. Animé par un désir de vengeance, il se fait engager à la boutique Passion d'Orient, tenue par une fleuriste réputée, où il rencontre une galerie de personnages hétéroclites. Mais, bientôt, les assassinats se multiplient dans la ville. …

On estime qu'au rythme où vont les choses, il faudra encore deux cents ans avant de résorber les inégalités qui perdurent entre les hommes et les femmes. De la rémunération pour un travail égal au partage de la charge mentale, en passant par la représentativité dans les rôles de pouvoir et la prise en charge des plaintes pour agression sexuelle, on connaît les combats à mener. …

The existence of a third Passion by Bach based on the Gospel of St. Mark had long been known. Numerous studies carried out from the second half of the 20th century by specialist musicologists and musicians confirmed that on Good Friday, 1731, Bach presented this Passion set to a text by Picander, which the latter published one year later at the same time as his third volume of poetry. In 2009, the existence of this Passion was fully confirmed by the discovery at St. Petersburg of a later version of the libretto used for a new performance of the work, which took place in 1744. Compared with the 1732 libretto, it contains a number of modifications to the texts, as well as a different ordering of some chorales and arias and the addition of two new arias. Thanks to the new version, we have a very clear idea of the form and content of this third Passion by Bach.

Renaissance composers frequently based sacred works on the melodies of secular songs, which were typically placed in the tenor part as a cantus firmus. The mixing of such elements, as in Josquin's Missa Di dadi and the Missa Une mousse de Biscaye, which were based respectively on the chansons N'aray je jamais mieulx and Une mousse de Biscaye, was common practice in the 15th century. However, Josquin also used images of dice in the tenor part of the Missa Di dadi, which have been interpreted as symbols representing time ratios, indicating the length of notes relative to the other three voices.

Ce document historique propose un itinéraire pittoresque dans le Paris des Lumières, à travers de grandes figures de scientifiques, philosophes et artistes comme d'Alembert, Condorcet et Lavoisier. D'amphithéâtres en salons, de laboratoires en cabinets de curiosités, le lecteur croise également les autres acteurs de cette aventure : les mécènes, les inventeurs, les aventuriers…

Farnace was apparently one of Vivaldi's favorite operas, because he mounted numerous productions in various cities, and wrote six versions of the score, more than of any of his other operas. The conventions of operatic vocal characterizations that came to be standard – higher voices in the sympathetic roles, and lower voices in villainous roles – had not yet been established, and Farnace features a baritone and contralto in the heroic roles, with a soprano as the villain. Soprano Adriana Fernández shines as the wicked Berenice, who is redeemed at the very last minute. She has a full, creamy voice that she deploys appealing agility and warmth.