No More Gout

Le Gout des Jeunes Filles is the story of Fanfan, a young Haitian boy who begins to lose his innocence and naiveté over the course of a long weekend in 1971. Although the film is primarily about Fanfan, different characters - from a prostitute to a member of the feared Tonton Macoute death squads -address the camera to give insight into their experiences and motivations. Perhaps the most poignant aspect of the film is the vulnerability of women and children in a society ruled by terror and violence.

The eleventh volume of the complete HAYDN2032 symphony cycle moves it's focus to Paris: 'Every day one perceives more clearly, and consequently admires more, the productions of this great genius, who, in every one of his works, knows so well how to draw rich and varied developments from a single subject', wrote the Mercure de France in April 1788, adding that Haydn was 'quite different from those sterile composers who constantly move from one idea to another…'. The symphonies presented here are no.2 (the first to be published in France), no.24 (the first to be performed there) and the so-called 'Paris' symphonies nos. 87 and 82 'L'Ours', with it's references to fairground atmosphere and it's famous contredanse finale.