Saint Paul

This "collaborative exploration" of Schubert's String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 ("Death and the Maiden"), is experimental even by the standards of violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. It offers the Schubert quartet itself, in an arrangement for string orchestra by Kopatchinskaja herself, that preserves the original quartet forces in some passages; between its movements come other works by Augustus Nörmiger, John Dowland, Carlo Gesualdo, and György Kurtág, along with a piece of Byzantine chant, all of them on the theme of death and often making specific musical reference to the content of the Schubert.

Normalement, les militaires n’ont pas le droit d’exercer une activité politique. Mais Laetitia Saint-Paul, officier de carrière de l’armée de Terre, a pourtant réussi à devenir la première militaire élue députée de notre Histoire.
Elle est également vice-présidente de l’Assemblée nationale.
Militaire elle est, militaire elle reste. Pour percer en politique, elle quadrille le terrain, identifie l’adversaire, dessine une stratégie, monte un bataillon et se bat pour porter ses convictions. …

Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. He lives quietly, alone with his almost grown-up son, Bernard. One day, the police come and say Bernard murdered a FACTORY OWNER. Superintendent Guiboud asks Michel for help. But Michel realizes how little he knows about his son. He also starts to feel he is unable to blame his son.