«Aucun argent, aucune cravache et aucun éperon ne feront d'un cheval une monture souple et fluide, apte et prête à s'incurver à la moindre suggestion transmise par le fessier ou la jambe intérieure de son cavalier. Le seul moyen est d'apprendre à penser cheval, à parler cheval, et à chevaucher avec l'esprit du meneur de troupeau.» C.I.
Une centaine de lettres échangées par Edith Piaf et Jacques Bourgeat, l'auteur de sa première chanson, devenu son ami et confident. Dans cette correspondance, qui s'étend sur plus de vingt ans, la chanteuse évoque sa recherche du bonheur, les hommes, ses amours déçues, avec, en arrière-fond, quelques allusions aux événements politiques. …
Released on 15th October, Velvet Armour is the follow-up to Ton Scherpenzeel’s 2013 album The Lion’s Dream. A highly respected musician, the legendary keyboardist is known for being the founder of Dutch band Kayak and for his work with Camel, and has recently become a prized acquisition to the Friendly Folk record label headed up by Kathy Keller…
A transformative force in historically informed performance, Ton Koopman is renowned as a conductor, harpsichordist and organist. In 1979, aged 35, he founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in the city where he had studied with the great Dutch harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt. Drawing on an international pool of players, the ensemble soon gained a reputation for flexibility, colour and expressivity as it explored the music of such composers as the Bach family, Handel, Telemann and Buxtehude.
Much of Bach’s organ music was written during the earlier part of his career, culminating in the period he spent as court organist at Weimar. Among many well-known compositions we may single out the Dorian Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564, Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582, Prelude and Fugue “St Anne”, BWV 552 (in which the fugue theme resembles the well-known English hymn of that name), Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, and the Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540. Chorale preludes are compositions for organ that consist of short variations on simple hymn tunes for all seasons of the church year.