I was stunned to learn that the Madras Chamber Orchestra (MCO in Short) was revived last April’09 after nearly two decades of silence. That too for a 40 year old music group 20 years is definitely a long gap.

Was very happy to be watching their second act yesterday at the Egmore Museum Theatre. Revived and Conducted by Bernard Wacheux, a French national based out of Pondicherry and also a Violinist.

The Stage is set now for the Bach’s, the Beethoven’s and Vivaldi’s to flow again in the Heart of Chennai.

The Crowd’s now eager for the Chamber Music from the well trained and passionate 20+ String players of the MCO.

With an eminent conductor who has the passion to revive after nearly two decades and driving 300 odd KMs every weekend to practise with his team.

The Madras Chamber Orchestra needs to be supported by the public and not just Gatsby or Satsang with their sponsorships to enable us to listen to such lovely composers.

BE THERE WHEN THEY PERFORM NEXT TIME.

Nu när världsbanken skriker, wall street skriker ännu mer, så tittar jag på denna videon och förstår varför de skriker.

Nodame Cantabile is a new anime (2007-2008) I have been watching for the last  couple of weeks. Today I finished watching this anime and here is what I can tell you about it.

The anime closely follows the original manga by Tomoko Ninomiya. It is about two aspiring classical musicians and their journey to becoming famous (or at least get to play in as many places as possible).

Chiaki Shin’ichi was raised in a family of musicians. He is an extremely good piano and violin player with perfect musical ear. He is the top student at his university and everyone knows him as being extremely arrogant, very handsome and always stealing away the ladies, although unwillingly. His dream is to become an accomplished orchestra conductor but in order to do that he has to overcome his phobia of flying and traveling on water as there is no way to fulfill this dream by staying in Japan.

Megumi Noda, or Nodame being how she prefers to be addressed, is a very talented piano player who surprisingly just wants to become a kindergarten teacher. She has always played music by ear instead of reading the musical score so she has developed a “bad” habit of always “spicing up” the melody in a way largely dependent on her mood. Learning to read the musical score is not the hardest thing for Nodame. It is learning to obey it. She’s also very messy, takes baths several days apart and she always has her room filled with junk food everywhere. She likes to dress up, eat delicious food, play with kids and watch Puri Gorota (a childish, fantasy, animated TV series).

Chiaki meets Megumi and likes her playing on the piano, but she isn’t exactly how he imagined her to be. Nodame instantly proclaims herself  Chiaki’s girlfriend, and sometimes wife, while Chiaki tries to deal with the annoyances and help Nodame become more than a kindergarten teacher.

The story becomes very interesting later on when they start facing challenges both musical and personal but what’s most interesting about this anime is how it made me more aware of classical music. It’s no surprise I’m listening to some of it right now. The “live performances” in the anime, although short, are plenty and very beautiful to listen to.

Two seasons have aired so far, Nodame Cantabile and Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen, with a third season ready to air this fall.

I kind-heartedly recommend watching (and listening to) this to anyone that loves classical music (or doesn’t hate it). It was very enjoyable for me to watch and it heightened my decision to learn more about music and playing an instrument. Who knows what it would do to you! Just joking. Watch it. You’ll like it!

PS – Have you started yet? Eek! Sorry. ‘^^

Meciurile jucate astazi fac parte dintr-un sistem inedit , meciurile fiind repartizate pe bilete oarecum aleator pe baza unui sistem de randomizare printr-un soft specializat. Ce pot sa spun este ca toate aceste bilete le joc si in realitate fie ea virtuala (gamebookers) sau la “agentiile din cartier” , nu conteaza unde ci conteaza cum joci parerea mea. Sa fie cu noroc.

Osasuna – Betis @ 1x
OOstende – Leuven @ ambele marcheaza && over 2.5
Gronigen – Sparta @ 1
Furth – Aachen @ ambele marcheaza && over 2.5
Wozniacki – Medina @ Wozniacki
Cota totala : 7.8

St. Pauli – Wehen @ 1
Hamilton – Rangers @ 2
Bayern – Wolfsburg @ 1
Everton – United @ 2
Cota totala : 5.03

Manchester City @ Stoke @ 1
Besiktas – Sivaspor @ ambele marcheaza && over 2.5
Hartlepool – Brighton @ ambele marcheaza && over 2.5
Hanovra – Werder @ 2
Cota totala : 10.7

Reading – QPR @ 1
Pandurii – Vaslui @ x pauza
Rochadle – Aldershot @ 1
Den Bosch – Eindhoven @ 1
Cota totala : 8.87

Milton – Chelenham @ ambele marcheaza && over 2.5
Leverkusen – Koln @ 1
FSV Frankfurt – Hansa @ 2
Birmingham – Sheffield @ 1
Cota totala : 10.03

“Kuda,Kuda”- Lenski’s Aria, “Eugeni Onegin”, P. Chaykovski

Oriunde as fi, la birou, in masina, acasa, pe bicicleta nu pot sa nu ascult muzica. Pur si simplu muzica imi da viata, imi da aripi. Muzica este calea spre nemurirea sufletului nemuritor, calea spre limpezirea mintii si curatirea sufletului. Muzica este viata, viata este muzica O sa scriu niste maxime despre muzica si am sa atasez niste melodi.

 Muzica Porneste de la inima si se adreseaza inimilor( George Enescu )

 Muzia poate face dintr-un suflet ravasit o catedrala ( Vasile Ghica )

 Iubesc muzica cu patima. Muzica e pentru mine un prilej de inspiratie, dar cateodata un motiv de durere. ( Gala galaction )

 Fara muzica, viata ar fi o greseala. ( Friedrich Nietzsche)

 Muzica este mediatorul intre viata spirituala si cea trupeasca ( Ludwig van Beethoven)

 Muzica este arta cu materialul cel mai imaterial ( Platon )

Clipele au prins sa-nghete - pun aceasta melodie pur si simplu , nustiu m-au fascinat verusrile, m-au facut sa visez, pur si simplu a trezit ceva in mine, nustiu…..

Acalmie

Tăcute sunt clipele azi.
Mor fără întârziere…
Un neant infantil şi schilod
încearcă să le trezească din leşin
plîngînd deasupra lor.
Prea multe cadavre azi…
nu mai sunt lacrimi în rezervă…
Neantul începe să cînte.
Va cînta pînă-i vor rugini coardele
şi atunci n-are decît să tacă…

Tăcere-infinit de reculegere
în memoria clipelor moarte.

Tăcute sunt clipele azi…
Tăcute ca ieri…
Tacute ca mine…

text:Otilia Biriuc