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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
In the summer of 2005, the
director of the Orchestre du
Centre Philharmonique,
Richard Beswick, received a
postcard from Pierre Labadie
(pictured), a composer (and
ironmonger) from Nérac in
Lot-et-Garonne, saying that
he was composing a
Requiem, and that at the age
of 85 he was impatient
to hear it.
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
‘Le Périgord Balades
aériennes’ is a beautiful
book of 400 aerial-view photos
of the Dordogne.
Michel Bernard, author,
photographer and ULM pilot,
divided the Dordogne
according to the rivers La
Dronne, L’Isle, La Dordogne,
and La Vézère, and captured the département from
extraordinary viewpoints. Revealing many hidden areas, this
book is a spectacular bird’s-eye trip around the Périgord.
Published by patrimoines médias: 320 pages, €49.50
www.patrimoines-medias.fr
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
In last month’s issue we
asked ‘What’s really
happening in
Lascaux cave?’.
At a press conference
held in Bordeaux on
November 20, scientists
attempted to give an answer.
The meeting, chaired by
Michel Clément of the
Ministry of Culture and
Communication and attended
by préfet of the Dordogne
Jean-Francois Tallec,
attracted great media
attention. While not
downright hostile, concerns
were raised regarding the
custodianship of the cave
with its unique prehistoric
paintings, and whether the
public was being kept
sufficiently informed as to
the situation therein. The
majority of the questions
were fielded by Marc
Gauthier, president of the
International Lascaux
Scientific Committee.
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
There are many dance schools in France but only in
Perpignan will you find one that is headed by an 86
year old who shows no sign of hanging up his
dance shoes.
Born Harold Mattox in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA in 1921,
he started dancing at the age of 11, progressing to find his
own jazz rhythm and lending his name to the fusion Mattox
Technique. During the 1940s, 50s and 60s, he appeared not
only on the stage on Broadway in classic musicals such as
Oklahoma, but also in Hollywood films such as ‘Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes’ (1953). In a prolific career, his dance
partners included Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe.
In 1980, Matt and his wife Martine, also a dancer,
arrived in Perpignan to open up their dance school where
today they both teach.
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
The bald descriptions
don’t work really –
what to expect from
three 10m-high bronze
columns placed on a
roundabout?
Well the answer is
dramatic, bold and exciting.
Moreover, it says just what
Montpellier wants heard – it
is an international city and
capable of acquiring artwork
from an international
sculptor to beautify the
metropolis.
Liverpool-born Tony
Cragg’s new sculptures in
Montpellier will certainly be
hard to miss. A massive 24
tons of bronze was needed to
make the columns, at a cost
of €716,000.
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