I had 28th live broadcast of “Pops
Lounge” yesterday in TBN Ulsan Traffic Broadcasting Network’s “Studio1041”. The
topic of yesterday's broadcast was “British popular music of the 1970s”,
including the genres of Folk music, British soul and Industrial music.
I uploaded content of yesterday's
broadcast on YouTube.
The second selected music is “Symphonie fantastique” by Hector Berlioz.
“Symphonie
fantastique” is a symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in
1830, one of the important works of the early Romantic period. It was premiered
at the Paris Conservatoire on 5 December 1830, and Franz Liszt made a piano
transcription of the symphony in 1833.
Hector Berlioz
The American composer and conductor
Leonard Bernstein described the symphony as the "first musical expedition
into psychedelia," based on its hallucinatory and dreamlike character and
the suggestion that Berlioz composed the piece while he was under the influence
of opium.
In 1831, Berlioz wrote a less
famous sequel to the work, “Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie,” for actors,
soloists, chorus, piano, and orchestra.
“Symphonie
fantastique” is a piece of program music, telling the story of an artist who,
after suffering from unrequited love, tries to commit suicide with opium, and
in a coma, experiences all sorts of fantasies involving the woman he loves.
Berlioz wrote the overall plot of
the piece himself as his own preface for each movement of the piece.
On September 11, 1827, Berlioz
attended a performance of William Shakespeare's Hamlet and fell in love with
the Irish actress Harriet Smithson, who played the role of Ophelia.
Harriett Smithson, George Clint
He sent her
numerous love letters, but all of them were unanswered, and in 1829 she left
Paris. He then wrote “Symphonie fantastique” as a way of expressing his
unrequited love, with many different portrayals of Harriet Smithson throughout
the symphony. Smithson did not attend the premiere in 1830, but she realized Berlioz's
genius when she heard the work in 1832. Finally, they married on October 3,
1833, but their marriage became increasingly unhappy, and they eventually
divorced a few years later.
I had 27th live broadcast of “Pops
Lounge” yesterday in TBN Ulsan Traffic Broadcasting Network’s “Studio1041”. The
topic of yesterday's broadcast was “British popular music of the 1960s.”
I uploaded content of yesterday's
broadcast on YouTube.
I had 26th live broadcast of “Pops
Lounge” yesterday in TBN Ulsan Traffic Broadcasting Network’s “Studio1041”. The
topic of yesterday's broadcast was “Rock music", one of the genres
of popular music which were popular in America in the 1990s.
I uploaded content of yesterday's
broadcast on YouTube, and please enjoy the below link.
I had 25th live broadcast of “Pops
Lounge” yesterday in TBN Ulsan Traffic Broadcasting Network’s “Studio1041”. The
topic of yesterday's broadcast was “Country music", one of the genres
of popular music which were popular in America in the 1990s.
I uploaded content of yesterday's
broadcast on YouTube, and please enjoy the below link.
Currently, I am introducing the stories about various artists and their
paintings with the title “Interesting Art Stories”.
The 80th story is the “Young Sick Bacchus” by Caravaggio.
The “Young Sick Bacchus” is an early self-portrait by the Baroque
artist Caravaggio, painted between 1593 and 1594, which is now in the
collection of the Galleria Borghese in Rome. According to Giovanni Baglione,
Caravaggio's first biographer, it was a cabinet piece by the artist using a
mirror.
Portrait of Caravaggio, Ottavio Leoni (c. 1621)
Galleria Borghese
Caravaggio created this painting after arriving in Rome from his
hometown of Milan in mid-1592. According to a 2009 article in the American
medical publication "Clinical Infectious Diseases", since the figure
shows jaundice in his skin and the eyes, which are indications of some active
hepatic disease that causes high levels of bilirubin, the artist’s physical
disease likely involved malaria. The “Young Sick Bacchus” was one of the
collections of Giuseppe Cesari, one of Caravaggio's early employers, and in
1607, the art collector Cardinal Scipione Borghese acquired the painting,
together with the artist’s “Boy peeling fruit” and “Boy with a basket of
fruit.”
Boy Peeling Fruit, Caravaggio (c. 1592 –1593)
Boy with a Basket of Fruit, Caravaggio (c.1593)
It is also likely that this painting was used by Caravaggio to promote
himself, demonstrating his virtuosity in painting genres such as still life and
portraits and alluding to his ability to paint classical figures of antiquity,
but what stands out in the painting is the grimace, tilt of the head, and a
realistic expression of the pain the artist felt.
The still life in the painting can be compared with that included in
slightly later works such as the “Boy with a basket of fruit” and the “Boy
bitten by a lizard”, where the fruits are in a much better condition,
reflecting the artist’s improved physical and mental condition.
Boy Bitten by a Lizard, Caravaggio (1593 –1594)
The painting also shows the influence of his teacher Simone Peterzano,
in the utilization of the tensed musculature depiction, and of the Lombard
school style in its attention to realistic details.
Cindy Sherman, the American artist, created aself-portrait titled
“Untitled # 224”, a parody of the “Young Sick Bacchus,” as part of her “History
Portrait” series.
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