“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”
Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad
Archives for February 24, 2016
Snapshot: Jean-Pierre Rampal plays Poulenc’s Flute Sonata
Jean-Pierre Rampal and Robert Veyron-Lacroix perform Francis Poulenc’s Flute Sonata:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)
Almanac: Francis Poulenc on Emmanuel Chabrier
“Ah! Chabrier, I love him as one loves his father! An indulgent father, always happy, pockets full of tasty morsels.”
Francis Poulenc, Moi et mes amis