SONGLINES – EXPLORING MUSICAL GENRES
Two Films by Vasudha Joshi
To Catch the Wind (30 min; 2008; dvd; English)
As a musician has pointed out, “people have always travelled, and so has music.” It is not strange therefore to encounter the notes of American blues music across the folk traditions of India from Phulbani, Jharkhand, Assam or Kerala. The film seeks to explore these connections and hints at the deep-rooted links between musical traditions which have thrived on opposite ends of the globe
Songlines (45 min; 2010; dvd; English)
An exploration of blues notes in folk music across India
To Catch the Wind (30 min; 2008; dvd; English)
As a musician has pointed out, “people have always travelled, and so has music.” It is not strange therefore to encounter the notes of American blues music across the folk traditions of India from Phulbani, Jharkhand, Assam or Kerala. The film seeks to explore these connections and hints at the deep-rooted links between musical traditions which have thrived on opposite ends of the globe
Songlines (45 min; 2010; dvd; English)
An exploration of blues notes in folk music across India
SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS
Don Quixote (85 min; dvd)
Ballet by Mikhail Baryshnikov
With Cynthia Harvey, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Richard Schafer, Brian Adams
Choreography: Mikhail Baryshnikov
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Conductor: Paul Connelly
Baryshnikov’s sparkling full-length production of Don Quixote captures all the excitement, Spanish colour and humour of Cervantes’ original masterpiece. It is one of the most popular and joyful ballets surviving from the Imperial Russian ballet’s repertory
Ballet by Mikhail Baryshnikov
With Cynthia Harvey, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Richard Schafer, Brian Adams
Choreography: Mikhail Baryshnikov
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Conductor: Paul Connelly
Baryshnikov’s sparkling full-length production of Don Quixote captures all the excitement, Spanish colour and humour of Cervantes’ original masterpiece. It is one of the most popular and joyful ballets surviving from the Imperial Russian ballet’s repertory
SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS
La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment)
(121 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera in two acts follows Marie, a feisty young girl raised by a regiment of French soldiers high in the Alps during World War II
With Juan Diego Flórez, Patricia Ciofi
Orchestra and Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
(121 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera in two acts follows Marie, a feisty young girl raised by a regiment of French soldiers high in the Alps during World War II
With Juan Diego Flórez, Patricia Ciofi
Orchestra and Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS
Die Kamiliendame (Lady of the Camellias)
(123 min; dvd; 1987)
Ballet by John Neumeier
Music: Frédéric Chopin
With Marsha Haydéé, Ivan Liška, François Klaus, Colleen Scott
Hamburg Ballet, NDR Sinfonie Orchester
Conductor: Heribert Beissel
Based on Alexander Dumas’ 19th century French novel, Lady of the Camellias follows the tragic affair of Marguerite, one of Paris’ most sought-after courtesans, and Armand, a young gentleman from the country
(123 min; dvd; 1987)
Ballet by John Neumeier
Music: Frédéric Chopin
With Marsha Haydéé, Ivan Liška, François Klaus, Colleen Scott
Hamburg Ballet, NDR Sinfonie Orchester
Conductor: Heribert Beissel
Based on Alexander Dumas’ 19th century French novel, Lady of the Camellias follows the tragic affair of Marguerite, one of Paris’ most sought-after courtesans, and Armand, a young gentleman from the country
SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS
Thaïs (138 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Jules Massenet’s opera about the most beautiful courtesan in Alexandria, Thaïs who holds an entire city in her thrall
With Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos
Jules Massenet’s opera about the most beautiful courtesan in Alexandria, Thaïs who holds an entire city in her thrall
With Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos
SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS
Curator: Dr. R.P. Jain who will introduce the screenings
Manon (112 min; dvd; 1982)
Music of Jules Massenet
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
With Jennifer Penny, Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Derek Rencher
The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Conductor: Ashley Lawrence
A lyric tragedy of innocence corrupted in the pleasure-seeking world of Paris in the early 18th century
SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS
Screenings on 6, 8, 12, 15, 22 and 26 June 2015 in the Auditorium at 18:30
Curator: Dr. R.P. Jain who will introduce the screenings
Don Pasquale (133 min; dvd; English subtitles)
A comic opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with John del Carlo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Matthew Polanzani, Anna Netrebko, Bernhard Fitch
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: James Levine
Curator: Dr. R.P. Jain who will introduce the screenings
Don Pasquale (133 min; dvd; English subtitles)
A comic opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with John del Carlo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Matthew Polanzani, Anna Netrebko, Bernhard Fitch
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: James Levine
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Jokes and Japes: Humour in Western Classical Music
An illustrated lecture by Sunit Tandon, noted theatre and television personality and is currently the President of the Delhi Music Society
An illustrated lecture by Sunit Tandon, noted theatre and television personality and is currently the President of the Delhi Music Society
To Mark World Environment Day 2015
3rd Edition of the Dialogue to Develop a Vision of the Environment of Delhi 2025
Speakers: Prof. Geetam Tiwari, Professor of Transport Planning, IIT Delhi; Shri Himanshu Thakkar, Coordinator, South Asian Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP); Shri Tarun Coomar, IFS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of Delhi; Shri Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head, Urban Transport, EMBARQ India; Dr. Shah Hussain, Scientist- in-Charge, Aravalli Biodiveristy Park, New Delhi; Shri Nishant Kumar, D. Phil Student, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford; Dr. Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Business Sustainability,TERI University, New Delhi
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi
Kindly please bring a cloth/jute carry bag to take away sapling which will be presented to each participant
Speakers: Prof. Geetam Tiwari, Professor of Transport Planning, IIT Delhi; Shri Himanshu Thakkar, Coordinator, South Asian Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP); Shri Tarun Coomar, IFS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of Delhi; Shri Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head, Urban Transport, EMBARQ India; Dr. Shah Hussain, Scientist- in-Charge, Aravalli Biodiveristy Park, New Delhi; Shri Nishant Kumar, D. Phil Student, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford; Dr. Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Business Sustainability,TERI University, New Delhi
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi
Kindly please bring a cloth/jute carry bag to take away sapling which will be presented to each participant
DIALOGUE SERIES: DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH ASIA
Nepal Earthquake: Role of SAARC in Disaster Management and Reconstruction in South Asia
Speakers: Dr Ajay Gondane, Joint Secretary, SAARC Division, MEA; Mr Sheel Kant Sharma, former Secretary-General SAARC; Mr Kanak Mani Dixit, Himal Magazine, Nepal; and Mr Ashim Roy, New Trade Union Initiative (and key member of PSaarc steering committee)
Speakers: Dr Ajay Gondane, Joint Secretary, SAARC Division, MEA; Mr Sheel Kant Sharma, former Secretary-General SAARC; Mr Kanak Mani Dixit, Himal Magazine, Nepal; and Mr Ashim Roy, New Trade Union Initiative (and key member of PSaarc steering committee)