David Dalle
Thursday September 24th, 2020 with David Dalle
The World Burns. Dance like there's no tomorrow.
The world seems to be aflame, both literally and metaphorically, and the death of a great woman such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not what the world needed right now. In a nod to Ginsburg's great lifelong love and support of Opera, we will begin the first set with the extremely joyful Overture from the Marriage of Figaro but we will end with one of Ginsburg's favourite moments in Opera, the apocalyptic Immolation scene completing Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" and the epic Ring Cycle. After the grand solo by Brunhilde lamenting her grief and commanding Valhalla and all the Gods to burn, ushering in a new free world for humanity, she mounts her steed and rides into the pyre accompanied by the most glorious music Wagner ever wrote. Ginsburg had said of Gotterdammerung: "Only a woman could do it; only a woman could change the course of history."
| Le Nozze Di Figaro: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Philharmonia Orchestera, Carlo maria Guilini - Le Nozze Di Figaro - EMI Classics |
| Constantinople had been scheduled to perform the last of their 4-concert Ottawa series this past June with the incredible Corsican ensemble A Filetta. Sadly, I don't know if they will return once the pandemic is over. However, Constantinople has just travelled to Corsica where they performed with A Filetta, so hopefully their collaborations with A Filetta are far from over. |
| Kervan Constantinople - Passages - Buda 
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| Tre A Filetta - Una tarra ci he - Olivi |
| Canta Incu Me Petru Guelfucci - Corsica - Olivi |
| Sin acabar Lo'Jo - ce soir là - Universal |
| Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir BWV 228 Johann Sebastien Bach/Pygmalion, Raphel Pichon - Motets - Harmonia Mundi 
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| Gotterdammerung: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort Richard Wagner/Hildegard Behrens, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine - Gotterdammerung - Deutsche Grammophon |
| After the Twilight of the Gods, I believe the only appropriate response is to dance like there's no tomorrow. The next set includes six un-released tracks courtesy of Analog Africa as a teaser for their upcoming release "La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980". These six tracks are not part of that compilation, but give a good idea of its contents which delve deep into the catalogue of the Columbian label Machuca which specialized in unusual Afro-Columbian psychedelia. We also intersperse it with three irresistible tracks from Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou.
See the upcoming Analog Africa compilation here: https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/la-locura-de-machuca-1975-1980 |
| Noude Ma Gnin Tche De Me Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques - From the vaults of Albarika Store 1969-1979 - Analog Africa |
| Ayu instrumental Anonymous - La Locoura de Machuca Teaser - Analog Africa
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| Boy Boy Boy Anonymous - La Locoura de Machuca Teaser - Analog Africa
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| Carnavales De Barranquilla Anonymous - La Locoura de Machuca Teaser - Analog Africa
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| Mede Ma Gnin Messe Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques - From the vaults of Albarika Store 1969-1979 - Analog Africa |
| Los Twangueros Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo - World Circuit/Nonesuch |
| Sambu Kamba Afel Bocoum - Lindé - World Circuit
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| Cuerpo cobarde Alexandro Duran - La Locoura de Machuca Teaser - Analog Africa
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| La Metes y La Sacas La Namda Africana - La Locoura de Machuca Teaser - Analog Africa
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| Travoltando Anonymous - La Locoura de Machuca Teaser - Analog Africa
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| Gan Tche Kpo Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques - From the vaults of Albarika Store 1969-1979 - Analog Africa |
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"I saw the best minds...destroyed by madness..." Allen Ginsberg ( no relation to today's Great One) Beauty for dancing is right! "Don't wanna go to no revolution where I can't dance!"
2:45 PM, September 24th, 2020