The great cultural temples of the world are now just a couple of clicks away, without the need to travel. From the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique on Parisian Avenue du Président Kennedy you can see the Eiffel Tower. The digital platform of the public broadcaster ARTE cannot give us that view, but it can offer the broadcast live and free of charge from inside the auditorium of Dream Requiem by Rufus Wainwright, which will feature the participation and voice of Meryl Streep.
It will be this Friday, June 14, at 8:00 p.m. This is a concert performed by soprano Anna Prohaska and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Mikko Franck, in memory of those lost during the covid pandemic inspired by himself Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi, one of the Canadian singer’s favorite compositions. The actress will recite the poem Darkness by Lord Byron. For those who cannot follow it live, the recital will be available in the ARTE catalog for delayed viewing.
Where to find it: ART
The ‘First dates’ of urban music
The Reality Mixtape, the new format of RTVE Play, shows how an urban music hit is created in the studio. The first episode, now available, features the collaboration between Rusherking and Abraham Mateo, under the production of Mr. NaisGai and Colla. The space shows from when the two artists meet until the final moment in which they leave the song ready to be heard. The names involved in the five remaining installments (which will premiere every Wednesday night) are Ryan Castro, Maikel Delacalle, La Zowi, Brray, Soge Culebra, West Dubai, Aleesha, Juicy BAE, Luana and Juseph. They meet in a particular villa and a recording studio on the outskirts of Madrid.
Where to find it: RTVE PLAY
‘Parliament’, the prestigious ‘sitcom’ about European politics
With the results of the European elections still hot, perhaps it is a good time to take it with humor and turn to a cult comedy about the EU, the series Parliament. Although it is no longer in the Filmin catalogue, there is a way to recover its first two seasons: through TV5Monde Plus. It can be seen in the original version with Spanish subtitles. It doesn’t cost a single euro to register on this French platform, you just have to invest a few minutes. The protagonists are the long-suffering assistants of some MEPs who, to no one’s surprise, are dedicated to getting away with anything. At the expense of his poor advisors.
Where to find it: TV5 Monde Plus
12 relaxing waterscapes
Few people don’t like the sea. Or walk near a river or lake. Although it is not the same to see them from a screen, at least the aquatic landscapes of the great geniuses of painting are not usually crowded with tourists or Sunday residents. This virtual exhibition from Google Arts & Culture compiles in the highest possible visual quality works by Monet, Turner, Antonio Muñoz Degrain, Klimt, Signac and up to a dozen artists and their look at many other places in the world, from Palma de Mallorca to Venice and Capri.
Where to find it: Google Arts & Culture
Six degrees of separation from Marie Curie to Rosalía
In the nineties it became fashionable as an American parlor game to relate Kevin Bacon to any actor in the world through, at most, six film, theater or television titles. It is an adaptation of the famous theory of six degrees of separation, which unites any person with another through a maximum of six human connections.
Following this same pattern, the new podcast from CaixaForum+, Six degrees of connection, unravels a thread of stories uniting two personalities who lived in different times through five people who met each other. Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón (presenter of Órbita Laika on La 2), José Edelstein and Héctor Urién achieve this by relating a handful of anecdotes and historical curiosities along the way. In the first installment they do it with Marie Curie and Rosalía. And, in the last one, with Newton and Lorca. There are four others in between.
Where to find it: CaixaForum+
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