The Beatles | ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ | the most important rock & roll album ever made

Sgt_Peppers_Lonely_Hearts_Club_BandSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time. From the title song’s regal blasts of brass and fuzz guitar to the orchestral seizure and long, dying piano chord at the end of “A Day in the Life,” the 13 tracks on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band are the pinnacle of the Beatles’ eight years as recording artists. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were never more fearless and unified in their pursuit of magic and transcendence.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-beatles-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-20120531#ixzz2lJFDhMZk

There Are (Probably) Billions of Earth-Like Planets in the Universe

New research, courtesy of NASA’s Kepler telescope, suggests that there’s no dearth of pseudo-Earths.
 – NOV 4 / 2013.

“When I began searching for exoplanets,” Geoff Marcy told me last year, “everybody said I was crazy.” Back then—in the 1990s, when “planet hunting” was new and, as its name might suggest, somewhat exotic—the notion of finding planets that existed outside our solar system seemed to have as much to do with science fiction as with science. The Times wrote articles noting that “a few skeptics still question whether these objects, called exoplanets, qualify as true planets.”

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My Sweet Lord | Concert For George Harrison

Ficha Técnica:

Na guitarra acústica, Eric Clapton,

Na guitarra elétrica, o filho de George Harrison,

No piano, Paul McCartney,

Na primera bateria,Ringo Star,

Na segunda bateria, Phill Collins,

Na segunda guitarra elétrica, Tom Petty,

No órgão e interpretando a primeira voz, o incrível Billy Preston.

Entre as vocalistas do coro está Linda Eastman,esposa de Paul McCartney.

– Também estavam presentes nesse concerto:

Bob Dylan,

Ravi Shankar,

Jethro Tull e um número enorme de amigos e colegas

dos Beatles, assim como todo grupo ‘The Cream’ de Eric Clapton.

Todos um pouco gordos e enrrugados, mas encarnando o melhor do melhor, representativo dos anos 70.

Billy Preston chegou a ser conhecido como o quinto Beatle; foi ele que sempre tocou o piano e o órgão em todas as gravações dos Beatles.

Pianist Maria João Pires panics as she realises the orchestra has started the wrong concerto…

By  | The Telegraph |  October 26th, 2013

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This is quite extraordinary. The wonderful Maria João Pires is ready to play a Mozart piano concerto with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw conducted by Riccardo Chailly, only to hear the orchestra begin playinganother Mozart concerto – no 20 in D minor, K466, not what she was expecting or had prepared for. Can you imagine her horror? You’ll have to watch the film below to find out what happened next.

Eric Clapton and Friends – Medley: Rambling On My Mind/Have You Ever Loved A Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dEfn0mrA4

Eric Clapton, guitar and vocals; Ray Cooper, drums and percussion; James Hooker, keyboard; Kenny Jones, drums; Andy Fairweather Low, guitar, keyboard and vocals; Fernando Saunders, bass and vocal; Chris Stainton, keyboard; Charlie Watts, drums; Steve Winwood, vocals, keyboard and mandolin; Bill Wyman, bass; Jeff Beck, guitar and vocals; Tony Hymas, keyboard; Ronnie Lane, vocals; Jimmy Page, guitar; Simon Phillips, drums.

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Mozart Cosi fan tutte

Extrait de l’opéra de Mozart, Cosi fan tutte, dirigé par Jérémie Rhorer à la tête du Cercle de l’Harmonie et mis en scène par Eric Génovèse (Valérie Nègre, metteur en scène associé).
Avec Camilla Tilling, Michèle Losier, Claire Debono, Markus Werba, Bernard Richter et Pietro Spagnoli.
Au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 5 représentations du 22 au 31 mai 2012