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P. I. L. Il Punk O Morto? L'UNITÀ / DOMENICA 7 SETTEMBRE 1986 nezia da 23 anni — più che un treuXi Munch, Stokowski, alle 21): la partita n. 2 per vio­ 14 L'omaggio intenso percorso nella musica Klemperer, Kleiber, Von Ka- lino solo in Re minore Wv è un pezzo di storia di quest'ul­ rajan, Ormandj, Walter, Ba- 1004 di Bach e, successiva'' di Venezia tima, poiché la lunghissima renboim — per citarne alcuni mente in luogo della terza so­ carriera di questo artista lo vi* — sono stati i suoi interlocuto­ nata per violino e pianoforte de debuttare, stupefacente ri. Interlocutori alla direzione di Brahms che avrebbe dovuto a Milstein delle orchestre più prestigiose eseguire con Eugenio Bagnoli «enfant prodige» a soli 10 an­ al pianoforte, il Largo e l'Alle­ ni, in sostituzione di un solista del mondo che hanno accolto il grande solista portatore di gro assai della sonata in Do Nostro ••rvlzio malato, nel concerto di Glazu* maggiore sempre del Maestro nov diretto dallo stesso autore. una poetica espressiva centra­ peliamoli VENEZIA — Il premio «Una ta su un repertorio che ha pri* di Eisenach. Dopo, un cerimo­ vita nella musica» organizzato Continuò gli studi al Conser­ niale tutto sommato indolore, vatorio Imperiale di San Pie­ vilegiato le grandi tradizioni e promosso dall'Associazione del patrimonio musicale tede­ ha visto autorità varie conse­ •Omaggio a Venezia» nata an­ troburgo (ora Leningrado) e gnare targhe dorate, Leoni di dopo altre tappe (di nuovo sco, francese, italiano e russo. ni fa da un'idea di Bruno Tosi Ma esiste nella scelta interpre­ Vetro, Chiavi rilucenti dj im­ e del violinista Uto Ughi, è Odessa) tenne dei concerti a maginarie porte di questa cit­ tativa di Milstein un punto fo­ tà all'artista che, alla fine, sot­ giunto all'ottava edizione. Kiev durante i quali conobbe cale, un centro gravitazionale Quest'anno il premio è stato Horowitz. Nel 1925 si trasferì a to una pioggia di applausi, ha che ha assorbito per decenni condotto, come un amorevole consegnato ad uno dei massi­ Parigi e dopo un anno era già le sue migliori energie: si trat­ iiliaira uno dei solisti più acclamati. «gentleman», la sua consorte mi interpreti di violino viven­ ta di Bach. E proprio brani di che ha condiviso il lungo per­ ti, Nathan Milstein, nato a Da quella data in poi la vita di Bach Milstein ha eseguito sot­ Milstein è in un certo senso la corso artistico dell'ottanduen- Odessa il 31 dicembre 1904. La to gli impietosi riflettori della ne Maestro. carriera artistica di Milstein vita della musica europea Rai (il programma verrà tra­ — che raramente si esibisce in espressa ai livelli più alti. To- smesso in ventidue paesi il 19 Italia e non era presente a Ve­ scanini, Furtwangler, IMon- settembre e, in Italia, su Rai 1 Marco Maria Tosolini Videoguida Il balletto La tournee In Italia Bejart arriva il gruppo di John Lydon Raidue, ore 11,25 alla Scala di Ma Tex-Sex Pistol ha Milano con il davvero cambiato pelle? Miss Tokyo Ballet. Lo spettacolo Marple «The Kabuki» P. I. L. dimagrita è ispirato ad una pièce del Il punk per la tv '700, ancora oggi famosa Ritorna Miss Marple. L'investigatrice inventata da Agatha Chri- è vivo stie, donna d'età e con un certo caratterino, che non rinuncerebbe mai alla sua tazza di tè alle cinque del pomeriggio (anche se è nel momento cruciale dell'indagine), è di nuovo in tv. Non è però la rotonda Margaret!» Rutheford, che ha reso celebre al cinema que­ Eric Vu-an in «The sto personaggio regalandogli la sua fisionomia, ad interpretare Kabuki» di Maurice oggi alle 11,25 su Raidue il film per la tv // terrore viene per posta: Bejart John Lydon durante il concerto romano o morto? la protagonsita scelta dalla Bbc e Joan Hickson, attrice shakespea­ riana molto quotata. Ma la Hickson ha soprattutto una particola­ rità: non assomiglia affatto alla Rutheford. Anziché una donna ROMA — L'Anticristo nella città del Papa, nel sere un'ennesima provocazione quella di farsi corpulenta e bizzarra troveremo da oggi una Miss Marple quieta e cuore della cristianità; un tempo forse si sarebbe precedere proprio dal gruppo che maggiormente gentile, una vecchietta segaligna, proprio come l'aveva descritta potuto dire così del concerto che John Lydon e i veniva additato dai punk come sinonimo di vec­ nei suoi libri Agatha Chnstie. Due taglie diverse, dunque, dal suoi Public Image Ltd. hanno tenuto venerdì se­ chio e noioso. Non solo, ma i quattro musicisti cinema alla tv, ma lo stesso buon senso e soprattutto lo stesso ra a Roma. Lydon però non è più Johnny Rotten, che accompagnano Lydon in tournée, hanno fat­ straordinario fiuto poliziesco che immancabilmente permette alla l'iconoclasta cantante dei Sex Pistols che decla­ to il loro ingresso sul palco attaccando le note di vecchia signora di scoprire il colpevole e di dare scacco matto ai La danza dei samurai mava «Sono l'Anticristo, sono l'anarchia». Questo un pezzo dei Led Zeppelin! Lydon evidentemen­ solerti funzionari di Scotland Yard. La breve serie di Miss Marple dieci anni fa. Quel che invece Lydon è oggi non è te non ha perso il suo leggendario sarcasmo, co­ proposta da Raidue proseguirà nelle prossime domeniche con altri me si vedrà anche di lì a poco, quando arriva due racconti: «Polvere negli occhi» e «Un delitto avrà luogo». MILANO — Quali meravi­ dino prosplcente l'attuale dicesimo. Questioni di op­ ha avuto molto successo, sia ben chiaro, di sicuro l'altra sera quel che ci ha dato era la parodia di un concerto rock in grande tutto vestito di bianco, coi capelli biondi e alcuni glie attendersi dallo spetta­ ambasciata italiana a To­ portunità politiche, s'inten­ a Bruxelles che a Parigi. In­ ciuffi arancioni che gli stanno dritti in testa, lan­ kyo. Motivo? Vendicare la de, che comunque oggi con­ fine, ci sono i «nuovi» inter­ stile, con Lydon a sfoderare tutta la sua arte di colo The Kabuki che va in grande ammaestratore del circo rock, la sua cele­ ciandosi nel suo repertorio di facce stralunate, Euro tv: settembre, si mangia scena martedì 9 settembre al morte del loro padrone, a sua tribuiscono a rendere estre­ preti. bre voce un po' ringhiosa, coi toni da muezzin, occhi spiritati, ma anche moine, sorrisini, bacetti Teatro alla Scala? Innanzi­ volta morto di harakiri (in mamente complicata l'inte­ Nuovi, perché Maurice Be­ distribuiti qui e là al pubblico; una sola volta è È finita la stagione delle diete, quelle che dovevano permettere lanciata alla massima potenza. tutto, una produzione firma­ giapponese il termine esatto ra matassa. Ma forse è pro­ jart firma la sua prima crea­ • È difficile non essere un po' severi nell'osser- riemerso il fantasma di Rotten, quando a degli l'arrivo in spiaggia sfoggiando un fisico asciutto: con il settembre sputi arrivati dalla platea, Lydon si è voltato ed anche i più ambiziosi possono rimettersi a tavola senza sensi di ta Maurice Bejart, il che ha sarebbe seppuku) per una prio questa complessità, zione per il Tokyo Ballet do­ vare il Lydon di oggi, perché lui stesso ci aveva sempre il suo peso. Poi, un questo andirivieni storico, ha risposto anche lui sputando. Per fortuna però colpa. E in tv ritornano le trasmissioni culinarie. Su Euro tv, alle lunga serie di ripicche, di in­ po aver concesso a questa abituati a una presenza diversa, che metteva in la situazione non ètrascesa come successe tre me­ 12, appuntamento con La buona tavola, programma gastronomi- cast per lo meno inconsueto. trighi e di offese tignose, ti­ questa eternità della storia compagnia, stimata per la discussione ruoli, comportamenti, suoni, infran­ co-scientifico diviso in tre rubriche, «Le buone idee», «Saperne di si fa a Londra, quando il suo concerto terminò in ' E cioè, i danzatori del Tokyo picamente giapponesi. dei quarantasette ronin ad sua ferrea volontà e precisio­ geva tutte le regole della prevedibilità, prima coi una rissa colossale, con l'impianto di amplifi­ iù» e «I tesori della vita*. Conduce Livia Azzarita (che force incor­ Sex Pistols e ancor più col gruppo che formò § Ballet, la più prestigiosa Fatto sta che da quell'an­ aver colpito l'estro di Mauri­ ne, alcuni dei suoi balletti cazione mezzo divelto. erete nella trasmissione Rai Check up). L'intera puntata è dedi­ compagnia giapponese di quando andò via dai Pistols. I Public Image Ltd., cata a] latte, e si parlerà del valore nutritivo e proteinico di questo no, ogni anno e nella stessa ce Bejart. Si sa che da sem­ più celebri. Ancora una volta alimento, con interviste ai consumatori. Verrà inoltre analizzato il danza classica (si è formata pre il coreografo ama l'O­ per l'appunto, coi quali già dal nome Lydon si Lydon ha dato il via alla sua performance al data — il 14 dicembre — i il grande coreografo europeo prefigurava di prendere le distanze dal suo pas­ latte nei prodotti surgelati, in cui viene utilizzato come componen­ appena nel 1964) capitanati riente, i suoi simboli, i suoi suono di «Fff», un pezzo tratto dal suo ultimo te. E poi, ai fornelli: ogni settimana una ricetta. giapponesi più religiosi ren­ lascia a casa la sua compa­ sato, potenziando tuttavia ancor di più il suo disco Album, realizzato con alcuni ospiti notevoli da Eric Vu An, stella emer­ segni. Li coltiva, dice lui, an­ gnia, il Ballet du XXème gente e molto discussa del­ dono omaggio a quel lontano carismatico ruolo di antieroe della scena rock, di come Bill Laswell, Ginger Baker, Riuichi Saka- che per capire meglio il mon­ Siècle e invece sceglie Eric fustigatore degli aspetti più retrivi della società moto.
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