Yi Jia Yan / Pierrot Serenade \ Wang Jia

October 10 is the French rococo painting giant Jean. Anton. 337th anniversary of Warowth's birth. The talent, who died young at the age of thirty-seven, has left his mark on painting, design, music and theatre. Among his paintings, music and drama are the most frequently photographed subjects. He excelled at interspersing characters from "Italian improv comedy" into picturesque natural landscapes to express the cozy time of the Parisian aristocratic men and women who were far away from the troubles of the world flirting and frolicking in the wild. This week's recommended album was released in 1977 by EMI Records, with British conductor Neville. Marina conducts the St Martin's Academy Orchestra in the field to perform Mozart's well-known Serenade (K.525, Serenade of Strings in G major). The album cover chose Watteau's only night scene, Italian Comedy.

The painting depicts twelve actors from "Italian improv comedy" gathering in the woods in the dark of night. A bright moon looms through the dense foliage in the upper right corner, and the whole picture is lit up by a mezitan holding a torch. In the center of his arms was Pierrot, a sad clown, standing on his left with a mask in his hand, turning his head to look at the old Pantalon was Lady Isabella, and the maid he admired, Columbine, was sandwiched between them. The characters in the play, such as the Clown, Pulchinella, Dr. Marsino, and Skalamucha, are listed to the right of Piero. In fact, the presentation of this picture is that the painter dressed up his friends in costumes in the form of "Italian improvisational comedy", and used the skillful chiaroscuro method to present the last act of the play in the night atmosphere, successfully realizing the integration of drama and reality. Therefore, it is most appropriate to use "Italian Comedy" for the cover of Mozart's light and cheerful Serenade. Although the album is named after Mozart's work, it is actually a collection of famous songs of "big names". Excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo and Eurydice, The Dance of the Happy Elves, Mozart's father Leopold Sr., Schubert's score For Rosamond's third interlude in B major, Handel's opera Sells, and J.S. Bach's 147th Cantata, Jesus, the joy of the world's admiration, are also included in this album.

("Picture in a Dish", "A Serenade"/"Italian Comedy")

【Source: Ta Kung Pao】

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