drift along slowly on swampy lands, tempo rubato
First broadcast of “Asterix and Cleopâtre” was in 1968.
In this movie, Asterix and Obelix (the two main characters) visit Egypt to meet with Cleopatra. In this scene Amonbofis (who has been hired to kill them) is preparing a cake to offer to Cleopatra claiming it was made by the two Gauls, so that they get sentenced to death for trying to poison her. Here’s the recipe for the cake they’re baking.
Si vous aussi vous avez le télencéphale hautement développé et le pouce préhenseur, vous êtes concerné (un peu… quand même).
My favourite TV “show” so far (it’s been for a few years now though).
Here is the special episode which aired in december 2001 (I think). Hell of fun.
As I’ve been studying this piece lately, I stumbled upon this video of Uehara Hiromi playing Aufschwung (lit. “Soaring”) by Robert Schumann. Very difficult piece, especially the middle part.
