La 2e découverte du soir : Orlando #Gibbons, Pavane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6vgZbE9p5w #musique #classique

Did you know that #Gibbons can swing “through the jungle at up to 35 miles an hour, bridging gaps as wide as 50 feet with a single swinging leap”?
(~56 km/h, 15 m)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/gibbons

Gibbons | National Geographic

Learn why these acrobatic mammals are perfectly adapted to life in the trees.

Beth Gibbons / Penderecki / Górecki - Symphony No. 3 Final Movement [English Subtitles]

from Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

III: Lento—Cantabile-semplice

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Portishead's vocalist sings in Polish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YlGYxCSDJU

Also, worth reading is this NYTimes' article.

#art #music #sorrowful #penderecki #gorecki #gibbons #symphony #polish