A MUSICAL WEEK
Although I had seen the Marie Laurencin exhibition this week, the rest of it turned out to be very musical. Since Gianni returned to Italy, I am not so keen about going to the Cité de la Musique which is a long way from home and coming back in the metro at night is not always very secure. Also this year has been a mixed lot and I have walked out of concerts, napped in them or been only slightly enthusiastic. The programme contains much less contemporary music than it once did and many concerts are theme music (Indian, African, Film.....) which is not always my cup of tea. This was to be a concert directed by Susanna Mälkki who came to Paris (she’s Finnish) to direct the Ensemble Contemporain in 2005. I have learnt a lot under her direction, follow her blindly and have never been disappointed. It was to be an Opera which she had created (as Conducter) at the Scala in 2011 and this was our introduction to «Quartett» by Luca Francesconi. An hour and a half, no interval which is ideal fr