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Sun, space and green (Le Corbusier)

from Stalin's Piano by Sonya Lifschitz & Robert Davidson

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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) talks in 1958 about his architectural ideals, accompanied by piano in such a way as to bring out the musical qualities in his speech.

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I am a young man of 71 years old. I’ve built my first house at the age of 17 ½ – was very soon – and have continued during more than fifty years, occupied with many adventures and difficulties and catastrophes and from time to time success.

My research is like my feeling, directed towards what is the principal value in life: the poetry. Poetry is in the heart of man and is the capacity to go into the richness of nature. I am a visual man a man working with eyes and hands. My cities are living cities. My houses give sun, space and green but, to obtain such richness of life (sun space and green), you must take 2000 people together build a big house with one entrance only for 2000 people, so they will be quickly in their own home, where they will find silence and total solitude, though they are 2000 together. Well, it is possible to have one vertical road, that is: four rapid lifts. And that is now this big task facing us: occupation of the ground by human labour. The first industrial era began one hundred years ago and it was an age of chaos. The second industry era will be the era of harmony, and is only just beginning, The whole world is ready: open their eyes and their ears, and all things are now fluid.

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from Stalin's Piano, released May 17, 2019
Robert Davidson, composer, editor, engineer
Sonya Lifschitz, pianist

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Sonya Lifschitz & Robert Davidson Brisbane, Australia

Sonya Lifschitz' bold adventurousness & unparalleled musicianship, described as “a life force of extraordinary density and capacity” see her active as soloist, collaborator, artistic director, educator, radio personality and arts advocate.

Robert Davidson has been making music from language since childhood. With his ensemble Topology he explores a wide range of cross-genre collaboration.
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