Agoraphobic

AGORAPHOBIC

Agoraphobic

In the past, in the era of the silent movie, it was the music that followed the images.
In this film the opposite is true.

The cartoonist Grégoire Pont shows us what he sees when he hears an extract from Dalbavie’s flute concerto played by Emmanuel Pahud.

The story is about a man who tries to escape from the bustle, restlessness and crowds of the big city. In the attempt to find calm he has an accident and dies. But even in Paradise he finds the same crowds as in the city, not the calm he was seeking.

We all chase after happiness, we don’t enjoy life where we are. Not even in Paradise.

A film by Grégoire Pont

Concerto for flute | Marc-André Dalbavie
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Peter Eötvös, conductor

Soundtrack by kind permission of Warner Classics and Gérard Billaudot Editeur SA

produced by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
executive producer · Lars Fenger
production manager · Stéphan Aubé

Franck · Quintet II
Watch international world class musicians playing live the Franck’s quintet with piano
Franck · Quintet III
Watch international world class musicians playing live the Franck’s quintet with piano
Grieg · Nature and Emotion
Behind the notes of Grieg Piano Concerto.
Guillaume Connesson · Interview Adams Variations
Guillaume Connesson talks about the influence of the american composer John Adams on his own music
Guillaume Connesson · Interview Constellations
The french composer talk about the genesis of the writting of the Constellations
Guillaume Connesson · Interview Disco-Toccata
Guillaume Connesson explains the circumstances of the writting of the Disco-Toccata
Guillaume Connesson · Interview Sonatas
The french composer talk about his 3 sonatas for strings
Haendel · Passacaille
Watch the violin solo of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra playing the Haendel's Passacaille with the cellist Jing Zhao
Hindemith · Sonata for viola
Watch Lise Berthaud plays the 4th movement from the Sonata for viola solo by Paul Hindemith
Honegger · Sonata for violin and cello
Watch the violinist Karen Gomyo and the cellist Christian Poltéra playing this Allegro from the Honegger' Sonata for violin and cello
Jérôme Pernoo · Interview
Jérôme Pernoo tell us how he discovers the Guillaume Connesson's music
Karen Gomyo & Christian Poltéra
The making of a video
The two musicians have a nice and funny talk about the making of the Honegger's video