Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein? - the soundtrack

Franck Krawczyk accompanied Love is My Sin by playing music by Louis Couperin on the accordion (he (ab)used also to make some background noises :-)) and on the keyboard. My choice of the absolute most erotic song (and my husband agrees apparently ;-)) is this one

Another one coming to my mind, because Franck Krawczyk also sang once, but although he displayed a melodious voice, it regretfully did not carry very far. Yet as far as I could catch it, it must have been a German song, the only word intelligible being "Schlaf" / "Sleep". Here there is a Dutch song entitled "Slaap lekker"/"Sleep tight", there is also an accordion in it and the beginning of the video should be familiar ;-)

Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein? - Dürer was right

As Peter Brook pointed out, there was an air of sadness, I'd rather say melancholy, prevailing in Love is My Sin, thus Dürer is right in calling melancholy the humour of the artist. And yet there is a deeper meaning to this melancholy and both Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida hint at it. Is it any wonder btw that Peter Brook was also talking of deconstruction?! I would very much recommend reading the wonderful essay "Memoirs of the Blind: The Self-Portrait and other Ruins"/"Memoires d'Aveugle.L'Autoportrait et autres Ruines" by Derrida, in fact it is contained in a catalogue of an exhibition curated by Derrida and apart from the text, this book also offers reproductions of great works of art. Oddly this essay seems to be reflected in these lines from Sonnet 27:

And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,

Looking on darkness which the blind do see:

Save that my soul's imaginary sight

Presents their shadow to my sightless view,

which was part of the selection performed...

The next lines of the poem means, though unknown before, a lot to me and for that reason almost blew my mind ;-)

Which like a jewel hung in ghastly night

Makes black night beauteous and her old face new.

Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein?

Love is My Sin starring Natasha Parry and Michael Pennington, accompanied by Franck Krawczyk, directed by Peter Brook, enacted at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, January 7th 2011...review soon to be added, so far only: It's been overwhelming!!!

Es war furchtbar schön mit vielem Dank an Caravaggio !