tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post8979229902078725637..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Schubert: the last piano sonatas, part 2Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-13334381539108019752016-01-05T08:04:05.215-06:002016-01-05T08:04:05.215-06:00Though I greatly admire French cinema, I don't...Though I greatly admire French cinema, I don't know its history at all well. Thank you for mentioning Au Hasard Balthazar, which I was unaware of! As soon as I heard the Andantino I knew that it had to have been used in a soundtrack somewhere!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-54702130299759656052016-01-04T18:04:33.789-06:002016-01-04T18:04:33.789-06:00What an extraordinary piece of music!
I can'...What an extraordinary piece of music! <br /><br />I can't hear it without tearing up as I think of that heart-rending final scene of "Au Hasard Balthasar" (one of the greatest films of all time). The donkey, abused all of his life, comes to rest and die with his "friends." (I think the donkey stands for Jesus but that's another story).<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JToByR14Q0Y<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com