Twilight, Theatre Royal, Haymarket from St James’ Square - Peter Brown
British, b.1967-
oil on board, 25 x 31 cm (10 x 12 in)
Otter and little otters by V. Frolov (1957)
Franz von Stuck (1863 - 1928)
Rainbow landscape, 1927
Byron Browne - Lady Lion Tamer, 1946, oil on canvas, 96.5 x 76.2 cm
Cathy Berberian, Stripsody
Berberian gained notoriety as a virtuosic interpreter of new music and was esteemed for the extraordinary wit and intelligence with which she approached any project. She possessed an astonishing “rapid-reflex” technique by which she shifted seamlessly between disparate music styles, invoking Marlene Dietrich, baby talk, bird call, and Sprechstimme in one musical line, and her impeccable vocal technique also lent insight to stylized trilling and ululation.
In 1966, Berberian composed her first musical work, Stripsody for solo voice, an exploration of the onomatopoeic sounds of comic strips, which she used to convey a succession of amusing vignettes, illustrated by Roberto Zamarin.