Great to see Belvedere again. I was there in 2002, on a day when it was normally closed--a Monday-- but the tourism-office in Paris asked the museum-guide (not the woman shown) to open it just for me, since I was a professional pianist only there for one day since I was on tour! The guide/proprietess picked me up at the Montfort-L'Amaury train station (about 45 mins outside Paris), took me to Belvedere, showed me around and let me play Ravel's piano, and even took me to lunch at the cafe on the town square, the same one that Ravel used to frequent! An unforgettable day. Thanks, Sara M.-P., for rekindling memories of that great day, and showing us more detail than I got to see.
La Belvedere was closed indefinitely to the public in February 2017. The official reason given was "water damage", but local government officials also cited security issues and believe some objects were stolen from site. The lax oversight of the Ravel house up to then is made clear in this BBC video, with host Sara Mohr-Pietsch casually groping every Ravel artifact she could lay her hands on, oblivious that she was in a museum. She certainly didn't help the situation, and now Ravel fans hoping to visit La Belvedere are out of luck. UPDATE: It reopened in 2018.
I am then sadly thrilled that I toured it, guided by Mme Claude, accompanied by my cousine, in 2014. It seemed in a state of immanent neglect, but only on the verge, as sounds so much of his music. Muriel cautioned me that we might never have the opportunity again to be led through this treasure by someone who knew M. Ravel as a child.. Mme. Claude cherished every detail. How sad that it has come to this
I doubt Ms Mohr-Pietsch's actions have any gravity here towards your argument. She was part of a supervised BBC documentary, the public didnt have that latitude, although his piano was available for aficionados to play.. I was privileged to hack out a few passages from Le Tombeau on it.. it was wonderful to feel how it felt for him. The piano was consistently maintained privately.. however the civic authorities obviously neglected their jewel. I'm appalled and sad
Good observation. The young pianist Alexander Krichel pointed that once out to the audience when he played the mirrors. He told us about the boat in a tiny glass that made Ravel compose or at least inspire him to compose Une barque sur locean
0:03 The only complete view of the house exterior - for all of 1 second - such a pity they didn't linger a little longer as it is a rather unusual building; pause if you want to examine.
It's because all of *the things she's touching only has "antique" value, and not of historical importance.* Anything *belonging to Ravel* that was *deemed "historically important"* was already *taken to the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)* or other museums.
Thank you for your good tour. It's always nice to hear French pronounced properly. Non-native speakers often do a miserable job in their delivery of French; yours is superb. Also, it's wonderful to get to see the home of such an accomplished composer. I think he and I would have gotten along well. I'm equally particular about my things and my appearance.
Nice job, (very) nice lady! Your finding Schumanns Carnival score should not be a surprise, since Ravel orchestrated it. You covered most everything about him in limited time. Unforgettable composer.
Very charming, and revealing, tour -- and what an extraordinary place, so redolent of its owner. I don't comprehend the churlish/fussy comments here about Ms Mohr-Pietsch; she was clearly following instructions laid down by the curators and conveyed the atmosphere very skillfully. Books are meant to be opened and read -- and it's not as if Ravel's knick-knacks are the Dead Sea Scrolls, for god's sake!
Oh please. Just stop. Is licking her fingers to turn a page something you approve of? Insane. I was just at this home three weeks ago, and we were not allowed to touch a thing. And there are no photographs allowed. And we had to stay on special carpet runners. Fortunately they would never allow someone as disrespectful as this idiot to roam the way she did anymore. Licking her fingers is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE.
Philip Terzian, it's a good job everyone doesn't think like you, or there wd be no treasures left for other generations to enjoy. Things don't have to be the Dead Sea Scrolls to be fragile.
darren motise - yeah, it would have been a great documentary if the BBC hadn’t been allowed to do photography! You’re just jealous because she could touch things and step off the SPECIAL CARPET!
Wonderful to see Sarah Mohr-Pietsch "in the flesh" after having only heard her radio programmes for so long. She's quite the dish! ... although I agree with others that she should not have been so hands-on with the museum pieces.
"Here is his bathroom and the commode where he would have thought of new tunes and compositions" *sits down... uses toilet while talking to camera about things in his bathroom* I'm here like "gawddam goldie locks"
I’ve started to wonder the past few years about these types of things in our new digital age... Are people’s computers going to be presented to historians and journalists to parse through their file systems? LOL
@@philjamieson5572 I would never let Satie enter any list (Think of Gymnopedia No. 1, I feel like ... - sorry no bad language allowed in this sacred place!). Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Delibes, Ravel, Debussy - somewhat in that order.
@@TheGopukumar isn't it refreshing that we're discussing things that really matter here? Satie is probably a controversial inclusion, I know, but I like his music.
There's a difference between maintaining a place, and letting people touch indiscriminately. How long do you think things wd last if they were touched all the time. There will be people in a hundred years time wanting to visit places like this, so conservation is important.
@@michelez715 Some rules against not touching are based on misconceptions. For example, it is better to handle older books by hand, as gloves tear the pages.
From what I have seen of French homes of the period, it is typical bourgeois style. And also the wallpaper everywhere thing is still flourishing in the homes of my French friends of a certain age.
Just one small correction: Although Ravel had the Thousand and One Nights in his library, the "Scheherazade" songs are on poems by his friend Tristan Klingsor.
I was there 1998 and I played 'prelude 1913' on Ravels piano. later on I made a recording of this peace at my house. youtube: harry plays Ravel prelude 1913.
Now, I know that being Polish I'm naturally inclined to notice certain things, but why would Ravel have a book in Polish in his secret library?? @4:02 "ROMANTYZM W MUZYCE". The title is in Polish, so I suppose the contents of it are in Polish as well. Curious, isn't it.
Secret library, Nonsense! Ravel was always a formal person, in every way. He kept his unbound books and periodicals in a place where guests, and he himself, would not be distracted by their disheveled appearance. I do the same, myself, even if I do not have flaxen hair.
Absolutely love this house. Inside that secret room would I hide with my cat Bonnie while my love comes and finds us. The frames in the walls, I have perfect images in my mind whom to fit in. - NYC, 2/3/2020
@@stynway59 do pros never have accidents then? And what is she a pro of - music, journalism, broadcasting? She's not a professional museum curator, that's for sure.
@@ixlnxs Indeed. Ravel adored the cosy & decorated little places,but mostly because he was (according to our 21st cent. standards)rather a short man. (1m63cm tall (5.5").
Ravel one of the greatest French composer ever. Love his music. The house is beautiful but a bit small and narrow..if you suffer from claustrophobic sindrome you could not live there. He was not a rich man But we'll off.
It's because all of *the things she's touching only has "antique" value, and not of historical importance.* Anything *belonging to Ravel* that was *deemed "historically important"* was already *taken to the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)* or other museums.
Sharing a birthdate with great artists I would have thought he'd have something less somber to live in, very peculiar. And the symbols on the wall paper hmm.
That was her interpretation, and how would she know? I don't know why they have to dramatise everything. He probably didn't have room in his library, where the books looked very nicely bound, and so tucked the reviews away in this space.
@@michelez715 Agree - journalists and others often seem to want to dramatise what actually is quite mundane. Ordinary stuff is 'fantastic' and 'incredible' these days.
No no if you notice, the “secret” books are unbound and more of an eyesore than the beautifully bound ones on display in the library. My man Maurice loved aesthetics and I’d imagine the reason these unbound books were kept from sight of visitors is simply a matter of decoration and appearance.
Lovely house, but she is unbelievable. Licking her finger to open an archive book?! Touching everything. 'The Feng Shui isn't right'?! He 'looks serious' in the bust of him? Funny, he's not laughing!
The bedroom does feel odd, but it's a bit womb-like. It wasn't a public space, and he was happy with it. It also opens onto the (exquisite) garden, as it's built onto a hill
Agree with you, slithy. Some of her comments, like the one you quote abt the bust, were plain idiotic, and also the table where he ate being so small. She didn't seem to notice that it was folded back in half, and would be extended when he had guests. But the finger licking was the worst, undoubtedly.
Given my reverence for the man and his music, it would have been nice to actually see more of the house and less of her - a voice-over would have been just fine.
I agree. Too often the camera follows the narrator instead of panning the space or zooming in on the revealing "objets d'arts." I notice this behavior on house tours too, with so many visitors' eyes glued to the tour guide instead of turning their heads to take in the ambience and wealth of history that surrounds them. Schade....
Did she lick her finger at 4.26, before turning the page of that book? Eeeugh! Amazed she was allowed to handle anything, seeing it's really a Ravel museum, and museum visitors normally are not allowed to touch, let alone handle things.
She should be fired from BBC and never allowed to enter such a place again. Licking her fingers to turn a page of one of Ravel's books which contained a review of one of his works. And then she touches things like the old precious toy,, which easily could have broken, especially if she dropped it. Thank goodness they no longer let anyone touch anything. I was just there 3 weeks ago. And no indoor photographs are allowed.
I can’t stand to see her touching everything. You don’t go to other people’s homes and start touching everything; even when they still alive. So why would you do that in the house of a historical figure? Do you think that you own the place? And on top of that, you are a foreigner in that country.
She's a professional, hired by the BBC, or whomever produced this, and allowed by the curator to do this. There is an element of touch in the intimacy of this place that makes it feel like a home. I was there 5 years ago, and we were allowed to touch furniture, and hold sturdy metal objects from his desk. We were invited to play his piano, maintained and in great form (I mangled the opening of "Tombeau"). It was the most impressive tour of a historic site I've ever experienced
Dovith, I agree. For me, all the touching and handling of things was totally unnecessary. We can all see the objects she was talking about, without her having to touch them.
4:23 I have a longstanding and profound dislike/hatred of people licking their fingers in order to turn a page of a book/newspaper etc. Why do you need saliva from your mouth to facilitate the turning of a page? Disgusting! As for the context of examining what are essentially museum pieces, well words fail me!
Very poor camera work. Needed a wider lens so we could see the rooms and less shots of Sara. We barely even saw the piano. Worst of all, licking your finger to turn a page of one of Ravel's books. Very poorly done. I would expect more from the BBC.
Is it possible to wear gloves when visiting an historical house with orgina objects ? Especially when you are enough arrogant and narcissic to touch everything ?
The tour I was privileged to have indeed made him more human. We were all allowed to touch, respectfully. It's not Pompeii.. it's a home, and everything seemed as if just recently left behiind
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The “Knick-knack” on the piano she turns…. une barque sur l’ocean!!
Imagine.
You’re a ghost.
You come home from ghost shopping for your ghosts groceries.
Some random woman is messing with your Knick knacks.
Wyd?
Release the Gaspard de la Nuit on her
be a ghost
Pardon me are You aaron burr sir well at least she is clean and clearly a Big fan ✨✨🍄💌💌🍄✨✨
Personally, I'd have no concern over Sara Mohr-Pietsch messing with my knick knacks.
This is awesome. Making his own home decor, lots of books, composing.....house goals.
Great to see Belvedere again. I was there in 2002, on a day when it was normally closed--a Monday-- but the tourism-office in Paris asked the museum-guide (not the woman shown) to open it just for me, since I was a professional pianist only there for one day since I was on tour! The guide/proprietess picked me up at the Montfort-L'Amaury train station (about 45 mins outside Paris), took me to Belvedere, showed me around and let me play Ravel's piano, and even took me to lunch at the cafe on the town square, the same one that Ravel used to frequent! An unforgettable day. Thanks, Sara M.-P., for rekindling memories of that great day, and showing us more detail than I got to see.
Has the piano been retuned?
It had been maintained lovingly in Spring of 2014
Nice story, I wish I could have seen his house when I visited Paris. Can you remember what make of piano he had?
Ravel’s personal piano was an Erard.
@@liquidmiles thanks!
La Belvedere was closed indefinitely to the public in February 2017. The official reason given was "water damage", but local government officials also cited security issues and believe some objects were stolen from site. The lax oversight of the Ravel house up to then is made clear in this BBC video, with host Sara Mohr-Pietsch casually groping every Ravel artifact she could lay her hands on, oblivious that she was in a museum. She certainly didn't help the situation, and now Ravel fans hoping to visit La Belvedere are out of luck. UPDATE: It reopened in 2018.
I am then sadly thrilled that I toured it, guided by Mme Claude, accompanied by my cousine, in 2014. It seemed in a state of immanent neglect, but only on the verge, as sounds so much of his music. Muriel cautioned me that we might never have the opportunity again to be led through this treasure by someone who knew M. Ravel as a child.. Mme. Claude cherished every detail. How sad that it has come to this
I doubt Ms Mohr-Pietsch's actions have any gravity here towards your argument. She was part of a supervised BBC documentary, the public didnt have that latitude, although his piano was available for aficionados to play.. I was privileged to hack out a few passages from Le Tombeau on it.. it was wonderful to feel how it felt for him. The piano was consistently maintained privately.. however the civic authorities obviously neglected their jewel. I'm appalled and sad
Personally I think it is wonderful that the house was brought to life by Ms Mohr-Pietsch who would have been supervised.
1:00
That's not a flute. That's an aulos, which was a common instrument in ancient Greece.
MizzKittyBichon i believe it's a reed instrument too, not close to a flute
@@GrumpyStormtrooper it is
One of the greatest musicians from France thank you ravel ✨✨✨🍄🍄🍄💌💌💌🍄🍄🍄✨✨✨
She fondled every square inch of Ravel's house like it was a challenge lmaoo
Sara is delightful !
6:30 Une barque sur l'ocean
Bajd yeah haha
Good observation. The young pianist Alexander Krichel pointed that once out to the audience when he played the mirrors. He told us about the boat in a tiny glass that made Ravel compose or at least inspire him to compose Une barque sur locean
@@OmgEinWahnsinniger Really?? Crazy thought that that little knick knack that you can go and touch inspired such a well-known work
3:21 Me: "Ugh, Ravel you're the best"
0:03 The only complete view of the house exterior - for all of 1 second - such a pity they didn't linger a little longer as it is a rather unusual building; pause if you want to examine.
Well in France such architecture are pretty common, at least in "Ile de France" (which are all the districts around Paris). These are called "villa"
Or go to Google Earth and then drop down to 'streetview.' And there is a beautifully- filmed youtube video called "Maurice Ravel's museum house.'
@@paulybarr Thanks for the reco. That video is much better, IMO.
@@BobKartyMusic You're welcome!
here is a much better documentary that better explores the house: th-cam.com/video/EhrfNrdMRJY/w-d-xo.html
How was she even allowed to set hands on everything in the house lol
She was hosting a documentary, not guiding tourists through an archeological dig..
The spit on her fingers at 4:20 bothered me a bit.
It's because all of *the things she's touching only has "antique" value, and not of historical importance.*
Anything *belonging to Ravel* that was *deemed "historically important"* was already *taken to the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)* or other museums.
@@Suite_annamite That makes sense, Le Huy-Anh. She did say something about that in the video. Still, the spit was not called for.
Thank you for allowing me to view Ravel's home. I love his music.
Thank you for your good tour. It's always nice to hear French pronounced properly. Non-native speakers often do a miserable job in their delivery of French; yours is superb. Also, it's wonderful to get to see the home of such an accomplished composer. I think he and I would have gotten along well. I'm equally particular about my things and my appearance.
Nice job, (very) nice lady! Your finding Schumanns Carnival score should not be a surprise, since Ravel orchestrated it. You covered most everything about him in limited time. Unforgettable composer.
Very charming, and revealing, tour -- and what an extraordinary place, so redolent of its owner. I don't comprehend the churlish/fussy comments here about Ms Mohr-Pietsch; she was clearly following instructions laid down by the curators and conveyed the atmosphere very skillfully. Books are meant to be opened and read -- and it's not as if Ravel's knick-knacks are the Dead Sea Scrolls, for god's sake!
Oh please. Just stop. Is licking her fingers to turn a page something you approve of? Insane. I was just at this home three weeks ago, and we were not allowed to touch a thing. And there are no photographs allowed. And we had to stay on special carpet runners. Fortunately they would never allow someone as disrespectful as this idiot to roam the way she did anymore. Licking her fingers is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE.
darren motise What do you mean it’s absolutely unacceptable? I legitimately don’t understand what’s so horrifying about that to you
Philip Terzian, it's a good job everyone doesn't think like you, or there wd be no treasures left for other generations to enjoy. Things don't have to be the Dead Sea Scrolls to be fragile.
darren motise - yeah, it would have been a great documentary if the BBC hadn’t been allowed to do photography! You’re just jealous because she could touch things and step off the SPECIAL CARPET!
@@michelez715 LOL
That was a lovely tour. Thank you :-)
Maurice wrote beautiful music. I would have loved to meet him.
Ravel is one of my favorite composers!
A very interesting visit, well commented. Many thanks.
Wonderful! Thanks for this video. I love Ravel's music. He was a great composer and what a treat to see this video about his home.
amazing they let her touch everything
Thank you. But tooooo much touching.
debrabelz - don’t worry, when you go there they won’t let you. You ain’t the BBC.
Wonderful to see Sarah Mohr-Pietsch "in the flesh" after having only heard her radio programmes for so long. She's quite the dish! ... although I agree with others that she should not have been so hands-on with the museum pieces.
How delightful is this?
Lovely tour! I visited Ravel's house in 1970, and it hasn't changed! However...no look at the garden???
"Here is his bathroom and the commode where he would have thought of new tunes and compositions"
*sits down... uses toilet while talking to camera about things in his bathroom*
I'm here like "gawddam goldie locks"
I’ve started to wonder the past few years about these types of things in our new digital age... Are people’s computers going to be presented to historians and journalists to parse through their file systems? LOL
5:19 I thought she was going to sit in the chair omg!!! 😂😂😂
Beautiful😍
Thank you Sara for this delightful tour.
Wonderful! I love Ravel's music
Lovely, thanks.
A Greek woman on the chair plays the double aulos, I think.
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you Sara Mohr-Pietsch!
Amazing wonderful video thanks.
I can smell this library
Everyone has their favourite composers. I wrote down my top 10 list, and half of them were French.
Let me guess: Coupérin? Lully? Fauré? Messaien? Ravel? Berlioz? Débussy? Saint-Saëns? Satie?
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 You've got most of them, yeah. Bizet, Debussy, Saint sans, Ravel, and Satie are in my top 10.
@@philjamieson5572 Great. I am more into French medieval, renaissance, and Baroque composers, but I still love all the ones you have mentioned here.
@@philjamieson5572 I would never let Satie enter any list (Think of Gymnopedia No. 1, I feel like ... - sorry no bad language allowed in this sacred place!). Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Delibes, Ravel, Debussy - somewhat in that order.
@@TheGopukumar isn't it refreshing that we're discussing things that really matter here? Satie is probably a controversial inclusion, I know, but I like his music.
Amazing!
Why all the hysteria in the comments' section about touching old artefacts? How do you think this museum is maintained?
There's a difference between maintaining a place, and letting people touch indiscriminately. How long do you think things wd last if they were touched all the time. There will be people in a hundred years time wanting to visit places like this, so conservation is important.
@@michelez715 Some rules against not touching are based on misconceptions. For example, it is better to handle older books by hand, as gloves tear the pages.
Hysteria is a proper adjective for these anal retentive
What a dreary, sepulchral house, the more surprising when there is so much light in his music.
From what I have seen of French homes of the period, it is typical bourgeois style. And also the wallpaper everywhere thing is still flourishing in the homes of my French friends of a certain age.
Excellent Video. Thank you. Out.
Very interesting video, thanks for sharing!
This is fantastic!
Brilliant.
Literally driving me crazy how she touches everything. Get your damn hands off his stuff man
He’s dead. He doesn’t know whether anyone touched it or not.
@Erika Ginnings what the hell is wrong with you.
She is gorgeous. :)
Just one small correction: Although Ravel had the Thousand and One Nights in his library, the "Scheherazade" songs are on poems by his friend Tristan Klingsor.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I've read about this house in the bioga[phies. t is all that I imagined!!! Wonderful!!!
Very good
Sarah Mohr Pietsch should have been given an entire series doing this. It’s so ASMR-inducing too..!
great
I was there 1998 and I played 'prelude 1913' on Ravels piano. later on I made a recording of this peace at my house. youtube: harry plays Ravel prelude 1913.
I played a bit of Le Tombeau on it. The piano was well cared for. Sad the rest has not been
@@stynway59 Imagine playing one of your own pieces in there.
5:44 “like that”
Now, I know that being Polish I'm naturally inclined to notice certain things, but why would Ravel have a book in Polish in his secret library?? @4:02 "ROMANTYZM W MUZYCE". The title is in Polish, so I suppose the contents of it are in Polish as well. Curious, isn't it.
Hmm.... perhaps a gift?
Artistically, the Polish and the French were historically sympatique
Secret library, Nonsense! Ravel was always a formal person, in every way. He kept his unbound books and periodicals in a place where guests, and he himself, would not be distracted by their disheveled appearance. I do the same, myself, even if I do not have flaxen hair.
p.s. Many thanks for the tour of Ravel's wonderful house and the insight it furnishes into this superb composers persona.
p.s. p.s. Precisely because I do not have flaxen hair.
ah , now I know why I have this computer, and the internet- thank you, Blaine Dunlap
Absolutely love this house. Inside that secret room would I hide with my cat Bonnie while my love comes and finds us. The frames in the walls, I have perfect images in my mind whom to fit in. - NYC, 2/3/2020
Keep your hand off the irreplacable treasures!!!
Did she break anything? Shes a pro anyway, not a rube
She licked her fingers to turn the pages of a book she pulled off the shelf O.o Sheeesh!
@MLNG What's a rube?
@@stynway59 do pros never have accidents then? And what is she a pro of - music, journalism, broadcasting? She's not a professional museum curator, that's for sure.
4:14 Le Cas Wagner is actually a book by Friedrich Nietzsche...
Beautiful voice.
Aggg don't touch!!
Some of the rooms are so narrow it's almost impossible not to touch anything.
@@ixlnxs Indeed. Ravel adored the cosy & decorated little places,but mostly because he was (according to our 21st cent. standards)rather a short man. (1m63cm tall (5.5").
I'm a little surprised she didn't step out on the balcony to show us the view from there -- but perhaps by now that would be unsafe.
Ravel one of the greatest French composer ever. Love his music. The house is beautiful but a bit small and narrow..if you suffer from claustrophobic sindrome you could not live there. He was not a rich man But we'll off.
nice
Beautiful presentation, but would have been just as effective without touching so many precious articles!
we would have never seen the little ship though
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Pretty soon those books won't be in a condition to be touched -- seems like the paper is oxidizing and getting brittle.
Where exactly this house located?? Couldbyou tell me??
Try Google street maps. It's easy to find. Focus on Paris, then do a search for Maurice Ravel Museum.
It's not polite to touch others' things without permission
She probably got permission while they were setting up for filming.
Only a pretty lady could possibly get away with such behavior in a museum.
Sorry, I don't think she's pretty, and even if she was, it doesn't excuse such intrusive behaviour.
It's because all of *the things she's touching only has "antique" value, and not of historical importance.*
Anything *belonging to Ravel* that was *deemed "historically important"* was already *taken to the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)* or other museums.
You damn sexist! Sham on you.
Sharing a birthdate with great artists I would have thought he'd have something less somber to live in, very peculiar. And the symbols on the wall paper hmm.
It doesn't feel somber at all when you're there. His designs fit the setting (and the views are expansive)
She looks like she could be Ravel's daughter
Piece? 1:41
Ravel's Menuet antique (composed in 1895)
@@ClassicalSqueakoh thanks!
3:35 "books he didn't want other people to see" - French new review of music, books on Wagner and Liszt - why would he want to keep those secret?
Influence.
That was her interpretation, and how would she know? I don't know why they have to dramatise everything. He probably didn't have room in his library, where the books looked very nicely bound, and so tucked the reviews away in this space.
@@michelez715 Agree - journalists and others often seem to want to dramatise what actually is quite mundane. Ordinary stuff is 'fantastic' and 'incredible' these days.
No he was hidding his influences
No no if you notice, the “secret” books are unbound and more of an eyesore than the beautifully bound ones on display in the library. My man Maurice loved aesthetics and I’d imagine the reason these unbound books were kept from sight of visitors is simply a matter of decoration and appearance.
Ravel: I kept this room secret and don't want anybody to see what books are inside
3:53 4:28
Lived alone with his housekeeper. So not actually alone then.
Lovely house, but she is unbelievable. Licking her finger to open an archive book?! Touching everything. 'The Feng Shui isn't right'?! He 'looks serious' in the bust of him? Funny, he's not laughing!
The bedroom does feel odd, but it's a bit womb-like. It wasn't a public space, and he was happy with it. It also opens onto the (exquisite) garden, as it's built onto a hill
Agree with you, slithy. Some of her comments, like the one you quote abt the bust, were plain idiotic, and also the table where he ate being so small. She didn't seem to notice that it was folded back in half, and would be extended when he had guests. But the finger licking was the worst, undoubtedly.
Funny
HABLO ESPAÑOL.POR FAVOR PODRÍAN SUBTITULAR ESTOS VIDEOS, SINO NO SITVEN Y ES UNA LÁSTIMA.
Given my reverence for the man and his music, it would have been nice to actually see more of the house and less of her - a voice-over would have been just fine.
I agree. Too often the camera follows the narrator instead of panning the space or zooming in on the revealing "objets d'arts." I notice this behavior on house tours too, with so many visitors' eyes glued to the tour guide instead of turning their heads to take in the ambience and wealth of history that surrounds them. Schade....
Yes,ms mohr-pietsch,waited for your superior hand to touch an object.......ugh,creepy.( wear gloves)!!!
Did she lick her finger at 4.26, before turning the page of that book? Eeeugh! Amazed she was allowed to handle anything, seeing it's really a Ravel museum, and museum visitors normally are not allowed to touch, let alone handle things.
Sara More Peach!
Shed
Please explain?
4:48 it feels like you living on a shed, not SHIT
Do not get confused
She should be fired from BBC and never allowed to enter such a place again. Licking her fingers to turn a page of one of Ravel's books which contained a review of one of his works. And then she touches things like the old precious toy,, which easily could have broken, especially if she dropped it. Thank goodness they no longer let anyone touch anything. I was just there 3 weeks ago. And no indoor photographs are allowed.
I can’t stand to see her touching everything. You don’t go to other people’s homes and start touching everything; even when they still alive. So why would you do that in the house of a historical figure? Do you think that you own the place? And on top of that, you are a foreigner in that country.
She's a professional, hired by the BBC, or whomever produced this, and allowed by the curator to do this. There is an element of touch in the intimacy of this place that makes it feel like a home. I was there 5 years ago, and we were allowed to touch furniture, and hold sturdy metal objects from his desk. We were invited to play his piano, maintained and in great form (I mangled the opening of "Tombeau"). It was the most impressive tour of a historic site I've ever experienced
Dovith, I agree. For me, all the touching and handling of things was totally unnecessary. We can all see the objects she was talking about, without her having to touch them.
Stop touching thingssss
But they never found his secret bong.
4:23 I have a longstanding and profound dislike/hatred of people licking their fingers in order to turn a page of a book/newspaper etc. Why do you need saliva from your mouth to facilitate the turning of a page? Disgusting! As for the context of examining what are essentially museum pieces, well words fail me!
That's my pet peeve too! Ugh! And she did it on a book from a museum to boot!
I do the elegant thing, and spit on my fingers and thumb.
Totally agree. And this is a BBC production! They used to be more professional.
Lady I know you were trying to be funny when you said he was short but don’t be disrespectful ok
This jornalist is veryy hot. Her britanic english gaves to her a special touch. So, I like her.
She should have removed her shoes. The sound isn't good, what's the matter BBC???
Or worn sneakers.
4:23 DID SHE LICK HER FINGERS???? Her touching everything causally is discussing! And the way she talks is annoying!
(sigh) Yes. I'm glad so many people in this comments section agree with me about the licking of fingers to turn the page. Yuck!
She didn’t even turn the page she just doused her fluids on the page. Gross!
Alexander Alekhine - she could douse her fluids on me anytime she likes.
Look with your eyes not with your hands
Very poor camera work. Needed a wider lens so we could see the rooms and less shots of Sara. We barely even saw the piano.
Worst of all, licking your finger to turn a page of one of Ravel's books.
Very poorly done. I would expect more from the BBC.
Extremely annoying that she touched and lifted and pulled all kinds of personal stuff...almost sacrilege for some of us!!!
Graceland is cooler LOL
Is it possible to wear gloves when visiting an historical house with orgina objects ? Especially when you are enough arrogant and narcissic to touch everything ?
The word would be narcissistic, I believe.
The tour I was privileged to have indeed made him more human. We were all allowed to touch, respectfully. It's not Pompeii.. it's a home, and everything seemed as if just recently left behiind
She is intrusive into privacy. What did they used to do with witches
What is wrong with this person? ?