Now for a Little Bump und Grind: Bartoli, Terfel, McNair Sex It Up
Classical music has rarely tried to simulate-let alone activate-sexual intercourse. Occasions when it has include the climactic carnal duet in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea , Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps , and that perennial first-time sexual aid, Ravel’s Boléro . But from its very beginning, music has spoken of love-declaring it, longing for it, cursing Read More
