Dante’s Inferno, Canto 5, wherein we find the lustful, and discuss modern and the mediaeval notions of lust – is it a passion, or is it a specific kind of action? We meet the horrible judge of Hell, Minos, and many personages from legend and history famous for their lustful behaviour. And we encounter Paolo and Francesca, perhaps the most famous episode in all of Dante. Music by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, the Band, Bob Dylan, the Clovers, and Purcell. You are invited to attend.
Tags: Bob Dylan, Dante, Dido and Aeneas, Francesca da Rimini, Inferno, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Je t'aime ... moi non plus, Long Black Veil, Lust, Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street), One Mint Julep, Paolo and Francesca, Purcell, Tchaikovsky, The Band, The Clovers
