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Foto: Profimedia.cz<\/p>\nAmerick\u00e9mu p\u00edsni\u010dk\u00e1\u0159i Paulu Simonovi je \u010dty\u0159iaosmdes\u00e1t let a\u00a0nic naplat, v\u011bk se do jeho v\u00fdkonu p\u0159irozen\u011b propsal. Jeho hlas je m\u00e9n\u011b energick\u00fd, ne\u017e b\u00fdval, nem\u00e1 u\u017e tehdej\u0161\u00ed rozsah, a\u00a0ne v\u017edy byl pod jeho v\u00fdrazovou kontrolou.<\/p>\n
Tahle omezen\u00ed nicm\u00e9n\u011b podpo\u0159ila t\u00e9mata osam\u011blosti, smrti i\u00a0smutku, kter\u00e1 jsou spojena zejm\u00e9na s\u00a0p\u00edsn\u011bmi z\u00a0alba Seven Psalms z\u00a0roku 2023.\u00a0Snad i\u00a0proto zazn\u011blo v\u00a0zapln\u011bn\u00e9m s\u00e1le cel\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Simon uvedl, \u017ee n\u00e1pad na jeho vznik p\u0159i\u0161el ve snu, kter\u00fd m\u011bl 15.\u00a0ledna 2019.\u00a0\u010c\u00edsi hlas mu v\u00a0n\u011bm \u0159ekl: \u201ePracuje\u0161 na kousku s\u00a0n\u00e1zvem Seven Psalms.\u201c On si to po probuzen\u00ed zapsal a\u00a0nem\u011bl v\u00a0\u00famyslu s\u00a0t\u00edm cokoli d\u011blat.<\/p>\n
Foto: Profimedia.cz<\/p>\n
Simon\u016fv pra\u017esk\u00fd koncert byl velice komorn\u00ed<\/p>\n
V n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edch t\u00fddnech se v\u0161ak v\u017edy pozd\u011b v\u00a0noci budil a\u00a0pracoval na textech. Hlavn\u00ed inspirac\u00ed pro n\u011b mu byla Kniha \u017ealm\u016f, kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fdm t\u00e9matem pak p\u0159\u00edtomnost Boha.<\/p>\n
P\u00edsn\u011b z\u00a0desky si v\u00a0Praze p\u0159i \u017eiv\u00e9m proveden\u00ed ponechaly komorn\u00ed nastaven\u00ed. P\u0159esto\u017ee se Simonem byla na p\u00f3diu deseti\u010dlenn\u00e1 kapela, kterou je\u0161t\u011b v\u00a0p\u00edsni\u010dk\u00e1ch The Sacred Harp a\u00a0Wait pos\u00edlila jeho \u017eena, americk\u00e1 zp\u011bva\u010dka Eddie Brickellov\u00e1, byla to ti\u0161\u0161\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st ve\u010dera.<\/p>\n
Po dvacetiminutov\u00e9 pauze se Simon i\u00a0kapela vr\u00e1tili a\u00a0pustili se do zp\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed a\u00a0hran\u00ed p\u00edsn\u00ed, kter\u00e9 v\u00a0jeho reperto\u00e1ru pat\u0159\u00ed k\u00a0nep\u0159ehl\u00e9dnuteln\u00fdm. Dostal se p\u0159i tom a\u017e na konec \u0161edes\u00e1t\u00fdch let, kdy se na sc\u00e9n\u011b pohyboval v\u00a0ryze folkov\u00e9m duu s\u00a0Artem Garfunkelem a\u00a0byly v\u00a0tak znamenit\u00e9 form\u011b, \u017ee dali sv\u011btu mnoh\u00e9 dlouhodob\u00e9 hity. Bylo ov\u0161em patrn\u00e9, \u017ee p\u00edsn\u011b do koncertn\u00edho reperto\u00e1ru vyb\u00edral s\u00a0ohledem na svou sou\u010dasnou p\u011bveckou kondici.<\/p>\n
Jeho kapela podala technicky zdatn\u00fd a\u00a0emotivn\u00ed v\u00fdkon, v\u00a0n\u011bkter\u00fdch skladb\u00e1ch se op\u011bt p\u0159idala Eddie Brickellov\u00e1. Kdy\u017e pak Simon p\u0159ibli\u017eoval jejich historii i\u00a0to, komu jsou v\u011bnov\u00e1ny, bylo to jako exkurze do historie hudby s\u00a0kompetentn\u00edm pr\u016fvodcem, ze kter\u00e9ho s\u00e1lalo, \u017ee se byt\u00edm na p\u00f3diu a\u00a0hran\u00edm p\u00edsni\u010dek po\u0159\u00e1d znamenit\u011b bav\u00ed.<\/p>\n
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Paul Simon je kl\u00ed\u010dovou osobnost\u00ed sv\u011btov\u00e9ho folku<\/p>\n
Cel\u00e9 jeho pra\u017esk\u00e9 vystoupen\u00ed byl nav\u00edc mal\u00fd z\u00e1zrak. V\u00a0roce 2018\u00a0ohl\u00e1sil, \u017ee cestov\u00e1n\u00ed na koncertn\u00ed \u0161tace si u\u00a0n\u011bj vybralo da\u0148, a\u00a0tak se s\u00a0n\u00edm rozhodl skon\u010dit. Na\u0161t\u011bst\u00ed v\u00a0n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edm roce p\u0159i\u0161el impuls v\u00a0podob\u011b snu o\u00a0nov\u00e9 desce, a\u00a0pozd\u011bji i\u00a0zlep\u0161en\u00ed zdravotn\u00edho stavu.<\/p>\n
V roce 2023\u00a0toti\u017e p\u0159iznal t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 \u00faplnou ztr\u00e1tu sluchu v\u00a0lev\u00e9m uchu. Pomoc vyhledal u\u00a0odborn\u00edk\u016f ze Stanfordsk\u00e9 iniciativy pro l\u00e9\u010dbu sluchu a\u00a0m\u011bl \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed. U\u017e za n\u011bkolik m\u011bs\u00edc\u016f mohl za\u010d\u00edt uva\u017eovat o\u00a0n\u00e1vratu na p\u00f3dia, stejn\u011b tak o\u00a0akustick\u00fdch \u00faprav\u00e1ch s\u00e1l\u016f, kter\u00e9 jsou dnes pro jeho vystoupen\u00ed nutn\u00e9.<\/p>\n
V pra\u017esk\u00e9m Kongresov\u00e9m centru si to zopakuje je\u0161t\u011b v\u00a0p\u00e1tek a\u00a0v ned\u011bli ve\u010der.<\/p>\n
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