Category Archives: Programming
Modern Classical Music
Today’s Featured Music is “Modern Classical Music” — but what does that mean, exactly?
Well, in the context of today’s programme, we’re talking about pieces of music written between around the mid-20th Century until the present day, that aren’t exactly “pop music”.
This is a tricky definition, however. Mike Batt has remarked that there is no such distinction as “popular music” and “serious music” — there’s simply “popular” and “unpopular”, so the definition rather falls at the first fence.
The Black Mass 30: Flies by Anthony Vercoe
Join us on Friday, September 10th, at a little after 12 noon or 4pm Pacific time / 8pm or midnight in the UK, for the final episode in the landmark radio drama series The Black Mass, created by the late Erik Bauersfeld and his colleagues at the Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California, over fifty years ago. In 30 chilling tales of mystery, imagination and the human mind, The Black Mass has brought you some of literature’s most haunting stories, by masters of the craft — many of whom are best-known in other fields. Our thanks as always to John Whiting, producer of many of these recordings, and of course to Erik Bauersfeld himself.
This landmark radio drama series draws to a close this week, with our final tale from The Black Mass. Next week at the same time, join us for an special introduction to the radio drama of ZBS Foundation, leading off a season of fabulous, fantastic and mystical radio drama series from our friends at ZBS.
Note that the episode will not start until the track playing at the top of the hour has finished, so the actual start time of the episode will be a few minutes after the hour.
10 September: Flies by Anthony Vercoe
Pastorale
As summer begins to draw to a close in the Northern hemisphere, tune in today, Weds September 8, for a programme of melodic, often orchestral pieces as we feature music that evokes the natural world in all its glory.
Mainly, but not exclusively, classical in nature, we’ll hear music like Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and the beautiful but lesser known Symphony No 3, Pastoral, from Vaughan Williams. There’s The Lark Ascending and many other beautiful relaxing classics.
In addition, you’ll hear some relaxing ‘smooth jazz’ and New Age pieces, again with a country air.
So kick back and enjoy varied sounds evocative of the countryside.
Music of the Baroque
Today, Saturday September 4th, we explore the music of the Baroque era. We’ll be including the work of a wide range of composers. Many will be familiar; other perhaps less so; or they may have written pieces that we know well but have no idea of who composed them — for example English composer Thomas Arne, who wrote Rule Britannia but also a range of other pieces which deserve more interest than is usually paid to them.
Then at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific / 8pm or midnight UK time, there’s another chance to hear Episode 15 of “Where’ve You Been?”, our twice-monthly show on places to visit and things to do around the Second Life Grid. In this episode, we visit Art Korner SL, which focuses on art and photography showcased in-world across many different genres and forms. You can read more about it here.
And every four hours from 4am Pacific/noon in the UK, tune in for “The Engines of Our Ingenuity”, from the University of Houston, about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them.
The Black Mass 29: The Feeder by Carl Linder
Join us on Friday, September 3rd, at a little after 12 noon or 4pm Pacific time / 8pm or midnight in the UK, for the penultimate episode in the landmark radio drama series The Black Mass, created by the late Erik Bauersfeld and his colleagues at the Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California, over fifty years ago. In 30 chilling tales of mystery, imagination and the human mind, The Black Mass brings you some of literature’s most haunting stories, by masters of the craft — many of whom are best-known in other fields. Our thanks as always to John Whiting, producer of many of these recordings, and of course to Erik Bauersfeld himself.
This landmark radio drama series draws to a close next week, with our final tale from The Black Mass.
Note that the episode will not start until the track playing at the top of the hour has finished, so the actual start time of the episode will be a few minutes after the hour.
3 September: The Feeder by Carl Linder
Tarot @ Teatime: Episode 14 — The Cardinal Virtues
Thursday, September 2nd sees the premiere of a new episode in our popular twice-monthly original series, “Tarot @ Teatime”. The show is repeated on Sunday and goes out at noon and 4pm Pacific / 8pm and midnight in the UK.
In Episode Fourteen Honey and Willow discuss the Four Cardinal Virtues and how they relate to both the Major and Minor Arcana of the Tarot. In addition, the reading for this episode presents a technique for choosing a good date for a project.
The episode references:
Caitlín Matthews, The Untold Tarot: The Lost Art of Reading Ancient Tarots,
Red Feather Mind, Body, Spirit An imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2018, ISBN: 978–0‑7643–5561‑5
Rachel Pollack, Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings,
Llewellyn Publications, 2008, ISBN: 978–0738713090
The Early Music Show
Tune in to Virtual Community Radio today, Wednesday September 1st, for a programme of Early Music – today featuring music of the High Renaissance, with contributions from France, Spain, England and Germany. There are also some modern interpretations thrown in for good measure.
Where’ve You Been? 15 visits Art Korner SL
Wednesday September 1st — and Episode 15 of our popular twice-monthly original series about things to do and places to visit around the Second Life grid, “Where’ve You Been?”, this time visits Art Korner SL.
Art Korner SL focuses on art and photography showcased in-world across all different genres and forms. They seek to cover art galleries, art projects, photogenic regions and many other activities through content which is original, informative and entertaining.
New Shows on Mixcloud: Tarot @ Teatime 13 and Where’ve You Been 14
It’s time to add two new programmes to our Mixcloud “Listen Again” facility. Listen to them now at https://www.mixcloud.com/virtualcommunityradio/
In Episode 14 of “Where’ve You Been”, we visit the Haunted Mansion tribute on Lythria. Owned by Nance Clowes, it is a tribute to the theme park attraction first developed by Walt Disney Imagineers for Disneyland, and subsequently for other Disney destinations.
And in “Tarot @ Teatime” Episode 13, Honey and Willow discuss different approaches to studying the Major Arcana, and how to identify your Personality and Soul cards. (Please ignore the misleading URL of the link! — it’s episode 13, not 12.)
Saturday At The Movies
Today, join us for a programme of music from the movies, today featuring the music of Ennio Morricone.
Movies are where most people today hear orchestral music, and there will be plenty of that today. But movie music is a much broader field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many different kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the latest blockbusters; from orchestral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fantasy and SF movies, but never mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…
