Today’s programme takes us back to the the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, with music from the time of novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) and the painter (Thomas) Gainsborough (1728–1788) — in other words, music that takes us from the late Baroque to the early Classical period.
New Episodes on Mixcloud
If you missed the latest episodes of our two popular series, “Tarot @ Teatime” Episode 6 and “Where’ve You Been?” Episode 8, you can now catch them on MixCloud. You can pause playback at any point, or go back over something you need to hear again — ideal with programming like our Tarot series where there’s quite a lot of detail.
Meanwhile, the new episode of “Where’ve You Been” premieres on Wednesday 26th May and “Tarot @ Teatime” the following day: noon or 4pm Pacific/8pm or midnight in the UK.
Saturday At The Movies
Today, join us for a programme of music from the movies.
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.…
Today we’ll be featuring Andrea Farri’s evocative music from Le Château du Tarot — a short film that unveiled the Dior Haute-Couture Spring-Summer 2021 collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri.
The Black Mass: The Judgment by Franz Kafka
Join us on Friday at a little after 12 noon or 4pm Pacific time, 8pm or midnight in the UK , for another 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.
Note that the programme will not begin 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.
Today: The Judgment by Franz Kafka
“The Judgment” (“Das Urteil”), also translated “The Verdict”, is a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1912, concerning the relationship between a man and his father. Kafka wrote “The Judgment” in a single sitting on September 22, 1912. In later writings, he described the creative outburst of “The Judgment” as “the total opening of body and soul,” saying that “the story evolved as a true birth, covered with filth and slime.” Kafka viewed the work as “one of his most successful and perfect literary creations” which he was able to write in a “semi-unconscious state of mind.”
The Grove: New Age Music By A Starlit Sea
Join us today — Saturday 15th May, at 2pm Pacific Time / 10pm UK time — for the latest in an approximately monthly series featuring 90 minutes of New Age music, presented from The Grove, a beautiful specially-created environment in the virtual world of Second Life — http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/127/78/3805 - or simply tune in at http://main.vcradio.org
Vocal Magic
In today’s programme, we present a selection of music featuring the human voice, from Mediæval times to the present.
Both secular and a little sacred music is included, so today’s show will be quite varied, ranging between troubadour songs, Renaissance choral works, traditional English folk-songs sung by artists like the King’s Singers and Coope Boyes & Simpson, and modern works such as those of Karl Jenkins, Libera, The Swingle Singers, The Carpenters, and Donna McKevitt’s haunting settings of Derek Jarman’s poetry.
The programme focuses primarily on lesser-known works and on smaller vocal ensembles, rather than either solo or large-scale performances, but examples of both are also included.
The Black Mass: The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce
Join us on Friday at a little after 12 noon or 4pm Pacific time, 8pm or midnight in the UK , for another 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.
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.
Today: The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce
This Gothic ghost story by Ambrose Bierce was first published in the San Francisco periodical The Wave on December 19, 1891 before appearing in the 1893 collection Can Such Things Be?
Tarot @ Teatime — Episode 6
It’s Thursday May 13 and time for a brand new episode in our twice-monthly series on the Tarot, Tarot @ Teatime, with Willow Moonfire and Honey Heart. The show airs on Thursdays and Sundays at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific Time (8pm and midnight in the UK), and a new episode premieres every two weeks.
Episode 6 covers Part Two of the significance of numbers in the Minor Arcana. We present qualities and keywords associated with the numbers six through 10.
The primary resource mentioned is the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck. It is available from the publisher, US Games Systems, Inc. and numerous bookstores and online book sellers.
Where’ve You Been 8: A La Vallée Vacation
Wednesday May 12 marks the premiere of the latest episode in our series “Where’ve You Been”, where we look at things to do and places to see in and around the Second Life Grid. Each episode is broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays for two weeks, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific / 8pm and midnight UK time.
In Episode 8 we visit La Vallée — a small village in a Springtime Alpine valley. It was created by Isha (Sablina Resident), and is actually the product showcase for an innovative range of off-region landscaping, but it’s worth a visit even if you aren’t in the market for some — because, indeed, the landscaping is brilliant.
If you’d like to visit, here is the link.
Pastorale
Tune in today, Weds May 12, 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 the varied sounds of the countryside.
