Today, join us for a programme of music from movie and TV soundtracks — and now we’re including some gaming soundtracks, which have become as sophisticated as movie scores in recent years and include some of the same composers.
Movies are where most people hear orchestral music these days, and there will be plenty of that in this programme. 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.…
Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: “Steam Dreamers of Inverness — Series Two” - in which Jack Flanders and his friends continue their exciting Steampunk adventure!
The complete adventure consists of twelve half-hour episodes, in four series of four episodes each, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fridays.
Currently we are broadcasting the four episodes of the second series.
Today’s programme takes a look at the expansion of Celtic music and themes into several different genres of music.
Here we are featuring musicians and music that start from the Celtic tradition and take it forward into other realms, from Joanie Madden to Mendelssohn to Geraldo and his Orchestra; from thunderously spectacular orchestral arrangements (you’ll hear several of those today) in the wake of Riverdance, to inspiring music for a small Celtic ensemble and organ, played in the largest Gothic space in the world.
Today we are featuring pieces of music that relate to the animal kingdom: a “Musical Bestiary” after the idea of mediaeval manuscripts describing various wild beasts, both real and imaginary. The result is an exceptionally broad collection of musical styles and genres, from Flanders & Swann to The Great Animal Orchestra. Tune in at main.vcradio.org or “Play Virtual Community Radio” on your smart speaker.
On Sunday January 7th, Virtual Community Radio’s DJs Elrik Merlin & Caledonia Skytower host the “last dance” at the 2023 Edition of The Dickens Project live on-the-air and at the Dickens Skating Pond.
“We’ve got a new year, now what do we do with it?” — Rik and Cale spin no doubt very different music inspired by the theme “optimistic intentions” for 2024.
As listeners may well know, “Where Have You Been?” is our popular original series where your hosts, Caledonia Skytower and Elrik Merlin, discuss things to do and places to visit around the Second Life Grid.
The series is now on hiatus, but while we busy ourselves finding new experiences to highlight in Series Four, we’re going to broadcast random shows from our third season in the period before we start a new season later in the year, as a kind of “Magical Mystery Tour”.
Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: “Steam Dreamers of Inverness — Series One” - in which Jack Flanders and his friends have an exciting Steampunk adventure!
The complete adventure consists of twelve half-hour episodes, in four series of four episodes each, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fridays. Currently we are broadcasting the four episodes of the first series.
Join us on Saturday, December 23rd, on Virtual Community Radio, for an afternoon of special seasonal programming. All times are SLT/Pacific, and all events will be on our Main Stream:
At 12:30pm and 4:30 pm SLT, don’t miss the dramatised reading of Charles Dickens’ novella, “A Christmas Carol” featuring Shandon Loring, Elrik Merlin, and Caledonia Skytower.
At 2pm SLT, enjoy the Holiday Edition (and season finale) of our original series, “The Magic of The Musical”, live from The Dickens Project in Second Life. Host Caledonia Skytower explores the songs, stories, and the lore of the musical theater stage. This month “What The Dickens?” features the great author’s works as adapted for musicals. At the Opera House in the Dickens Project. This programme is now available on Mixcloud.
Also on the air at 12 noon and 4pm SLT, we will be broadcasting the seasonal episode and season finale of our original series, “Where Have You Been?” where we discover things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid, plus The Engines of Our Ingenuity from the University of Houston, every four hours from 4am SLT.
Happy Holidays from Virtual Community Radio!
Tune in at http://main.vcradio.org — or ask your Alexa-compatible smart speaker to “Play Virtual Community Radio!” (You may need to install the Virtual Community Radio Skill first).
Today, Friday 22 December, Elite Equestrian and Virtual Community Radio are hosting a Saturnalia Ball at 1pm SLT/Pacific Time at Winter Hollow on the Willow Grove region.
Dress is Formal and the music, presented by Elrik Merlin, will feature classic ballroom dance pieces by a number of 19th and early 20th century composers.
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