Tag Archives: Early Music

Early Music on Virtual Community Radio

February 7, 2024   Programming

Today,   tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio via the link — or sim­ply “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio” on your Alexa smart speak­er — for a pro­gramme of Ear­ly Music.

We’re 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 Have You Been?”, our orig­i­nal series on things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life Grid,  airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time — and don’t miss Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity every 4 hours from 4am Pacific.

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The Early Music Show

August 5, 2023   Programming

Today, Sat­ur­day 5th August,  tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio via the link — or sim­ply “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio” on your smart speak­er — for a pro­gramme of Ear­ly Music.

We’re 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 Have You Been?”, our orig­i­nal series on things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life Grid,  vis­its The QT Gallery at noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time — and don’t miss Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity every 4 hours from 4am Pacific.

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Music of the Baroque

April 12, 2023   Programming

Wednes­day April 12th, and today we’re fea­tur­ing music of the Baroque era, with a par­tic­u­lar­ly exten­sive col­lec­tion of music by J S Bach.

Plus it’s your last chance to hear the cur­rent episode of “Where Have You Been?”, where we report on inter­est­ing things to see and do across the Sec­ond Life Grid, at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, where we vis­it Arm­strong Park in a vir­tu­al New Orleans; and don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am Pacific.

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Sounding Brass

February 15, 2023   Programming

Today’s pro­gramme — Wednes­day Feb­ru­ary 15th — focus­es on brass instru­ments, with gen­res that range from Ear­ly Music to con­tem­po­rary pieces.

Thus the pieces you’ll hear today range from ancient and ear­ly music, through Baroque and clas­si­cal, to Vic­to­ri­an brass bands, to rag­time, trad jazz, a touch of big band, right up to mod­ern works includ­ing a mar­vel­lous suite of pieces for wind band inspired by the works of Shakespeare.

This will all lead to some remark­able jux­ta­po­si­tions — and a few sur­pris­es. Plus “Where Have You Been?” re-vis­its Svar­ga, and more!

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Music of the Baroque

November 9, 2022   Programming

Today, Wednes­day Novem­ber 9th, we explore the music of the Baroque era. We’ll be includ­ing the work of a wide range of com­posers, with a par­tic­u­lar empha­sis this time on the work of J S Bach..

And at 12 noon and 4pm Pacif­ic Time/SLT, tune in for the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, where this time we vis­it the Ter­ry­gold Art Gallery

Plus, 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.

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The Early Music Show: Music for Shakespeare

August 3, 2022   Programming

Today, August 3rd, we’re pre­sent­ing a pro­gramme of music for the works of William Shake­speare, includ­ing music of the peri­od and pieces from oth­er ages that were writ­ten or used for pre­sen­ta­tions of the Bard’s work.

Then don’t miss the lat­est edi­tion of our orig­i­nal series, “Where Have You Been?”, at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, which this time takes you to the Hel­lo Kit­ty trib­ute theme park. More details here.

Plus there is an episode of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton series “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” every four hours from 4am Pacific.

The image is by Sir John Gilbert (1817–1897) — “The Plays of William Shake­speare”, shot by Sofi.

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The Early Music Show

July 9, 2022   Programming

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Sat­ur­day 9th July, for a pro­gramme of Ear­ly Music – 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.

And don’t miss Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity every 4 hours from mid­day UK time / 4am Pacific.

“Where Have You Been?”, our orig­i­nal series on things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life Grid, will be back on Wednesday.

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Music of the Baroque

June 8, 2022   Programming

Today, Wednes­day June 8th, we explore the music of the Baroque era. We’ll be includ­ing the work of a wide range of composers.

And at 12 noon and 4pm Pacif­ic Time/SLT, tune in for the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, where this time we take you on a clas­sic pil­grim­age: The Camino de San­ti­a­go — a trib­ute expe­ri­ence cre­at­ed by Vik­tor Sav­ior and Orpheus Paxlapis around Brazil­ian author  Paulo Coelho’s 1987 book,  “The Pilgrimage.”

The Pil­grim­age at Unit­ed Artists of Sec­ond Life: an art instal­la­tion cre­at­ed by Vik­tor Sav­ior and Orpheus Paxlapis; Region: Kar­pov (Mod­er­ate)
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Karpov/132/133/2802

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.

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The Early Music Show

June 1, 2022   Programming

EARLY MUSIC — AND “THE PILGRIMAGE”

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Wednes­day 1st June, for a pro­gramme of Ear­ly Music – 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.

And at 12 noon and 4pm Pacif­ic Time/SLT, tune in for the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, where this time we take you on a clas­sic pil­grim­age: The Camino de San­ti­a­go — a trib­ute expe­ri­ence cre­at­ed by Vik­tor Sav­ior and Orpheus Paxlapis around Brazil­ian author  Paulo Coelho’s 1987 book,  “The Pilgrimage.”

The Pil­grim­age at Unit­ed Artists of Sec­ond Life: an art instal­la­tion cre­at­ed by Vik­tor Sav­ior and Orpheus Paxlapis; Region: Kar­pov (Mod­er­ate)
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Karpov/132/133/2802

And don’t miss Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity every 4 hours from mid­day UK time / 4am Pacific.

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Sounding Brass

April 20, 2022   Programming

Today’s pro­gramme — Wednes­day April 20th — focus­es on brass instru­ments, with gen­res that range from Ear­ly Music to con­tem­po­rary pieces.

Thus the gen­res range from ancient and ear­ly music, through Baroque and clas­si­cal, to Vic­to­ri­an brass bands, to rag­time, trad jazz, a touch of big band, right up to mod­ern works includ­ing a mar­vel­lous suite of pieces for wind band inspired by the works of Shakespeare.

This will all lead to some remark­able jux­ta­po­si­tions — and a few surprises.

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