Tag Archives: Early Music

Music of the Baroque

Today, Sat­ur­day April 9th, we explore the music of the Baroque era. We’ll be includ­ing the work of a wide range of com­posers, and today’s pro­gramme includes a wide selec­tion of com­po­si­tions by J S Bach.

Then at 12 noon and 4pm Pacif­ic / 8pm or mid­night UK time, there’s anoth­er chance to hear the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our show on places to vis­it and things to do around the Sec­ond Life Grid, broad­cast every Wednes­day and Sat­ur­day. In the cur­rent episode, we vis­it the Ribong Gallery Art­space, where not­ed artist Haveit Neox has a new exhi­bi­tion, along with oth­er artists.

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 Early Music Show

EARLY MUSIC — AND “RIBONG GALLERY ART SPACE”

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Wednes­day 6th April, 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.

PLUS, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT — 8pm and mid­night in the UK — it’s time for the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our series on things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life Grid.

Music of the Baroque

Today, Wednes­day, March 9th, we explore the music of the Baroque era. We’ll be includ­ing the work of a wide range of composers.

Then at 12 noon and 4pm Pacif­ic / 8pm or mid­night UK time, there’s anoth­er chance to hear the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our show on places to vis­it and things to do around the Sec­ond Life Grid, broad­cast every Wednes­day and Saturday.

Some­times you just want to get out and see some­thing new or dif­fer­ent. This time, we are vis­it­ing a small venue on the edge of a con­ti­nent that is just per­fect for that sort of thing:  The Decks, owned by Jack Vin­cent. Details are 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 Early Music Show

EARLY MUSIC — AND “DATE NIGHT AT THE DECKS”

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Wednes­day March 2nd, 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.

PLUS, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT — 8pm and mid­night in the UK — it’s time for a new episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our series on things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life Grid.

Music of the Baroque

Today, Sat­ur­day Feb­ru­ary 12th, 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 the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our twice-month­ly show on places to vis­it and things to do around the Sec­ond Life Grid. Series 2 Episode 3 fea­tures two muse­ums that offer sim­i­lar, and con­trast­ing con­tent for res­i­dents to enjoy.  The show airs at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, that’s 8pm and mid­night in the UK. It’ll run on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at the same times. Details are 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 Early Music Show

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Sat­ur­day Jan­u­ary 8th, 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.

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

Where Have You Been?” — our series on things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life Grid, is cur­rent­ly on hia­tus and returns shortly.

Music of the Baroque

Today, Sat­ur­day Novem­ber 13th, 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 the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our twice-month­ly show on places to vis­it and things to do around the Sec­ond Life Grid. Episode 20 fea­tures two very dif­fer­ent art gal­leries in Sec­ond Life, yet pur­su­ing sim­i­lar goals of access to both artists and res­i­dents: The Love&Love Fac­to­ry Art Gallery and The Elven Falls Art Col­lec­tive. More details here.

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 Early Music Show

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Wednes­day Novem­ber 10th, 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.

Then don’t miss the NEW episode of our series on places to go and things to see on the Sec­ond Life grid, Where Have You Been? Catch it at 12 noon or 4pm Pacif­ic Time — 8pm or mid­night UK time.

This Week on VCRadio

Here’s an out­line of our pro­gram­ming for this week, Novem­ber 2–8

  • Wednes­day, Novem­ber 3rd, Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 6th at Noon & 4pm Pacific/SLT — Episode 19 “Where Have You Been?” vis­its Dia de los Muer­tos (replay)
  • Thurs­day, Novem­ber 4th & Sun­day, Novem­ber 7th at Noon & 4pm Pacific/SLT — Episode 18 of “Tarot @ Tea Time” — Wil­low and Hon­ey dis­cuss Major Arcana cards Zero — Five (replay)
  • Fri­day, Novem­ber 5th at Noon & 4pm Pacific/SLT — “The Fourth Tow­er of Inver­ness” con­tin­ues with Week 7

Note that this week only, UK broad­cast times are an hour ear­li­er than usu­al: 7 hours ahead of the Pacific/SLT times giv­en above.

Sounding Brass

Today’s pro­gramme — Wednes­day 20th Octo­ber — focus­es on brass instru­ments, with gen­res that range from Ear­ly Music to con­tem­po­rary pieces. The pro­gramme is ded­i­cat­ed to the mem­o­ry of the late Alan Hawkshaw.

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.

In addi­tion, don’t miss the lat­est install­ment of “Where’ve You Been?”, which this time vis­its Snowy Riv­er Hal­loween and Pine Val­ley Haunt­ed Cav­erns: Noon and 4pm Pacif­ic, 8pm and mid­night UK time, and Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity, every 4 hours from 4am Pacific.