Tag Archives: Early Music
Music of the Baroque
Today, Wednesday May 5th, 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, join us for Episode 6 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 ‘once upon a time’ — a curious world where things appear very different — and you can find the details here. And every four hours from 4am Pacific, 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.
Music of the Baroque
Today, Saturday April 3rd, 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, join us for Episode 5 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 Zamonia and you can find the details here. And every four hours from 4am Pacific, 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.
Genre Day: The Early Music Show
Today, Weds February 3rd, join us for a day of Early Music from the Renaissance period of North-West Europe. Many of today’s pieces are played on original and replica instruments, and there are some lively modern interpretations too. Composers range from the well known, such as Michael Praetorius and King Henry VIII (well, attributed) to people you may not have heard of.
“Early Music at Waterworks ‑12” by Mikeal Everett is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
