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A Sense Of Place
Saturday, April 22nd: Today’s programme concerns itself with the “sense of place” or genius locii, as the Romans called it, that has informed much of Western art through the centuries. We’ll be attempting to capture the feeling of presence that characterises many locations, and to do so we’ll be visiting sites, cities and spots around the world.
So you’ll hear pieces from Respighi’s Fountains of Rome to Mitchell’s Statue of Zeus at Olympia; Fingal’s Cave from Mendelssohn to Gershwin’s An American In Paris, Holst’s The Planets, Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town), and many more. Most of the music is in a classical vein, but we’ll also be playing more recent compositions, for example music by Sheridan Tongue for Professor Brian Cox’s BBC television series Wonders of the Universe. Immerse yourself in the music and travel with us on our own, rather extensive and a little unusual, Grand Tour.
Join us at noon or 4pm Pacific, 8pm or midnight in the UK, for the latest episode in our Second Life travelogue series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we feature a beautiful “Hidden Gem” on the Second Life Grid — details here. And catch “The Engines of Our Ingenuity” — a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity, written and hosted by John Lienhard and other contributors, every four hours from 4am Pacific.
“The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza” by Sam and Ian is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
