There was a piece of classical music used in the BBC 1 programme ‘Da Vinci: The Lost Treasure’ shown last night at 9.00pm (Sunday evening the 30th October) presented by Fiona Bruce. Can anyone identify the music that is heard at the start of the section showing the painting of what was described as ‘Britains Last Supper’ at Magdalen College, Oxford? I think some of the music is heard again later. Many thanks.
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Don't know but it's not a 'well known piece of classical music' I don't think (unless it's some Delius I've successfully avoided till now). It sounded pretty generic stuff to me, like the incessant and irritating 'emotion underlining' scores that run through Attenborough's documentaries these days."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Apart from the overused Vivaldi, Philip Glass and Michael Nyman snips the BBC has a large stock of music that has been specially composed for use in documentaries. Much of this is often re-used and appears quite often in programmes like those with David Attenborough, Lucy Worsley, Andrew Graham-Dixon and so on. For example music from Planet Earth might reappear in Coast. Such music is often very pleasant even thrilling in a film context but sounds less satisfying in concert as it is underdeveloped compared with concertos, symphonies, ballets etc. I am pretty sure the music in this Leonardo special comes from such a source and has an Italian flavour like the music used by Francesco del Mosta in his delightful Italian series. It sounds rather like (but I believe isn't really) Ottorino Respighi.Comment
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Regular listeners to 'Feedback' will know that Philip Glass's 'Facades' has been popping up all over the place. If memory serves, at the last count it had been heard as part of, or in connection with, 8 different programmes.
How far into the Fiona Bruce/da Vinci programme does the music referred to in Message 1 occur, by the way?Comment
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I'm glad you asked this question, Stan; it occured to me, too. Ravel? Holst?
(Norfy: about half-way through, in the discussion of The Last Supper after FB has spoken - in Italian - to the Art Historian/Restorer).
EXCELLENT programme, I thought. I don't really "warm" to Ms Bruce, but her programmes on Art have been very good.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Might it be from VW's Oxford Elegy?Comment
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Was it by Van Beethoven?Comment
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I've just been listening to part of 'An Oxford Elegy' (courtesy of You Tube) and am, let's say, 95% certain that it's the same piece. Would anybody out there who's familiar with this VW piece like to check out the Da Vinci programme at around 36 minutes and confirm (or not) my hunch?Comment
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On my Skyplus recording of the programme the said music starts at around 34 mins in with Fiona Bruce walking through a series of door that are airlocked and continues until the showing the painting of what was described as ‘Britains Last Supper’ at Magdalen College, Oxford.Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
I have listened to the instrumental section of the Oxford Elegy and I don't think it is this.Comment
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