Sacred River: Six hours of continuous sacred music Sunday 26 November

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  • doversoul1
    Ex Member
    • Dec 2010
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    Sacred River: Six hours of continuous sacred music Sunday 26 November

    Neil MacGregor introduces a special presenter-less celebration of the spiritual side of life that so many encounter through music, no matter what their faith or tradition. Linked to Neil's 'Living with the Gods' (Radio 4) this is a seamless "slow radio" flow, the music - spanning all periods - leads listeners through major themes of religion and belief, encompassing the whole gamut of human experience of the divine to take a broad view of what it is to believe.
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    Neil MacGregor introduces a celebration of the spiritual side of life through music.


    A river or wallpaper….?
  • Bryn
    Banned
    • Mar 2007
    • 24688

    #2
    When I saw the headline I thought it might be a rebroadcast of Feldman's SQ2, though the actual performance only lasted around five and a half hours.

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    • LMcD
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      • Sep 2017
      • 8410

      #3
      Perhaps we'll be invited to suggest a suitable 'follow-up' to 'Sacred River'.....

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      • vinteuil
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        • Nov 2010
        • 12793

        #4
        Originally posted by LMcD View Post
        Perhaps we'll be invited to suggest a suitable 'follow-up' to 'Sacred River'.....
        ... only one response -




        or, of course -




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        Last edited by vinteuil; 20-11-17, 12:28.

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        • Stanfordian
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          • Dec 2010
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          #5
          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
          Perhaps we'll be invited to suggest a suitable 'follow-up' to 'Sacred River'.....
          Hiya LMcD,

          Like the 'Bleeding-Chunks' River!

          Oops! Many a true word is spoken in jest!

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          • subcontrabass
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            • Nov 2010
            • 2780

            #6
            I see that this comes from the Religion and Ethics department (looking at the producers), rather than from Radio 3 directly.

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            • jean
              Late member
              • Nov 2010
              • 7100

              #7
              This is a companion piece to Neil MacGregor's Radio 4 series Living with the Gods, I suppose.

              I'm reasonably impressed by his knowledge of objects; I don't know what qualifications he has for understanding music, though.

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              • vinteuil
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                • Nov 2010
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                #8
                Originally posted by jean View Post
                ... Neil MacGregor ...

                I'm reasonably impressed by his knowledge of objects...
                ... Lordy, what wd it require to make our jean really impressed!






                .

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                • doversoul1
                  Ex Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 7132

                  #9
                  Originally posted by jean View Post
                  This is a companion piece to Neil MacGregor's Radio 4 series Living with the Gods, I suppose.

                  I'm reasonably impressed by his knowledge of objects; I don't know what qualifications he has for understanding music, though.
                  As this is publicised as presenter-less, I guess Neil MacGregor will just say something in a way of how music has been associated with religions and rituals since the dawn of time etc., and let the music do the job. It would have been a fascinating programme if this had been ‘curated’ specifically for Radio 3 and its listeners, i.e. with experts' comments and explanations.

                  Re: Neil MacGregor’d programme
                  I thought the later programmes sounded more like culture tourism in that he told us what (funny things) people did rather than what the objects or the rituals were really meant to mean.

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                  • oddoneout
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                    • Nov 2015
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                    #10
                    It would have been a fascinating programme if this had been ‘curated’ specifically for Radio 3 and its listeners, i.e. with experts' comments and explanations.
                    On current showings(listenings) I'm not sure that's a given.
                    Just to be perverse I'm working on the basis that as it has only partially passed through the R3 factory might be worth listening to....

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                    • Stanfordian
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                      • Dec 2010
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by jean View Post
                      This is a companion piece to Neil MacGregor's Radio 4 series Living with the Gods, I suppose.

                      I'm reasonably impressed by his knowledge of objects; I don't know what qualifications he has for understanding music, though.
                      Hello Jean,

                      I'm wondering what qualifications you think he needs?

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                      • jean
                        Late member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7100

                        #12
                        He needs to share my tastes.

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                        • Pulcinella
                          Host
                          • Feb 2014
                          • 10892

                          #13
                          Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
                          Just to be perverse I'm working on the basis that as it has only partially passed through the R3 factory might be worth listening to....
                          But would it not be better if we had an idea of what was being played when, or am I missing something?
                          Are we just supposed to go with the flow for six hours and find out later what we were subjected to?
                          What's the betting that Zadok the Priest will feature?

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                          • oddoneout
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                            • Nov 2015
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
                            But would it not be better if we had an idea of what was being played when, or am I missing something?
                            Are we just supposed to go with the flow for six hours and find out later what we were subjected to?
                            What's the betting that Zadok the Priest will feature?
                            When the River of Sound or whatever it was called was broadcast it led to some fairly heated exchanges on this subject. Perhaps look back at that thread?
                            Zadok might feature, but in 6 hours of random listening I'm sure the odds of hearing it should be low if it's a problem. However my reservation would be that it could turn into more of a 'Your 100 favourite Songs of Praise' than a genuine attempt to air music of other faiths.

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                            • vinteuil
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 12793

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
                              What's the betting that Zadok the Priest will feature?
                              ... I'm also putting money on : Hildegard of Bingley, Arvo Pärt, some Bulgarian nuns, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, some Negro Spirituals, Palestrina, Bach, and some goddawful 19th cent English dirging...

                              ... and some Shaker simple songs....
                              .

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