This week's "Sunday Playlist" is another BBC documentary. This week's documentary which focuses on the stained glass found in medieval cathedrals complements last week's documentary about how those cathedrals were built. Enjoy :-).
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Just one video in this week's playlist but I doubt you'll feel stinted. I routinely use photographs of medieval churches and cathedrals to illustrate my postings and in my videos. If you've ever gone into a medieval cathedral looked up and wondered "how did they do that"? Then this fascinating and well-made BBC documentary is for you. Enjoy :-).
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The great cathedrals were engineering marvels of the medieval world built with not much more than pulleys and ropes, chisels and hammers and set squares. Architectural historian Jon Cannon searches for answers on how these structures were built and the ambition that it took when looking at Glouchester, York, Norwich and Ely. ©BBC
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This recording of How Shall I Sing was transmitted on Songs of Praise on 1 April 2012
Video Source: How Shall I Sing that Majesty – YouTube Uploaded by OfficialLibera on Apr 1, 2012
Enjoy :-).
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How great a being, which doth all beings keep
Thy knowledge the only line to sound so vast a deep
Thou art a sea without a shore, a sun without a sphere
Thy time is now and evermore, Thy place is everywhere
How shall I sing that Majesty which angels do admire?
Let dust in dust and silence lie
Sing, sing, ye heavenly choir
Back in August of last year I kicked off the 'Sunday Playlist' series with John Elliot Gardiner's famous 'Bach Cantata Pilgrimage' (see: Sunday Playlist: Bach Cantata Pilgrimage | Saturday Chorale) there's an update or addition to that documentary which covers the making of that documentary and Gardiner making some side-trips to explore aspects of Bach's world, music, and life in further detail. The documentary was uploaded to YouTube on December 8th 2009 by counterpoint85, who also uploaded the original set of videos. I've put them into the playlist you'll find below so that you can see the program as it was originally broadcast. Enjoy :-).
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Playlist source: Bach Revisited - Gardiner in Saxony and Thuringia – YouTube by markfromireland's channel
Gareth Malone has made it his life's work to share his love for and fascination with everything to do with choirs and choral music. His affection, respect, enthusiasm, and knowledge, about the topic bubble throughout this very enjoyable documentary. The documentary starts with Malone saying "choirs are my passion and have been all my life" and gets steadily better from that point on. Malone is shown working with the BBC Singers exploring and illustrating various aspects of choral music. Composers, and conductors share their knowledge – it's a well thought out and executed documentary. One of the topics Malone and his guests explore is the amazing flexibility of the human voice. The example they gave came as a most enjoyable revelation to me. There was an all-too-short mention of an American group 'Naturally 7'. I found it completely amazing what this group can do – they can and do emulate any number of instruments using their voices and nothing more.
All-too-short I said and all-too-short I meant so I've remedied that, I've set up a playlist below the fold which consists of the "How Choirs Work"documentary and three videos featuring the music of Naturally 7. The first is of them performing "Feel it (in the air tonight)". The second is of them performing both "Billie Jean" and "Wall Of Sound", while the third is of them giving an impromptu performance on the Paris Metro – whatever else you do don't miss this one, not only for the music but also for the audience reaction. Above all, enjoy :-)
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