Guy Livingston: The Bug - "music, secrets, and silence"
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Notre Dame
The Bug #8: Nôtre Dame de Paris Playlist: Antienne Salve Regina, (GREGORIAN chant from the 10th century) followed by music of the late medieval composer Leonin, his Gloria – Redemptori Meo. Both recordings were made at Notre Dame.
The Bug: Moon Landing
The fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is coming up in July, and to celebrate that, here is a podcast with lots of irreverent moon music! The Bug Podcast #007
The Bug #6: Sonification
Bug #6 sonification If you are in the Boston area on Wednesday April 24th, please come hear me speak at the Tufts University Art Gallery. It’s at 12:15, and free and open to the public. I will not be there in person,
Podcast: The Bug #5 “campy music from outer space”
Space music and exploration can go boldly where none have gone before, or it can make fun of itself, and of the soundtrack genre. Tonight’s theme is campy music from outter space, and we’ll start off with one of my favorites,
The Bug #4: Star Wars
In all my years of radio, I’ve somehow avoided John Williams but here is the perfect place to introduce his music – which we all know already, of course… The Bug Podcast #4: Star Wars Well, it certainly reminds me of Korngold, Wagner, and Stravinsky,
The Bug #3: Music of the Spheres
Podcast – The Bug #3 – “Music of the Spheres” Although there is little proof, I would theorize that at least several other ancient civilizations notably those with sophisticated astral calendars such as the Aztecs,
The Bug #2: ambient noise (in space)
When you talk about silence and the cold war, you quickly talk about satellites and the space race. So tonight’s topic is silence in space. Space is supposed to be silent, right? In space, no one can hear you scream?
The Bug #1: Theremin’s Thing
A strange tale of a secret bug. (well, all bugs are supposed to be secret). Until they aren’t. Music of Bob Dylan, Percy Grainger, K.G.B. Theremin, and Laurie Anderson… intro and outtro prepared piano riffs by Guy Livingston