Timeline
开云体育 Classical host James Stewart on a journey into the events, characters and concepts that shaped our Western musical tradition. We start at the very beginning and trace the steps of music through history. This music, and its history, is ours.
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We鈥檝e been telling the story of Sergei Palchikoff, his family and his beloved violin that survived the bombing of Hiroshima 75 years ago. I鈥檝e spent the鈥� -
Archive RecordingInterviewer: Did you feel anything at all when the light struck you?Kaleria: Yes, I felt it was very hot. It felt uncomfortable.I suppose鈥� -
August 6, 1945, was a clear, blue Monday morning in the city of Hiroshima. At 7:09 air raid sirens shattered the morning air as allied weather planes flew鈥� -
Over the past few episodes we鈥檝e been telling the stories of hibaku-pianos and violins, musical instruments that survived the atomic blasts of Hiroshima鈥� -
We begin with a performance by violinist, Soichi Sakuma playing at a school in 2017 on a hibaku-violin, an instrument that survived the atomic blast of鈥� -
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the past few episodes we鈥檝e been looking at musical instruments that鈥� -
World War II was the bloodiest conflict in recorded history. It鈥檚 estimated that somewhere between 70-85 million people died, about 3% of the global鈥� -
We鈥檝e been discussing the ways that music has changed the world, exploring how art and music have affected us as a species and as a society. In this鈥� -
鈥淢y sweet little sisters, birds of the sky, you are bound to heaven, to God, your Creator. In every beat of your wings and in every note of your songs,鈥� -
鈥淚n the beginning was the voice. Voice is sounding breath, the audible sign of life.鈥� Those beautiful words were written by Otto Jespersen, an early 20th鈥�
