From the Library - Early Music

Today's From The Library features an assortment of Mediaeval and early Renaissance music for your listening pleasure.

From the Library is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now in-world at http://music.radioriel.org, or click one of the buttons below. Today's programme is presented by Edward Pearse.

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For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world

From the Library: The Early Music Show - Music for Shakespeare

Today's programme features pieces from the  Renaissance and Baroque repertoires written to accompany Shakespeare's plays, along with other music of these periods that has been used in conjunction with the plays.

In addition we'll hear a few other pieces in a Shakespearian vein, with some contemporary quotations from theatre-goers. These, along with quite a lot of the music today, come from the wonderful albums released by the Musicians of Shakespeare's Globe, the marvellous recreation of the Globe Theatre on London's South Bank, where you can experience Shakespeare in as close to the original theatrical environment as is possible today. For more details on Shakespeare's Globe, please visit their web site.

Then join us at 11am and 7pm Pacific Time (19:00 and 03:00 GMT) for the ZBS Radio Hour with the second part of our exciting new adventures from Jack Flanders and Ruby..

Today's programme is presented by Elrik Merlin and produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with our friends at the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme in-world now at http://main.radioriel.org, or simply click here to start your player, if your browser is configured to do so. Listeners in the United States are encouraged to tune in using this link: http://loudcity.com/stations/radio-riel/tune_in

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world.

Illustration: John William Waterhouse's painting of Miranda and The Tempest (1916) 

Remember, Remember...

the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot.

To mark the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot today's selection will feature music from the late Renaissance through to the mid 17th century.

Arguably "the only man to enter Parliament with honest intent" in 1605 Guy Fawkes became the face of a conspiracy to remove James the I and VI from the English throne, along with a significant number of the House of Lords. The King's Ministers were tipped off and Fawkes was caught under Parliament red handed with the powder. Since then "Guy Fawkes night" was celebrated every 5th of November. Although in recent years "Bonfire night" has combined All Hallows bonfires and Guy Fawkes celebrations together.

From the Library is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now in-world at http://music.radioriel.org, or click one of the buttons below. Today's programme is presented by Edward Pearse.

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For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world

From the Library: The Early Music Show with Elrik Merlin

Today on gullar sahir we take you back to the Renaissance period with a selection of pieces, generally of an up-beat nature, from Western Europe.

Today's programme is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the program now at http://main.radioriel.org, or simply click here to start your player, if your browser is configured to do so. Today's music is presented from the music library of Elrik Merlin.

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world.

From the Library: Music of the Renaissance

Today, we present a programme of European Renaissance music, including both traditional and modern interpretations, with a bias towards popular dance music of the period. Performers include traditional proponents of the music of the period like the Early Music Consort and Ulsamer Collegium alongside such modern re-interpretive sources as the artists of Windham Hill and the lively and unparalleled Philip Pickett/Richard Thompson collaboration The Bones Of All Men.

Today's programme is presented by Elrik Merlin and produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now at http://loudcity.com/stations/radio-riel/tune_in; outside the US, tune to http://main.radioriel.org in-world, or simply click here if your browser is configured to launch a player automatically.

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world.

The Early Music Show: A Renaissance Extravaganza

In this month's edition of The Early Music Show, we're featuring dance music of the Renaissance from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and England. In addition we'll hear a variety of songs of the period.

Then at 11am and 7pm Pacific (7pm and 3am UK time) we present the seventh installments of our two ZBS adventures, The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders (at the top of the hour) and Ruby in The Underworld (at 30 minutes past the hour). Our apologies that these programmes ran a little late last week. To listen, join us for a cup of tea at our listening party in the delightful Conservatory of the Clarendon in New Babbage (http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Babbage/218/29/104).

And of course you can hear the entire day's programming at home on gullar sahir's Main Stream.

Today's programme is presented by Elrik Merlin and produced by gullar sahir in association with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen now at http://loudcity.com/stations/radio-riel/tune_in.

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world.

From the Libray - Random Riel

With Main covering the opening of the Seraph Club on Friday night, I've decided to put today's broadcast on random. A selection of some 80+ hours of music means you shouldn't hear the same track twice but who knows! Until this evening I hope you enjoy a random selection of tunes from my library.

From the Library is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now in-world at http://music.radioriel.org, or click one of the buttons below. Today's programme is presented by Edward Pearse.

Tune in:

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world