Giant Ear_051307

2007
Monthly show from New York Society for Acooustic Ecology. "Saved By the Bell" It is an exploration of the architectural acoustics of religious spaces.
Your host: David Watson. playlist: times are approx
1 "Romanesque" Scott Sherk 8:14 rec. in Florence, Italy. Monks chanting, walking, bells ringing.
2 "St. Martin in the Fields," Crypt, London Glen Bach 3:00 tea cups and chatter.
3 "bell ringing" Marcos Fernandes at a shrine in yokohama, japan' 7 :00.
4 The Blue Mosque Matthew Sansom 23:00 As the title says.
5 "Naturae Luminae," Matthew Sansom 4:00 Choral voices in a cathedral.
6 "Downtown Cairo," Gilles Aubry, Heliopolis Basilica. Traffic sounds from the surrounding streets heard from inside the church. 4:50.
7 "Bringing the Work into you," Megan Martin. Maine 6:45 Building a coffin.
8 "Releasing the Bird of the Soul," Dallas Simpson. 52:00 Lambley Village: approach to the church, bell tolling, circling the church service and improvisation with a found feather. One take.