Herbert Polecat » music http://herbertpolecat.com The Rise & Fall of Herbert Polecat Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:59:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dr Who : Music of the Spheres http://herbertpolecat.com/dr-who-music-of-the-spheres/ http://herbertpolecat.com/dr-who-music-of-the-spheres/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:01:27 +0000 admin http://herbertpolecat.com/?p=89 Musica universalis (lit. universal music, or music of the spheres) is an ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies – the Sun, Moon, and planets – as a form of musica (the Medieval Latin name for music). This ‘music’ is not literally audible, but simply a harmonic and/or mathematical concept (Quote Wikipedia).

Dr Who has taken the concept literally and why not and “David Tennant” has written his own Ode to the Universe for  the marvellous Doctor Who Proms 2008 .

You can see all this on YouTube along with versions of “Music of the Spheres” by The Clangers, Mike Oldfield and a version of Outer Limits .

Writing in The Times, Caitlin Moran said that the Doctor’s homily to music and self-expression was “the most affecting moment” in the Prom, bringing “what could have been a wonderful, yet surreal and overwhelming introduction to orchestral music” down to “a rather lovely question. Did you like this orchestra, kids? What would you do with one? (Wikipedia Quote)

Try to see the whole Prom still on the Red Button on UK Freeview

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