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To celebrate 50 years of a single TV series Dr Who was cellibrated by a Magnificent Music Performance in the Royal Albert Hall in London two days ago. Although I personally do not get on with the creatures, the 'take' on time is quite fascinating.

 

The section given on Time 23:30 gives an enthralling musical display of the span of : Beginning to End of Universe , as a chunk.

 

It is currently on BBC i Player probably for a week or two..

 

Enjoy these 2-3 minutes. link DO NOT FORGET TO SET TIME TO 23 :30 stop at 29:35

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0394dg0/BBC_Proms_2013_Season_Doctor_Who_at_the_Proms/

 

 

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enthralling musical display of the span of : Beginning to End of Universe , as a chunk.

 

It is currently on BBC i Player probably for a week or two..

 

mike

sorry it has timed out on BBC i

player .

 

They only leave programmes on for a couple of weeks them cut the access. I do not know if they have an. Archieve ?

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timed out on BBC i player . New copy retrieved .

 

Managed to recover a copy of this Video Clip [5 mins ] Sensationally powerful Astronomically emotional Performance .

 

If you like, The expanse of Time, The limits of Knowledge, Classical Music, Solo & choirs, Orchestra, Emotional Impact

 

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Given some Dr Who Fans' behaviour, should it be in religion?

 

Why can it not go in Cosmology and Astronomy ( albeit light hearted ) many Astronomers and Cosmologists like this sort of thing .

 

Several thousand did in the Royal Albert Hall.

 

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"Why can it not go in Cosmology and Astronomy"

Because it has nothing to do with cosmology or astronomy.

"many Astronomers and Cosmologists like this sort of things"

They probably like sex too, but ...

"Several thousand did in the Royal Albert Hall."

Really? They got several thousand cosmologists + astronomers together?

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"Why can it not go in Cosmology and Astronomy"

Because it has nothing to do with cosmology or astronomy.

"many Astronomers and Cosmologists like this sort of things"

They probably like sex too, but ...

"Several thousand did in the Royal Albert Hall."

Really? They got several thousand cosmologists + astronomers together?

Are you trying to tell me , you could ( and have ) watched that 5 min clip that I have posted and not be 'moved' , I don't believe it.

It had a picture of a Sun , to the star he says "Take my memories" the memories /information of the whole universe from beginning to end. "Take them ,take them all " A man(succession of men, which could represent any intelligence spanning time) who had seen the universe Start and the universe End. Ice ages come, Planets Burn, A man who can imagine Time. The possible arguments and tampering with time, Secrets that ..could never be told . The stream of energy in yellow that these memories were illustrated by. The orchestra played, The Conductor was moved, the singers were moved the audience gave a standing ovation, most were adults The place was absolutely packed.

 

You must have been moved. " Where is the love of Wonder, Awe, Magnificence and Imagination " , Choral and orchestral excellence, passion, ,emotion and delivery !

 

mike

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Still has little, if anything, to do with the actual science of astronomy/cosmology.

You have got to be kidding ! Surely you get a touch of that feeling , when you look up to the night sky , and see the immensity of distance ,time,energy the Milky Way , the centre at saggitarius a 2'ooo,000 stars in a black hole. If you heart does not race, your toes curl up. The feeling of immensity

 

No! I think you are trying to 'wind me up'

 

Mike

 

Edit . O.K Inow I will leave the location of the thread alone. .......... I am Unwound !... I have taken an asprin ....! mellow.pngwacko.pngph34r.png

 

i...........I am SHUT UP .... you can see on the last face ...my whole head apart from my eyes are bound with tape.!...mmmm mmm !

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mmmm.mmmmmm........moowwllooooo.....WAKE UP. ..WAKE U P ... I am free again Yippee ! smile.png

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Mike - It doesn't matter. You can discuss your topic here. Arguing with swansont for 12 more posts about the folder/subforum where it should reside will only prevent people from talking about your intended subject.

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You have got to be kidding ! Surely you get a touch of that feeling , when you look up to the night sky , and see the immensity of distance ,time,energy the Milky Way , the centre at saggitarius a 2'ooo,000 stars in a black hole. If you heart does not race, your toes curl up. The feeling of immensity

 

Looking up at the night sky and seeing its wonder is not astronomy any more than watching people at a construction site is engineering.

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A lecturer , delivering a program for teachers, wishing to undertake teaching Further Education students, Said:

No memory is ever committed to long term memory, unless accompanied by some form of emotion. The reason given ,was that the portal into memory was through the amygdala ,which was at the base of the brain, responsible for emotion. among other things. It is as if it gives the energy to memory.

 

Thus for good learning it is important to love the subject , as well as cool knowledge, Facts alone are not the best medium for dealing with a subject. I would think most astronomers love various aspects of the subject matter at the root of their astronomy subject area. Recently a star remnant has been found very near to the first stars in the universe. Right in our back yard, in the midst of the milky way galaxy 6000 light years away . This is an exciting find link .http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/81705-the-earliest-star-in-the-universe/ True long hours of observation and data sifting, go hand in hand with this astronomy. but I am sure a glow of love of sky objects reside and motivate many astronomers.

 

The setting , and comments on time in the musical clip above , both motivate, excite as well as informing on the difficulties arising with time (" time wars ")

 

 

......... ..I walked away from the last great time war ...... I watched as time ran out .and nothing remained.......

 

I know it sounds highly unlikely now . But so would obliterating 2 cities with 2 devices the size of 2 dustbins, if described to people in the fourth century .

 

Interesting visualisation , even though highly imaginative ..and , futuristically speculative

 

Stimulating in the arena of the expanse of Time and Space [ the backdrop of Astronomy and Cosmology ]

 

mike

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I would like to ask for a little feedback on this Musical comment on the immensity of the universe from London Royal Albert Hall.

 

[ 453 persons have viewed the Post . ] or [1 person 453 times ] or [ somewhere in between ]

 

I love it. But does anybody else have a slight feeling of pleasure, when they listen to the words ( including 'Wake Up' that the soloists sing toward the end ) as well as the music and singing .

 

mike

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I would like to ask for a little feedback on this Musical comment on the immensity of the universe from London Royal Albert Hall.

I am rather afraid to watch the clip, since I suspect if I say I do not like it that you will accuse me of lacking passion, or imagination, or the ability to be awe inspired. Therefore I offer you a series of statements related to the clip. If you consider these you may gain an impression of my feelings on the matter:

 

1. I watched the concert on TV. I deliberately chose to watch it because a) I am a Dr. Who fan, and b) I love the Albert Hall.

2. I thought the concert was worth watching, though parts of it were cheesy and portions boring.

3. Some of the music, to my ears, was very good.

4. I wonder from time to time, as we introduce film music to the Proms, if we are dumbing concerts down. I lack sufficient training in classical music to recognise where such music might stand in relation to minor 'proper' composers.

5. Dr. Who is an SF drama whose science content is minimal. Just because an atomic bomb would surprise a caveman is no reason to think any of the science concepts required for plot development could actually come to pass.

6. Music is a very subjective medium. People can dislike what you like and not be bad human beings.

7. I am sure many thousands, possibly millions of people derived pleasure from the music that moved you. Don't be upset if none of the members here tell you that is so.

8. I think you would have been far more likely to get a postive and relevant response if you had not deflected the thread with arguments about where it should be posted.

 

The above comments are for self assembly into a cogent and meaningful expression of opinion that is both inspirational and informative.

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