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Sentimental Journey: Music & Emotion

Series: The Nerve - Music and the Human Experience
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Length: 00:53:32

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The Nerve 6 wonders whether music really is the language of our emotions. Read the full description.

Thenerve-240x240_small Some music expresses joy; other music expresses sorrow. It also can affect our emotions and * make* us happy or sad. On Episode 6 of The Nerve, host Jowi Taylor asks what makes sad music sad, and whether those elements are universal across cultures. Music is like a drug, in a way. It's used to enhance the effect of dramatic entertainment and evoke moods in an audience. We often use it to alter our own moods. Is there a recipe composers can use to achieve these ends?

The Nerve 6 wonders whether music really is the language of our emotions.

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Piece Description

Some music expresses joy; other music expresses sorrow. It also can affect our emotions and * make* us happy or sad. On Episode 6 of The Nerve, host Jowi Taylor asks what makes sad music sad, and whether those elements are universal across cultures. Music is like a drug, in a way. It's used to enhance the effect of dramatic entertainment and evoke moods in an audience. We often use it to alter our own moods. Is there a recipe composers can use to achieve these ends?

The Nerve 6 wonders whether music really is the language of our emotions.

Broadcast History

Part Six of The Nerve first aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in October 2008.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
The Nerve Opening Theme Paolo Pietropaolo unreleased. 02:00
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel Tales From New York. 04:55
White Cliffs of Dover Vera Lynn Vera Lynn – Platinum Series. 01:00
I Got Rhythm (1959 Stereo Version) Ella Fitzgerald Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook. 02:30
Night on Bald Mountain Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra Fantasia Remastered. 02:00
Things We Said Today The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night. EMI/Parlophone 02:00
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue. 01:30
Raga Lalit - Alap Vilayat Khan Al Wida - Farewell. 04:00
Thrill is Gone BB King Greatest Hits. 02:25
Peter & the Wolf John Gielgud, Academy of London, Richard Stamp Virgin Classics 02:30
Por Toda a Minha Vida Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim Elis & Tom. 02:00
Lalit Hariprasad Chaurasia The Raga Guide. Nimbus Records 00:30
Luetin Underworld A Hundred Days Off. 04:20
Foundations of Stone Howard Shore & London Philharmonic Orchestra The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. 02:15
Lothlorien Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. 01:00
Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. 02:15
The Grey Havens Howard Shore & Sir James Galway The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 02:45
Olsen Olsen Sigur Ros Fat Cat Records 05:15
The Nerve Closing Theme Paolo Pietropaolo unreleased. 02:15

Related Website

http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/theNerve/episode6.html