Sentimental Journey: Music & Emotion
Series: The Nerve - Music and the Human Experience
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Length: 00:53:32
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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 |
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