Posted on 05/14/2018 2:51:07 PM PDT by mairdie
University of Chicago Rockefeller Chapel Carillon and Choir - Domenico Cimarosa - Sonata No 15 - Pavel Chesnokov - Salvation is Created - Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude in C Minor
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Ida Noyes? Was that once a dormitory?
I don’t know if way before me, but when I was there they had activities there. I took golf and fencing there, and social dancing. And the walls had murals of college girls dancing on the midway in chiffon. Mother was one of them according to her stories. Oh, and ping pong tables. WONDERFUL architecture.
Our dorm was called New Dorms, built by Eero Saarinen. Next to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House. I later worked in another Saarinen building. Our bedroom lamp was the lab’s cafeteria table lamp.
This is beautiful. Love the background story.
Many thanks, Aqua. Almost makes me wish I traveled these days.
Awesome video,mairdie! I adore the medieval period, those soaring cathedral had huge importance in medieval society where religion dominated the lives of all. I have toured some and would love to go to England again to immerse myself in all that art.
Thanks, eta! I’m so pleased. I think of it as a travel brochure, giving you a quick overview of which ones you might want to tour. Which ones did you see and what were they like to actually be in?
Just beautiful...thank you for sharing! Got to visit several cathedrals/abbeys during my 2006 trip to the British Isles.
I’m really glad you liked it. Any of these among your visits? I’ve never been to UK.
I remember Chester, Exeter, Worchester, Norwich, of course London. I loved the Churches of East Anglia with those terrific angels ceilings...so many memories of good traveling times. I have a Facebook page but it is only for medieval art and buildings, no personal stuff.
I also adore Romanesque buildings and bridges...one phrase that stuck in my mind comes from Pere
Angelico Surchamp on the difference between Romanesque and Gothic: “the Romanesque induces internal experience and reflection; Gothic induces external reflection. Gothic is the demonstration of the belief of spirituality while Romanesque is the experience of that belief.”
Next time I watch the video, I’ll make sure to see you in the background of those cathedrals in my mind’s eye. I can’t get to Facebook. A large DARN! Never heard that distinction. Wonderful.
Usually a video brings back memories of my art history classes, and I did study medieval architecture. But I’m still having trouble remembering much except the statues on the outside of the buildings. One reason I didn’t continue in art history was my instructor’s description of researching cathedral sculptors by reading the stone quarry payroll reports. And then I go off and voluntarily research how the tongue moves in the mouth when reciting poetry aloud. Whodah guessed?
Went to Westminster Abbey, Salisbury Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, York Minster, plus visited the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, and the bombed-out ruins of Coventry Cathedral. The new Coventry Cathedral is attached to the foundations of the old church. I would have loved to have been able to visit Rochester, Lincoln, Winchester, Canterbury, and Durham, as well as the ruins of other cathedrals/abbeys, but at least one can view photos online.
Green with envy over York. Between you and etabeta, you’ve seen so many! Do they let you wander or make you stay in a tour?
I was on a 3-week bus tour, and they’d let us wander around, just so we were back to the bus by a specific time. We actually stayed overnight in York, so we had more time to check the city out.
Very beautiful! Thanks!
Had he made any mistakes, I'm pretty sure he would have been struck by a lightning bolt.
I remember seeing the practice instrument separate from the real one. Robbins was also talking about a town in Switzerland where they were all trained, filled with carillons. Always wondered what it must be like to live there. We also had a second set of bells at Mandel Hall that was used for change ringing.
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