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very talented musicians and delightful acoustics in pedestrian underpass.
How unfortunate that young people studied for many years, then to make a living on the street...
The acoustics are great in there for a jug band.
Here's my favourite bit of jug band music from one of my fave bands The Dead South..
A very uncomfortable bench but wonderful acoustics in this former limestone quarry atop Sorin's Bluff in Red Wing, MN
Happy Bench Monday
Next door, the South Theatre was built in the 1st century with a capacity of 5000 spectators. From the upper stalls the acoustics are still wonderful, as demonstrated by the occasional roving minstrel or drummer.
Sing with me! You are my fire....my one...desire.....believe....when I say...... (Dedicated to my Uncle Cypher who sings this song all the time when he Djs)
"A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves
with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed,
are as crisp as autumn air."
Eric Sloane
Had a nice walk around the lake at our local park this morning...until... I came across a Canada Goose sat by the lake, with what looked like a crossbow bolt through its head...quite distressing to see. I rang the RSPCA as soon as I got home. They sent an inspector out to investigate, she updated me later ...the goose flew onto the lake when she approached it, but looked like it might be coping ok and eating...for now. They will follow it up over the next few days and make a decision on whether or not to try and catch it.....
there are some sick people out there who get a kind of warped pleasure from injuring innocent creatures...:-(
update re Goose...It was eventually caught by the RSPCA who seem fairly confident that after the bolt is removed...it should be ok and will be resettled in a swan rescue centre....well done to the RSPCA who follow up and don't give up when an incident of animal cruelty is reported!!
textures thanks to PaintedWorks.
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Valencia is the third largest city in Spain. Valencia is located on the Costa del Azahar on the Mediterranean Sea and is considered the birthplace of paella, one of the most famous dishes in Spanish cuisine. Valencia is also known as the orange city. Valencia is Spain's third economic engine, after Madrid and Barcelona. Valencia was founded in 138 BC. under the name Valentia Edetanorum, by a Roman leader. Valencia has a Mediterranean climate with warm summers and very mild winters. Valencia, like the entire region of Valencia, is officially bilingual; they speak both Spanish and Valencian. Valencian is very closely related to Catalan. Spanish Valencia is more than beach and paella. The highlight that you do not want to miss are the modern buildings of Calatrava. The 'Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències' or 'the City of Arts and Sciences' is a cultural and scientific complex of seven special buildings designed by Calatrava and is located in the drained Turia River of Valencia. It includes Spain's finest aquarium L'Oceanographic, a planetarium, an IMAX theatre, a science museum and a striking event hall. This science park is definitely the number one attraction of Valencia!
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is Calatrava's showpiece. The construction of this opera complex started in 1995 and has been open since 2005. It is about 75 meters high with an area of 40,000 m2. There are four halls in the complex. One of the reasons the construction took so long was because Calatrava wanted the inside of La Sala Principal completely covered with dark blue mosaic of Valencian ceramics. It takes a lot of work anyway to mosaic such a large hall, but the acoustics also have to be perfect. Surprisingly, by placing wooden balconies in an undulating movement in the room, excellent acoustics have been achieved.
Valencia is twee na grootste stad van Spanje. Valencia ligt aan de Costa del Azahar aan de Middellandse Zee en geldt als geboorteplaats van de paella, een van de bekendste gerechten uit de Spaanse keuken. Valencia wordt ook wel de sinaasappelstad genoemd. Valencia is de derde economische motor van Spanje, na Madrid en Barcelona. Valencia werd gesticht in 138 v.Chr. onder de naam Valentia Edetanorum, door een Romeinse leider. Valencia heeft een mediterraan klimaat met warme zomers en zeer milde winters. Valencia is, net als de gehele regio Valencia, officieel tweetalig; men spreekt er zowel Spaans als Valenciaans. Het Valenciaans is zeer sterk verwant aan het Catalaans. Het Spaanse Valencia is meer dan strand en paella. Het hoogtepunt die je niet wilt missen zijn de moderne bouwwerken van Calatrava. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is het paradepaardje van Calatrava. De bouw van dit operacomplex startte al in 1995 en is sinds 2005 geopend. Het is zo’n 75 meter hoog met een oppervlakte van 40.000 m2. Er zijn vier zalen in het complex. Eén van de redenen dat de bouw zo lang duurde, was omdat Calatrava de binnenkant van La Sala Principal volledig wilde voorzien van donkerblauw mozaïek van Valenciaans keramiek. Nu kost het sowieso veel werk om zo’n grote zaal te mozaïeken, maar de akoestiek heeft natuurlijk ook nog eens perfect zijn. Door in de zaal houten balkons in een golvende beweging te plaatsen, is er verrassend genoeg gezorgd voor een uitstekende akoestiek.
Doppler effect: acoustics and optics!
Dopplereffekt: Akustik und Optik.
Information about Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach: "wikipedia English"
Österreichischer Physiker und Philosoph Ernst Mach: "wikipedia Deutsch"
Glas: Rosenthal Studio Line Serie Papyrus Design Michael Boehm, Gravur am Fuß
Part of: "Weaving Diary Tapestry Aktion Tagebuch Teppich Tapisserie Tagebuch weben 365 days project 2: 2015 2016" 19. Februar 2016 - timeline zeitliche Abfolge golden thread goldener Faden: 1. 1. - 17. 1.. red thread roter Faden18. 1. - 9. 2., led lichterkette: ab 10. 2. Fastenbeginn - Esoterik Entlarvung Lichtnahrungsprozess // "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf design entwurfarbeit überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" blauer Zweigelt ist rot / Stillleben in der blauen Spiegel Küche, still life in the blue mirror kitchen
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The Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center at 3615 Euclid Avenue was completed in 1921. The original plans for a high-rise office building addition to the temple, however, were never implemented. The Masonic Auditorium was home to the Cleveland Orchestra for ten years prior to the opening of Severance Hall in 1931, and it continued to be used as the setting for most of the orchestra’s recordings long thereafter as a result of its fine acoustics. The building also is home to the Cleveland Masonic Library and Museum, as well as budding arts groups like: Dancing Wheels (a wheelchair ballet group), RED: An Orchestra (an avant-garde ensemble) and The Singing Angels (a youth choir).
"A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves
with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed,
are as crisp as autumn air."
Eric Sloane
textures thanks to Pongo 2007
Desde fuera, Santa Sofía no intenta seducir. Es un bloque imponente, reforzado por contrafuertes, que parece más preocupado por resistir que por impresionar. Pero basta con cruzar sus puertas para que el tiempo se diluya y el asombro se imponga. Su grandeza no está en las proporciones externas, sino en el espacio que contiene: un interior que desafía, incluso hoy, la lógica de lo posible.
Inaugurada en el año 537, esta es la tercera versión del templo. Las dos anteriores sucumbieron a las revueltas populares, pero la versión 3.0 no solo resistió, sino que cambió la historia de la arquitectura. Para concebir semejante prodigio hicieron falta un físico y un matemático: Isidoro de Mileto y Antemio de Tralles. No se limitaron a diseñar un edificio; imaginaron lo inconcebible para su época.
Los innumerables terremotos que ha sufrido Estambul han intentado derribarla, pero ahí sigue. Y su cúpula sigue siendo el prodigio más evidente: 31,87 metros de diámetro, suspendida a 56,6 metros de altura, flotando como por arte de magia sobre un anillo de ventanas. Durante casi mil años, Santa Sofía fue el edificio religioso más grande del mundo. Lo más asombroso es que, pese a sus dimensiones, no abruma. Todo en ella —la luz, las proporciones, la acústica— está pensado para elevar, no para aplastar.
Para su construcción se emplearon algunos de los materiales más preciosos del mundo antiguo, y todavía se percibe. Columnas de mármol traídas de Éfeso, pórfido de Egipto, piedra verde de Tesalia, ónice de Frigia... Un catálogo de imperios antiguos al servicio de la nueva Roma. Todo fue elegido para deslumbrar.
Y si algo detiene el paso, son los mosaicos. Dorados, delicados, suspendidos en el tiempo, sobreviven como fragmentos de una gloria que fue bizantina, que fue cristiana, que fue imperial. Algunos permanecen cubiertos; otros asoman tímidamente entre yesos y restauraciones. Todos hablan un idioma que mezcla fe, arte y poder. Es imposible no quedarse en silencio ante el Cristo Pantocrátor o la emperatriz Zoe ofreciendo sus dones celestiales.
Hoy, tras su reconversión en mezquita, ya no se puede visitar libremente la planta baja. Y eso significa que uno de los rincones más curiosos ha quedado fuera del alcance de los visitantes: la famosa “columna que llora”, siempre húmeda, envuelta en leyendas. Se dice que si introduces el dedo en su orificio y este sale mojado, tus deseos serán cumplidos. Otros creen que sus aguas tienen poderes curativos. Según la tradición, la columna llora de pena por el sultán Vedud y fue creada, nada menos, con la saliva del profeta Mahoma.
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From the outside, Hagia Sophia doesn’t try to seduce. It’s an imposing mass, reinforced with buttresses, more concerned with endurance than with display. But step through its doors, and time dissolves. Awe takes over. Its greatness doesn’t lie in its outer proportions, but in the space it holds within—a space that, even today, defies the logic of what should be possible.
Inaugurated in 537, this is the third version of the building. The two previous ones fell victim to popular uprisings, but version 3.0 not only survived—it changed the course of architectural history. It took a physicist and a mathematician to conceive such a marvel: Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. They didn’t just design a building; they imagined the unimaginable.
The many earthquakes that have shaken Istanbul tried to bring it down, but Hagia Sophia still stands. And its dome remains its most extraordinary feature: 31.87 meters in diameter, suspended 56.6 meters above the ground, seemingly floating on a ring of windows. For nearly a thousand years, it was the largest religious building in the world. What’s most astonishing is that, despite its scale, it doesn’t overwhelm. Everything—its light, proportions, and acoustics—seems designed to uplift rather than oppress.
The materials used in its construction were among the most precious of the ancient world, and that richness is still felt. Marble columns from Ephesus, porphyry from Egypt, green stone from Thessaly, onyx from Phrygia... a catalogue of ancient empires placed at the service of the new Rome. Every detail was chosen to dazzle.
And if anything stops you in your tracks, it’s the mosaics. Golden, delicate, suspended in time—they survive as fragments of a glory that was Byzantine, Christian, imperial. Some remain covered, others peek out timidly from beneath plaster and restorations. They speak a language of faith, art, and power. It’s impossible not to fall silent before the image of Christ Pantocrator, or Empress Zoe offering her celestial gifts to the Redeemer.
Today, since its reconversion into a mosque, the ground floor is no longer freely accessible. That means one of the building’s most curious features is now out of reach: the famous “weeping column,” always moist, wrapped in legend. It’s said that if you insert your finger into the hole and it comes out wet, your wishes will come true. Others believe its waters have healing powers. According to tradition, the column weeps in sorrow for Sultan Vedud, and was created using the saliva of the Prophet Muhammad.
Eine meiner ganz alten Akustik-Gitarren. Sie ist sehr schwer zu spielen .. aber sie hat einen unwiderstehlichen Charme.
One of my very old acoustic guitars. It is very difficult to play .. but it has an irresistible charm.
This is Big Hogan alcove / amphitheater. We are south of Thunderbird Mesa on private Tribal land. Oftentimes the Tour Guides will play Navajo flute and drums and sing traditional Navajo songs. The acoustics are excellent and the setting is spectacular. There is a big hole in the roof and you can see the light on the wall.
This is the view looking out from inside the alcove.
naturalarches.org/gallery/AZbighogan.htm
Big Hogan is a cave natural arch eroded in DeChelly sandstone. It is located very close to Moccasin Arch. It is one of several nice arches which are included in the commercial Monument Valley tours that go to the area south of the self-guided loop drive. This arch is within the boundaries of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park and a Navajo guide is required for any visitation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley#:~:text=Monument%20...
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor.[1] It is located on the Utah-Arizona state line, near the Four Corners area. The valley is a sacred area that lies within the territory of the Navajo Nation Reservation, the Native American people of the area.[2]
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns; critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 square kilometers] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West."[3]
Diné bizaad: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, which roughly translates to the valley of rocks.
navajowotd.com/word/tse-bii-nidzisgaii/
Navajo Nation 2025
The colour rendition of my Visual Acoustics VIII - New York City Sunrise image.
More colour work to come.
Facebook or any other photo sharing site on the Internet doesn't do justice to my panoramic images. Even more, no photo sharing site does do justices to my images at all. Best to see them live, for example at the Rotella galleries in NYC and Las Vegas where you can see my images in sizes up to almost 100 inches (2.5 meters).
My specific iSGM b&w workflow can also be used for processing color images. Want to know how: check From Basics to Fine Art - B&W photography- architecture and beyond that you can see here , written by me and co-author Julia Anna Gospodarou.
My images are processed to be printed large. A collection of my work can be seen as large format prints at the Rotella galleries in NYC and Las Vegas.
Each shot taken with the Formatt-Hitech Firecrest filters, totalling 16 stops per image and each image with a long exposure time of around 6 minutes.
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Doppler effect: acoustics and optics!
Dopplereffekt: Akustik und Optik.
Information about Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach: "wikipedia English"
Österreichischer Physiker und Philosoph Ernst Mach: "wikipedia Deutsch"
Glas: Rosenthal Serie Papyrus Design Michael Boehm
Part of "Weaving Diary Tapestry Aktion Tagebuch Teppich Tapisserie Tagebuch weben 365 days project 2: 2015 2016" 19. Februar 2016 - timeline zeitliche Abfolge golden thread goldener Faden: 1. 1. - 17. 1.. red thread roter Faden18. 1. - 9. 2., led lichterkette: ab 10. 2. Fastenbeginn - Esoterik Entlarvung Lichtnahrungsprozess - Pflanzenfarbe Wein // "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf design entwurfarbeit überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau"
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On a Balmy Summer Night before the performance :
The Acharnians by Aristophanes ~
[ Explored ]26 Jul.2015 #142
And thinking that :
" No man is rich enough to buy back his past ... " Oscar Wilde
~ The Theatre of Epidaurus was built in the 4th century BC ,by Polykleitos the Younger, according to the Phytagorean System-and is the best surving theatre from ancient Greece.It has amazing acoustics and sits in a canyon surrounded by pine trees.Love the view of the nearby mountains and the chirping sound of the nocturnal crickets that accompany the chorus ... ~
* “How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown ... "
To You my very Special Flickr Friends :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVO9Vd067U
Can't wait to visit your recent work before I go again ~ You know that Flickr has granted a respite to me,my friends ... lol
♥ Love to You All & Many Thanks for all your visits & your kind comments ♥
“I like those older theaters – the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there’s been a thousand shows in there and now you get to be one.” Billy Gardell.
In my previous Epidaurus Theatre photograph, I already mentioned the perfect acoustics of this amazing Ancient Greek building. Beyond the architectural beauty of this monument, with its well-preserved stands, being lucky enough to hear a performance here is quite an experience in itself. Although the theater is still used today for the performance of ancient Greek plays, none were scheduled during our visit to the Peloponnese.
However, I was able to enjoy the beautiful voice of my wife singing from the center of the scene, which together with the photographs and videos that we were able to capture, was the perfect show for our story.
Our YouTube Travel Video with Behind the Scenes of this picture:
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“Me gustan esos teatros más antiguos: la acústica es perfecta, quiero decir, tienes la sensación de que ha habido mil espectáculos allí y ahora puedes ser uno”. Billy Gardell.
En mi anterior fotografía del Teatro de Epidaurus, ya mencioné la acústica perfecta de este increíble edificio de la Grecia Antigua. Más allá de la belleza arquitectónica de este monumento, con su graderío tan bien conservado, tener la suerte de escuchar una actuación aquí es toda una experiencia en sí misma. Aunque todavía hoy se sigue usando el teatro para la representación de obras griegas antiguas, durante nuestra visita al Peloponeso no había programada ninguna.
No obstante, pude disfrutar de la preciosa voz de mi mujer cantando desde el centro de la escena, lo que junto a las fotografías y vídeos que pudimos realizar, fue el espectáculo perfecto para nuestra historia.
One of the delights of Bologna is discovering the many 'hidden' courtyards and little secluded gardens. I chanced upon one of them on my visit to the utterly wonderful International Music Museum and Library. Friar Giambattista Martini (1706-1784), the founder of this great collection and one of the first theorists of counterpoint, was himself not a foremost composer, although he did write lots of music. His strength lies in his great knowledge of the history of music and his inspired collecting of everything pertaining to that great art. The museum contains a wonderful gallery of paintings of composers and musicians, of manuscripts, scores and printed musical books, and lots of instruments.
The palazzo now the home to that collection has a long and complicated history and its decorations are quite marvelous and fit well with music. The second courtyard - the main photo - is utterly handsome with its plantation of bananas against a great frescoed landscape - much in need of restoration - by Luigi Busatti (1763-1821). Note the cymbal striker in the background. That reminded me of Psalm 150, of course. And hence it seemed appropriate to include as an inset a photo of the frontispiece - in the museum - of Marin Mersenne's (1588-1648) Harmonie universelle, contentant la thèorie et la pratique de la musique (1636). Mersenne is often called the 'Father of Acoustics', and besides being a well-known mathematician he also wrote on the harmonics of vibrating strings. Think Guitars and Pianos and Violins and the likes. Mersenne, a Minim friar, knew the Bible well, and on that frontispiece referred to Psalm 70, 22, to underwrite his Universal Harmony. The secluded garden is surely and image of that ideal.
Another one from the family album. Dr Clarion's legendary acoustics lectures were dreaded by generations of hung over students.
Oh, and as a late edit, take a look here. I saw this film a long time ago and this scene stayed with me.
We're Here: Silent Pictures
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The Altria Theater in Richmond, Virginia, United States is a theater at the southwest corner of Monroe Park, the largest venue of Richmond CenterStage's performing arts complex. Formerly known as The Mosque and the Landmark Theater, the Altria Theater was originally built for Shriners of the Acca Temple Shrine.
Altria-The Mosque Theater was the 1918 brainchild of Clinton L. Williams, Potentate of the ACCA Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Williams felt his fraternal organization had outgrown its meeting place, so he set out to build a venue that would outshine any other Shriner facility, and thus would create an entertainment palace for the City of Richmond. Designed by architects Marcellus Wright, Sr., Charles M. Robinson and Charles Custer Robinson, the original plans included a 4,600 seat theater, four lounges, six lobbies, 18 dressing rooms, 42 hotel rooms, a gymnasium, locker rooms, a pool, a three-lane bowling alley, offices and a restaurant called “The Mosque Grill.” The theater’s construction price tag was $1.65 million.
The City purchased the Mosque from the Shriners in 1940 and a 1994-95 renovation restored its splendor. One of the best known and most striking buildings in Richmond, the Altria also ranks among the City’s most popular stages for theatrical and musical performances. Some of America’s greatest entertainers have appeared on stage beneath its towering minarets and desert murals. Known for its excellent acoustics, the Altria now offers seating for 3,565. The Altria ballroom is also host of numerous gala affairs and the ballroom has a capacity of 1,000 and a seated capacity of ::::: 212
One. of the best acoustics that I have ever heard in a concert hall. The architecture is outstanding in every way, as is the performance of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra who are based here.
Walled town of Počitelj is a medieval fortified nucleus of Počitelj historic village in Bosnia, about a 45 minute drive from Mostar. Due to its significant architectural and urbanistic historical value, it is considered an open-air museum.
The Walled town is nested in a natural karst amphitheater along the left bank of the Neretva river, on the main road Mostar-Metković.
The most representative building within the walls is Šišman Ibrahim Pasha Mosque or Hajji Alija Mosque, built in 1563 by Hajji-Alija, son of Musa. It was repaired in the 17th century by Šišman Ibrahim Pasha. The locals gave the mosque afterwards pasha's name. The domed mosque is notable for its special acoustics. The mosque was restored in the 1970s, but badly damaged during the Bosnian War in 1993. It was restored again in 2002
Icons of Sound: Cappella Romana in a virtual Hagia Sophia -
Cherubic Hymn in Mode 1
Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and the Art & Art History Department
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Hagia Sophia
Ayasofya, Fatih, Istanbul
Αγία Σοφία (Κωνσταντινούπολη)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-hagia-sophia
www.byzantium1200.com/hagia.html
www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/a-monumental-struggle-to-pr...
www.doaks.org/library-archives/icfa/moving-image-collecti...