Merry Christmas 2011 – The Adventures in Time, Space and Music Holiday Special
Thanks to our friends from sending us some lovely holiday messages which we’d like to share with you. May you all have a lovely holiday, whichever you may celebrate. Many warm wishes from the entire Adventures in Time, Space and Music team to all of you our listeners, guests, colleagues, and friends at home. May your holidays be filled with the warmth of friends, family and fellowship.
PODCASTS FEATURED
The 20MB Doctor Who Podcast – http://the20mbdoctorwhopodcast.podbean.com/
The 2nd Doctor’s Podcast & Professor How! – http://www.jokerfilemedia.de/
Doctor Who Podshock – http://www.podshock.net/
The Flashing Blade Podcast – http://www.flashingblade.org.uk/
Hoo on Who – http://www.hooonwho.com/
The IndyCast – http://www.theindycast.com/
The Krynoid Podcast – http://krynoid.blog.co.uk/
The Minute Doctor Who Podcast – http://www.tmdwp.co.uk/
The Mostly Harmless Cutaway – http://guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com/
The Omega Podcast – http://www.theomegapodcast.org/
The Ood Cast – http://www.theoodcast.com/
The Pratchett Podcast – http://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/
Professor Dave’s Ark in Space – http://profdave.libsyn.com/
Radio Free Skaro – http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/ Radio Rassilon – http://radiorassilon.podbean.com/
The TARDIS Tavern – http://tardistavern.libsyn.com/
The Tin Dog Podcast – http://tin-dog.co.uk/
Traveling the Vortex – http://travelingthevortex.com/
ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
K9, CYBERMEN, SUPREME DALEK, ICE WARRIOR AND 10THE DOCTOR GRAEME SHERIDAN OF THE 2ND DOCTOR’S PODCAST AND THE PROFESSOR HOW DOCTOR WHO PARODY PODCAST: Available on iTunes and on Talkshoe ID’s 57949 for The2ndDoctors Podcast and 59601 for Professor How
ALL VIOL MUSIC PERFORMED BY PHILLIP W. SERNA FROM THE GAMBACAST & THE RADIO RASSILON CHRISTMAS SONG APPEARS COURTESY OF LEESON FISCHER AND HARRY MEDIUM OF THE RADIO RASSILON PODCAST.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. LOU: I am an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where I write about and teach classes on avant-garde and popular music of the post-war era, focusing on musics that bridge the categories of high and low culture in society through media technology. In other words, I write about pretty music made on complicated equipment used in television and radio. Most of my stuff tends to be about music in the UK, although I have also written about American science fiction. My most recent publication is a history of the BBC’s electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, for Oxford University Press. Before becoming chair of the music department in Reno, I taught classes about television music, film music, music and gender, and popular music, as well as the more standard classical music history courses. After getting my undergraduate degree in singing from the University of Iowa, I spent a few hazy years bartending in nightclubs, listening to lots of dance music, and traveling as much as possible to England. Eventually, I decided I needed a career and did a Masters degree in musicology at the University of Texas at Austin, writing a thesis on music in Doctor Who. After that I moved to Los Angeles and did a PhD at UCLA in musicology, studying with Susan McClary and Philip Brett, among other amazing scholars. At UCLA I wrote what would become the first half of my Radiophonic history as my dissertation.
I also, like Dr. Phil, am a performer of early music. But unlike him, for me it is purely a dilettante pursuit. I have sung early music since 1989, and at UCLA was the director of their early music ensemble, Musica Humana. Upon moving to Reno, I founded REM (Reno Early Music), Reno’s premiere early music group. Actually, we are Reno’s only early music group. But it’s fun. I also run the Reno Time Team, a local group making our way through all of classic Doctor Who. For more information on Louis Niebur, visithttp://www.unr.edu/cla/music/pages/bios/niebur.htm, and for information on Reno Early Music, visit http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/boardman/music_REM.htm. For more information on Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/publications/special_sound.htm.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. PHILL: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master & Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.
On double bass, I perform with many ensembles including the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, the Northshore Camerata, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and many others. In Early Music, I regularly perform on violas da gamba (treble viol, tenor viol and bass viol), period double bass/ violone and vielle with modern orchestras such as the Concord Chamber Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, as well as with period instrument ensembles such as Ars Antigua, the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, the Callipygian Players, the Chicago Early Music Consort, Duo fantaisie en Echo, the Madison Bach Musicians, the Newberry Consort, the Oriana Singers, the Second City Musick, the Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols, the Third Coast Viols and many others. In performance, I’ve appeared on Chicago’s 98.7FM WFMT, Wisconsin Public Radio and Milwaukee Public Radio. My Early Music Outreach program ‘Viols in Our Schools’ was the recipient of the 2010 Early Music America Outreach Award, which honors ensembles or individual artists for excellence in early music outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults. For more information, visit http://www.violsinourschools.org/About.html orhttp://www.phillipwserna.com/.
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If you would like to find out more about our other projects, specifically on viols, please visitthegambacast.org or violsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
Email us at http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/contact
To follow us on Twitter, visit http://www.twitter.com/ATSMPodcast
To friend us on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/AdventuresinTimeSpaceandMusic
Support the show by donating or by visiting http://zazzle.com/ATSMPodcast
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‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2011
2011 Chicago TARDIS Special – Part I – It’s My Podcast and I’ll Promote If I Want To
This is part I of coverage from the Chicago TARDIS having taken place November 25-27, 2011 at the Westin Lombard Hotel at Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL
ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
IT’S MY PODCAST AND I’LL PROMOTE IF I WANT TO Featuring David Vox Mullen (The DVM Podcast Empire), Wes Duellman (The Omega Podcast), Ken Deep (Doctor Who Podshock), Steven Schapansky (Radio Free Skaro) & Phillip Serna (Adventures in Time, Space and Music)
Adventures in Time, Space and Music – http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
The DVM Podcast Empire - http://www.dvmpe.com/
Doctor Who Podshock - http://www.podshock.net/ & http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/
The Omega Podcast - http://www.theomegapodcast.org/
Radio Free Skaro – http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/
VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THIS PANEL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE NEW WHO PODCAST:
http://media.blubrry.com/newwhopodcast/www.flashforcast.com/podcast/imp.mp4
LINKS OF INTEREST:
Doctor Who Podcast Alliance - http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
The Chicago TARDIS - http://www.chicagotardis.com/
The Chicago TARDIS Programming - http://www.chicagotardis.com/2010schedule.php
The Chicago TARDIS on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Chicago-TARDIS/63267178456
The Chicago TARDIS on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/chicagotardis
For inquiries, please contact Alien Entertainment at http://www.alienentertainment.com/ or (888) 734-7386
DALEK VOICES BY TONY GALLICHAN OF THE FLASHING BLADE PODCAST:http://www.flashingblade.org.uk/
ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit http://www.twitter.com/drautobob.
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If you would like to find out more about my other projects, specifically on viols, please visit thegambacast.org or violsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
Email us at http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/contact
To follow us on Twitter, visit http://www.twitter.com/ATSMPodcast
To friend us on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/AdventuresinTimeSpaceandMusic
To friend us on Google+, visit http://plus.google.com/106877584462894407680
Support the show by donating or by visiting http://zazzle.com/ATSMPodcast
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‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2011
Episode 27 – Series 21, Part I – Revelations of Roger Limb’s Androzani – Part I – The UNIT Files
In this episode we’ll be looking at the music of Roger Limb focusing on his work on Serial 6R- Story 135 – The Caves of Androzani. This discussion with the Doctor Who Podcast co-host Trevor Gensch, the Minute Doctor Who Podcast host Luke Harrison and Radio Free Skaro co-host Steven Schapansky was recorded on the 21st of June, 2011.
ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – TREVOR GENSCH: Trevor has been a fan of Doctor Who since the guy with the scarf and the tin dog was about. As a youngster, he fashioned a replica K9 out of boxes and cardboard tubing. An attempt to fashion a K9 Mk II went disastrously wrong so Trevor retired from the world of Doctor Who modelling. Trevor’s late teens and early twenties were involved in setting up a local Doctor Who Fan Club in Brisbane, writing for fanzines, trying to organize a convention and spending far too much money on Star Trek VHS tapes. Fast forward to 2005 and a morbid fear of public speaking led him to start up MMM Commentaries and Fantragic podcasts. In 2008 he added the DWO WhoCast to his roster of speaking engagements. Trevor cites his favorite Doctor as Peter Davison, more as a reaction to the norm than out of any valid reason for favoritism. His favorite companion is Sarah Jane Smith. For more information on Trevor’s work on the widely popular The Doctor Who Podcast, visit http://www.thedoctorwhopodcast.com/.
ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – LUKE HARRISON: Born and raised in Sheffield, Luke went to uni in Sunderland before joining Agapé UK. Luke spent 3 years in Russia working for them before returning to England in the summer of 2008. He continued with his job for a couple more years, this time in Bristol. He’s now studying film making in Oxford. Luke started reading the Target books from our local library as a kid and then my brother and I started getting the videos for presents. Luke began the podcast in 2008 and episodes have appeared sporadically since then as and when he has had the time and inspiration for the next one. For more information on Luke’s work on the Minute Doctor Who Podcast, visit http://www.tmdwp.co.uk/.
ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – STEVEN SCHAPANSKY: Steven Schapansky is one of the hosts of Radio Free Skaro, one of the most popular and longest running Doctor Who podcasts around. As co-host, he has interviewed many luminaries from Doctor Who’s past an present, including Murray Gold, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford, Tracie Simpson, Gary Russell, and many others. He has also memorized every Doctor Who production code from the classic series and can point out on a map and name all 195 countries of the world. And he does it all without eating meat. For more information on Steven’s work on the widely popular Radio Free Skaro, released every Sunday, visit http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. LOU: I am an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where I write about and teach classes on avant-garde and popular music of the post-war era, focusing on musics that bridge the categories of high and low culture in society through media technology. In other words, I write about pretty music made on complicated equipment used in television and radio. Most of my stuff tends to be about music in the UK, although I have also written about American science fiction. My most recent publication is a history of the BBC’s electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, for Oxford University Press. Before becoming chair of the music department in Reno, I taught classes about television music, film music, music and gender, and popular music, as well as the more standard classical music history courses. After getting my undergraduate degree in singing from the University of Iowa, I spent a few hazy years bartending in nightclubs, listening to lots of dance music, and traveling as much as possible to England. Eventually, I decided I needed a career and did a Masters degree in musicology at the University of Texas at Austin, writing a thesis on music in Doctor Who. After that I moved to Los Angeles and did a PhD at UCLA in musicology, studying with Susan McClary and Philip Brett, among other amazing scholars. At UCLA I wrote what would become the first half of my Radiophonic history as my dissertation.
I also, like Dr. Phil, am a performer of early music. But unlike him, for me it is purely a dilettante pursuit. I have sung early music since 1989, and at UCLA was the director of their early music ensemble, Musica Humana. Upon moving to Reno, I founded REM (Reno Early Music), Reno’s premiere early music group. Actually, we are Reno’s only early music group. But it’s fun. I also run the Reno Time Team, a local group making our way through all of classic Doctor Who. For more information on Louis Niebur, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/pages/bios/niebur.htm, and for information on Reno Early Music, visit http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/boardman/music_REM.htm. For more information on Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/publications/special_sound.htm.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. PHILL: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master & Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.
On double bass, I perform with many ensembles including the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, the Northshore Camerata, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and many others. In Early Music, I regularly perform on violas da gamba (treble viol, tenor viol and bass viol), period double bass/ violone and vielle with modern orchestras such as the Concord Chamber Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, as well as with period instrument ensembles such as Ars Antigua, the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, the Callipygian Players, the Chicago Early Music Consort, Duo fantaisie en Echo, the Madison Bach Musicians, the Newberry Consort, the Oriana Singers, the Second City Musick, the Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols, the Third Coast Viols and many others. In performance, I’ve appeared on Chicago’s 98.7FM WFMT, Wisconsin Public Radio and Milwaukee Public Radio. My Early Music Outreach program ‘Viols in Our Schools’ was the recipient of the 2010 Early Music America Outreach Award, which honors ensembles or individual artists for excellence in early music outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults. For more information, visit http://www.violsinourschools.org/About.html or http://www.phillipwserna.com/.
ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit http://www.twitter.com/drautobob.
ABOUT OUR SERIES GUEST: Roger Limb is a British composer, specialising in electronic music. He is best known for his work on the television series Doctor Who whilst at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He joined the BBC as a studio manager, before going on to become a television announcer. In 1972 he left this position to join the Radiophonic Workshop, where he remained until 1995. Although he had received formal music training, he also spent much time in pop and jazz bands, the influence of which can be heard in much of his music. Limb is best known for his work on Doctor Who, for which, between 1981 and 1985, he composed the music for the serials The Keeper of Traken, Four to Doomsday, Black Orchid, Time-Flight, Arc of Infinity, Terminus, The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks.
Limb also contributed music to the television series The Justice Game, Aliens in the Family, The December Rose, Thinkabout, The Box of Delights, Kevin and Co, Martin Luther: Heretic, Storytime and the Look and Read serials “Fair Ground!”, “Dark Towers”, “Sky Hunter”, “The King’s Dragon”, “Cloud Burst”, “Geordie Racer”, “Through The Dragon’s Eye” and “Earth Warp”. For the latter programme he also composed the cult favourite “Magic E” song as well as the popular education songs “Bill the Brickie”, “Dog Detective” and “The Punctuation Song”.
He also composed and played “Swirley”, a cheerful piece of electronic music that was used as the theme to the BBC’s Service Information news bulletins in the late 70s/early 80s, and arranged the songs for several series of the BBC Schools programme You and Me, featuring Cosmo and Dibs. His recording “Passing Clouds” was included on the 1976 LP Out of This World, a compilation of sound effects. This track was used by Prince (musician) at the beginning of “Eye No”, the opening track of 1988′s “Lovesexy”. Out of This World was reissued in 1991 on CD as the “Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, Volume 2″
Since leaving the BBC during the purges of the 1990s, he has been regularly in demand as a jazz musician and accompanist playing at Ronnie Scott’s, the Jazz Café and the Isle of Wight Jazz Festival. He recently performed at a concert featuring the Radiophonic repertoire at a sell-out concert at London’s Roundhouse. And he continues to write; a musical ‘The Bonnie Prince’ was written and performed in 1999 and he has written several songs for his regular ensemble ‘Jazz Culture’. Working with Aydenne Simone for some 14 years both as a permanent member and Musical Director of Jazz Culture, Roger Limb is one half of the perfect Jazz Duo for many delighted audiences including Queen Elizabeth II.
LINKS OF INTEREST
Roger Limb – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb
The Doctor Who Podcast – http://www.thedoctorwhopodcast.com/
The Minute Doctor Who Podcast – http://www.tmdwp.co.uk/
Radio Free Skaro – http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/
Roger Limb – Roger Limb with the Radiophonic Workshop at the Roundhouse – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytYmQxT60H8&feature=related
Roger Limb – Voices in Performance – http://www.voicesinperformance.com/members.htm
Roger Limb – Jazz Performances with Aydenne Simone – http://www.aydennesimone.co.uk/
Roger Limb – Jazz Performances with Aydenne Simone – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DlE-ctNfUE
Stories Mentioned – Arc of Infinity – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_of_Infinity
Stories Mentioned – Arc of Infinity – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/Time-FlightArcOfInfinity.htm
Stories Mentioned – Black Orchid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orchid_(Doctor_Who)
Stories Mentioned – Black Orchid – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/Black%20Orchid.htm
Stories Mentioned – The Caves of Androzani – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_of_androzani
Stories Mentioned – The Caves of Androzani – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/androzanidvd.htm
Stories Mentioned – Four to Doomsday – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_to_Doomsday
Stories Mentioned – Four to Doomsday – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/FourToDoomsday.htm
Stories Mentioned – The Keeper of Traken – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeper_of_traken
Stories Mentioned – The Keeper of Traken – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/NewBeginnings.htm
Stories Mentioned – Revelation of the Daleks – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_of_the_Daleks
Stories Mentioned – Revelation of the Daleks – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/revelation.htm
Stories Mentioned – Terminus – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_(Doctor_Who)
Stories Mentioned – Terminus – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/BlackGuardianDVD.htm
Stories Mentioned – Time-Flight – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-Flight
Stories Mentioned – Time-Flight – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/Time-FlightArcOfInfinity.htm
LIMITED DISCOGRAPHY
Recordings – Roger Limb – Doctor Who – The Music (1983, Reissued by Silva Screen Records in 1992) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_-_The_Music
Purchase Doctor Who – The Music (Silva Screen Records 1992 Reissue) – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Who-Best-Doctor-Doctors/dp/B000004BP6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299556281&sr=1-3 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Who-Best-Doctor-Doctors/dp/B000004BP6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299556281&sr=1-3 (US)
Recordings – Roger Limb – Doctor Who – The Music II (1983, Reissued by Silva Screen Records in 1992) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_-_The_Music_II
Purchase Doctor Who – The Music II (Silva Screen Records 1992 Reissue) – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Classics-Vol-2-Doctors/dp/B00004TVV6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299556544&sr=1-3 (UK)
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If you would like to find out more about my other projects, specifically on viols, please visit thegambacast.org orviolsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
Email us at http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/contact
To follow us on Twitter, visit http://www.twitter.com/ATSMPodcast
To friend us on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/AdventuresinTimeSpaceandMusic
To friend us on Google+, visit http://plus.google.com/106877584462894407680
Support the show by donating or by visiting http://zazzle.com/ATSMPodcast
_____________________________
‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2011
Episode 24 – Series 7, Part I – The UNIT Files – Dudley Simpson’s Arrival at the Ambassadors’ Ball [of Death]
In this episode we’ll be looking at the music of Dudley Simpson focusing on his music from Series 7 of Doctor Who. In this episode we will look at his work on Serial CCC – Story 53 – The Ambassadors of Death. This discussion with Radio Free Skaro co-host Steven Schapansky and writer, actor and commedian Toby Hadoke was recorded on the 16th of May, 2011.
ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – STEVEN SCHAPANSKY: Steven Schapansky is one of the hosts of Radio Free Skaro, one of the most popular and longest running Doctor Who podcasts around. As co-host, he has interviewed many luminaries from Doctor Who’s past an present, including Murray Gold, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford, Tracie Simpson, Gary Russell, and many others. He has also memorized every Doctor Who production code from the classic series and can point out on a map and name all 195 countries of the world. And he does it all without eating meat. For more information on Steven’s work on the widely popular Radio Free Skaro, released every Sunday, visit http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/.
ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – TOBY HADOKE: Toby Hadoke is an award winning stand up comedian who has compere residencies at XS MALARKEY (serial winner of Best Comedy Club at the Chortle and North West Comedy Awards) and The Comedy Store. He is also an accomplished serious actor with experience on television (Coronation Street, A&E, Casualty 1907, Holby City, The Forsyte Saga, Phoenix Nights, Shameless), the stage, radio and even in an opera! He won the inaugural Les Dawson Award in 2003, a Chortle award in 2008, is a frequent broadcaster on BBC radio, and has written for The Guardian, The Independent, SFX and DWM. His Edinburgh Fringe one man show, Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf, was a critical and box office success in 2006, ran in the West End in 2008, continues to tour internationally, and spawned a Sony nominated radio series. 2010 saw the premiere of a successful new show Now I Know My BBC and the publication of volume one of Running Through Corridors (a series of books written with Robert Shearman). He is an in demand voice over artist and has moderated a number of commentaries for the classic range of Doctor Who DVDs. For more information on Toby’s work for the written word, television, stage and beyond, visit http://www.tobyhadoke.com/.
I also, like Dr. Phil, am a performer of early music. But unlike him, for me it is purely a dilettante pursuit. I have sung early music since 1989, and at UCLA was the director of their early music ensemble, Musica Humana. Upon moving to Reno, I founded REM (Reno Early Music), Reno’s premiere early music group. Actually, we are Reno’s only early music group. But it’s fun. I also run the Reno Time Team, a local group making our way through all of classic Doctor Who. For more information on Louis Niebur, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/pages/bios/niebur.htm, and for information on Reno Early Music, visit http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/boardman/music_REM.htm. For more information on Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/publications/special_sound.htm.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. PHILL: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master & Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.
On double bass, I perform with many ensembles including the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, the Northshore Camerata, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and many others. In Early Music, I regularly perform on violas da gamba (treble viol, tenor viol and bass viol), period double bass/ violone and vielle with modern orchestras such as the Concord Chamber Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, as well as with period instrument ensembles such as Ars Antigua, the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, the Callipygian Players, the Chicago Early Music Consort, Duo fantaisie en Echo, the Madison Bach Musicians, the Newberry Consort, the Oriana Singers, the Second City Musick, the Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols, the Third Coast Viols and many others. In performance, I’ve appeared on Chicago’s 98.7FM WFMT, Wisconsin Public Radio and Milwaukee Public Radio. My Early Music Outreach program ‘Viols in Our Schools’ was the recipient of the 2010 Early Music America Outreach Award, which honors ensembles or individual artists for excellence in early music outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults. For more information, visit http://www.violsinourschools.org/About.html or http://www.phillipwserna.com/.
ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit http://www.twitter.com/drautobob.
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If you would like to find out more about my other projects, specifically on viols, please visit thegambacast.org or violsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
Email us at http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/contact
To follow us on Twitter, visit http://www.twitter.com/ATSMPodcast
To friend us on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/AdventuresinTimeSpaceandMusic
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Support the show by donating or by visiting http://zazzle.com/ATSMPodcast
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‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2011
Episode 19 – The Ever-Changing Musical Worlds of Peter Howell – Peter Howell Interview Part II
In this episode we’ll be featuring the second part of an interview with BBC Radiophonic Composer Peter Howell with guest co-host Steven Schapansky of Radio Free Skaro joining me at the central console. Recorded the 11th of January, 2011.
ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
ABOUT YOUR HOST: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master & Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.
ABOUT OUR GUEST CO-HOST: Steven Schapansky is one of the hosts of Radio Free Skaro, one of the most popular and longest running Doctor Who podcasts around. As co-host, he has interviewed many luminaries from Doctor Who’s past an present, including Murray Gold, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford, Tracie Simpson, Gary Russell, and many others. He has also memorized every Doctor Who production code from the classic series and can point out on a map and name all 195 countries of the world. And he does it all without eating meat. For more information on Steven’s work on the widely popular Radio Free Skaro, released every Sunday, visit http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/.
ABOUT OUR SERIES GUEST: Peter Howell is a musician and composer who worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from 1974-1997 – shortly before the workshop disbanded. His musical career began in the 1960s where he played what is referred to as ‘psychedelic folk’ with groups ranging from Agincourt to others. Beyond his contributions to Doctor Who, Howell’s prolific output includes scores for science fiction series, dramas, documentaries and children’s television including Horizon, The Body in Question and Michael Palin’s Full Circle.
Peter Howell began his work on Doctor Who began in 1975 with an uncredited contribution to Revenge of the Cybermen. Carey Blyton composed the incidental music for this serial, but producer Philip Hinchcliffe asked the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to enhance the score, which was done by Peter Howell, adding synthesizer cues to Blyton’s score. Additionally he performed special sound design on Serial 4H – Story 81 – the Planet of Evil. Later, when John Nathan-Turner became producer of Doctor Who in 1980, he approached Peter Howell and the Radiophonic workshop to create a new arrangement of Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme as well as to provide incidental music, thus replacing Dudley Simpson who had been the longest-running composer on Doctor Who. In addition to his score to the Leisure Hive, Howell’s incidental music contribution spans the Tom Baker stories Warrior’s Gate, the Peter Davison stories Kinda, Snakedance, the Five Doctors, the Awakening and Planet of Fire as well as the Colin Baker story the Two Doctors – his final contribution to the series. Along with composer Paddy Kingsland, Howell also composed part of the for Meglos, as well as scoring the Doctor Who spinoff special K9 and Company and Jon Pertwee’s Radio Dramas The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space. His music would also appear in the 1999 Steven Moffat Doctor Who spoof – the Curse of the Fatal Death – starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor.
Since his days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Peter Howell is the founding Director of Sound Music Design Ltd, a company specializing in providing of music and sound design for the film, television and radio. In May of 2009, Howell participated in a live concert revival of the Radiophonic Workshop at The Roundhouse in London. Additionally Howell teaches music and sound design at the National Film and Television School, as well as lectures at Bournemouth University’s Media Department, Leeds College of Music, and the Screen Academy Scotland where he has trained over 40 composers who now compose music for feature films, theatre, television and computer games.
ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit http://www.twitter.com/drautobob.
NOTE: Portions of this interview aired as a Miniscope segment on RADIO FREE SKARO on Sunday, 13 March, 2011 – http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2011/03/13/radio-free-skaro-245-the-howell-around-effect/
DEDICATION: This episode is dedicated to composer Peter Howell, who was one of my musical childhood heroes and to whom I am deeply grateful that we were able to chat with. Your music is always a reminder to me that this show we love can take us anywhere, and that is certainly the case with the music!
LINKS OF INTEREST:
Peter Howell – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Howell
Peter Howell’s website – http://www.peterhowell.plus.com/
Peter Howell’s early work – http://www.howell-ferdinando.co.uk/
Information on the Radiophonic Workshop Concert 2009 – http://www.rwsprojects.co.uk/
Bill White’s Engineer’s History of the Radiophonic Workshop http://whitefiles.org/rws/
Information on the Generic Quarry Sci-Fi Event – http://www.swansong.tv/archive/rhjrdsl.htm
Information on the Radiophonic Workshop Concert 2009 – http://www.rwsprojects.co.uk/
Stories Mentioned – Restoration Team – The Leisure Hive – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/leisure_hive.htm (Includes interviews on the 1980s Doctor Who theme & title sequence)
Stories Mentioned – Kinda – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinda_(Doctor_Who)
Stories Mentioned – Snakedance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakedance
Stories Mentioned – Restoration Team – The 5 Doctors – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/TheFiveDoctorsRedux.htm
Stories Mentioned – The Awakening – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(Doctor_Who)
Stories Mentioned – Planet of Fire – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_Fire
Stories Mentioned – Restoration Team – The 2 Doctors – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/twodoctors.htm
People Discussed – Mark Ayres – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ayres
People Discussed – Delia Derbyshire – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire
People Discussed – Ron Grainer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Grainer
People Discussed – Brian Hodgson – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hodgson
People Discussed – Roger Limb – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb
People Discussed – Dick Mills – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Mills
People Discussed – John Nathan Turner – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nathan-Turner
Composers Mentioned – Claude Debussy – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy
Composers Mentioned – Gustav Holst – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Holst
Pieces Mentioned – Ravel’s Bolero
Pieces Mentioned – Gustav Holst’s The Planets – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets
Concepts Mentioned – Accellerando – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo
Concepts Mentioned – 2 Against 3 Polyrhythm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyrythm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polyrhythm.mid)
Concepts Mentioned – Consonance & Dissonance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonance_and_dissonance
Concepts Mentioned – Doctor Who Theme – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_theme_music
Concepts Mentioned – Musical Intervals – Whole Step – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_step
Concepts Mentioned – Musical Intervals – Half Step – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_step
Concepts Mentioned – Musique concrète – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te
Concepts Mentioned – Vocoder – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
Concepts Mentioned – Orchestration – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestration
Concepts Mentioned – Octatonic Scales – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octatonic_scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Octatonic_scales_on_C.mid)
Concepts Mentioned – Rhythm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm
Concepts Mentioned – Timbre (pronounced ‘tæmbər’) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre
Concepts Mentioned – Whole-Tone Scales – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_tone_scale (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Whole_tone_scales_on_C.mid)
Instruments Discussed – ARP Odyssey Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_Odyssey
Instruments Discussed – ‘The Delaware’ EMS Synthi 100 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_Synthi_100
Instruments Discussed – Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_CMI
Instruments Discussed – Phaser – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_(effect) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phasing_effect.ogg)
Instruments Discussed – Roland 760 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Corporation
Instruments Discussed – Roland Jupiter 8 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Jupiter-8
Instruments Discussed – VCS 3 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3
Instruments Discussed – Yamaha DX-7 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_DX7
Instruments Discussed – Electronic Oscillator – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_oscillator
Instruments Discussed – Guitar – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar
Instruments Discussed – Drums – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums
Instruments Discussed – Percussion – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion
Instruments Discussed – Cymbals – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbals
Instruments Discussed – Sampler – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampler_(musical_instrument)
Instruments Discussed – Vocoder – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
LIMITED DISCOGRAPHY
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who – The Music (1983, Reissued by Silva Screen Records in 1992) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_-_The_Music
Purchase Doctor Who – The Music (Silva Screen Records 1992 Reissue) – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Who-Best-Doctor-Doctors/dp/B000004BP6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299556281&sr=1-3 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Who-Best-Doctor-Doctors/dp/B000004BP6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299556281&sr=1-3 (US)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who – The Music II (1983, Reissued by Silva Screen Records in 1992) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_-_The_Music_II
Purchase Doctor Who – The Music II (Silva Screen Records 1992 Reissue) – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Classics-Vol-2-Doctors/dp/B00004TVV6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299556544&sr=1-3 (UK)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings (2000) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_at_the_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_Volume_2:_New_Beginnings1970%E2%80%931980
Purchase Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094093&a=B00004TFML&sr+8-1 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094093&a=B00004TFML&sr+8-1 (US)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive (2002) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_at_the_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_Volume_3:_The_Lesiure_Hive
Purchase Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094261&a=B000063KJ7&sr=8-1 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094261&a=B000063KJ7&sr=8-1 (US)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle (2002) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_at_the_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_Volume_4:_Meglos_%26_Full_Circle
Purchase Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094470&a=B000063KJF&sr=8-1 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094470&a=B000063KJF&sr=8-1 (US)
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If you would like to find out more about my other projects, specifically on viols, please visit thegambacast.org orviolsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
Email us at http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/contact
To follow us on Twitter, visit http://www.twitter.com/ATSMPodcast
To friend us on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/AdventuresinTimeSpaceandMusic
To friend us on Google+, visit http://plus.google.com/106877584462894407680
Support the show by donating or by visiting http://zazzle.com/ATSMPodcast
_____________________________
‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2011
Episode 18 – The Ever-Changing Musical Worlds of Peter Howell – Peter Howell Interview Part I
In this episode we’ll be featuring the first part of an interview with BBC Radiophonic Composer Peter Howell with guest co-host Steven Schapansky of Radio Free Skaro joining me at the central console. Recorded the 11th of January, 2011.
ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/
ABOUT YOUR HOST: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master & Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.
ABOUT OUR GUEST CO-HOST: Steven Schapansky is one of the hosts of Radio Free Skaro, one of the most popular and longest running Doctor Who podcasts around. As co-host, he has interviewed many luminaries from Doctor Who’s past an present, including Murray Gold, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford, Tracie Simpson, Gary Russell, and many others. He has also memorized every Doctor Who production code from the classic series and can point out on a map and name all 195 countries of the world. And he does it all without eating meat. For more information on Steven’s work on the widely popular Radio Free Skaro, released every Sunday, visit http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/.
ABOUT OUR SERIES GUEST: Peter Howell is a musician and composer who worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from 1974-1997 – shortly before the workshop disbanded. His musical career began in the 1960s where he played what is referred to as ‘psychedelic folk’ with groups ranging from Agincourt to others. Beyond his contributions to Doctor Who, Howell’s prolific output includes scores for science fiction series, dramas, documentaries and children’s television including Horizon, The Body in Question and Michael Palin’s Full Circle.
Peter Howell began his work on Doctor Who began in 1975 with an uncredited contribution to Revenge of the Cybermen. Carey Blyton composed the incidental music for this serial, but producer Philip Hinchcliffe asked the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to enhance the score, which was done by Peter Howell, adding synthesizer cues to Blyton’s score. Additionally he performed special sound design on Serial 4H – Story 81 – the Planet of Evil. Later, when John Nathan-Turner became producer of Doctor Who in 1980, he approached Peter Howell and the Radiophonic workshop to create a new arrangement of Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme as well as to provide incidental music, thus replacing Dudley Simpson who had been the longest-running composer on Doctor Who. In addition to his score to the Leisure Hive, Howell’s incidental music contribution spans the Tom Baker stories Warrior’s Gate, the Peter Davison stories Kinda, Snakedance, the Five Doctors, the Awakening and Planet of Fire as well as the Colin Baker story the Two Doctors – his final contribution to the series. Along with composer Paddy Kingsland, Howell also composed part of the for Meglos, as well as scoring the Doctor Who spinoff special K9 and Company and Jon Pertwee’s Radio Dramas The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space. His music would also appear in the 1999 Steven Moffat Doctor Who spoof – the Curse of the Fatal Death – starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor.
Since his days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Peter Howell is the founding Director of Sound Music Design Ltd, a company specializing in providing of music and sound design for the film, television and radio. In May of 2009, Howell participated in a live concert revival of the Radiophonic Workshop at The Roundhouse in London. Additionally Howell teaches music and sound design at the National Film and Television School, as well as lectures at Bournemouth University’s Media Department, Leeds College of Music, and the Screen Academy Scotland where he has trained over 40 composers who now compose music for feature films, theatre, television and computer games.
ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit http://www.twitter.com/drautobob.
NOTE: Portions of this interview aired as a Miniscope segment on RADIO FREE SKARO on Sunday, 13 March, 2011 – http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2011/03/13/radio-free-skaro-245-the-howell-around-effect/
DEDICATION: This episode is dedicated to composer Peter Howell, who was one of my musical childhood heroes and to whom I am deeply grateful that we were able to chat with. Your music is always a reminder to me that this show we love can take us anywhere, and that is certainly the case with the music!
LINKS OF INTEREST:
Peter Howell – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Howell
Peter Howell’s website – http://www.peterhowell.plus.com/
Peter Howell’s early work – http://www.howell-ferdinando.co.uk/
Information on the Radiophonic Workshop Concert 2009 – http://www.rwsprojects.co.uk/
Bill White’s Engineer’s History of the Radiophonic Workshop http://whitefiles.org/rws/
Information on the Generic Quarry Sci-Fi Event – http://www.swansong.tv/archive/rhjrdsl.htm
Information on the Radiophonic Workshop Concert 2009 – http://www.rwsprojects.co.uk/
Stories Mentioned – Restoration Team – The Leisure Hive – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/leisure_hive.htm (Includes interviews on the 1980s Doctor Who theme & title sequence)
Stories Mentioned – Kinda – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinda_(Doctor_Who)
Stories Mentioned – Snakedance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakedance
Stories Mentioned – Restoration Team – The 5 Doctors – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/TheFiveDoctorsRedux.htm
Stories Mentioned – The Awakening – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(Doctor_Who)
Stories Mentioned – Planet of Fire – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_Fire
Stories Mentioned – Restoration Team – The 2 Doctors – http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/twodoctors.htm
People Discussed – Mark Ayres – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ayres
People Discussed – Delia Derbyshire – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire
People Discussed – Ron Grainer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Grainer
People Discussed – Brian Hodgson – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hodgson
People Discussed – Roger Limb – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb
People Discussed – Dick Mills – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Mills
People Discussed – John Nathan Turner – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nathan-Turner
Composers Mentioned – Claude Debussy – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy
Composers Mentioned – Gustav Holst – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Holst
Pieces Mentioned – Ravel’s Bolero
Pieces Mentioned – Gustav Holst’s The Planets – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets
Concepts Mentioned – Accellerando – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo
Concepts Mentioned – 2 Against 3 Polyrhythm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyrythm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polyrhythm.mid)
Concepts Mentioned – Consonance & Dissonance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonance_and_dissonance
Concepts Mentioned – Doctor Who Theme – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_theme_music
Concepts Mentioned – Musical Intervals – Whole Step – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_step
Concepts Mentioned – Musical Intervals – Half Step – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_step
Concepts Mentioned – Musique concrète – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te
Concepts Mentioned – Vocoder – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
Concepts Mentioned – Orchestration – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestration
Concepts Mentioned – Octatonic Scales – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octatonic_scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Octatonic_scales_on_C.mid)
Concepts Mentioned – Rhythm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm
Concepts Mentioned – Timbre (pronounced ‘tæmbər’) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre
Concepts Mentioned – Whole-Tone Scales – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_tone_scale (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Whole_tone_scales_on_C.mid)
Instruments Discussed – ARP Odyssey Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_Odyssey
Instruments Discussed – ‘The Delaware’ EMS Synthi 100 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_Synthi_100
Instruments Discussed – Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_CMI
Instruments Discussed – Phaser – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_(effect) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phasing_effect.ogg)
Instruments Discussed – Roland 760 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Corporation
Instruments Discussed – Roland Jupiter 8 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Jupiter-8
Instruments Discussed – VCS 3 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3
Instruments Discussed – Yamaha DX-7 Synthesizer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_DX7
Instruments Discussed – Electronic Oscillator – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_oscillator
Instruments Discussed – Guitar – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar
Instruments Discussed – Drums – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums
Instruments Discussed – Percussion – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion
Instruments Discussed – Cymbals – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbals
Instruments Discussed – Sampler – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampler_(musical_instrument)
Instruments Discussed – Vocoder – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
LIMITED DISCOGRAPHY
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who – The Music (1983, Reissued by Silva Screen Records in 1992) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_-_The_Music
Purchase Doctor Who – The Music (Silva Screen Records 1992 Reissue) – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Who-Best-Doctor-Doctors/dp/B000004BP6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299556281&sr=1-3 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Who-Best-Doctor-Doctors/dp/B000004BP6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299556281&sr=1-3 (US)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who – The Music II (1983, Reissued by Silva Screen Records in 1992) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_-_The_Music_II
Purchase Doctor Who – The Music II (Silva Screen Records 1992 Reissue) – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Classics-Vol-2-Doctors/dp/B00004TVV6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299556544&sr=1-3 (UK)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings (2000) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_at_the_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_Volume_2:_New_Beginnings1970%E2%80%931980
Purchase Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094093&a=B00004TFML&sr+8-1 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094093&a=B00004TFML&sr+8-1 (US)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive (2002) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_at_the_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_Volume_3:_The_Lesiure_Hive
Purchase Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094261&a=B000063KJ7&sr=8-1 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094261&a=B000063KJ7&sr=8-1 (US)
Recordings – Peter Howell – Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle (2002) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_at_the_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_Volume_4:_Meglos_%26_Full_Circle
Purchase Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094470&a=B000063KJF&sr=8-1 (UK) & http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.htmlref=mp_s_a_1/182-7397757-6664458?qid=1299094470&a=B000063KJF&sr=8-1 (US)
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If you would like to find out more about my other projects, specifically on viols, please visit thegambacast.org orviolsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
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‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2011
Episode 1 – Introductions
PAST & UPCOMING GUESTS INCLUDE: 1980s Doctor Who Composers Mark Ayres & Dominic Glynn, BBC Radiophonic Workshop composers Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland & Roger Limb; Big Finish composers Nicholas Briggs, Matthew Cochrane, Nigel Fairs and Alastair Lock, Doctor Who authors Simon Guerrier and Robert Shearman; as well as others including Toby Hadoke of Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf, Doctor Who Script Editor Gary Russell and podcasters from shows including the Doctor Who Podcast, the Flashing Blade Podcast, Hoo on Who, Radio Free Skaro and the Minute Doctor Who Podcast.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. LOU: I am an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where I write about and teach classes on avant-garde and popular music of the post-war era, focusing on musics that bridge the categories of high and low culture in society through media technology. In other words, I write about pretty music made on complicated equipment used in television and radio. Most of my stuff tends to be about music in the UK, although I have also written about American science fiction. My most recent publication is a history of the BBC’s electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, for Oxford University Press. Before becoming chair of the music department in Reno, I taught classes about television music, film music, music and gender, and popular music, as well as the more standard classical music history courses. After getting my undergraduate degree in singing from the University of Iowa, I spent a few hazy years bartending in nightclubs, listening to lots of dance music, and traveling as much as possible to England. Eventually, I decided I needed a career and did a Masters degree in musicology at the University of Texas at Austin, writing a thesis on music in Doctor Who. After that I moved to Los Angeles and did a PhD at UCLA in musicology, studying with Susan McClary and Philip Brett, among other amazing scholars. At UCLA I wrote what would become the first half of my Radiophonic history as my dissertation.
I also, like Dr. Phil, am a performer of early music. But unlike him, for me it is purely a dilettante pursuit. I have sung early music since 1989, and at UCLA was the director of their early music ensemble, Musica Humana. Upon moving to Reno, I founded REM (Reno Early Music), Reno’s premiere early music group. Actually, we are Reno’s only early music group. But it’s fun. I also run the Reno Time Team, a local group making our way through all of classic Doctor Who. For more information on Louis Niebur, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/pages/bios/niebur.htm, and for information on Reno Early Music, visit http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/boardman/music_REM.htm. For more information on Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, visit http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/publications/special_sound.htm.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. PHILL: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master & Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.
On double bass, I perform with many ensembles including the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, the Northshore Camerata, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and many others. In Early Music, I regularly perform on violas da gamba (treble viol, tenor viol and bass viol), period double bass/ violone and vielle with modern orchestras such as the Concord Chamber Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, as well as with period instrument ensembles such as Ars Antigua, the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, the Callipygian Players, the Chicago Early Music Consort, Duo fantaisie en Echo, the Madison Bach Musicians, the Newberry Consort, the Oriana Singers, the Second City Musick, the Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols, the Third Coast Viols and many others. In performance, I’ve appeared on Chicago’s 98.7FM WFMT, Wisconsin Public Radio and Milwaukee Public Radio. My Early Music Outreach program ‘Viols in Our Schools’ was the recipient of the 2010 Early Music America Outreach Award, which honors ensembles or individual artists for excellence in early music outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults. For more information, visit http://www.violsinourschools.org/About.html or http://www.phillipwserna.com/.
ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit http://www.twitter.com/drautobob.
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If you would like to find out more about my other projects, specifically on viols, please visit thegambacast.org or violsinourschools.org.
Podcast site is located at http://atsm.phillipwserna.com/
Email us at http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/contact
To follow us on Twitter, visit http://www.twitter.com/ATSMPodcast
To friend us on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/AdventuresinTimeSpaceandMusic
To friend us on Google+, visit http://plus.google.com/106877584462894407680
Support the show by donating or by visiting http://zazzle.com/ATSMPodcast
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‘Adventures in Time Space and Music’ is not endorsed by the BBC in any way and is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Official Doctor Who site can be found at http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.
Doctor Who, all associated logos, names and references to characters, vehicles and any other Doctor Who related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of the BBC, or their respective trademark and copyright holders.
All original content of this podcast, both musical and textual, is the intellectual property of the podcast – unless otherwise indicated. © Copyright 2010/ 2011
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