Arts and Music (Audio)

William Forsythe is the 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy. He is a choreographer whose work has extended ballet to a dynamic contemporary art form. In 1984, he began a 20-year tenure as director of Ballet Frankfurt. After the closure of the Ballet Frankfurt in 2004, Forsythe established a new, more independent ensemble, The Forsythe Company, which he directed from 2005 to 2015. Between 2015 and 2021 he served on the University of Southern California’s faculty, where he helped establish the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Forsythe has broken the boundaries of conventional ballet style, challenging traditional artistic frameworks and developing improvisation techniques. His projects include installations and films presented in numerous museums, as well as dance documentation and education. Series: "Kyoto Prize Symposium" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 39992]

Let’s celebrate the Universe – astoundingly beautiful and mind-boggling in scope. Space telescopes orbit Earth, turning their crisp optics to the stars of our Milky Way galaxy...and the hundreds of billions of galaxies beyond. Our minds cannot comprehend this vastness. Yet the beauty and diversity fill our hearts, as revealed by such stunning photos. For the music, we share Bach’s immortal “Art of the Fugue” with organist Brian Hoffman. Series: "Arts Channel " [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40665]

For Earth Day, we release the glorious Earth Harmony Sonata. It features Earth photography by astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who just returned from their extended stay on the ISS. Wilmore captures a mesmerizing flight path from equatorial Africa, over the Sahara and Middle East and on up to Armenia. Williams took over 10,000 photographs, with a sensitive and artistic eye. Here are 60 favorites, covering the world. The music is Bach’s Trio Sonata #5 for organ, played by maestro Brian Hoffman. Celebrate Earth Day with this feast for eyes and ears. We live on a beautiful planet – please love and care for it.

Series: "Arts Channel " [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40664]

Working with award-winning educators Javier Montiel and Emi Bahena, students from the International Aerospace Academy made this delightful movie as part of our Earth Serenade series. The students are dancing as if in space, while celebrating five countries that sent astronauts to the International Space Station. Series: "Arts Channel " [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40663]

Inspiration4 was the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth, resulting in these powerful photographs by Chris Sembroski who served as humanity’s eyes. The video was captured by astronaut Matthew Dominick from the ISS during Expedition 72. Earth's images are set to music composed and performed by Hiroshi Ebina, a Japanese sound artist creating electronic/ambient music. Enjoy this orbital magic. Series: "Arts Channel " [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40661]

Join Sameer Patel for To the Stars, featuring Anton Webern's Passacaglia for Orchestra, and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 3. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 39116]

Astronaut and photographer Don Pettit took these stunningly beautiful photos of the Caribbean with its incomparable island blues and clouds on October 3, 2024, aboard ISS 72. Also full of incomparable beauty are Bach’s Motets. The voices soar with joy and reverence, especially in this recording by Solomon’s Knot, a British ensemble. Here we present “Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf” (Dear Lord God, wake us up) by Johann Christoph Bach, the older cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach family was indeed full of musical genius. Series: "Arts Channel " [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40594]

This film explores the dynamic fusion of science, art and historic collections, set against the stunning backdrop of La Jolla’s hidden underwater world of giant kelp forests. Five artists talks about their unique perspectives captured in the exhibition "Ebb and Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science and the Archive," at UC San Diego's Geisel Library. Produced by Mary Ann Beyster, with assistance from filmmaker Eladio Arvelo, the film reveals the profound beauty, healing power and global significance of the vital kelp habitat.

Series: "Arts Channel " [Science] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40547]

On this flight aboard the International Space Station, we look out at a SpaceX Dragon at night. In the background, we see mysterious views of Earth's lights, lightning and moon rise. Astronaut Don Pettit took these dream-like time-lapse photos of city lights and clouds – each 30 second exposures – creating these fantastical images. The music is Bach’s Et Misericordia (“and mercy”), in a stunning performance by Solomon’s Knot, a British ensemble – recorded live at BachFest in Leipzig, June 2016. The musical joy and reverence match the view of Earth.

Series: "Arts Channel " [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40631]

Under the direction of Steven Schick, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus explores profound human emotions through music. The program includes the world premiere of Nasim Khorassani's new commissioned work. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40586]