Comments on: A night out on the town. With a symphony orchestra. http://www.matthewdawkins.co.uk/2008/02/a-night-out-on-the-town-with-a-symphony-orchestra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-night-out-on-the-town-with-a-symphony-orchestra Thanks for dropping by. Make yourself at home. Below is my blog. The links at the top will take you elsewhere. Enjoy! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: phillsacre.me.uk » Blog Archive » New Job! http://www.matthewdawkins.co.uk/2008/02/a-night-out-on-the-town-with-a-symphony-orchestra/#comment-547 phillsacre.me.uk » Blog Archive » New Job! Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:41:35 +0000 http://www.minipix.co.uk/wordpress/?p=421#comment-547 [...] in the evening we went to a concert at Ipswich Corn Exchange with Matthew and Ellie. Matthew has already written a review of the evening, so I will just add that we had a great time and I’d definitely love to hear [...] [...] in the evening we went to a concert at Ipswich Corn Exchange with Matthew and Ellie. Matthew has already written a review of the evening, so I will just add that we had a great time and I’d definitely love to hear [...]

]]> By: Joe Byrne http://www.matthewdawkins.co.uk/2008/02/a-night-out-on-the-town-with-a-symphony-orchestra/#comment-546 Joe Byrne Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:47:10 +0000 http://www.minipix.co.uk/wordpress/?p=421#comment-546 It's interesting isn't it, that not everything can be understood scientifically ... Why is some music pleasing and some isn't? How can 2 people have such completely different reactions to the same collection of frequencies and sounds? As you say Matthew, there is so much more to music than just the sound waves. I'd like to hear Richard Dawkins expound his view on science and music ... Why do we enjoy it? Where does the urge to create and appreciate music come from? Why is it almost universal that humans like and identify with some kind of music? Science may be able to explain sound waves and how our ears hear them and process them ... but it gets nowhere near explaining and appreciating the nature and appeal of music to the human ear. It’s interesting isn’t it, that not everything can be understood scientifically …

Why is some music pleasing and some isn’t? How can 2 people have such completely different reactions to the same collection of frequencies and sounds? As you say Matthew, there is so much more to music than just the sound waves.

I’d like to hear Richard Dawkins expound his view on science and music … Why do we enjoy it? Where does the urge to create and appreciate music come from? Why is it almost universal that humans like and identify with some kind of music?

Science may be able to explain sound waves and how our ears hear them and process them … but it gets nowhere near explaining and appreciating the nature and appeal of music to the human ear.

]]> By: Phill http://www.matthewdawkins.co.uk/2008/02/a-night-out-on-the-town-with-a-symphony-orchestra/#comment-545 Phill Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:59:48 +0000 http://www.minipix.co.uk/wordpress/?p=421#comment-545 "there is so much more to a performance than just the sound waves" Amen! Plus, of course, with live music you get a sound which you could never get with a CD - there's something about having a 50-strong orchestra playing in front of you which just can't be replicated with a CD. Glad you enjoyed the evening - the Rachmaninov was my favourite as well, but I'd quite like to go and see the Firebird too :) “there is so much more to a performance than just the sound waves”

Amen! Plus, of course, with live music you get a sound which you could never get with a CD – there’s something about having a 50-strong orchestra playing in front of you which just can’t be replicated with a CD.

Glad you enjoyed the evening – the Rachmaninov was my favourite as well, but I’d quite like to go and see the Firebird too :)

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