Arts and Music (Audio)
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Arts and Music (Audio)
Music and art have the power to evoke emotion in us. This collection features artists, musicians and their work. Visit: uctv.tv/arts
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Day in the Life of a Professional Photographer
Join Greg, UC Davis staff photographer, as he embarks on an 8 a.m. (or rather, 5 a.m.) photoshoot! Get a behind-the-scenes look at being a university...
Save Our Humanity
On this glorious evening flight captured by astronauts abroad the ISS, we see Earth in all her glory with clouds, night lights and shimmering Aurora....
Bach and Earth – Five Beautiful Movements
Organist Brian Hoffman performs Bach’s Canonic Variations (BWV 769), Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (“From Heaven Above to Earth I Come”), in this m...
Glory of Lights
We travel abroad the ISS at with these images of Europe to the Red Sea at night. The music is the wonferfully joyous Sinfonia from Bach’s Cantata 29,...
Typhoon Mysteries
Nature's fury can be devastating on Earth. Typhoon Nepartak over the South China Sea in 2016 caused severe damage and deaths in China, Taiwan and the...
River Journeys
Rivers shape the Earth, and music shapes our soul. In this lovely, serene flight aboard the ISS, we trace the sinuous paths of inter-playing rivers, f...
Where Now
Take a stunning journey across Earth as seen from space, captured by the astronauts of ISS 69 on July 30, 2023. This film soars over the Greek islands...
CWC Docs: Move
In their 2020 documentary series Move, French filmmakers Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai take viewers on a tour of the world of dance, shining a...
Cantata for Earth
Enjoy the beautiful and meditative music of Johann Sebastian Bach's Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende (“Who knows how near to me is my end”). The music...
Discovering the Arts of Japan
Kuiyi Shen, Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at UC San Diego, offers a fascinating look at Japanese art during the Nara period, a golde...
Requiem for Earth
As part of the Earth Serenade series, enjoy Johannes Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (Opus 45). This powerful music is performed by the Orchester & Chor...
Earth Tandemonium
Earth Serenade presents some July 4th fireworks with exuberant and playful dance between violinist Angie Shyr and alto saxphonist Chris Cheek as we fl...
Flows of Desert Night
As part of the Earth Serenade series, enjoy this lovely and ethereal blend of music by Steve Thomas with a night pass over Sahara from the Internation...
Stardust Sinfonie
As part of our Earth Serenade series, we present Stardust Sinfonie from BachFest, the annual gathering of musicians and fans in Bach’s hometown of Lei...
Earth Motets
As part of our Earth Serenade series, we present Earth Motets, a glorious feature-length movie made for BachFest, the annual gathering of musicians an...
Dwayne Haggins Live - On Earth
As part of our Earth Serenade series, we present music by Dwayne Haggins & Friends to accompany these beautiful images of Earth taken by the crew of I...
Ocean Music
How arrogant of humans to think we make the only music! As we fly over the Pacific coast of California and Mexico, let’s listen to the sounds of whale...
Atlantic to Bay of Bengal
In our latest Earth Serenade, enjoy this orbital 6,000 mile journey at dawn from the Atlantic Ocean to the Bay of Bengal. We pass over Europe, Asia a...
Time Traveler
Imagine early civilizations - Roman, Greek, Egyptian and more – exploring the Mediterranean. How magical that we can see it all from orbit today in t...
Aurora Fantasia
As part of our Earth Serenade series, we honor French organist and Bach specialist Andre Isoir, who died in 2016. Working with Isoir's son, Daniel, we...
Desert Ocean Land
In our latest Earth Serenade, we bring you a meditative flight over the Sahara and an exploratory path over the Atlantic Ocean and Europe as we furthe...
Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
Under the direction of Music Director Emeritus Steven Schick, the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus presented Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The...
Sometimes I Kiss Flowers with William Forsythe 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy
William Forsythe is the 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy. He is a choreographer whose work has extended ballet to a dynamic contempora...
Our Home in the Universe
Let’s celebrate the Universe – astoundingly beautiful and mind-boggling in scope. Space telescopes orbit Earth, turning their crisp optics to the star...
Earth Harmony Sonata for Earth Day
For Earth Day, we release the glorious Earth Harmony Sonata. It features Earth photography by astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who just re...
Dancing with Earth
Working with award-winning educators Javier Montiel and Emi Bahena, students from the International Aerospace Academy made this delightful movie as pa...
Journey to Clouds
Inspiration4 was the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth, resulting in these powerful photographs by Chris Sembroski who served as humanity’s ey...
To the Stars - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
Join Sameer Patel for To the Stars, featuring Anton Webern's Passacaglia for Orchestra, and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 3. Series: "La Jolla Sympho...
Earth Motet – Caribbean
Astronaut and photographer Don Pettit took these stunningly beautiful photos of the Caribbean with its incomparable island blues and clouds on October...
SpaceX Dragon Dreams
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...
Nasim Khorassani: Nee Commission Work - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
Under the direction of Steven Schick, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus explores profound human emotions through music. The program includes the world premie...
In the Clouds
Clouds spark our imaginations. As we fly over Earth, clouds provide beauty, harmony, drama, and reveal Earth’s stories. From orbit, even night cloud...
Intersections Presents the B Side Players
B Side Players is an American band formed in 1994. The band incorporates the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil with the funk, rock, jazz and...
Alone in the Stars
This haunting music, from a world-premiere performance by Seraphim, transports us from a hill on the ground to the stars above. With lyrics by Sara T...
Sanctuary
Composer Bruce Lazarus's Sanctuary is truly atmospheric and speaks to the marvels of space. Astronaut Jeannette Epps took these images of eastern Afr...
Holy Radiant Light - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
Under the direction of Arian Khaefi, "Holy Radiant Light" highlights Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, a masterpiece of the a cappella repertoire...
Floating Over Coast
This flight path perfectly aligns with South America’s Pacific Coast. The whole coast is dry, revealing a beautiful range of colors of the land below....
Nexus - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
Led by Sameer Patel, Nexus features a symphonic and choral journey with Lili Boulanger's D’un matin de printemps. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus"...
Earth - Only Here
Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this Earth movie from ISS Expedition 69 on August 20, 2023, beginning with sunrise over the Atlantic clouds, then o...
Sarabande Stars
Astronauts witness stars in full glory – without the haze of atmosphere. A stunning site that fills us all with wonder and awe. Astronaut Matthew Dom...