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In Tune

16:30 - 17:30

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

Architecture on 3
Architecture on 3
Night Waves invited four architectural experts to write about the architecture of sacred buildings, and how they relate to the beliefs of the people who worship within them. They examine the way that great religious commissions give their builders the freedom to innovate and experiment.
Architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff gives an appreciation of the Roman Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles, which opened two years ago to great acclaim

"..Moneo's aim is to draw you out of the chaos of everyday life.."

Keith Critchlow - Geometer, Professor Emeritus of the Prince of Wales School of Traditional Arts and Director of the charity Kairos- looks at the flower of high gothic cathedrals, Chartres, France.

"..there is a divine presence there..it is nourishment to the soul"

Scholar of Arab history and literature Robert Irwin discusses the great mosque at Cordoba, Spain.
"a medieval muslim seeing this stone forest would have been likely to think of those passages in the Koran that promise paradise in the form of a garden with shady trees.."

Adam Hardy, who teaches South Asian architecture at the University of Cardiff, takes a fresh look at the Swaminarayan Hindu temple in Neasden, North London

"..like a pale ship in full sail.."


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(Broadcast 28/06/04)


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