Roger Scruton - Why Beauty Matters (2009) - BBC documentary

From BBC2:

"Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives.

In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert.

Using the thoughts of philosophers from Plato to Kant, and by talking to artists Michael Craig-Martin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring beauty to its traditional position at the centre of our civilisation."

Here is the soundtrack listing, for the curious:

INTRO
Organ from performance kelvingrove
Pergolesi stabat mater -- Salve Regina in C minor -- Cologne chamber orchestra

POST TITLE INTRO
Giovani Sollima, Track 1 -- Terra Aria
album -- Works

ARTISTS OF PAST
Max Richter, Track 4 -- The Twins Prague
album -- memory house

MODERN ART
Colleen
track 2 -- Ritournelle
album -- Everyone Alive Wants Answers

JOKEY MUSIC OVER HOW CAN AN IDEA BE ART
Danielle Pemberton
track 2 -- Light Fingers
album -- A Curious Case of Drama

DUCHAMP INTERVIEW ARCHIVE
Colleen
track -- The Heart Harmonicon
album -- The Golden Morning Breaks

ART TODAY AFTER MCM INT
Battles
track 11 -- Race Out
album -- Mirrored

KID ART
Bach Cello Suite #1 in G
artist Steven Isserlis

DAVID GARDEN STATUES
Animal Collective
track 2 -- My Girls
album -- Merriweather Post Pavilion

ROGER IN CAFE
Johann Johansson
track 2 -- Melodia
album -- Fordlandia

TRAIN STATION
John Adams
track 2 -- China Gates
album -- Gloria Cheng-Cochran, Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Reiley.

ADVERTISING
John Cage
track 48 , disk 2 -- Factory Preset (09)
album -- A Chance Operation, The John Cage Tribute
artists -- Robert Ashley

Groove Armada, I See You Baby

ARCHITECTURE
Rachmaninoff, The Isle of the Dead -- Symphonic Dances
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski.

artist -- Bang on a Can
album -- Industry 08
track -- Industry.

composer -- Shostakovich
album -- Shostakovich String Quartets 7,8 & 9
performer -- Brodsky Quartet
track -- String Quartet No.7 11. Lento

AFTER 60'S BUILDING EXPLODE
artist -- Kraftwerk
album -- Computer World
track 3 -- Numbers

REDING FORGE
album -- Teaism: Music Inspired By the Art & Culture of Tea
track 10 -- Teapot Waltz
performer -- Lord Jim
written & produced by Curtis Leaver

PARK
artists -- Jonsi & Alex
album -- Riceboy Sleeps
track 5 -- Boy 1904, EMI Records

PLATO
album -- Goldberg Variations 1981 recording
performer -- Glenn Gould, track 10 Variation 9 A 1 Clavier Canone Alla Terza

MEN WITH BINOCULARS
Danielle Pemberton
track 2 -- Light Fingers
album -- A Curious Case of Drama

LIFE DRAWING CLASS
composer -- Montiverdi
performers -- Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi viii,
disk 2 track 1 -- Sinfonia non avea Febo ancora, a tre voci (doi tenori e basso)

ROGER WITH POETRY BOOKS
track 47 -- Evening Soiree, CHAP 311
Danielle Pemberton, album -- A Curious Case of Drama

BIRTH OF VENUS
composer -- Vivaldi
album -- Nisi Dominus, Salve Regina. Concerto In C for strings
track 2 -- Adagio

CHURCH
album -- Teaism: Music Inspired By the Art & Culture of Tea
track 10 -- Teapot Waltz, performer -- Lord Jim
written & produced by Curtis Leaver

SHAFTESBURY
composer -- Vivaldi, album -- Vivaldi Concerti Alla Rustica
track 17 -- Concerto In G for 2 Mandolins
performers -- James Tyler, Robin Jeffrey, Trevor Pinnock.

DANDELIONS
Max Richter, track 6 -- Vladimir Blues
album -- Blue Note Book

FLOWERS OPEN
Colleen, track -- The Heart Harmonicon
album -- The Golden Morning Breaks

KANT & BABY
artists -- Jonsi & Alex
album -- Riceboy Sleeps, track 5 -- Boy 1904, EMI Records

ROGER SAT ON STEPS, ARCHIVE B&W DOORS OPEN -- INTO RECAP
Max Richter, track 6 -- Vladimir Blues
album -- Blue Note Book

BIT BEFORE DEATH & FUNERAL
artist -- Colleen
album -- Les Ondes Silencieuses, track 1 -- This Place in Time

KISSY KISSY
composer -- Offenbah
album -- Richard Bornynge L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Les Contes d'Hoffman
track -- Barcarolle

ROGER ON STEPS SETS UP SEX AND DEATH DESECRATION
composer -- Shostakovich
album -- Shostakovich String Quartets 7,8 & 9
performer -- Brodsky Quartet, track -- String Quartet No.7 11. Lento

PERGOLESI
composer -- Pergolesi
album -- Stabat Mater Salve Regina
track 12 -- Quado Corpus Mortiet. NAXOS

MANTEGNA
Max Richter, Track 4 -- The Twins Prague
album -- Memory House

DELACROIX
Giovanni Sollima, track 3 -- LBFiles: Concerto,

EMIN BED
Collean
track 2 -- Ritournelle
album -- Everyone Alive Wants Answers

Colleen
track -- The Heart Harmonicon
album -- The Golden Morning Breaks

POUNDBURY
Savalas music
track 3 -- Annotations
composer -- Colin Broom

SOHO SQ
Giovani Sollima, Track 1 -- Terra Aria
album -- Works

PERGOLESI
performance

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