History Documentary hosted by Bernard George, published by BBC in 2024 - English narration.
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When a music score is uncovered deep within the storerooms of the Louvre, musical historians scramble to realise the potential of this piece of papyrus. The text's grammatical features give us a clue to the composer's identity: Carcinus, an author cited by Aristotle in his Rhetoric. His name is engraved on a wall in the Parthenon, and the story of his life offers an insight into the history of Greek musicians, who were revered like gods and welcomed across the Mediterranean to take part in competitions modelled on the Olympic Games.
The discovery of the papyrus, more specifically an ancient version of the tragedy entitled Medea, throws open a new mission by researchers to hear the music sung through modern arrangement. But to listen to the Medea as it was heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago, it still has to be played on period instruments.
From the Greek cities of Anatolia to the Ptolemies' Egypt, from the mythical site of Delphi to the discoveries made in Pompeii, relive this voyage along the Mediterranean coast, where archaeological excavations have unearthed instrument remains.
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------------------------------ * Video Codec: x265 CABAC Main L4 * Video Bitrate: CRF 21 (~1945Kbps) * Video Resolution: 1920x1080 * Frame Rate: 25 FPS * Audio Codec: AAC-LC (Apple) * Audio Bitrate: q91 VBR 48KHz (126/214Kbps avg/peak) * Audio Channels: 2 (mainly French with English narration) * Audio Gain: 3dB * Run-Time: 57 mins * Part Size: 842 MB * Source: HDTV (1080i/h264 3472Kbps VBR 1.63GB) * Subtitles: Merged and embedded English
