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[CLAP] 3 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:20,880 [DRUMS PLAYING] 4 00:01:06,220 --> 00:01:07,220 Hey! 5 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:14,500 Hi everyone I'm Jim Ryan and welcome to the fifth episode of Arts on the Hill 6 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:20,080 the digital edition so you just heard performers from a UVA course entitled 7 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:25,869 Learn to Groove Advanced I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and I hope 8 00:01:25,869 --> 00:01:30,220 you're doing well I am sure this is getting old for you being cooped up it's 9 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:34,960 certainly getting old for me but it is at times like this I think that arts are 10 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:39,759 incredibly important they're like food for the soul and I hope you'll find this 11 00:01:39,759 --> 00:01:45,009 episode especially nourishing up next you're going to hear from my friend and 12 00:01:45,009 --> 00:01:50,289 UVA alum Katie Couric who is going to read and talk briefly about a poem by 13 00:01:50,289 --> 00:01:54,580 Elizabeth Bishop I want to thank Katie for participating as well as all the 14 00:01:54,580 --> 00:01:59,649 other performers and a special thanks to our inimitable host Matt Weber my 15 00:01:59,649 --> 00:02:03,040 colleague and friend enjoy and be well 16 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:10,200 Elizabeth Bishop is a fascinating woman and the poem can be analyzed on so 17 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:15,340 many levels maybe Jim you can lead a discussion on this but Greg Orr who's a 18 00:02:15,340 --> 00:02:21,640 professor at UVA participated along with Mary Chapin Carpenter another Virginian 19 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:27,190 in an episode my friend Lisa New did all about this poem with various people 20 00:02:27,190 --> 00:02:32,109 reading it including Mary Chapin Carpenter Sheryl Sandberg and me 21 00:02:32,109 --> 00:02:34,619 along with Greg Orr 22 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:41,600 This poem is One Art by Elizabeth Bishop: 23 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:47,680 the art of losing isn't hard to master so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that 24 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:53,079 their loss is no disaster lose something every day except the fluster of lost door 25 00:02:53,079 --> 00:02:57,940 keys the hour badly spent the art of losing isn't hard to master 26 00:02:57,940 --> 00:03:04,209 then practice losing farther losing faster places and names and where it was 27 00:03:04,209 --> 00:03:10,080 you meant to travel none of these will bring disaster I lost my mother's watch 28 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:16,140 and look my last or next to last of three loved houses went the art of 29 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:22,340 losing isn't hard to master I lost two cities lovely ones and vaster some 30 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:29,720 realms I owned two rivers a continent I miss them but it wasn't a disaster even 31 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:36,300 losing you the joking voice a gesture I love I shan't have lied it's evident 32 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:40,290 the art of losing is not too hard to master though it may 33 00:03:40,290 --> 00:03:44,640 look like write it like disaster. 34 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:48,860 There once was a Hoo named Couric whose career 35 00:03:48,870 --> 00:03:57,060 has risen meteoric are limericks poetry? I think so technically oh Katie you make 36 00:03:57,060 --> 00:04:01,680 us feel euphoric thank you to Miss Couric and of course Poetry in America 37 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:07,980 for that clip speaking of all things euphoric and allegoric the music of the 38 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:12,980 Virginia Sil'houettes next on Arts on the Hill 39 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:22,300 birds flying high you know how I feel 40 00:04:22,630 --> 00:04:40,190 Sun in the sky you know how I feel breeze driftin on by you know how I feel it's a 41 00:04:40,190 --> 00:04:52,760 new dawn it's a new day it's a new life for me and I'm feeling good 42 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,760 [A CAPPELLA SINGING] 43 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:11,040 Fish in the sea You know how I feel 44 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:17,200 River running free You know how I feel 45 00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:23,740 Blossom on a tree You know how I feel 46 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:31,960 It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life For me 47 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,960 And I'm feeling good 48 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:46,540 Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know 49 00:05:46,540 --> 00:05:52,900 Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean 50 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:59,300 Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean 51 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:03,000 And this old world is a new world 52 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 And a bold world 53 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 For me 54 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,200 For me 55 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:26,140 Stars when you shine you know how I feel 56 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:32,400 Scent of the pine you know how I feel 57 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:38,920 Oh, freedom is mine and I know how I feel 58 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:44,940 It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life 59 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:50,340 It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life 60 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:54,220 it's a new life for me 61 00:06:54,220 --> 00:06:59,540 and I'm feeling good 62 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,300 Yeah I'm feeling so good 63 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,020 I'm feeling good 64 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,680 definitely feeling good better in fact from having watched that rendition 65 00:07:15,699 --> 00:07:20,440 congratulations and really great job editing that our next guest on Arts on 66 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:25,780 the Hill is UVA alum and acclaimed singer-songwriter Kate Bollinger who 67 00:07:25,780 --> 00:07:29,100 brought a guitar and some music to her picnic 68 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:39,140 Some days I wake up and there's magic 69 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:48,680 Some days I wake up and it's tragic, or so it seems to me 70 00:07:49,220 --> 00:07:54,760 Why don't I meet you somewhere static? 71 00:07:54,760 --> 00:08:01,940 You'd be in disbelief, but she wouldn't be me 72 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:11,820 Why does it feel like it's always Sunday? 73 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:18,500 Never thought I'd have a problem with that 74 00:08:21,380 --> 00:08:27,200 Why do I waste half of the day in my head 75 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:35,280 Buckled by the fear of something only I can feel 76 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:50,680 I've been away, I've been away, Oh as long as you've been away, I've been away 77 00:08:52,860 --> 00:09:06,700 I've been away, I've been away, Just as sure as you've been away, I've been away 78 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:16,340 Why do I cower when the phone rings? 79 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:23,780 Then I'm lonesome and with regret 80 00:09:26,020 --> 00:09:33,640 Why do I waste half of the day in my head? 81 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:56,020 I've been away, I've been away, Oh as long as you've been away, I've been away 82 00:09:57,620 --> 00:10:11,380 I've been away, I've been away, Just as sure as you've been away, I've been away 83 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:26,520 I've been away, I've been away, Just as sure as you've been away, I've been away 84 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:43,780 I've been away, I've been away, Just as sure as you've been away, I've been away 85 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:50,610 Thank You Kate our next piece is something I could definitely never sing 86 00:10:50,610 --> 00:10:55,160 and it's called something I'm not sure I'm going to be able to pronounce but I'm 87 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,860 gonna give it a try it's a Schubert song called Frühlingsglaube 88 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:07,200 how did I do? pretty close. next on Arts on the Hill 89 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:29,340 for those tracking this show over the past five weeks yes I know I need a 90 00:14:29,350 --> 00:14:33,160 haircut our final piece today is special it's 91 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,120 historic it's a compilation and performance by the wonderful 92 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,180 Chamber Singers they would have been performing this on Grounds this spring but it was 93 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:44,770 cancelled but we get to hear it tonight with faculty accompaniment on digital 94 00:14:44,770 --> 00:14:48,339 Arts on the Hill appropriately as you will see we've 95 00:14:48,339 --> 00:14:53,950 saved this one for the final act of the show if appropriate and safe we hope you 96 00:14:53,950 --> 00:14:58,620 sing along arm-in-arm with whoever your quarantined with 97 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,840 [PIANO PLAYING] 98 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:19,980 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? 99 00:15:19,980 --> 00:15:26,640 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne? 100 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:36,420 For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne, 101 00:15:36,420 --> 00:15:43,420 We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. 102 00:15:50,580 --> 00:15:58,980 That good old song of Wah-hoo-wah—we'll sing it o'er and o'er 103 00:15:58,980 --> 00:16:08,280 It cheers our hearts and warms our blood to hear them shout and roar 104 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:21,420 We come from old Virginia, where all is bright and gay 105 00:16:21,420 --> 00:16:30,460 Let's all join hands and give a yell for dear old UVA. 106 00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:09,140 oh I bet you thought we forgot to end the show with kids playing music no no 107 00:17:09,140 --> 00:17:14,659 no UVA alum Jess Hamilton submitted this of her son Smitty serenading their cat 108 00:17:14,659 --> 00:17:18,559 Spy spoiler alert the cat is less than 109 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:26,060 impressed and dare I say even a bit hostile have a good week everyone and be well