This documentary provides a groundbreaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by music. Work in neuroscience is providing clues to the mysteries of how and why music penetrates the brain and the emotions. The program follows researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries. The program includes performances by world-famous performers such as Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma, Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley, and Evelyn Glennie.
Part 1. The Musical Body
Focuses on the physical sensation and impact of music on both our body and emotions. How does the foundation of music vibration affect the human body,
even on a cellular level? Is there, as many scientists now believe, a “biology of music,” a hardwired
capacity for musical appreciation and expression?
Part 2. The Musical Mind
Delves into questions surrounding the unique effects music has on mental capacity, intelligence, healing and other areas of evolution, the natural world and even, perhaps, the origins of the cosmos.
Part 3. The Resonant World
Reveals that music's universality in nature and the cosmos is far more profound than previously imagined. Whales, birds, even elephants sing and concoct melodies. The ancient Greeks' "music of the spheres" finds its 21st-century counterpart in
String Theory's postulation of vibration: could the same vibration that creates music be the organizing principle of the universe?
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