01 When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
s: “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman
i: Arecibo: “NGC 5128 (Receiving Station Alignment)”
v: Lama Karta: “Prayer to Guru Rinpoche: Dedication Prayer”
02 Sonnet 107
s: “Sonnet 107” by William Shakespeare
i: Brian Eno: “Stars”
v: Lama Karta: “Song to the Great Tibetan Yogis”
03 Ozymandias
s: “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
i: Peter Gabriel: “Bassbowl”
i/v: unknown: One Deep Singing Monk with Singing Bowls, Cymbals, and Ganta
v: Gyume Tibetan Monks: “Guhyasamja”
04 Sonnet 55
s: “Sonnet 55” by William Shakespeare
i: I.T.B.A.: “Will”
v: Lama Karta: “The Call to Lama From Afar”
05 The Second Coming
s: “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats
i: Biosphere: “Path Leading to the High Grass”
i: Kronos Quartet: “Bells: Tolling of the Knell”
v: Márta Sebestyén: “Erdélyország Sok Folyója”
06 Sonnet 121
s: “Sonnet 121” by William Shakespeare
i: Biosphere: “Path Leading to the High Grass”
v: Nirvana: “In Bloom”
07 The Conqueror Worm
s: “The Conqueror Worm” by Edgar Allan Poe
i: Peter Gabriel: “Bassbowl”
i/v: unknown: “Three Deep Singing Monks with Singing Bowls and Cymbals”
08 Sonnet 106
s: “Sonnet 106” by William Shakespeare
i: John Foxx: “Stillness and Wonder”
v: Márta Sebestyén: “Szerelem, Szerelem”
09 Annabel Lee
s: “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
i: Nine Inch Nails: “Corona Radiata”
i: Kronos Quartet: “Bells: Tolling of the Knell”
v: Lama Karta: “Song to the Great Tibetan Yogis”
10 Sonnet 35
s: “Sonnet 35” by William Shakespeare
i: Peter Gabriel: “The Nest That Sailed the Sky”
i: John Foxx: “Revolving Birdsong”
v: Svetilan Svetom Savi: “Protagogikon to St. Sava”
11 Kubla Khan
s: “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
i: Philip Glass: “Abdulmajid”
v: Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes: “Na ‘T-I Sherif”
12 Sonnet 52
s: “Sonnet 52” by William Shakespeare
i: Andy Partridge / Harold Budd: “Ceramic Avenue”
v: Mustafa Oksuz: “Ya Hazreti Mevlânâ”
13 The General Prologue
s: “The General Prologue [to The Canterbury Tales]” by Geoffrey Chaucer
i: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: “Sea of Vapours”
v: Lama Karta: “Song to the Great Tibetan Yogis”
14 Sonnet 65
s: “Sonnet 65” by William Shakespeare
i: Andy Partridge / Harold Budd: “Great Valley of Gongs”
v: Lama Karta: “The Call to Lama From Afar”
15 Space and Time
s: “Space and Time” [from “Song of Myself”] by Walt Whitman
i: Nine Inch Nails: “Zero-Sum”
v: Sheila Chandra: “Ever So Lonely / Eyes / Ocean”
16 Sonnet 19
s: “Sonnet 19” by William Shakespeare
i: Brian Eno: “Triennale”
v: Márta Sebestyén: “Szerelem, Szerelem”
17 The Emperor of Ice-Cream
s: “The Emperor of Ice-Cream” by Wallace Stevens
i: Jónsi and Alex: “Sleeping Giant”
v: Lama Karta: “Song to the Great Tibetan Yogis”
18 Sonnet 1
s: “Sonnet 1” by William Shakespeare
i: Peter Gabriel: “The Nest That Sailed the Sky”
v: Cindytalk: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
19 Fear No More the Heat of the Sun
s: “Fear No More the Heat of the Sun” [from “Cymbeline”] by William Shakespeare
i: Pet Shop Boys: “Invisible”
v: Stihira I Svetom Savi: “Hymn i in Honour of St. Sava”
v: Svetilan Svetom Savi: “Hymn ii in Honour of St. Sava”
20 Sonnet 129
s: “Sonnet 129” by William Shakespeare
i: Jónsi and Alex: “Howl”
v: Pet Shop Boys: “Numb”
21 Musée des Beaux Arts
s: “Musée des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden
i: Brian Eno: “Stars”
v: Lama Karta: “The Call to Lama From Afar”
22 Sonnet 30
s: “Sonnet 30” by William Shakespeare
i: Brian Eno: “A Clearing”
v: Antony and the Johnsons: “Dust and Water”
23 Sailing to Byzantium
s: “Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats
i: Brian Eno: “An Ending (Ascent)”
v: Lama Karta: “Song to the Great Tibetan Yogis”
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The Sea - Verse
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