Sitting outside at Vaults & Garden cafe, in the middle between the two entrances, facing Radcliffe Camera.
(E3/10) Radcliffe Square on an early summer morning
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– I love Radcliffe Square because of its friendly or warm sound. Radcliffe Square sounds like a room: it has walls and open doors, but no ceiling. I love to hear people coming in to the square from High Street and criss-crossing over it: up and down along the colleges, right across along the church or Radcliffe Camera, and diagonally from Catte Street to St. Mary’s Passage – their shoes and voices echoing against the walls. And the mixture of people as well – University staff, students, and visitors – some walking in deep thoughts, some passing through, some solving an academic problem, and some planning their day in the city.
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Cities are often famous for their visual architecture – just think of the Oxford skyline – but how do they sound? The Oxford Sound Album presents a selection of favourite Oxford city soundscapes chosen by a group of people who rely on sound for spatial information, work with or study music, or both. We hear the friendly, warm tones in Radcliffe Square; the narrow, echoing sounds in Holywell Street; the sounds of open space in University Parks; and the quiet and calm sound in the University...