Classical Music, Noisy Listening In this lecture, we will introduce the idea of musical works as tools for listening, from Mozart to Mahler, from medieval repertoires to minimalism.
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
Physics: Its Birth in Greek Ionia This lecture discusses the pioneering physical theories of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras and Democritus.
Music of the Last Century: Did Schoenberg get it right? The composers least noticed by writers on music history seem...
The Building of England: Retrospect and Prospect 410 AD to 2000 In this the final lecture in his series on the...
In Prison Camp: Messiaen 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps' A lecture with live musical illustrations on Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor...
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Middle, 1945-1970 The success of Peter Grimes caught Britten by surprise. It...
Vienna and Schubert: The ‘Trout’ Quintet Schubert Quintet in A, D.667 'Trout' Eleanor Corr violin Xin...