Musical Openings This lecture looks at how composers of all periods have risen to the challenge of how to write a memorable musical opening sentence.
Brahms the progressive; Schumann the visionary Placing Schumann and Brahms into their historical context. The programme...
Carols from King's: Centenary Celebration In this lecture, Jeremy Summerly reverently and enthusiastically celebrates the centenary of the world’s most famous carol service
NOW That's What I Call Carols: 1582! Jeremy Summerly unwraps this Nordic Christmas gift, accompanied by the St Luke’s Carollers.
Law and Lawyers - Not All Bad? A Life in the Law - Not All Good? In his last lecture, Geoffrey Nice reviews what he has...
The Pope, the Emperor and the Grand Duke: The Rediscovery of a Musical Masterpiece from Renaissance Florence The rediscovery of the gigantic "Mass in Forty Parts" by...
The 19th-century Taming of the Christmas Carol, from St Erth to Truro At the end of the Georgian era, a revivalist collection...
The History of Street Performance: ‘Music by handle’ and the Silencing of Street Musicians in the Metropolis A discussion of the history of busking and street music...