The Historical Function of Town Halls The history behind the great Victorian Town Halls of Northern...
Welcome Address for the Middle Class Recruits to Communism Seminar Professor Sir Roderick Floud, the Provost of Gresham College welcomes...
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.
An Introduction to Film Music Music has always been closely associated with film. From Saint-Saëns...
In Prison Camp: Messiaen 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps' A lecture with live musical illustrations on Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor...
Music of the Last Century: Did Schoenberg get it right? The composers least noticed by writers on music history seem...
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...