Physics: Its Birth in Greek Ionia This lecture discusses the pioneering physical theories of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras and Democritus.
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...
Medieval Music: To Sing and Dance During the eighteenth century, Western Europe gradually relinquished a form...
Being a Guitarist in the Time of Byron and Shelley With a player’s insight (a guitar of 1825 is my...
Haydn in London: The Revolutionary Drawing Room This concert looks at 18th century music making and the...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Late, 1971-1976 ‘In the history of art late works are the catastrophes,’...