Mathematics and the Medici: Instruments from Late Renaissance Florence and a British Connection The 16th-century instruments in the Museum of the History of...
Bach’s Invention: The Divine Trickery of J.S. Bach Behind the sublime precision and expressive power of Bach’s music...
Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...
Giant Waves on the Open Sea: Mariners’ tall tales or alarming fact? Cinemagoers will be familiar with the thrill of giant waves...
The Secret Mathematicians From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette...
Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful...
The Art and Science of Tuning This lecture presents the rich history of musicians’ engagement with...