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The Maths of Future Computing

This lecture examines the mathematics behind computing, starting with the history of the explosive growth of computer technology, from code breaking through to all aspects of modern communication and security.

Exporting Russia: Diaghilev’s Beginnings

In this lecture we follow his early years, when he published The World of Art, a provocative Russian journal, exhibited Russian visual art in Paris, and then brought Russian music there, culminating in his production of Musorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov.

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.

Toothpaste, Custard and Chocolate: Mathematics Gets Messy

This talk looks at mathematical modelling of real, complex fluids in flow situations – some with serious commercial applications, and some just for fun.

Prokofiev's War and Peace

Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace (1953) was an adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel begun during WWII. He saw it as a personal interpretation of the novel.

Prokofiev's Epic Opera

"Prokofiev really was a crazy composer. He had lots of...

Digital Listening: The Future of Music in the Age of Digital Fragmentation

What’s the future of listening? What will happen to the ways we give attention to music in the future?

The Unacclaimed Accompanist

Graham Johnson examines a problematic profession that continues to attract many gifted young pianists to its ranks and asks why.

500 Years of Mathematics: Are We Living in a New Golden Age?

The last 500 years of progress in maths will be reviewed, to see where it is going next and ask whether we are truly living in a mathematical Golden Age.

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1932) was more a personal than a political drama. All was well for the first two years after the opera’s première in 1934, but shortly after Stalin went to a performance, it was vigorously condemned in the state press.

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