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Laurence Sterne and Joseph Haydn

An exploration of the connections between Laurence Sterne, the 18th...

Music in the Age of Copernicus

Kraków was one of Europe 's main cultural and commercial...

Mazurkas and Christmas Lullabies

The tradition of the East-Central European carol is long and...

Imperial Rivalry with the Russian Empire

During the nineteenth century, Great Britain and Russia engaged in...

Irony in music from the Soviet Union

This lecture concert explored how irony was used in music...

St Stanislaus and Student Revelries

Music in History

How well served is music in general and cultural histories...

Playing with the language of music

The pre-concert talk provides an overview to the series and...

Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8

This is a discussion with the Shostakovich scholar Professor David...

Mozart, Gluck and the Reform of 18th Century Opera

An introduction to the furious world of opera reform in...