Debussy - Text and Ideas: Fête galante and the Salon of Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a resurgence...
Debussy and Mallarme: Symbolism and Les Mardistes Les Mardistes was a group of intellectuals who met every...
Musical Morals and Moral Music: The artist and the environment What can we expect from our artists, and what should...
What is Noise? Beauty and Taste in 20th Century Music This lecture will explore our changing understandings of noise and taste in relation to the shifting socio-political landscape of the 20th century.
Sullivan Song Day: Sullivan's Song-Writing Technique Outstanding young singers and pianists explore an important yet almost...
Goethe the Musician and his influence on German Song Germany's greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), seemed to...
Music of Today: Looking Under The Bonnet This illustrated lecture extends a theme of last year's series...