War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War Medieval kings were warriors and their palaces needed to reflect...
Beanstalk or living instrument? How tall can the European Convention on Human Rights grow? The pervasive scope of the European Convention of Human Rights...
The new localism: Local government and the Constitution Many argue that Britain has become too centralized, that Whitehall...
Classical Music, Noisy Listening In this lecture, we will introduce the idea of musical works as tools for listening, from Mozart to Mahler, from medieval repertoires to minimalism.
An Introduction to Film Music Music has always been closely associated with film. From Saint-Saëns...
Music of the Last Century: Did Schoenberg get it right? The composers least noticed by writers on music history seem...
In Prison Camp: Messiaen 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps' A lecture with live musical illustrations on Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor...
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...