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Remember Me: Pachelbel, Purcell and Fauré - Professor Christopher Hogwood
Pachelbel: Canon Purcell: Dido's Lament Fauré: Violin Sonata Memorability is sometimes achieved by the simple technique of repetition, in addition to more high-flown inspiration. Some of the simplest sustaining devices of great music are ground bass, ostinato or chaconne; this lecture shows that a canon can be more than simply "Three Blind Mice". http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/remember-meCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jan 10, 2012 -
The Joy of Six - Professor Christopher Hogwood CBE
The choice of instrumental grouping can make or break a composition; the string sextet, a notoriously difficult combination, takes on a forward-looking guise with Strauss in probably the most exquisite of all music designed to be played off-stage, while Brahms looks back to the baroque with his solutions: sonority is the key. Six players from the Royal Academy of Music offer the live experience: Kiann Chow and Charlotte Skinner (violins), Rhoslyn Lawton and Ana Monteverde (violas), Amy Jolly and Romain LapCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 15, 2011 -
Keep it Short - Professor Christopher Hogwood CBE
The art of being succinct is not one always associated with the works of Bach; in his compact setting of the Magnificat he employs economy and symbolism to illustrate each verse in a few minutes of music which challenge the reader of "de-code" the full message. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/keep-it-shortCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Oct 26, 2011 -
Joseph Haydn, Op 76 No 2 in D minor - Professor Roger Parker FBA, The Badke Quartet
A free lecture and a full performance of this Haydn quartet. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 20, 2011 -
Percy Grainger: Australia's Greatest Composer? - Professor Malcolm Gillies
We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman), media ownership (Rupert Murdoch) and film (Nicole Kidman). In music, some great performers come to mind, especially female singers (Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland). But how many people can even name an Australian composer? In his Gresham Lecture, Malcolm Gillies probes this elusive category of greatness. Percy Grainger (1882-1961), the composer of Country Gardens, is often mentioned as a contender. But, despite his birth, was he really AustralCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 12, 2011 -
Birdsong and Music - David Matthews
Many composers have been influenced by birdsong. Mozart treasured the songs of his pet starling, even giving the bird a ceremonial funeral. David Matthews, one of Britain's leading composers, has always been interested in the incorporation of the natural world into his music, recently even including birdsong in some recent compositions. This lecture offers an opportunity for reflection on the relations between music and the natural world and how a composer can be brought closer to one through the other andCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 6, 2011 -
Mahler's London - Keith James Clarke
Architect Keith James Clarke describes Mahler's one and only visit to this great city during the summer of 1892. This lecture outlines Mahler's impressions of London, where he lived and worked and the impact he had on the music-loving public of the day. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/mahler%E2%80%99s-londonCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 1, 2011 -
Mahler, The Prodigy and Hollywood - Chamber Domaine
Both Mahler and Strauss proclaimed the thirteen year old Korngold a genius. This lecture will explore how Mahler influenced a generation of émigrés who wrote for films. Concert: Korngold, Cello Concereto, Op.37; Mahler, Urlicht, Korngold, Piano Trio, Op.1. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 159Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 14, 2011 -
Celebrating the Past: Treasures from the RCM Collection - Dr Ingrid Pearson
Founded in 1882, the Royal College of Music holds research collections of international significance, early printed music, manuscripts and more modern repertoire and literature. Dr Pearson uses some of the rich holdings of the RCM to shed light on works from the immediate and distant past, including music by John Bull, the inaugural Gresham Professor of Music. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk GreshamCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 13, 2011 -
From Composer to Printed Page - Professor Christopher Hogwood
Musical notation is both inexact and changeable; the assumptions of one period may be lost on following generations, and the greater part of written music still remains unpublished at the present day. The challenges of editing and presenting a text, either of a well-known classic or of an unknown writer differ in music from those faced in the similar worlds of literature or Biblical criticism. The dilemmas created by composers' second thoughts and revisions, and disciples' 'improvements' require a 'correct'Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 28, 2011 -
Catholics versus Protestants: How liturgy affected the development of the organ - Richard Towend
When Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt the church of St Margaret in Lothbury after the Great Fire, it had no organ. The George Pike organ was completed in 1801 and its pipe work, standing in its original case, forms the basis of the 1984 restoration by John Budgen.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Jan 24, 2011 -
Debussy - Quartet in G minor, Op 10 - Professor Roger Parker FBA, The Badke Quartet - Gresham College Lectures
One of six lectures devoted to a major work in the string repertory. Each will end with a complete live performance of the work by the Badke Quartet.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 23, 2010 -
Britten and Bridge - Chamber Domaine - Gresham College Lectures
Part of the Made in Britain series of four lectures exploring British instrumental chamber music and song ranging from Bliss through to the music of today, giving a rare opportunity to experience chamber music in an intimate setting. Each concert will be preceded by a talk by Thomas Kemp, Director of Chamber Domaine.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 23, 2010 -
Elgar and Musical Modernism - Part 4 - Alea String Quartet - Gresham College Lectures
The Institute of Musical Research, University of London and Gresham College joint event. This is the third part of the all-day event.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 22, 2010 -
Elgar and Musical Modernism - Part 3 - Professor Byron Adams, Dr Paul Harper-Scott, Dr Daniel Grimley, Professor Julian Rushton, Dr Charles Edward McGuire - Gresham College Lectures
The Institute of Musical Research, University of London and Gresham College joint event. This is the third part of the all-day event.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 22, 2010 -
Elgar and Musical Modernism - Part 2 - Dr Raphael D Thoene, Professor David Owen Norris, Dr Charles Edward McGuire - Gresham College Lectures
The Institute of Musical Research, University of London and Gresham College joint event. This is the second part of the all-day event.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 22, 2010 -
Elgar and Musical Modernism - Part 1 - Dr Matthew Riley, Dr Christopher Mark, Dr Charles Edward McGuire, Professor Julian Rushton, Dr Paul Harper-Scott - Gresham College Lectures
The Institute of Musical Research, University of London and Gresham College joint event. This is the first part of the all-day event.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 22, 2010 -
Bartok - Quartet No 2 - Professor Roger Parker FBA, The Badke Quartet - Gresham College Lectures
One of six lectures devoted to a major work in the string repertory. Each will end with a complete live performance of the work by the Badke Quartet.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 22, 2010 -
The Jazz Age - Chamber Domaine - Gresham College Lectures
Part of the Made in Britain series of four lectures exploring British instrumental chamber music and song ranging from Bliss through to the music of today, giving a rare opportunity to experience chamber music in an intimate setting. Each concert will be preceded by a talk by Thomas Kemp, Director of Chamber Domaine.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 22, 2010 -
Mozart - Quartet in C major, K465 (Dissonance) - Professor Roger Parker FBA, The Badke Quartet - Gresham College Lectures
One of six lectures devoted to a major work in the string repertory. Each will end with a complete live performance of the work by the Badke Quartet.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 21, 2010
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