Music Appreciation
From the Beatles to opera, and the Middle Ages to today, come and discover some amazing music and the often complex relationship between composers, society, music and ideas.
Music and Art for Christmastide: Its Architectural Setting
<p>Some of the most beautiful music, art and sculpture created for the Christmas season, from the Baroque period up to today. Both sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental music will be included.<br
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The Sounds and Sights of Summer: Music, Art, and Photography
<p>Enjoy inspirational music depicting summer and its varied activities, accompanied by appropriate visual images in the form of paintings and photos. The musical and visual snapshots will focus on
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Beethoven and The Orchestra
<p>Beethoven’s orchestral works, particularly, his symphonies, expanded the genre and influenced the development of the orchestra and every generation of composers since. These works, including
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Musical Connections: Western Europe and Russia – Renaissance to Revolution
<p>Explore the fascinating musical-cultural connections between Western Europe and Russia from the Renaissance to the Russian Revolution. Beginning in Tudor England and its diplomatic ties with Moscow
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John Lennon: The Man and the Beatles Songs He Loved and Loathed
<p>Lennon was arguably one of the most transparent people ever in public life. You knew what he thought, good or bad. That’s what made him so interesting. Post Beatles, Lennon openly and often
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Glorious Gershwin
<p>One of the few composers who successfully blended the jazz and the classical traditions, George Gershwin left a music legacy that ranges from the popular song to the classical concerto. From Tin
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Purple Haze: Music of the Psychedelic Sixties
<p>See and hear some of the most memorable exponents of the Psychedelic sound: the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and more.<br/><p><br/><strong>COURSE OUTLINE</strong></p><ul><li>The Origins
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Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism
<p>Many of the ways in which we listen to music, behave in concert halls and treat our performers and composers were formed during the Romantic period. This series looks at how influential this period
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What is an Oratorio?
<em>"For my part, they give me an idea of heaven, where everybody is to sing whether they have voices or not."</em> - Horace Walpole on Handel’s oratorios, 1743. Combining words and music with choir,
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Famous Faces of the Transformational Sixties
<p>The 1960’s were arguably the most transformational decade in history. Over four weeks we will look at the people that made it so, the famous and not so famous, the politicians, musicians, movie
...<p>The 1960’s were arguably the most transformational decade in history. Over four weeks we will look at the people that made it so, the famous and not so famous, the politicians, musicians, movie
...<p>The 1960’s were arguably the most transformational decade in history. Over four weeks we will look at the people that made it so, the famous and not so famous, the politicians, musicians, movie
...<p>The 1960’s were arguably the most transformational decade in history. Over four weeks we will look at the people that made it so, the famous and not so famous, the politicians, musicians, movie
...<p>The 1960’s were arguably the most transformational decade in history. Over four weeks we will look at the people that made it so, the famous and not so famous, the politicians, musicians, movie
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