Mornings with Music: Choral CelebrationsNo great celebration would be complete without music, and I expect we have all experienced the thrill of such an occasion as a listener or participant. This course will delve into works written for important occasions, sacred and secular, describing the background to the event and examining how the composers produced their effects.In future terms we shall eavesdrop on...
Mornings with Music: Choral CelebrationsNo great celebration would be complete without music, and I expect we have all experienced the thrill of such an occasion as a listener or participant. This course will delve into works written for important occasions, sacred and secular, describing the background to the event and examining how the composers produced their effects.In future terms we shall eavesdrop on...
Welcome to the court of Mantua! We are thrilled to invite you to an immersive exploration of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, a masterpiece of passion, betrayal, and one of the most famous "earworms" in musical history.Whether you are an opera aficionado or a total newcomer, this event is designed to pull back the velvet curtain and let you step into the...
Welcome to the streets of 18th-century Seville! We are thrilled to invite you to an immersive exploration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni—a masterpiece of seduction, supernatural justice, and the ultimate "bad boy" of opera.Whether you are an opera aficionado or a total newcomer, this event is designed to pull back the velvet curtain and let you step into the...