Music
Watch
Featured:
TEDtalk
In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.
TEDtalk
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
More:
Watch past music lectures from Gresham College.
Watch TEDtalks on music.
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The Radio 3 Guide to Classical Music
The Guardian
Tom Service's survey of the 50 symphonies that changed classical music
Research
The large research team attached to CMPCP collectively addressed three key research questions:
How is musical performance creative, and what knowledge is creatively embodied in musical performance?
How does music in performance – and indeed the very act of performance – take shape?
How does understanding musical performance as a creative practice vary across different global contexts, idioms and performance conditions
Listen
Guest experts review available recordings of a work from the classical music repertoire and give a recommendation.
A podcast about the making and meaning of popular music.
BBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music.
Making classical music hilarious.
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Prepare
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