Engaging new lectures exploring the links between music, art, literature and architecture
Saluting the Past: Manet, Ravel and Impressions of Nostalgia
The fascinating debts of music and painting to earlier examples
Gothic Light and Distant Bell Towers
Monet's colours and the misty soundscapes of Debussy and Ravel
Rachmaninov in the Rain
Some magnificent music with a secret story to tell
Escaping the Mysterious Labyrinth (Borges and the Quirky Characters of Ginastera)
We meet an arrogant gaucho, a beautiful girl and an old shepherd in a world of mirrors
The Indian Summer of 1892: Brahms at the Piano
The visual content includes paintings and pictures supported by musical examples all delivered by Powerpoint. The main feature of each presentation, however, is a Lecture/Recital, where Simon performs and talks about all the piano music under discussion.