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.