A BRIEF HISTORY OF HARMONY, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING
Grant McLachlan, composer
This course, which covers a thousand years of classical music, is designed for the classical music lover and concert-goer. It will give participants an understanding of the extraordinary journey that harmony has gone through as it developed over the centuries, and how it has arrived at the musical language we understand and love today.
LECTURE TITLES
- Medieval to Renaissance: plainsong and music by Abelard, Dufay and Tallis with choral music performed by Vox Cape Town
- The age of the concert: Mozart, Chopin, Debussy and Messiaen
- The Baroque period: Gibbons to Bach: Monteverdi, Gibbons, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach