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Why Music? Memory and Music Layers
Dear Reader This blog is Part 2 of a 4-part presentation of my script for the Music and Memory lecture, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on September 27th. If you missed Part 1, you can read Part 1 of Music and Memory lecture from BBC Radio 3 by following this link. Part 1 is all about the importance of melody. Part 2 goes beyond melody… ——————————————- Now, continuing our ‘Music and Memory’ concert I would like to broaden ideas from melody to consider harmony and counterpoint – how do they all come together to make a strong memory? During the Beethoven we’ve just heard [Beethoven Variations on ‘Se vuol ballare‘…
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Why Music? Memory and Melody
Dear Reader, From 25th- 27th September I had the honour of being one of Radio 3’s resident experts for their Why Music? Weekend. What a fantastic event it was, held in London’s Wellcome Collection. Alongside Philip Ball (author of The Music Instinct) I contributed to a number of the live programmes including Why Music? Question Time and Why Music? Round Up both presented by Tom Service. A few months ago a fantastic Radio 3 producer called David Papp asked me if I would design a concert for the weekend with the support of principle players from Aurora Orchestra The aim of the concert was to explore why music is so powerful in…
