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Music of Sleep and Dreams - Professor Milton Mermikides
00:00 // Why Are Sleep and Music So Connected?
Uploaded 21-08-26
03:18 // Ancient Myths Linking Music and Sleep
05:30 // How Composers Create Dreamlike …
3 days, 6 hours ago
Eve's Evil Legacies
Eve was the original Evil Woman. She was tempted by Satan, introducing sin into the world. In turn, she seduced Adam, bringing the wrath of the Creat…
3 days, 6 hours ago
Mental and Physical Wellness
Exercise, diet, rest, and sleep are sometimes seen as optional extras that are desirable if you have the time. They are also topics about which many …
3 days, 7 hours ago
Clara Schumann (1819-1896): The Unsung Heroine of Romanticism
This lecture-recital will explore the life of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) through her music and surroundings, her achievements and influencers.
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3 days, 8 hours ago
The Challenge of the Solo: The Baroque Violin - Christopher Hogwood and Pavlo Beznosiuk
Pavlo Beznosiuk, one of the world's leading baroque violinists, explains and demonstrates the challenge of music for solo violin; works by Nicola Mat…
3 days, 9 hours ago
The Cockney Romantics: John Keats and his Friends
The word Romanticism makes us think of mountain tops and stormy seas, but the younger generation of English Romantics (above all, John Keats) were Lo…
3 days, 10 hours ago
Innovation in the Social Sciences - Professor Sir Roderick Floud
Innovation is seen as the key to economic growth. But is this true of innovation in services, which now employ 75% of us, as well as in manufacturing…
3 days, 11 hours ago
Percy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? - Professor Malcolm Gilles
We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman), media ownership (Rupert Murdoch) and film (Nicole Kidman). In music, some great per…
3 days, 11 hours ago
The Cashless Society
Money may well make world go round but cash is surely an encumbrance we can do without. What does a cashless society look like? What is the technolog…
3 days, 12 hours ago
Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation
Professor Wilks will discuss the argument that 'superintelligent' AI may turn against us, as Hawking and Bostrom have warned. It will be argued that …
3 days, 13 hours ago