Music history: your guide to our programme

Music history: at City Lit

 

What is a music history course?

Music history courses are designed to help you explore new music and/or to find out more about the music you already enjoy.  Please read Karen Betley's blog post Music History: an introduction to find out more.

I am a complete beginner in classical music, what do you recommend?

We have courses specially designed to introduce you to classical music and to help you get a clear overview of the topic. The emphasis here is on understanding the timeline of key works, and helping you find ones you enjoy.

• Exploring classical music is a music appreciation course in three terms (modules) and is a great way to start exploring
• Great works courses are short courses (usually just one or two sessions) dedicated to a famous composer, performer or piece of music

*all courses with an asterisk in the list below are online courses

**if any of the links in this blog post say ‘page not found’ it means there is no instance of this course programmed into the website for the near future. Just contact the music office and we’ll let you know when the next course is expected to take place.

 

Spring/Summer term 2021 (Apr-Jun)

courses will be linked to our main main website as soon as they are available to book

Monday

• * MD999 Opera studies 3: operas in production, 19/04/2021, 10 sessions, 13:20, Pauline Greene
• *MD047A Topics in Medieval music, 19/04/2021, 10 sessions, 18:00, Edward Breen

Tuesday

• * MD021C Exploring classical music: module 3, 20/04/2021, 10 sessions, 13:30, Karen Betley
• * MD024 Fin-de-siècle Vienna, 20/04/2021, 10 sessions, 15:20, Karen Betley
• * MD809 British folk music: a rough guide, 20/04/2021, 10 sessions, 18:20, Toby Manning
• * MD036C Robert Schumann in focus, 27/04/2021, 10 sessions, 10:50, Katy Hamilton

Wednesday

• * MD701B Great works: Ravel's Boléro, 14/4/21, 1 session, 18:00, Trish Shaw
• * MD816 Handel London operas 2, 21/04/2021, 10 sessions, 14:00, Edward Breen
• * MD030C Exploring classical music: module 3, 21/04/2021, 10 sessions, 18:00, Karl Lutchmayer
• * MD041C Dido and Aeneas: from Virgil to Purcell, 23/06/2021, 1 session, 13.00, Nikoletta Manioti & Katy Hamilton

Thursday

• * MD041B Great works: Dvorák's Symphony No 8, 15/04/2021, 1 session, 14:00, Katy Hamilton
• * MD1002 Stravinsky in the 20th century, 22/04/2021, 10 sessions, 10:30, Karen Betley
• * MD020B Exploring classical music: module 2, 22/04/2021, 10 sessions, 16:00, Neil Luck
• * MD025C Exploring classical music: module 3, 22/04/2021, 10 sessions, 18:00, Neil Luck
• * MD819 Agrippina: from Roman history to Handel opera, 24/06/21, 1 session, 13.00, Justin Murray & Pauline Greene
• * MD703C The long 19th century III: national pride and new directions, 29/04/2021,10 sessions, 14:00, Katy Hamilton

Friday

• * MD654A Exploring classical music: module 1, 23/04/2021, 10 sessions, 10:30, Edward Breen
• * MD622B Bob Dylan: an introduction to his music, 11/06/2021, 5 sessions, 15:45, David Harrison

 

Short summer courses 2021 (July-Aug)

courses will be linked to our main main website as soon as they are available to book

Monday

• *MD615C Music history book club: An Equal Music, 05/07/2020, 1 session, 11.00, Edward Breen
• *MD038C Great artists: Pauline Viardot, 12/07/21, 1 session, 13:30, Pauline Greene
• *MD900 Opera appreciation: an introduction, 26/07/21. 2 sessions, 13.00, Pauline Greene

Tuesdsay

• *MD614 Great albums: Revolver, 20/07/21, 1 session, 18.30, Toby Manning
• *MD897 Classical music: an introduction, 27/07/21, 1 session, 14.00, Pauline Greene
• *MD813 Great albums: The dark side of the moon, 03/08/21, 1 session, 18.30, Toby Manning
• *MD049A Miriam Makeba in King Kong: the South African jazz musical, 10/08/21, 1 session, 19.00, Sarha Moore

Wednesday

• *MD507 Introduction to the music of Igor Stravinsky, 14/07/21, 4 sessions, 10.30, Edward Henderson
• *MD701C Great works: Berlioz's Evenings with the Orchestra, 21/07/2021, 2 sessions,14.00, Trish Shaw
• *MD660 Great albums: Kind of Blue, 21/07/21, 1 session, 18.30, aLbi Gravener
• *MD040D Great works: Tallis's Spem in alium, 04/08/2021, 1 session, 14.00, Edward Breen
• *MD040E Great Artists: David Munrow, 11/08/2021, 1 session, 14.00, Edward Breen

Thursday

• *MD039C Great works: Vivaldi's Four Seasons, 08/07/2021, 2 sessions, 10:30, Karen Betley
• *MD701D A brief history of improvisation in classical music, 08/07/2021, 4 sessions, 18:00, Lindsey Fillingham
• *MD911A Jazz today, 22/07/21, 5 sessions, 18.30, aLbi Gravener

Friday

• *MD642C Great works: Stravinksy's Apollo, 16/07/2021, 2 sessions, 10:30, Pauline Greene