Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Eighteenth-century Lyrics in Nineteenth-century Dress: Brahms’s Settings of Ludwig Hölty’s Poetry (Lecture-recital) | Dr Natasha Loges (Royal College of Music) and Stephan Loges (bass-baritone) Brahms’s poetic interests ranged far beyond the tastes of most of his contemporaries. One striking inclusion in his panoply of song-poets is the eighteenth-century lyric poet Ludwig Hölty, who specialised in beautifully […]

Music, People and Place: Understanding Attitudes Towards Art and Education in Classical Music Audiences Today | Sarah Price (University of Sheffield and Trinity Laban Conservatoire) Why do people attend classical music concerts? This question has puzzled academic and commercial researchers for many years. With classical music organisations across the country struggling to attract the next generation […]

Delius Deep South | Professor Daniel Grimley (Merton College, Oxford) The importance of America in the life and music of Frederick Delius (1862–1934) has been widely recognized. Delius spent a formative year in Florida as young man in 1884–5, managing a citrus plantation leased by his father. Many scholars have since pointed to the impact of […]