Music Research Seminar Series 2017-18 with John McLeod

Music Research Seminar Series 2017-18 with John McLeod
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Scottish composer John McLeod CBE FRAM will discuss aspects of composition with particular reference to the way composers of the past and present use duration, shape and colour as a means of presenting their work.

Title: Musical duration, shape and colour – basic forces in musical composition

The award-winning Scottish composer John McLeod CBE FRAM talks and discusses aspects of composition with particular reference to the way composers of the past and present use duration, shape and colour as a means of presenting their work. He will also draw examples from his own music and will show a film of the performance of his The Sun Dances played by the BBC SSO under Donald Runnicles at the BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall in 2014.

Speaker
John McLeod
Hosted by
Department of Music
Venue
MacRobert Building, MR055
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Free and open to the public.