Water
7 Feb 18.00

Learn more about classical music in the series of lectures entitled Classical curiosities. This tuesday the theme  is water. Debussy created salt-sprinkled waves and snow, and Liszt and Ravel conjured images of sprinkling fountains. Lecturer: Camilla Lundberg.

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Music and Spirituality
21 Mar 18.00

Learn more about classical music in the series of lectures entitled Classical curiosities. Follow the music's path to spiritual worlds from the Messiah's ascension to Ida Moberg's setting of Buddhist nirvana. Lecturer: Magdalena Fronczak.

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Ravel’s Blues and Other Overlapping Genres
9 May 18.00

Learn more about classical music in the series of lectures entitled Classical curiosities. This Tuesday we explore music that has ”run away from home”: jazz star Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto, Ravel’s Blues and Marc-Anthony Turnage’s Blood on the Floor. Lecturer: Johannes Gustavsson.

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Classical Curiosity: Up in The Air
26 Sep 18.00

How does music sound up in the air, in the sky, beyond mortal life? Camilla Lundberg listens upwards in a pleasant lecture about classical music. Coffee and sandwich are included.

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Classical Curiosity: The Sorcerer's Apprentices
24 Oct 18.00

The evening's lecture on classical music is about the female pioneers in a famous photo from 1929. The lecturer is Magdalena Fronczak. Coffee and sandwich are included.

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Classical Curiosity: What Does the Conductor do?
28 Nov 18.00

In this lecture, we find out what the significance really is of the conductor. Johannes Gustavsson reveals the myths behind the maestro. Coffee and sandwich are included.

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Classical Curiosity: Out in The Open
6 Feb 18.00

Vivaldi painted nature in tones - today the vulnerability of nature is in focus. Camilla Lundberg compares attempts to turn nature into sounding music in this lecture on classical music. Coffee and sandwich are included.

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Classical Curiosity: When Women Ruled Europe
19 Mar 18.00

Meet the empresses with power, means and opportunity in this lecture on classical music with Magdalena Fronczak. Coffee and sandwich are included in the price. (The lecture has been moved from 12 March to 19 March.)

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Classical Curiosity: The Percussion Workshop
23 Apr 18.00

Meet the musician with the orchestra's biggest toolbox – the percussionist. A noisy lecture on classical music with Johannes Gustavsson conductor, and percussionists from the Gothenburg Symphony. Coffee and sandwich are included in the price.

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Visions of Wagner
22 Apr 18.00

What does composer Richard Wagner have to do with death and destruction? Camilla Lundberg talks about the opera master who has gone down in music history. Learn more about classical music in the Classical Curiosity lecture series.

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The Orchestra Lineup
20 May 18.00

Just like in a football team. Everyone has different roles in an orchestra. But who decides what? And how to get 100 people to hit the target? Learn more about classical music in the Classical Curiosity lecture series.

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