Channel: Oxford Mathematics

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: william byrdtelemannorchestra of the age of enlightenmentj.s. bachmusic and maths

Description: Bach, the Universe & Everything - Can you hear the shape of a drum? In Bach the Universe & Everything, mathematics and music share the stage. A partnership between Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Oxford Mathematics, these secular services aim to reflect the community atmosphere of the Enlightenment in the 18th Century via the science and musicians of our own. In this first service of the season, Oxford Mathematician Jon Chapman asks if you can hear the shape of a drum while J.S. Bach and friends keep perfect time. Running Order: Prelude: Georg Böhm - Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig Polyphony: William Byrd - Haec Dies Reading: Walt Whitman - Beat! Beat! Drums! Cantata: Johann Sebastian Bach - Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig BWV 26 (Chorales and Aria) Talk: Jon Chapman - Can you hear the shape of a drum? Postlude: Georg Philipp Telemann - Darmstadt Ouverture TWV 55:g4 'Gasconnade'