Channel: Oxford Mathematics

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: tim harfordmathsorchestra of the age of enlightenmentmathmusic and maths

Description: Bach, the Universe & Everything - Schooled by Randomness We all want things to be perfect, to suit us. That's how we can be at our most creative. Or is it? In 1975 jazz genius Keith Jarrett was confronted by nothing short of disaster. But how he responded might be a lesson for us all. Tim Harford explains. Tim is preceded by an aria and chorale from JS Bach's Cantata BWV 81 Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? (Jesus sleeps, what shall I hope for?) courtesy of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. This is the second service from our Bach, the Universe & Everything series, a partnership between Oxford Mathematics and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment where music and science come together as they did in the Enlightenment of Bach's time.