Simone Graham from U3A Kyneton is offering her course – Composers, their Lives, Times and Music – to members of other U3As in 2025.
This course covers five centuries of the history of music, beginning with the 15th Century Renaissance period. It aims to satisfy the classical music lover’s curiosity about what was happening in the world at the time of some of the greatest composers, their life stories, and of course some of their compositions.
We will delve a little into form in music, to better understand the works. Each session will include YouTube performances of some of the best known and loved works. Some sessions will cover several composers during a certain period, for example, Vivaldi with Corelli, Bach with Handel, Beethoven and Mozart together with Haydn, etc.
We will journey through the three Romantic periods of music, explore the great Nationalist composers and end with the early 20th Century music of Rachmaninov, Elgar and Ravel, among others.
There are ten sessions in the course, each lasting two hours. The course will run on the third Thursday of every month, from February to November, beginning 20 Feb 2025 10.30 am -12.30 pm. To enrol your group (if viewing via one Zoom link on the big screen) or individually, click here or on the link below.
https://u3anetworkvictoria.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpceGvrTwvG9SIPCB2WTL8KiDaTlcgRoSN
Third Thursday of every month, February to November 2025.
Beginning 20 Feb 2025 10.30 am -12.30 pm.