The first lecture of the course celebrates Ferruccio Busoni – 1866 – 1924

‘Music is so constituted that every context is a new context and should be treated as an ‘exception’. The solution of a problem, once found, cannot be reapplied to a different context. Our art is a theatre of surprise and invention, and of the seemingly unprepared. The spirit of music arises from the depths of our humanity and is returned to the high regions whence it has descended on mankind.’ F.Busoni

Free to all summer school participants. Tickets available to the public from the Stoller Hall.