Metamorphoses - Phaethon - Mankind's Power - Gresham Sustainability Talk & Benjamin Britten
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Channel: Gresham College · 2009 · Education
A fusion of Benjamin Britten's "Six Metamorphoses After Ovid" (Op.49) with financial musings on Sustainability. This part begins with the image of Phaethon, who rode upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt. Performers: Michael Mainelli, Gresham Professor of Commerce (speaker) John Harle (saxophone + speaker) William Joseph (graphics) This is the 3rd part of the lecture/event 'Metamorphoses: The Terrible Beauty of Change', which took place in June 2009 as a part of the City of London Festival. The full event is available (in 8 parts) here on YouTube, or it can be downloaded (like all of our lectures and events) from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College has been giving free public lectures and events since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.
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