Metamorphoses - Pan - Nature and Mankind - 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 Pan, who played upon a reed pipe which was Syrinx his beloved. Performers: Michael Mainelli, Gresham Professor of Commerce (speaker) John Harle (saxophone + speaker) William Joseph (graphics) This is the 2nd 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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