What makes Classical music special among the arts? And where did it come from?
To reckon with the inexhaustible complexity of the western musical tradition, its long history and the roots of its contemporary crises, EI's
Alastair Benn is joined by
Richard Bratby, the chief classical music critic of The Spectator magazine, and
Alexandra Wilson, musicologist and cultural historian.
Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the
Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn, and produced by Caitlin Brown. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones.
Image: A string quartet. Credit: nsf / Alamy Stock Photo