Music in the flesh
Schedule
Tue Mar 17 2026 at 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, EN
About this Event
Why do we make music? Professor Bettina Varwig, in dialogue with internationally acclaimed musicians Maggie Faultless and Nick Mulroy, explores how music takes shape in the act of performance and how historical insight can transform our experiences of playing and listening.
In this workshop, we will explore how we perform and listen to music in the Western classical tradition, and how historical insight can inspire us to perform and listen differently. Professor Bettina Varwig (Faculty of Music) will be in conversation with a group of musicians, including the internationally renowned violinist Maggie Faultless and tenor Nick Mulroy.
They will play and sing their way through a range of music from the 17th and 18th centuries (Bach, Corelli, Purcell, Vivaldi), and discuss how this music takes shape gesturally and affectively under their fingers and in their throats. Listeners will be invited to attend resonantly to their own bodily responses, and thereby tune into the power of this music to transform its participants in body, mind and spirit.
Where is it happening?
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, Saint Andrew's Street, Cambridge, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00
