Nature as a Subject of Musical Composition

This lecture series explores how composers across different eras bring nature to life in the listener's mind through music. We listen to musical examples and examine the concrete roles of rhythm, harmony, timbre, and orchestration in depicting natural phenomena and animals.

Lecture topics:

1. The creation of the world, water and air
2. Fire, earth and the end of the world
3. Animal descriptions

Facade renovation of Opistotalo may cause disruptions and changes to the programme.