Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Yoo Jeong-woo, music critic

First Tuesday of every month 10:00 am

Classical music is frequently seen as a heterogeneous and elevated existence. However, classical music is an art that lives and breathes vividly by melting into various cultures of our time. This course explores the contemporary value of classical music that has existed throughout a long history by looking at classical music, which is still showing vitality in film and other fields of art.

  • Starts on 6 September 2022 (1 class per month, 10 classes in total)
  • First Tuesday of every month 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Kukje Gallery K3 Seminar Room

Lecture Schedule

Lecture 1. 6 September 2022
Luigi Denza’s 100th anniversary & Salvatore Cardillo’s 75th anniversary
= The artistry of the Neapolitan canzone

Lecture 2 4 October 2022
The 125th Anniversary of the Death of Brahms and Billot’s Friendship and Art

Lecture 3 1 November 2022
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Ravel Arranged Orchestral Edition
= Mussorgsky’s <Pictures at an Exhibition>and Classical Saxophone

Lecture 4 6 December 2022
Masterpiece review = Eternal end-of-year music, Beethoven Symphony No.9 <Choral>

*No classes in January.

Lecture 5 7 February 2023
Drama in five acts expressed in orchestral music
= Berlioz’s <Symphonie Fantastique>and idée fixe

Lecture 6 7 March 2023
Wagner, Nietzsche, and <The Avengers> Hero Narrative

Lecture 7 4 April 2023
150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth and 80th anniversary of his death, the greatness of Rachmaninoff’s Two No. 2

Lecture 8 2 May 2023
Carry on the tradition and then dismantle the tradition again
Mahler Symphony No.1 <Titan>

Lecture 9 4 July 2023
Big isn’t the only thing! Aesthetics of subtraction = = Mozart Symphony No. 40 vs. Schubert Symphony No. 5

Lecture 10 1 August 2023
Special end-of-semester program for 2022/23 = topic to be determined

*The above program is subject to change depending on the circumstances.