Music

Episodes

• Music of the Body - Milton Mermikides 2026-06-16
  Music and biology are profoundly entwined. The heart beats, footsteps fall into familiar tempi, and even the movement of our limbs follows a natural…
• Music of the Mind - Milton Mermikides 2026-04-24
  This lecture was recorded by Milton Mermikides on the 15th of April 2026 at LSO, London Milton Mermikides is a composer, guitarist, technologist,…
• Music of Earth and Space - Professor Milton Mermikides 2026-03-10
  Since Pythagoras, we have imagined the universe as a vast, resonant instrument—a cosmic harmony waiting to be heard. From Holst’s orchestral visions…
• Music of Light and Colour - Milton Mermikides 2026-01-20
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/3B58-fA2b-4 "Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many…
• Music of Animals - Milton Mermikides 2025-11-14
  Do animals make music? Are the languages of whales and birds truly songs? To answer this, we must first understand what we mean by music as human…
• Remixing the Music of the Spheres - Milton Mermikides and Chris Lintott 2025-07-18
  This is the fifth and final lecture from the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/musical-ideas-2025…
• The Virtues of Music - Milton Mermikides and Melissa Lane 2025-07-18
  This is the third lecture from the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/musical-ideas-2025 This dialogue…
• Climbing Mount Groove: Music and Dance in the Brain - Milton Mermikides and Morten Kringelbach 2025-07-18
  This is the second lecture from the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/musical-ideas-2025 Why does a…
• The Evolution of Music - Milton Mermikides and Robin May 2025-07-18
  This is the first lecture from the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/musical-ideas-2025 Musical…
• The Maths of Music (and the Music of Maths) - Milton Mermikides and Sarah Hart 2025-07-18
  This is the fourth lecture from the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/musical-ideas-2025 Professors…
• Illuminating the Dark Side of the Moon - Milton Mermikides 2025-07-01
  Now over 50 years old, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon remains the perfect example of a concept album. Blending cyclical forms, jazz and modal…
• From Thin Air: Minimalist and process music from Africa to Arvo Pärt - Milton Mermikides 2025-06-10
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/3ntebbsM4Hw This lecture delves into musical forms which rely on the most economical of materials…
• Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix unpicked - Milton Mermikides 2025-04-18
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/rKoYL4yrNsg Despite being cited as one of the most creative and influential guitarists of all time,…
• Breaking the Fourth Wall of Sound: The Paradox of Screen Music - Milton Mermikides 2025-02-07
  Sound and music hold a strange and powerful role in film, TV and video games, aiding narrative and emotional impact. They can even exist in the…
• Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles - Milton Mermikides 2024-12-20
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/VeJxEXZfT2Y This lecture analyses the ‘psychedelic era’ of the Beatles, from Sgt. Peppers Lonely…
• What is a Puzzle Canon? The Divine Trickery of J.S. Bach - Milton Mermikides 2024-11-03
  Behind the sublime precision and expressive power of Bach’s music lies a mischievous spirit. From puzzle canons (where the performer must solve a…
• Is Music Infinite? - Milton Mermikides 2024-06-12
  This lecture explores the very limits of music: investigating historical efforts to catalogue musical materials including the melacarta of Carnatic…
• Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly - Milton Mermikides 2024-05-24
  What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful or ugly? This lecture explores the concept of ‘musical flavour’ formed by…