Bach, the Universe and Everything:The Creativity Code - the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Marcus du Sautoy
1 December 17:30 to 18:30
Mathematical Institute University of Oxford Andrew Wiles Building Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6GG
With Professor Marcus du Sautoy, Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
The science: Could computers put composers out of job? Professor Marcus du Sautoy’s latest book, The Creativity Code: How AI is Learning to Write, Paint and Think, explores creativity, algorithms, and whether artificial intelligence will ever be able to write a cantata quite like Bach.
The music: To mark the start of Advent, the Orchestra plays one of Bach’s Christmas cantatas, full of anticipation for the big day. It’s an unusual cantata, bringing in element of secular French opera, such as an Overture, into church music.
