The Secret Mathematicians: Olivier Messiaen - Marcus Du Sautoy

Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the end of the time was created in a concentration camp using the only available instruments; it’s a profound an disturbingly beautiful work. Here, Marcus Du Sautoy explains how a mathematical analysis of the work allows us to understand some of the affect this piece has.
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-secret-mathematicians

Marcus Du Sautoy OBE is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and he’s interested in how Maths and the Arts work together and how similar processes underlie them.

This is a short extract from a Gresham Lecture. You can enjoy the lecture in full on our website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-secret-mathematicians

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