Maths and Music
Wednesday 31 October 2007 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)
With mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.
Playlist
3/4. Theme and Variations
He reveals the symmetry in Bach's Goldberg Variations, the maths behind bell-ringing and Mozart's obsession with numbers.
Music extracts:
1.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM New Series 1825 472 185-2, Track 1 & 7
2.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata, K.448. I - Allegro con spirito.
Murray Perahia (piano). Radu Lupu (piano).
CBS CD39511, Track 1
3.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Musikalisches Wurfelspiel
Clive Portbury (piano)
Specially recorded.
