What role do magic squares, fractals and probability theory play in music composition? How does pattern underpin a Bach fugue? And why is the mathematics of Pythagoras key to understanding music’s emotional power? Professor Sarah Hart, Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Birkbeck, University of London, and Gresham Professor of Geometry, answers these questions and more as she explores the connections between music and mathematics. Author of ‘Once Upon a Prime’, she is sure to shine an entertaining light onto the intriguing links between numbers and notes.

Part of Music in the Round’s Percussion, Pattern & Primes weekend.

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