Bach, the Universe & Everything

Bach, the Universe and Everything is a science and music series from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.In this episode, Professor Marcus du Sautoy from the University of Oxford explores whether artificial intelligence could ever write music like Bach. To test the theory, Marcus presents to us two chorales; one written by the composer himself and the other by a computer...

Bach, the Universe and Everything is a science and music series from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment that mixes a talk on the world around us with Bach's cosmic music.What the cell are we humans made up of?Professor Buzz Baum from University College London joins up for this episode to take a look at what all life originated from.In partnership with the Institute of Physics.

The fourth episode of our new podcast Bach, the Universe & Everything, featuring Bach's cosmic music and talks from leading scientists taken from our series of the same name at Kings Place.Is there life on other worlds? Science is getting closer to finding an answer. David Waltham closes our season with a look at the latest research in astrobiology - the search for extraterrestrial life.In partnership with the Institute of Physics.kingsplace.co.uk/btuae

The third episode of our new podcast Bach, the Universe & Everything, featuring Bach's cosmic music and talks from leading scientists taken from our series of the same name at Kings Place.In 2017, scientists discovered 'Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. What is it? Where did it come from? Professor Alan Fitzsimmons led the first team to try and find the answers. We also hear a movement from a cantata Bach wrote for New Year's Day in 1725.In partnership with the Institute of Physics.kingsplace.co.uk/btuae

The second episode of our new podcast Bach, the Universe & Everything, featuring Bach's cosmic music and talks from leading scientists taken from our series of the same name at Kings Place.BBC's Maggie Aderin-Pocock joins us to explore her fascinating career in engineering for space, and explains why we should dare to have crazy dreams. Hear a movement from Bach's Cantata BWV 64, and a reading of Rolf Jacobsen's otherwordly poem, Skylab.In partnership with the Institute of Physics.kingsplace.co.uk/btuae

Here's the first episode in our new podcast Bach, the Universe & Everything, featuring Bach's cosmic music and talks from leading scientists taken from our series of the same name at Kings Place.Professor Suzanne Aigrain discusses her research into the worlds beyond our solar system, and we hear a reading from the Roman Poet Lucretius' poem On The Nature of Things.