10th November Art Fund, Cambridge In the Wake of Handel

A lecture recital examining the impact that Handel has had on 300 years of British culture.

26th November
27th November Friends of St Swithun’s, Greywell House, Greywell Looking forward to Christmas 

With the first Sunday of Advent falling on the day after this special event at Greywell Hill, Peter Medhurst – singer, pianist, and scholar – presents a lively programme of music and stories that connect with the theme of preparing for Christmas.  Music will include The Coventry Carol, The Little Road to Bethlehem by Michael Head, La Volta by William Byrd, Thy Wife Shall be as the Fruitful Vine by Handel, and an unusual version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

7.00 pm

30th November Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre,Del la Warr Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3BS An Hour with Mozart

Peter Medhurst presents a programme of Mozart’s music that links with famous personalities – Haydn, Linley, Novello, Dittersdorf, George III. He will perform arias from The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro, early piano works (K1-5), Adagio in B minor K540, and selections from the songs.

With Carol Wells, piano.

Concert begins at 1.30 pm

Box Office: 01342 302000

1st December West Wycombe DFAS Merrily on High – the history of the English Christmas Carol 

Morning lecture recital.  See society’s website for details

2nd December Cambridge DFAS In the Wake of Handel
6th December Kingsbridge DFASThurlestone Parish Hall, Devon St Nicholas comes in the wild winter weather 

Christmas lunch and musical anthology presented by Peter Medhurst to celebrate this feast day of St Nicholas, patron saint of children

 

See Kingsbridge DFAS website for details

7th December Haselmere DFASHaselmere, Surrey The Twelve Days of Christmas 

Lecture-recital on the customs and traditions of the famous twelve days that follow the birth of Christ

 

 

See Society’s Website for details.  Event starts at 2.15 pm

8th December Sutton Coldfield DFAS, All Saints Church Centre, Belwell Lane, Four Oaks Merrily on High – the history of the English Christmas Carol 

Peter Medhurst traces the progress of the English Christmas carol through seven centuries of continuous development and reveals that behind many of our apparently unassuming seasonal songs lie some fascinating stories

 

2.15 pm

Contact Robin Tomkins for details 0121 354 5646

 

9th December Monmouthshire DFAS, St Mary’s Priory Centre, Monk Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5ND Merrily on High – the history of the English Christmas Carol 

Peter Medhurst traces the progress of the English Christmas carol through seven centuries of continuous development and reveals that behind many of our apparently unassuming seasonal songs lie some fascinating stories

 

11.00 am

www.monmouthshiredfas.org.uk

13th December Dartmouth & Kingswear DFAS, The Flavel, Dartmouth Peter Medhurst presents a Christmas Lecture

2.30 pm

Contact: Mrs Barbara Bowers

Tel: 01803 833768

14th December North London DFAS, Kenwood House, London We Three Kings ~ Music, art, poetry & legends inspired by the Magi  

The Bible gives very little information about the wise men who came from the East bearing Christ the famous gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  However, by contrast, there is no shortage of music, poetry and art that has been inspired by these men, and Peter examines the impact of the Three Kings on the culture of later generations.

 

10.30 am

Contact Mrs Eve Taylor 020 8445 1506

 

15th December Cobbetts Way DFAS, Farnham College, Morley Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8LU I am the Very Model – parody & satire in the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan 

The operas of Gilbert & Sullivan are rich in contemporary satire and witty personal allusions. Peter Medhurst tells how each of the 14 operas on which the partners collaborated drew inspiration from the world in which they lived.  As a result, celebrities, politicians, social mores, manners, artistic taste, the class system – even Queen Victoria’s red drawing room at Windsor Castle – are poked fun at.

 

8.00 pm

www.cobbettsweydfas.org.uk

17th December Oundle DFAS, Barnwell Village Hall, Nr Oundle Peter Medhurst presents a Christmas Lecture

11.00 am

Contact Mrs H Diggle 01832 272476

21st December Diss DFAS, Roydon Village Hall, DissNorfolk IP22 5RB The Story of Mozart’s Magic Flute

Through digital images and live examples sung and played from the piano, Peter Medhurst discusses and illustrates the many complexities and subtleties that lie beneath the surface of one of Mozart’s best loved works

 

2.15 pm

Contact Alison Rainer, secretary.  alisonrainer100@btinternet.com