2nd October North Court Manor

Isle of Wight

Study Day

Paintings inspired by Music and Music Inspired by paintings

It has long been recognised that the worlds of the visual and aural arts link with extraordinary power when one medium inspires the other.  The study day, which spans over 600 years of the arts, analyses and discusses a range of related works, bringing together the music of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus with Respighi’s Trittico botticelliano, Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead with Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem, and Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie with the piano playing of Albert Ammons.

10.00 am – 3.30 pm

Information & Booking: http://www.vectisdfas.org.uk/Special/FutureSpecial.aspx

3rd October Rudgwick Hall

Bucks Green, Horsham, West Sussex

Lecture-recital

Paintings inspired by Music and Music Inspired by paintings

It has long been recognised that the worlds of the visual and aural arts link with extraordinary power when one medium inspires the other.  The study day, which spans over 600 years of the arts, analyses and discusses a range of related works, bringing together the music of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus with Respighi’s Trittico botticelliano, Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead with Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem, and Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie with the piano playing of Albert Ammons.

10.45 am

Information: 01483 271574

5th October Surrey Performing Arts Library

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA

Lecture –recital

Vermeer – the musical pictures

The Dutch paintings of the 17th century, which show musical scenes are among the most evocative and best loved of the period.  However, the presence of music in the pictures of Vermeer and his contemporaries goes far beyond mere representation and appears to carry hidden and complex meanings that the viewer must attempt to decode, in order to get to the heart of the picture.  Peter Medhurst discusses in great detail Vermeer’s musical scenes and performs a selection of period songs and keyboard music to complement the pictures.

2.30 pm

Information & tickets: http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/events/events-in-mole-valley/vermeer-the-musical-pictures-a-talk-by-peter-medhurst2

8th October Rhodes Arts Complex

1-3 South Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3JG

Lecture recital

Music on the Grand Tour

In this study day, Peter Medhurst takes a look at 18th century Italian music making – the composers, the performers, the musical forms and styles – and determines exactly what it was that drew the musical British travellers south, time and time again.

10.45 am

Information: http://www.bishopsstortforddfas.org/prog.htm

8th October Bishop Perowne Church of England College (Performing Arts)

Merriman’s Hill Road, Worcester, WR3 8LE

Lecture-recital

And so to Vauxhall . . . .

Drawing on period newspapers and diaries, digital images, and music in the Vauxhall Gardens’ repertoire, Peter Medhurst gives a vivid impression of cultural life at London’s first ‘South Bank’.  Music performed includes: The Lass with the Delicate Air – M Arne, Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind – TA Arne, Hornpipe for Vauxhall 1740 – GF Handel, Allegro from Organ Concerto in C – TA Arne (see recording below), Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill – J Hook, and Farewell to Vauxhall – J Lampe

8.00 pm.  Information: http://www.cowdfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

9th October The Studio Theatre

Broad Street, Birmingham

In the Wake of Handel

Lecture-recital

Peter Medhurst explores the works of the French sculptor Roubiliac, the paintings of Hudson and Denner, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, the novels of Samuel Butler, the Crystal Palace, the chimes of Westminster, as well as compositions by Sullivan and Tippett, to assess the cultural influences Handel had on ‘a nation’, as he once wrote, ‘from whom I have receiv’d so generous a protection’.

11.00 am

Information:  0121 4565183

14th October The Flavel Arts Centre

Flavel Place, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND

Lecture-recital

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. The lecture 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.  The lecture relates how the then first Lord of the Admiralty, WH Smith, became the model for Sir Joseph Porter KCB in HMS Pinafore, how Oscar Wilde inspired Bunthorne – the fleshly poet – in Patience, and how Gilbert himself was the model for the Judge, in Trial By Jury.

2.30 pm.  Information: http://www.dakfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

15th October Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall

Woodfield Lane, Ashtead KT21 2BE

Lecture-recital

Paintings inspired by Music and Music Inspired by paintings

It has long been recognised that the worlds of the visual and aural arts link with extraordinary power when one medium inspires the other.  The study day, which spans over 600 years of the arts, analyses and discusses a range of related works, bringing together the music of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus with Respighi’s Trittico botticelliano, Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead with Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem, and Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie with the piano playing of Albert Ammons.

10.30 am.  Information: http://www.ashtead-dfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

16th October Lord Hill Hotel

Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AX

Lecture-recital

Venice in 18th century London: Venetian Influences on English Music and Culture

As the powers of Venice declined in the 18th century, many of its artists and musicians looked for work elsewhere and, perhaps inspired by the many young Englishmen on the Grand Tour, they set their sights on London. Musicians such as Galuppi and Alberti were joined by eminent painters such as Canaletto and Pelligrini, as this Venetian influence infiltrated London.

 

2.00 pm.  Information: http://www.shrewsburydfas.org.uk/lectures.htm

24th October The Riverside Suite

Gypsy Lane, Luton LU1 3JH

Lecture-recital

Mozart’s Operatic World

The lecture will cover the working methods of Mozart as an operatic composer and his working relationships with his librettists, singers and theatre managers. The event will be illustrated by pictures and live music sung and played at the piano.

10.45 am.  Information: http://www.hadfas.org.uk/programme.htm

24th October The Tower Theatre

North Road, Folkestone CT20 3HL

Lecture-recital

The Musical World of Venice 16th to 18th Century

With its huge variety of cultural influences from southern Italy, Northern Europe and from the East, Venice was designed by its inhabitants to be an exceptional place.  The Venetians saw their city as a divinely ordained centre of religious, civic, and commercial life, and complimented this with a flow of musical compositions of the highest stands

 

This lecture explores the music of St Marks – the nerve centre of Venetian music making before 1650 – by examining the motets and largescale religious works of the Gabrielis and Monteverdi; before moving on to look at the opera L’incoronazione di Poppea, and the high Baroque compositions such as Albinoni, the Marcello brothers and Vivaldi.

 

2.45 pm. Information: http://www.folkestonedfas.org.uk/visit-report-syon-park-and-gardens/programme-of-lectures-visits-20132014/

29th October The Bushey Centre

High Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire WD23 1TT

Bushey DFAS Study Day

Peter Medhurst

lecturer, keyboard instrument & bass-baritone

Rob Norman

violin & music co-ordinator

La Dolce Vita

Italian influences on European music and culture

With an accent on the 18th century, Peter Medhurst and Rob Norman explore the many fascinating cultural links that exist between England, Germany, Spain and Austria with Italy – ‘the land of music’, as Francis Head described it, in 1724.  The study content will include: the essence of Italian music and art; Vivaldi’s influence on JS Bach; Italian opera in London; Mozart’s Italian tours; A Joli’s impact on English artists; D Scarlatti’s legacy to keyboard music; Turner’s debt to Canaletto etc

Information and tickets from Mr J Norman 020 8950 8572

31st October Town Hall

Crown Centre, Crown Lane, Stourbridge DY8 1YE

Lecture-recital

Music at the Foundling hospital

Peter Medhurst explores the musical connections of the Foundling Hospital

11.00 am

Information: 01562 850387

4th November Dixie School Hall

Market Bosworth, Leicestershire

Sparkenhoe Arts Society

Lecture-recital

Music in the Great Art Collections of Europe

Many of the great – but smaller – European art collections are tucked away in side streets, country houses and provincial towns, known often only to connoisseurs and local communities.  With an eye to important paintings, musical instruments and pictures with musical content, Peter Medhurst explores some of these quality galleries, and examines the contents of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Burghley House in Lincolnshire, The Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, the Vleeshuis in Antwerp, and the Ca’ Rezzonico in Venice.

7.30 pm.  Information: 01455 290300

5th November Tenterden Leisure Centre

Tenterden, Kent

Lecture-recital

In the Wake of Handel

Peter Medhurst explores the works of the French sculptor Roubiliac, the paintings of Hudson and Denner, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, the novels of Samuel Butler, the Crystal Palace, the chimes of Westminster, as well as compositions by Sullivan and Tippett, to assess the cultural influences Handel had on ‘a nation’, as he once wrote, ‘from whom I have receiv’d so generous a protection’.

11 am.  Information: 01580 766188

8th November The Loyd Lindsay Rooms

High Street Ardington Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 8PS

Wantage DFAS Study Day

Venice in London: Venetian Influences on English Music and Culture

As the powers of Venice declined in the 18th century, many of its artists and musicians looked for work elsewhere and, perhaps inspired by the many young Englishmen on the Grand Tour, they set their sights on London. Musicians such as Galuppi and Alberti were joined by eminent painters such as Canaletto and Pelligrini, as this Venetian influence infiltrated London.

10.30 am -3.00 pm.  Information: http://www.wantagedfas.org/page6.html

12th November St Edmund’s Hall

Cumberland Road, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6JP

Southwold DFAS

Venice in London: Venetian Influences on English Music and Culture

As the powers of Venice declined in the 18th century, many of its artists and musicians looked for work elsewhere and, perhaps inspired by the many young Englishmen on the Grand Tour, they set their sights on London. Musicians such as Galuppi and Alberti were joined by eminent painters such as Canaletto and Pelligrini, as this Venetian influence infiltrated London.

2 00 pm.  Information: http://southwolddfas.onesuffolk.net/lectures/

13th November East Horsley Village Hall

Kingston Avenue, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QT

Lecture-recital

Music in the Great Art Collections of Europe

Many of the great – but smaller – European art collections are tucked away in side streets, country houses and provincial towns, known often only to connoisseurs and local communities.  With an eye to important paintings, musical instruments and pictures with musical content, Peter Medhurst explores some of these quality galleries, and examines the contents of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Burghley House in Lincolnshire, The Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, the Vleeshuis in Antwerp, and the Ca’ Rezzonico in Venice.

10.30 am.  Information: http://horsleydfas.org.uk/

14th November Victoria Hall

39 High Street, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6FL

 

Study Day

Paintings inspired by Music and Music Inspired by paintings

It has long been recognised that the worlds of the visual and aural arts link with extraordinary power when one medium inspires the other.  The study day, which spans over 600 years of the arts, analyses and discusses a range of related works, bringing together the music of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus with Respighi’s Trittico botticelliano, Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead with Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem, and Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie with the piano playing of Albert Ammons.

10.30 am – 3.30 pm

Information: 01572 723209

14th November St John’s Art Centre

St John’s Walk, Old Harlow CM17 0LH

Lecture-recital

In the Wake of Handel

Peter Medhurst explores the works of the French sculptor Roubiliac, the paintings of Hudson and Denner, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, the novels of Samuel Butler, the Crystal Palace, the chimes of Westminster, as well as compositions by Sullivan and Tippett, to assess the cultural influences Handel had on ‘a nation’, as he once wrote, ‘from whom I have receiv’d so generous a protection’.

8.00 pm.  Information: http://www.harlowdfas.org.uk/index_files/Page360.htm

16th November Bucks New University

The Owen Harris Building, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe HP11 2J

BARTS Study Morning

Music in the Great Art Collections of Europe

Many of the great – but smaller – European art collections are tucked away in side streets, country houses and provincial towns, known often only to connoisseurs and local communities.  With an eye to important paintings, musical instruments and pictures with musical content, Peter Medhurst explores some of these quality galleries, and examines the contents of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Burghley House in Lincolnshire, The Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, the Vleeshuis in Antwerp, and the Ca’ Rezzonico in Venice.

Information Mrs Carole Willat: c_willatt@tiscali.co.uk

19th November The Guildhall

The Broadway, Winchester SO23 9GH

Lecture-recital

We Three Kings – music, art, poetry & legends inspired by the Magi

The Bible gives us very little information about the wise men who came from the East bearing Christ the famous gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  All reference to them is housed in the opening chapter of St Matthew’s Gospel and what information is given is surrounded by ambiguity and approximation.  However, by contrast, there is no shortage of music, poetry and art that has been inspired by these men, and this lecture examines the impact of the Three Kings on the culture of later generations.

11.00 am & 2.00 pm.  Information: http://www.winchesterdfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

20th November The Hythe Centre

Thorpe Road, Egham, Surrey TW18 3HD

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

10.30 am.  Information: http://www.runnymededfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

20th November Chalfont St Peter Centre

Gravel Hill, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks SL9 9QX

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

2.00 pm.  Information: http://www.chalfontfinearts.co.uk/programme.html

26th November The Ark

Mount Lane, Turner’s Hill, West Sussex RH10 4PA

 

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

11.00 am.  Information: 01342 322140

26th November The Old Barnhall

Great Bookham, Surrey KT23 3PA

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

7.30 pm.  Information: http://www.bookham-dfas.org.uk/Diary.html

27th November High Cross Church

Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3SY

Camberley DFAS

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

2.15 pm.  Information: http://www.camberleydfas.org.uk/lectures%2013.htm

28th November The Alexander Centre

Preston Street, Faversham ME13 8NY

Lecture-recital

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 explores the many fascinating stories that lie behind our popular seasonal songs.

11.00 am.  Information: http://www.favershamdfas.org.uk/events-3/events-2/

2nd December Liphook Millenium Centre

2 Ontario Way, Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7LD

Liphook U3A

Lecture-recital

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 explores the many fascinating stories that lie behind our popular seasonal songs.

2.00 pm.  Information: http://www.liphooku3a.org.uk/

2nd December Dillington House

Ilminster TA19 9DT

Lecture-recital

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 explores the many fascinating stories that lie behind our popular seasonal songs.

7.30 pm.  Information: http://www.nerochedfas.org.uk/AboutUs/WhereWeMeet.aspx

3rd December Barton Marina

Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent DE13 8DB

Lecture-recital

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 explores the many fascinating stories that lie behind our popular seasonal songs.

1.45 pm.  Information: 01283 713418

4th December Tower Hall

Broadlands Way, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5SU

Lecture-recital

We Three Kings – music, art, poetry & legends inspired by the Magi

The Bible gives us very little information about the wise men who came from the East bearing Christ the famous gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  All reference to them is housed in the opening chapter of St Matthew’s Gospel and what information is given is surrounded by ambiguity and approximation.  However, by contrast, there is no shortage of music, poetry and art that has been inspired by these men, and this lecture examines the impact of the Three Kings on the culture of later generations.

2.15 pm.  Information: http://www.orwelldfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

5th December Aitkin Hall

Northy Avenue, Cheam, Surrey SM2 7HF

Lecture-recital

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 explores the many fascinating stories that lie behind our popular seasonal songs.

10.30 am.  Information: 020 8395 4641

5th December Drakes Hall

Chilter Avenue, Amersham, Bucks

Amersham DFAS

Lecture-recital

We Three Kings – music, art, poetry & legends inspired by the Magi

The Bible gives us very little information about the wise men who came from the East bearing Christ the famous gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  All reference to them is housed in the opening chapter of St Matthew’s Gospel and what information is given is surrounded by ambiguity and approximation.  However, by contrast, there is no shortage of music, poetry and art that has been inspired by these men, and this lecture examines the impact of the Three Kings on the culture of later generations.

8.00 pm.  Information: 01494 763947

6th December Sarisbury Green Community Centre

Sarisbury Green, Hants SO31 7AA

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

11.00 am pm.  Information: 01489 575383

6th December The Village Hall

17 Ravine Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset BH14 9QJ

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

2.15 pm.  Information: http://www.pooledfas.org/Program13.htm

9th December University of Greenwich

(Old Navel College), Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS

Lecture-recital

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 explores the many fascinating stories that lie behind our popular seasonal songs.

8.00 pm.  Information: http://www.gdfas.org/events.php?etype=L

10th December Liskeard Public Hall

West Street Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 6BW

Lecture-recital

Mozart the Operatic Genius

By delving into the scores of The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, Peter Medhurst explores Mozart’s genius as an opera composer.

7.30 pm.  Information: http://www.lidfas.org.uk/programme.html

11th December Shire Hall

Bodmin, Cornwall

Recital

On Christmas Night: 800 years of Seasonal Music

Peter Medhurst discusses, analyses and performs a wide range of Christmas pieces which include Medieval plainchant, 17th century English verse anthems, Handel, Mendelssohn, and songs by Reger, Vaughan Williams and Warlock

2.30 pm.  http://bodfas.org.uk/Lectures/FutureCalendar.aspx

11th December The Mylor Theatre

Truro College, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3XX

Recital

On Christmas Night: 800 years of Seasonal Music

Peter Medhurst discusses, analyses and performs a wide range of Christmas pieces which include Medieval plainchant, 17th century English verse anthems, Handel, Mendelssohn, and songs by Reger, Vaughan Williams and Warlock

7.00 pm.  Information: http://tdfas.wordpress.com/lectures/lecture-programme-2013/

12th December Carlyon Bay Hotel

Sea Road, St Austell, Cornwall PL25 3RD

Art Fund Cornwall Annual lecture & Christmas Lunch

Lecture-recital

Music in the Great Art Collections of Europe

Many of the great – but smaller – European art collections are tucked away in side streets, country houses and provincial towns, known often only to connoisseurs and local communities.  With an eye to important paintings, musical instruments and pictures with musical content, Peter Medhurst explores some of these quality galleries, and examines the contents of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Burghley House in Lincolnshire, The Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, the Vleeshuis in Antwerp, and the Ca’ Rezzonico in Venice.

11.00 am.  Information: http://www.artfund.org/search/Cornwall

12th December Zennor Theatre

Penwith College, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2SA

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

7.30 pm.  Information: http://wcornwalldfas.org.uk/lectures-2/current-lecture-programme/

13th December The Princess Pavillion

Melvill Road, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4AR

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

10.30 pm.  Information: http://www.fdfas.org.uk/lectures.php

17th December Shalford Village Hall

Kings Road, Shalford, Nr Guildford, Surrey GU8 6LL

In the Wake of Handel

Lecture-recital

Peter Medhurst explores the works of the French sculptor Roubiliac, the paintings of Hudson and Denner, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, the novels of Samuel Butler, the Crystal Palace, the chimes of Westminster, as well as compositions by Sullivan and Tippett, to assess the cultural influences Handel had on ‘a nation’, as he once wrote, ‘from whom I have receiv’d so generous a protection’.

10.30 am.  Information: http://www.nadfas-westsurrey.co.uk/#/programme-2013/4566833601

20th December Barnwell Village Hall

Barnwell, Nr Oundle, Peterborough PE8 5RE

Lecture-recital

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia, and to at least two cultures – neither of them Christian. Peter Medhurst explores the wealth of Christmas music, traditions and curious legends that are connected with them.

10.30 pm.  Information: 01780 470533