Our Programme
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February 8th In the Wake of Handel Despite his German birth and Italian training, Handel remains one of the most important composers that England ever nurtured. Peter Medhurst's new lecture explores Handel's influence on his musical contemporaries as well as on the literary, visual and decorative arts of the time and the subsequent 300 years.
Peter Medhurst GRSM ARCM, one of NADFA'S most popular lecturers, returns to GEDFAS by popular demand. Peter travels the world giving lectures, recitals and concerts as well as leading cultural/musical tours. |
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March 14th The Original Olympic Games In the run up to the London Olympics we are delighted to present a lavishly illustrated lecture that traces the origin and development of the Games in ancient Olympia, Greece through to the modern series introduced in 1896.
Dr Ann Birchall BA, PhD, FSA, an archaeologist of international reputation and formerly Assistant Keeper at the British Museum as well as a writer and radio & TV broadcaster. |
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April 11th A Thousand Years of History: Medieval Cathedrals as Time Machines Tracing the Cathedrals story from the revolutionary birth of English Christianity around 600AD, through the rebuilding following the 1066 Conquest, the Gothic period and the dynastic struggles of the late Medieval era which eventually tore apart the very world that created the Cathedrals. |
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May 9th A Kiss for All the World: Klimt and the Viennese Secession The fears and anxieties of Vienna in the final years before the Great War found expression in the writing of Freud, the music of Gustav Mahler and the haunting paintings of Klimt. A society in search of salvation at a time when mankind had lost faith in it's future. The lecture traces the course of this brief, often dark but always dazzlingly inventive period of art.
Douglas Skeggs MA (Cantab) |
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June 13th Lucian Freud: Paintings to Astonish, Disturb, Seduce and Convince |
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2012 - 2013 Season September 12th Brothers in Art; The Pre-Raphaelites Britain's Greatest Artists? Dr Anne Anderson |
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October 10th AGM The Life and Times of William Morris William G. Forrester |
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November 14th Frost Fairs on the Frozen Thames Nicholas Reed BA Oxon MA MP |
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December 12th The Christmas Story in Renaissance Art Dr Paula Nuttall BA Hons PhD |