This tag: Art History
Orpheus – Life after Death Unlike other Greek Heroes Orpheus was basically peaceful. He braved the Underworld and was one of the Argonauts. Ever since he has been a major influence for artists and composers. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 3rd March 2018. We studied the Greek Myths surrounding Orpheus… Read more »
- Posted on: March 25, 2018
- Featured in History, History features, Music, Music features
- Also tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, British Museum, European History, French composers, German composers, Gluck, Greek Myths, Italian composers, Monteverdi, Offenbach, Opera, Orpheus
This tag: Art History
Life and times of Charles I and Henrietta Maria Charles was never meant to be king but rose to the challenge and he and Henrietta led a glittering court. Sadly they were at odds with Parliament and the people which led to Civil War. This course was run at the Queen’s House Greenwich on Saturday… Read more »
- Posted on: January 20, 2018
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged British Kings and Queens, British Museum, English Composer, European History, Greenwich, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, The Queen's House Greenwich, The Stuarts, Women's history
This tag: Art History
This is the first of six postings for lectures from the Cruise on the SAGA Pearl II to the Gulf of Bothnia. MUSIC AND ART INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE This series of Six Talks was devised to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016. They were commissioned for a cruise to the Gulf of… Read more »
- Posted on: July 7, 2016
- Featured in History, History features, Music, Shakespeare, Shakespeare
- Also tagged Berlioz, British Kings and Queens, David Garrick, English Composer, Henry Fuseli, London History, Macbeth, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, Richard III, Saga Cruise to Bothnia, Seven Ages of Man, Shakespeare400, Theatre History, Thomas Morley, Tudor History, Vaughan Williams, William Blake, Women's history