DAYSOFSPECIALINTEREST

Traditionally days of special interest have been held at Moor Park Mansion, which is currently closed. Until it re-opens our lectures are being held online via Zoom. A unique link is emailed to members and guests on the day before each lecture. If you wish to 'attend' as a guest please complete the General Queries form below and links will be emailed to you. Click the link at 10:15am to join the audience for a chat before the lecture begins at 10:30am.

1 Oct
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2020
Byron
Heritage of Storms: Lord Byron, His Romantic Inheritance and His Artistic Legacy.
Speaker:
Elizabeth Merry
Byron's family history is a story as turbulent and passionate as that of any of his romantic and troubled heroes. The lame son of 'Mad Jack' Byron, gambler, renegade Guardsman and debauched seducer of high society beauties, and rich heiress Catherine Gordon of Gight, who herself came from a long line of lawless and violent Scottish aristocracy, Lord Byron's was indeed a heritage of storms.
25 Nov
WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2020
American Art
Indians, Buffalo and Storms: the American West in 19th Century Art
Speaker:
Toby Faber
Half study day.
Artists were never far behind the explorers who opened up 19th century western America. Sometimes they painted what they saw. Sometimes they painted what they wished they saw.
27 Jan
WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2021
Guerra! Guerra!
Music, Art and War 1800-2000
Speaker:
Daniel Snowman
Thought-provoking links between war and art: disturbing, sometimes comforting messages embodied in music, drama, literature and opera.
11 Mar
THURSDAY 11 MARCH 2021
Russian Opera
The Golden Age of Opera and Ballet in St Petersberg 1890 - 1917
Speaker:
Rosamund Barlett
Overview of the significant ballet and opera productions at imperial St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre during its most glorious period 1890-1917.