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PROGRAMME OF COURSES AND EVENTS
JULY 2019 - JUNE 2020
DILLINGTON "Dillington House is one of England's special places. A truly lovely rural surrounding in which to learn and study, to walk and think, to eat well and make new friends.” Rosie Boycott, Writer and Broadcaster
WELCOME TO DILLINGTON HOUSE…
A warm welcome
from Dillington
Thanks to some very generous sponsorship, Thank You
we continue to be able to engage top
performers for our concert series. We look We would like to take this opportunity to
forward to welcoming the Bournemouth thank all of our customers, patrons and
Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet to friends of Dillington, volunteers, sponsors
Welcome to this year’s education programme. and tutors for your continued loyalty to
We would like to thank Jo Boyland for all her Dillington in November when they will be
performing for our first Coffee Concert. Dillington. Thanks also goes to those
hard work in putting this together. We have individuals who have given us permission
now successfully appointed a new Education to use their photographs throughout the
Co-ordinator who will start with us in August. Dillington has a diverse mix of customers
who visit for a variety of reasons, from programme.
Lisa Farley has been a successful head teacher
for many years and is looking forward to education courses to weddings to conferences
and we have now moved into the hotel world We hope you will find some interesting
introducing new courses and music events. courses or events that you wish to attend and
to fill our empty bedrooms during the week.
You can now stay at Dillington and experience look forward to welcoming you back for
As usual, our programme includes familiar another year at Dillington.
favourites, but we are also introducing a the wonderful surroundings at any time you
like, subject to availability of course.
From all of the team at
couple of new tutors with new subjects during
the year. Stay In Touch
At the end of July the Guitar Summer School Sign up to our e-newsletter by visiting
will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary and the courses page on our website
the Guitar Festival will be very popular with www.dillington.com and clicking on the link.
a wonderful line up of international artistes –
so book your tickets quickly.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Residential Course Fees Additional Nights
Against each residential course you will find Subject to availability it may be possible
a series of symbols and prices, which give the to stay overnight in advance of a day
fees per person, relating to the different course for which we can offer a special rate Field Trips & Visits
grades of bedroom and occupancy. for dinner, bed and breakfast. Ask for full Course fees which include travel and
details on booking. entrance fees for field trips or visits are
s Double/twin room single occupancy denoted by the bus symbol.
l Double/twin room shared occupancy
H Single room Frequently Asked
u Non Resident Questions (FAQS)
See page 70 for FAQs and further
We also have two deluxe rooms – upgrades to information about what’s included.
a deluxe room cost £25 per person per night.
Charges current at time of going to press.
Stay connected
The website is easy to navigate and there you will find all sorts of information about the
courses and tutors together with links to their own websites. You can search by subject, tutor name or keywords.
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FRIENDS, PATRONS & SPONSORS
Friends
£25 per annum single subscription
£35 per annum joint subscription
l Receive the programme in advance
of everyone else
l Priority booking
l Exclusive promotions
l Reserved seating for concerts
l Reserved seating for talks
l Receive twice yearly newsletter with all
the behind the scenes stories and plans
l Entry into the annual prize draw
Patrons on most courses
£300 per annum 10% on concert tickets
All of the above plus… DiSCOuNT on talk tickets
Sponsors
As you will see a number of our concerts in the
programme have been sponsored by Friends and
Patrons of Dillington. We even have groups of
Friends joining together to sponsor future concerts.
if you are interested in sponsoring a concert in return
for some wonderful Dillington hospitality please call
our Events Team.
Terms and Conditions
DILLINGTON
l Membership runs for 12 months from the month of joining.
l Joint subscriptions apply to two people residing at the same
VOUCHERS address.
l Benefits to Patrons apply to a maximum of two people residing
at the same address.
Gift vouchers are an ideal present for Dillington regulars or a treat l Priority booking applies to printed programme only.
for someone new to Dillington. Vouchers are available in the l Patrons discount apply to most courses excepting those marked
amount of your choice and can be purchased from our Events Team where special P payments to third parties are involved.
01460 258613. Treat someone today and give them the gift of the l Patrons discount does not apply to pre-concert/pre-talk meals.
Dillington Experience. l Patrons discount applies to new bookings only.
© Lynne Hawkins
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1.
GUITAR FESTIVAL
5.
1. Vida Guitar Quartet 4. Prague Guitar Quartet 2.
Sunday 28 July 2019 Wednesday 31 July 2019
2. Katona Twins 5. Gitarrissima from
Monday 29 July 2019 Vienna
Thursday 1 August 2019
3. Copenhagen Guitar Duo
Tuesday 30 July 2019
4.
3.
1.
CONCERTS
1. Coull Quartet 3. Piano Recital with
Sunday 22 September 2019 Charles Owen
and Domenic Degavino 3.
2. The Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 29 March 2020
Brass Quintet 4. Piatti String Quartet
Sunday 17 November 2019 and Ella Rundle (cello)
Sunday 10 May 2020
4.
2.
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LECTURES LECTURE & LUNCH
Art Deco and Interwar Modernist Architecture Ancient Egyptian Artistry in Glass with Lucia Gahlin
in the South West with Mike Hope Friday 28 February
Music, Masonry and Manuscripts: An Inspirational
Sunday 8 September
Power and Patronage: The Death of an Elite? Journey Through Medieval England with Mark Cottle
The Changing Fortunes and Roles of the Non- Friday 6 March
Royal Dukes of the British Isles with Mike Hope
Guernica: The Greatest Painting in the World with
Wayne Bennett
Sunday 19 January
The Real Ludwig Van Beethoven with Phil Grabsky Friday 20 March
Sunday 9 February
Images from the Edge with Brian Anderson
Sunday 15 March
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DILLINGTON
T
he Dillington Book BOOK CLUB
with Elizabeth Rapp
Club offers an
CARVERY
opportunity for
all those lovers of
LUNCHES
literature to meet
to discuss a variety of
books. The group meets
on the first Tuesday of A lively &
every month and is led by stimulating
discussion -
Enjoy aindelicious
Elizabeth Rapp, who brings
carvery with her a wealth of literary good fun!
the beautiful knowledge and experience.
surroundings of Discussion is always lively and passionate as members are encouraged to freely
Dillington view and express their opinions. Whilst the book club is intended for serious
debate there is also a lot of fun to be had and discussions often continue all the
way through lunch!
As far as possible, it would be helpful to buy the same edition of the books which
will make it easier and quicker when reading round.
Dates for 2019
Tuesday 3 September
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, published by Vintage
Tuesday 1 October
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak, published by Penguin Random House
Tuesday 5 November
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, published by Wordsworth Classics
Tuesday 3 December
The Color Purple by Alice Walker, published by Phoenix Paperback
Available every Dates for 2020
Sunday 4 February, 3 March, 7 April, 5 May, 2 June
Further details of novels to be discussed will be published on our website as soon
as it is available.
*£25 per session starting with coffee at 10.30am and ending with a three
Main Course *£11 per person (under 10s £6.50) course lunch at 1.00pm.
Dessert *£5.95 per person
Prior booking is essential for all dates as places are limited.
Call 01460 258648 for further details and to reserve a table
Lunch will be served either in the Hyde or the House
Subject to availability Please sign up to receive full details of
*prices are current at time of going to press and subject to change the dates and books to be discussed by sending an
email to dillingtonbookings@somerset.gov.uk
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SUMMER courses
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Philosophy: Right and Royal Sunset: The Eclipse of
Wrong in the Modern World the European Monarchies and
JULY
Tea Tuesday 2 – Lunch Thursday 4 July World War 1
Fees (£): s 399 l 343 H 343 u 235 Tuesday 23 July
The branch of philosophy that deals with right and Fee: £55
wrong is known as ethics. Our exploration of ethics 1913 saw the last great gathering of the royal
will be aided by Aristotle, Plato, Kant as well as families of Europe in Berlin for the wedding of the
modern thinkers, such as Peter Singer. We will Kaiser’s daughter. Little did they know that a year
apply their theories to a range of issues including later war would break out and families would find
animal rights, discrimination and terrorism. themselves having to take sides and fight each
other. How did the war years affect the royal
families? Who perished, lost power or survived? By
1919 a very different Europe had become a reality
and the power of the remaining monarchies would
never be the same. The British Royal Family finally
changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in
1917, becoming the House of Windsor. Suitable
for anyone with an interest in history.
Tutor: Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard
Tutor: Darren Harper
In Search of the Holy Grail
Wednesday 24 July
Fee: £55
The theme of this writing day is that of quest for
what is most desired and precious for each one of
us, using the image of the Holy Grail of the
Europe: The First Thousand Years
Arthurian legend when King Arthur sent his
knights of the Round Table out to search for the
cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Our group Thursday 25 July
will read and discuss poems, myths and legends Fee: £55
which describe their searches and longing to find This day course is a pilot designed to consider
the end of their quest. The popularity of European History in the round. Rather than look at
pilgrimages from the Middle Ages until today to the gradual aggregation of modern nation states, it
the holy places of the world is a symptom of the will look at the evolution of Europe in totality using
journeys we are prepared to take to find our the essential threads of prevailing ‘world view’ as
Painting for Complete Beginners treasure. Everyone will be encouraged to write in a moulded by religious beliefs set against the
Monday 8 July, Monday 15 July & supportive and relaxed atmosphere. As Natalie imperatives of security and economic well-being.
Monday 22 July Goldberg, a famous literary critic says ”Writing is This course will consider the development of the
Fee: £169 includes materials about saying a holy yes to the real things of our European entity from the unifying influence of the
This series of workshops, which runs over three life”. So do come and try! Tutor: Elizabeth Rapp Roman Empire to its second incarnation under
consecutive Mondays, is for complete beginners Charlemagne. Further courses are planned for the
who want to paint with watercolours. We will begin Winter 2019 – Spring 2020 programme which will
with traditional techniques and colour mixing, continue the theme up to the Age of Discovery.
then explore some of the exciting possibilities that Tutor: Mike Shaw
make modern watercolour painting special.
individual help and encouragement at every stage
will enable the emerging artist to paint a simple
landscape, a still life and flowers.
Tutor: Angela Burton
10JULY
25th Dillington Classical Guitar
Summer School P
Directed by Peter Rueffer
Tea Sunday 28 July - Breakfast
Saturday 3 August
Fees (£): s 910 l 818 H 818 u 543
This popular event now in its 25th year, offers
classical guitarists a unique opportunity to
participate in a varied programme of music
making that also allows time to develop playing
and music reading skills. The emphasis is on
participation with students working in a non-
competitive and supportive environment,
performing in ensembles both large and small.
The course is suitable for players of all levels of
ability but please note that it is not suitable for
complete beginners.
Highlights for 2019 include an original work for
guitar orchestra as well as several new
arrangements by Peter Rueffer. There will also be
an opportunity for all to participate in a guitar duet
class directed by the Copenhagen Guitar Duo.
Each evening students join the audience at the
Guitar Festival featuring a fantastic line up of
international artists. Come and be part of a week
of fun, friendship and performance – you’ll get
hooked!
Deluxe upgrade available.
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25th
4.
The
DILLINGTON
Guitar Festival 3.
2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the
Dillington Guitar Festival. To mark this 1.
special occasion, 2019 welcomes back
Sunday 28 July Wednesday 31 July
the Vida Guitar Quartet, the Prague 1. Vida Guitar Quartet 4. Prague Guitar Quartet
Guitar Quartet, the Copenhagen Guitar Mark Ashford, Mark Eden, Amanda Cook, Marek Velemínský, Matěj Freml, Václav
Christopher Stell Kučera, Patrick Vacík
Duo and the Katona Twins, all of whom Works by Corelli, Gershwin and Works by Rodrigo, de Falla, Zdenek Lukas
have appeared at many previous Andrew York and John Duarte
Dillington Festivals. Monday 29 July
2. Katona Twins
Thursday 1 August
5. Gitarrissima from Vienna
A truly international line-up Peter & Zoltan Katona Olga Dimitrova, Réka Mihalovics-
Works by Tarrega, Tedesco, Ennio Zottmann, Antonina Ovchinnikova,
also introduces the sensational
2019
Morricone and Peter Katona Katarina Maric, Maksim Jablocnik
“Gitarrissima” a Guitar Quintet Tuesday 30 July
Works by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin
3. Copenhagen Guitar Duo
and Elgar
from Vienna.
Alan Sjolin, Martin Buono
Works by Albeniz, de Falla and Piazzolla
Tickets (per concert) £15 (under 18s £8) Festival Season Ticket £60
Pre-concert suppers available at £26. All concerts start at 8.00pm
12Great Cities in Their Heydays
Tea Monday 5 –
Lunch Wednesday 7 August
Fees (£): s 399 l 343 H 343 u 235
This course examines the key points in the stories
of five of the world’s greatest cities – all popular
AUG
tourist destinations, all rich in art and architecture.
The course is illustrated with photographs of
buildings and key works of art. The cities covered
are: Amsterdam in the 17th century ‘Golden Age’,
the time of Rembrandt when the canals were dug
and the city’s canal-side houses were built; London
in the Georgian era of terraces and squares; Paris
in the 19th century when it was largely rebuilt and
when the impressionists were starting their
careers; Prague at the turn of the 20th century,
when it was a cradle of Art Nouveau architecture Getting Started with Family DAY COuRSES
and Cubism; New York in the 1920s and 30s when
History – How to Research Back
into the Mid 1800s
the skyscrapers were going up and art was in Registration for most courses takes
ferment. Tutor: Philip Wilkinson place from 9.00am and the first session
Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 August
Fee: £105 usually begins at 9.45am. Courses
Thinking of starting to research your family history, normally end at 4.00pm with tea and
or have started and got stuck, then this course is
just for you. We will begin with the 1919 Register
cake. The fee covers not only tuition, but
and then look at the censuses from 1911 to 1841. also a three-course lunch, refreshments
Finally we will look at birth, marriage and death and any field trip and entrance fees
records going back to 1837. All these records will (if applicable), unless stated otherwise.
help us get our research back to the early 1800s.
We will see which internet sites to use, some of Please note that for out and about type courses a
them are free, and how to document your research. packed lunch will normally be provided.
Bring any family documents with you. ‘Family
History - Pre 1837 records’ on 3-4 September is a
continuation of this course.
Tutor: Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard Conferences
Seven Symphonies
Botanical Illustration Dinner Tuesday 6 –
Tea Monday 5 – Lunch Thursday 8 August
Lunch Wednesday 7 August Fees (£): s 384 l 328 H 328 u 220
Fees (£): s 399 l 343 H 343 u 235 During the course we will explore the context and
Botanical illustration is precise detailed work, a music of seven symphonies, composed between
combination of art and science. This studio based 1788 and 2012, by Mozart, Berlioz, Glass, Piston,
watercolour course is for all ability levels; no Dvořák, Shostakovich and Sibelius. Programme
experience of art or botany is required, just notes will be provided and we will listen to the see page 33
commitment. We aim to enjoy working in an music examples on excellent hi-fi equipment
atmosphere of relaxed industry. Students will work including DVD with large screen. This course is
at their own pace on the subject of their choice. The suitable for anyone with an interest in music.
course will cover the use of basic materials and Tutor: Terry Barfoot
methods for beginners and will offer professional
advice to advanced students. The emphasis will be
on individual development. Tutor: Susan Hillier
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13GROuP BOOKiNGS
With up to 40 bedrooms available,
we welcome groups looking to stay
AUG
somewhere special.
For further details contact the
Conference Team at
conferences@somerset.gov.uk
Take Three English Villages:
Eyam, Nether Stowey, Tolpuddle A Little History of Venice
Wednesday 7 August Through its Art and Architecture
Fee: £58 Wednesday 7 August
Moving from Derbyshire through to North Fee: £57
Somerset and ending in deepest Dorset, Joanna Our study of Venice will begin with a potted history
will offer a slice right through the culture, society of the city from Roman times to the present day
and politics of rural England from the Restoration using its art and architecture to illuminate events
to Victorian Britain. Although the themes of down the centuries. We will then consider Venetian
community, co-operation and comradeship will be painting beginning with a survey from the late
present throughout the day, our study of the three medieval period to include Renaissance artists
villages will be approached within their specific including the Bellini, Carpaccio and Titian. Our
“Absolutely
historic and cultural contexts. Beginning with story will continue as we trace Venetian painting
from about 1580 examining the work of artists
incredible
Eyam, Derbyshire, the key strands will be plague
and self-sacrifice in this remarkable mid 17th including Veronese, Tintoretto, Canaletto and
course”
century village, whilst in Nether Stowey the focus Guardi. Tutor: Dr Angie Smith
will be on literature, philosophy and radical politics
during the short residency of Samuel Taylor
Coleridge in the 1790s. Our final stop is Tolpuddle
in Dorset, where we will encounter in large
measure both comradeship and controversy during
the debate on the 'Martyrs' in the 1830s, as well as
encompassing a broader national and
international spectrum stretching beyond this
period. A key feature of the day will be the
inclusion of primary source material, both written
and pictorial, in order to provide a more immersive
sense of time, place and character.
Tutor: Joanna Cobb
14SUMMER SCHOOL AT DILLINGTON
TWO WEEKS OF A RICH MIX
OF LEARNING & PLEASURE
Join Wayne Bennett, Chris Pollard, Mike Hope and friends for our annual Residential Summer School and enjoy learning with like-
minded people in the relaxed and beautiful environment of Dillington. Together we will enjoy each other's company, learn from each other and
have a great time – whatever the British weather throws at us! As you can see there are two varied programmes, each lasting a week. As well as the
daytime course programme, an offering of after-dinner presentations, talks and activities are also organised. All in all each week is a rich mix of
learning and pleasure.
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
Tea Sun 11 - Breakfast Sat 17 August Tea Sun 18 - Breakfast Sat 24 August
Week One offers you a selection of
For Week Two you may choose to spend
courses from which to create your own
the week out and about with Mike Hope,
special holiday with a difference. There are
or for Dillington based courses, immerse
several week-long courses to choose from:
yourself in Spanish with Chris Pollard, get
out and about with Mike Hope, a painting
creative with Annette Bolton or join Wayne
course with Clare DuVergier or art patrons The courses run from Monday – Friday, Bennett and Mark Cottle who are offering
and collections with Wayne Bennett. Or from 9.30am – 4.00pm, with the courses, which include a couple of
put together shorter courses or self- exception of the out and about courses outings. Dr Jan Cox is offering five self-
contained days with Chris Pollard or where times may vary. contained days on the Birth of Modern Art.
Tim Porter.
Resident Fees (£): s 977 l 843 H 843 P Non Residents P
Non Residents and Day Attendees may book a place
Fees include course/s of your choice, six You may opt out of any of the excursions or on any of the courses – see individual course
nights’ en-suite accommodation, full board, activities during the week but please note descriptions for the relevant fee. Accommodation is
refreshments and evening activities. there is no reduction in fee. For those only available for residents booking the complete
booking both weeks please note week.
A supplement applies to some courses – see
individual course descriptions for details. accommodation is not available on
Non Residents are welcome to book dinner and the
Saturday 17th August.
Deluxe upgrade available evening presentations, talks or activities at £26.
16WEEK 1
ALL WEEK COURSES
(Monday 12 to Friday 16)
Unwrapped & Unpacked - P
Houses & Gardens, Public and
Private, of the West Country
with Mike Hope
Courtauld This year sees an evolution from the successful
formula of last year’s Summer School programme,
Art Patrons and Collections P with the new course presenting a totally new
with Wayne Bennett approach to visiting Country Houses. For the first
Britain is blessed with some of the finest art time each day a particular house will be examined Be a More Confident Painter P
collections in the whole of Europe and indeed on site from many different perspectives. As ever with Clare DuVergier
plays a major part in the global art market – think the visit to a house and its collections remains This five day course is designed to challenge
Christie’s and Sotheby's, both founded in 18th central but the gardens, estate villages, gatehouses, painters with some experience. The emphasis will
century London. The course will delve into the dower houses, churches, chapels and farms will be be on watercolour, especially for the preliminary
world of the private collectors and the patrons who visited and now, in addition, collectively the entire work but finished studio pieces could be in any
laid the foundation stones of our great public estate will be brought into focus. The houses have medium. Take time in the glorious surroundings of
collections. The phenomenon of the municipal once again been chosen to give a range of period Dillington, to unwind and take a critical look at your
collection will also be considered. As well as and style to show the wealth of properties and own work. Be honest, are you stuck in a rut?
monarchs and aristocrats we will encounter the gardens in the region. The mixture of famous and Are you producing the same slightly tired and
names of Courtauld, Davies, Lever, Burrell, Tate, not so famous gives a really good sense of the overworked paintings time and time again? is there
Sainsbury, Cohen and Saatchi – to name but a few. quality and indeed quantity of properties and in a better painter lurking within? Together we will
What we end up with is an extraordinary story of turn shows off all periods from the late medieval to examine the essential elements of a good painting
brilliance, missed opportunity, occasional the 20th century. to find the better painter that exists within us all.
sculduggery and, above all, stunning acts of civic
generosity and philanthropy. Naturally, this course There will be a supplement of £200 for this Non Resident Fee: £275
will be lavishly illustrated. course towards the cost of transport and
entrance fees.
Non Resident Fee: £275 Non Resident Fee: £475 (includes supplement)
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courses or events you
Your Say would like to see in our
programme, or you are
a tutor keen to run a
course at Dillington
then we want to hear
from you.
Send an email with
your suggestions to
dillingtonbookings@
somerset.gov.uk
Music of the Victorian P
Age with Tim Porter
(Wednesday 14 to Friday 16)
it’s 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria -
Extraordinary Medieval an opportunity to look again at the romance,
People with Tim Porter P splendour and energy of her era. Musically, it’s a
(Monday 12 and Tuesday 13) story of things coming right - in Victoria’s youth,
Exceptional people, who think boldly and act British music lagged and its reputation was low;
creatively, grab our attention at any period of by the time she died, it was a force to reckon with,
history. Medieval Britain was full of them: their life- capable of producing someone like Elgar.
stories illuminate the age, if only by bucking the Nowadays, after years of baffling neglect, the
trend. So, here’s a saintly queen, a Welsh rebel, a masterworks of Stanford, Somervell, Pearsall, Parry,
professional pilgrim, a painter of fabulous images, Wesley and Bennett are being performed again.
an abbot who lived to the age of 106, and many Even Sullivan is shaking off his Gilbertian shackles
more. The buildings and landscapes which they and standing up as a composer of real stature.
knew are, in many cases, still there. The people So here’s the missing piece of the jigsaw, the
they encountered range from princesses to musical equivalent of Tennyson, Burne-Jones,
ploughmen. There’s no better way of experiencing the Brontës and St Pancras!
the colourful medieval world, than through these
unforgettable personalities. Non Resident Fee: £165
Non Resident Fee: £110
18WEEK
DAY COURSES
1 The Story of Italian Opera with Chris Pollard
P
This will be fully illustrated by many CDs and DVDs often of legendary performances.
Non Resident Fee: £55 per day
Monteverdi Rossini Verdi Puccini Mascagni
Monday 12th Tuesday 13th Wednesday 14th Thursday 15th Friday 16th
The Beginnings Bel Canto Verdi Puccini The Others!
We go back to the very Following Mozart‚ italian Romantic italian Opera found it is hard to overestimate the The late 19th and 20th
origins of (italian) Opera. Opera spread its wings and its greatest exponent in the greatness of Puccini. He century have been graced
Starting with Monteverdi’s reflected much more shape of Giuseppe Verdi. Few wrote a handful of the best- with many wonderful operas
‘Orfeo’ we explore the faithfully the diversity of the figures personify a cultural known and best-loved of all not by Verdi or Puccini! We
glorious world of these early human condition. Today we era as completely as Verdi. italian Operas. We shall devote our final day to the
works of music theatre focus on three composers – Over a period of 54 years listen to the Big Three (Tosca‚ works of Mascagni,
focusing particularly on the Bellini‚ Rossini and Donizetti (1839-93) Verdi La Bohème and Madam Leoncavallo, Catalani,
operas of Monteverdi and his – in whose hands the deep revolutionised Opera and Butterfly) of course, but also Giordano, Luciano Berio,
principal followers‚ Cavalli beauty of the music took it from the world of Bel explore other masterpieces Busoni, Luigi Nono and Gian
and then‚ importantly combined with a wealth of Canto into the 20th century. which represent the pinnacle Carlo Menotti. Be prepared
Vivaldi. italian Opera very themes (comic and tragic) We shall focus especially on a of operatic achievement at for some very well known
soon spread outside italy and produced works that have variety of works that the beginning of the 20th works (Cavalleria Rusticana‚
we follow it to England in the become universally popular. exemplify Verdi’s long century‚ including Manon Pagliacci and Andrea
shape of the wonderful works creative life and are all Lescaut‚ Gianni Schicchi (the Chenier) and some not as
of Handel and to Austria milestones on the road of finest comic opera ever well-known (L’Amico Fritz‚ A
where it found its most italian Opera. These include written?)‚ La Rondine and La King Listens‚ La Wally).
sublime expression in the Nabucco‚ Macbeth‚ Simon Fanciulla del West.
hands of Mozart. Boccanegra‚ La Forza del
Destino‚ Don Carlos‚ Otello
and Falstaff.
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ALL WEEK COURSES
(Monday 18 to Friday 22)
T
Qué Viva España! P
With Chris Pollard
This course is designed for those with a good
command of Spanish who wish to practise and
The Glories of Georgian P
improve their language skills whist at the same
Architecture with Wayne Bennett Landscape with Churches - West
time being immersed in a week of Spanish culture.
Country Church Crawling
There will be guided conversation practice as we
with Mike Hope P
grapple with the burning issues of the day and a
Georgian architecture is ubiquitous even today. certain amount of old-fashioned advanced
its popularity endures and it never fails to impress. language teaching with the emphasis on
This course will unpack its mystery from its italian broadening your knowledge of vocabulary and The landscape of the South-West of England, is
roots to its modern incarnations. We will look at idiom. We will talk and listen to some wonderful particularly dominated by the inevitable presence
how this extraordinary architectural style came to Spanish film music as well as watch and discuss a of a church, church tower/spire. These buildings
these shores. Beginning with inigo Jones and then recent feature film (with Spanish sub-titles to aid reflect not only national but also strong regional
extravagances of the Baroque, we will see how the language absorption and comprehension). We styles and influences. Aside from being spiritual
ideas of Andrea Palladio were re-established and shall read Romantic poetry of the 19th century‚ and temporal power-houses and hubs of their
developed during the Georgian age when Britain’s discuss the Catalán question‚ read and discuss communities, their contents reflect the historical
prosperity fuelled a building boom on an ‘Como Agua para Chocolate’ by Laura Esquivel and vicissitudes of local families and powerful
unprecedented scale. During the course we will watch the excellent Mexican film based on it. We dynasties alike. The course offers the opportunity
become fluent in architectural language, familiar shall also focus on the painting and sculpture of to spend each day in wonderful landscapes visiting
with the finest Georgian buildings in the land and the 1940s. justifiably famous churches and a lot of the not so
get to know the men who built them. We will famous often in incomparable settings.
punctuate our week with a day trip to glorious Bath Non Resident Fee: £275
to test our knowledge. There will be a supplement of £90 for this
course towards the cost of transport and
There will be a supplement of £50 for this entrance fees.
course towards the cost of transport and Non Resident Fee: £365 (includes supplement)
entrance fees.
Non Resident Fee: £325 (includes supplement)
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DAY COURSES
Before the Normans Came: P
The Society and Culture of Anglo-
Saxon England with Mark Cottle
What was the story of England between the
withdrawal of the Roman legions in the early 5th
century and the Norman Conquest of 1066? This
course will explore a fascinating period of English The Birth of Modern Art P
history to look at how Anglo-Saxon England grew, Stumpwork Embroidery with Dr Jan D. Cox
becoming the wealthiest and, arguably, best with Annette Bolton P
administered kingdom in western Europe by the The birth of modern art was a time of great
10th century. With reference to contemporary This exciting course will explore the beautiful excitement. A pan-European phenomenon in
sources and archaeology, the course will focus on and fascinating 16th century raised embroidery the late-19th and early-20th century, it rejected
major themes such as kingship and the kingdoms technique known as Stumpwork. The theme government control and saw the setting up of
of Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex, the conversion will be based around garden flowers, and there new independent groups of artists. We look at
to Christianity and the role of the church, the Viking will be an opportunity to embroider a favourite innovative methods and techniques, famously
impact and Anglo-Saxon art and literature, in garden flower from each season of the year. The described as “The Shock of the New”. These
particular its poetry. finished piece of work could be mounted as a movements have formidable names: Fauvism,
picture, or could be made up into a small book Cubism, Vorticism, and Constructivism, but
The course aims to give an interesting, thought cover to hold your garden notes with small pockets humour and a disregard for the conventional is
provoking and enjoyable journey through a to hold seed packets etc. never far away. Concentrating on painting, we
remarkable period of English history. There will be include jewellery, architecture, design, film and
a field trip to two relevant sites on one of the days. inspiration will be taken from pictures and books, the background history that made it all possible.
All-comers welcome as well as the gardens at Dillington. We will explore Suitable for anyone with an interest in art.
different techniques and a variety of interesting
There will be a supplement of £40 for this hand embroidery stitches. This course is suitable for Non Resident Fee: £55 per day
course towards the cost of transport and all abilities.
entrance fees.
Non Resident Fee: £315 (includes supplement) Non Resident Fee: £275 See overleaf for
details of each day
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Klimt Matisse Walter Sickert Goncharova Beckmann
Monday 19th Tuesday 20th Wednesday 21st Thursday 22nd Friday 23rd
Germany and France Britain Russia Germany and
Austria I Austria II
We look at the outrage that We discuss the growing We begin with the lively,
The 1890s were a vital time in greeted the exhibition of the opposition to the staid Royal peasant-influenced The madness of the First
German-speaking Europe, ‘Fauves’ in Paris 1905, Academy in late –19th century Modernism of Goncharova World War was reflected in
with artists rebelling against particularly Matisse, Derain England, with artists like and Larionov, and keep track the nonsense art of DADA,
the art establishment. and Van Dongen. Picasso and Philip Wilson Steer in the of the many groups and originating at the Cabaret
Secessions in Munich, Berlin Cubism and its roots in the New English Art Club and exhibitions in Moscow before Voltaire in Switzerland and
and Vienna led to new and work of Cézanne are the next Walter Sickert in the Camden the First World War, such as exhibited in Berlin in 1920.
dynamic art: paintings, modern phenomenon, closely Town Group. We analyse the Jack of Diamonds and The We look at the ‘New
jewellery, architecture, followed by the impact of impact in London of the Post- Donkey Tail. A further Objectivity’ of German art in
clothing and design. italian Futurism in 1912. We impressionist exhibitions of important exhibition is ‘0.10’ the 1920s (Beckmann, Dix
Foremost in Vienna were discuss the playful nature of 1910 and 1912, and of in St. Petersburg in 1915, and Grosz), and the Bauhaus
Klimt, Moser, Hoffmann and Marcel Duchamp, including Marinetti, the italian Futurist. recently recreated by The Tate. school of design, both of
Olbrich. We look in detail at his controversial ‘Fountain’, Bomberg, Lewis and the Malevich is the key artist, as which came to an abrupt halt
two famous German groups, and finish with the ‘Call to Vorticists were halted in their we discuss the ‘Black Square’, in 1933. Early German film
Die Brücke and Der Blaue Order’ against Modernism in tracks by the war, but Richard Suprematism, Constructivism, includes ‘The Cabinet of Dr.
Reiter, at the wonderfully the 1920s following the Nevinson evolved a Cubo- and Tatlin’s wonderful tower. Caligari’, ‘Metropolis’, and
creative Vienna Workshops, onslaught of the First World Futurist style that was hugely Excerpts from two of the Marlene Dietrich. We
and especially the art of Klimt War. popular with the public. We greatest films of all time: examine the internationally-
and Schiele. Sigmund Freud conclude with Ben Battleship Potemkin (1925) significant architecture of
and the link between body Nicholson’s white reliefs and and Man with a Movie ‘Red Vienna’, and contrast the
and mind is never far away. the international Surrealist Camera (1929). ‘Degenerate’ art exhibitions
exhibition of 1936. with art that was approved by
the Nazis.
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The Ancient Egyptian Goddess
BOOK CLUB Isis and her Temple at Philae
with Elizabeth Rapp Thursday 5 September
Fee: £56
The goddess isis is one of the best known of the
ancient Egyptian deities, much because of her
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popularity throughout the Roman Empire. This day
course will explore her role within ancient Egyptian
Tuesday 3 September religion, and her beautiful temple at Philae on
Fee: £25 (includes coffee and three Egypt’s southern border, a temple moved in the
course lunch) 1960s to nearby Agilkia island in the reservoir
For this month’s book club we will be between the two dams of Aswan. All-comers
discussing Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis welcome. Tutor: Lucia Gahlin
Delphinium Drift
de Bernieres - published by Vintage.
Family History – Pre 1837 Records
Wednesday 28 August
Fee: £55
Learn the gentle art of pure silk ribbon embroidery Tuesday 3 and Wednesday
and surface stitchery to create your own spires of 4 September
beautiful delphiniums. You will be working with a Fee: £105
range of stunning blues and pinks to create your This course is for those who have attended the
drift. impressive effects can be achieved with this beginners course or who got back to the early
easy technique and all levels of ability are 1800s and need help going further back. We will
welcome. Friendly personal tuition will be given at look at where you are with your research, what
every stage. Please note there will be an additional documentation you have and how you are
charge of £15 for materials payable to the tutor on recording it. We will look at Parish records, Poor
the day. Tutor: Helen Roskell Law, Wills and Probate and dating old photos.
We will also be looking at the bigger picture of
Painting for Complete Beginners what was happening at the time and the effect it Art Deco and Interwar Modernist
Monday 2 September, Monday 9 had on our ancestors’ lives. Bring along your Architecture in the South West
September & Monday 16 September research and old photos. ‘A Family History – with Mike Hope
Fee: £175 includes materials Looking at more unusual sources’, is planned for Sunday 8 September 2.30pm
This series of workshops, which runs over three later in the year. Tutor: Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard Tickets £14 (includes tea and cake)
consecutive Mondays, is for complete beginners
The Golden Century of
Pre-booked carvery lunch available at £18
who want to paint with watercolours. We will begin
German Philosophy
To mark the publication and launch of ’Art Deco
with traditional techniques and colour mixing, Architecture – The interwar Period,’ Mike Hope will
then explore some of the exciting possibilities that Tea Tuesday 3 – give a lecture on the impact of Art Deco and inter-
make modern watercolour painting special. Lunch Thursday War Modernist architecture in the South West.
individual help and encouragement at every stage 5 September From such famous and iconic buildings as the
will enable the emerging artist to paint a simple Fees (£): s 399 l 343 H 343 u 235 hotel on Burgh island and the Plymouth Lido to
landscape, a still life and flowers. A flowering in philosophy occurred between the lesser known gems such as Littlemead in Clevedon,
Tutor: Angela Burton 1790s and the 1880s in the German-speaking Preston Riviera Hotel (Dorset), Yaffle Hill (Dorset)
world, equal in the apex of thought to that of the and Landfall (Parkstone, Dorset). There will also be
ancient Greeks. This began with Kant, was an opportunity for book signing after the talk.
augmented by Schopenhauer, before Nietzsche
assailed the whole of existing morality. This course
will explore the wealth of ideas produced by these
philosophers. Tutor: Darren Harper
24AUTUMN courses
25Enhancing Wellbeing Retreat
Wednesday 11 September
Fee: £56
Life today can be pretty full-on with many of
us finding it a challenge to balance our
responsibilities and demands with our own
health and wellbeing. This one day workshop is an
opportunity to learn practical tools and techniques
that you can implement within your daily life to
help strike the balance between being effective
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and looking after yourself. We will take a deeper
dive into four key areas that can support you —
mindfulness, stress management, energy
management and sleep. Perfect for those wishing
to take their first positive and proactive steps to a
healthier lifestyle or those wishing to deepen their House and Gardens Pop-Up
understanding. Tutor: Bev Alderson Lunch Tuesday 17 – DAY COuRSES
Gospel Choir in a Day
Lunch Thursday 19 September
Fees (£): s 424 l 368 H 368 u 260 Registration for most courses takes
Thursday 12 September inspired by Dillington House and estate, this pop- place from 9.00am and the first session
Fee: £56 up model comprises a house surrounded by eight
Since their performance at the Royal Wedding in
usually begins at 9.45am. Courses
secluded gardens with topiary, arbor, pergola and
2018, Karen Gibson’s Kingdom Choir have ignited ornamental trellises. The gardens can be extended normally end at 4.00pm with tea and
interest in gospel singing all over the nation. Join to any size with additional features like trees, cake. The fee covers not only tuition, but
experienced gospel choir director Jo Sercombe to gateways and flowerbeds. Please note there will be also a three-course lunch, refreshments
explore gospel songs with energising grooves as an additional fee of £5 payable to the tutor for
we create that special gospel vocal sound together. and any field trip and entrance fees
materials. Tutor: Paul Johnson
We’re gonna be singing, swaying and clapping — (if applicable), unless stated otherwise.
and by the time Jo’s finished with you, you’ll be
pumped-up and ready to go. All welcome. No Please note that for out and about type courses a
previous singing experience necessary — just a packed lunch will normally be provided.
desire to make a joyful noise! Tutor: Jo Sercombe
“Thanks to all staff for
maintaining such a high
Sunday Cavery
standard to the
Dillington String Quartet
Coaching Weekend Dillington experience”
Lunch Friday 20 –
Lunch Sunday 22 September
Fees (£): s 515 l 458 H 458 u 346
Once again, we are thrilled that the members of
see page 6 the Coull quartet have agreed to return to lead
this extended weekend of coaching for pre-formed
string quartets who play to a good standard. The
Coull are one of the finest and most experienced
quartets in the country and promise a weekend of
serious music making and fun. The course includes
a seat at the Sunday afternoon concert by the Coull
Quartet. Tutors: Coull Quartet
26Photography
Workshops with
Brian Anderson
Creative Skills Technical Skills Light and Colour
Monday 16 September Tuesday 17 September Wednesday 18 September
Fee: £63 Fee: £63 Fee: £63
A workshop for newcomers and those who want A workshop for newcomers and those who want to On this workshop you will learn all about the
to improve the creative quality of their images. refresh their technical skills. We look at how a psychology of colour, how colour can provide
We look at various techniques to create well camera works, optics, the basic controls, types of mood and atmosphere to your images, colour
composed and balanced images, inc: the 6 Key cameras & lenses, Exposure Triangle – the harmony and relationships – which colours work
Visual Elements, Rule of Thirds, Anchor Points, aperture, shutter speed and iSO controls and their well together, images with too much colour ‘less is
Viewpoint, H or V, juxtaposition and cropping. effect on Depth of Field. This workshop is ideal for more’ and finally, the use of monochrome.
This workshop is appropriate for film or digital SLR, bridge and advanced compact cameras with Suitable for digital camera, iPad and smartphone
cameras, smartphone or iPad users. aperture control. users.Terror and Triumph: Russian
Music in the 20th Century
Dinner Friday 20 –
Lunch Sunday 22 September
Fees (£): s 419 l 362 H 362 u 250
The music of Russia evolved to a position of great
importance during the19th century. But then the
20th century saw the Bolshevik Revolution, and, in
the following dark days, creative artists had to
struggle for survival as much as all other citizens
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during the Stalinist ‘Great Terror’ of the 1930s.
Some, such as Rachmaninov and Stravinsky, left
Bookbinding – The Cambridge
the country for good; others, like Prokofiev and
most of all Shostakovich, showed great courage in
continuing to produce beautiful and meaningful Panel Binding on Full Calf Leather
music. We shall explore the work of these and Lunch Monday 23 –
other composers, using examples taken from first- Lunch Friday 27 September
class recorded performances on CD and video. Fees (£): s 791 l 675 H 675 u 453
includes a reserved seat at the Sunday afternoon Experience the pleasure of working with beautiful
Concert with the Coull Quartet
concert by the Coull Quartet. calfskin and learn the fundamentals of decorative
Tutor: Gwyn Parry-Jones blind tooled covers. This intensive class will
Sunday 22 September 2.30pm introduce students to this classic English leather
“Terrific tutor, enthusiastic,
Tickets £20 (under 18s £10) binding, which was a popular style throughout the
Includes tea/coffee during the interval 17th and 18th centuries. The sections will be sewn
knowledgeable & effective”
Pre-booked lunch available at £18 on raised cords, using the sewing frame. Traditional
The magnificent Coull Quartet offers a rare ‘made’ endpapers will be sewn on, after which the
combination of maturity and freshness and we are book will be trimmed, rounded and backed. The
delighted that once again they are returning to edges will be sprinkled and polished, two-colour
Dillington. For this year’s concert their programme headbands sewn on, and the cords frayed out and
includes Mozart’s Quartet in G.K387, laced into boards. The book is covered in a smooth
Shostakovich’s Quartet in F sharp Op 108 and calfskin, and particular attention will be given to
Beethoven’s Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2. careful and accurate paring using the English knife.
The leather will be applied to the book, taking care
shaping it over the raised bands, forming the
headcaps, and making neat, simple corners. The
binding will be decorated in the Cambridge Panel
style, which first involves sprinkling with leather
dye using an ingenious template to create the
classic panelled effect. Then, using a few tools and
working to a traditional formula, the covers will be
enhanced with handsome blind tooling. The
endpapers are then put down, and the binding is
polished and waxed. Please note there will be an
additional charge of £50 towards the costs of
general materials payable to the tutor during
the course. Tutor: Dominic Riley
28What’s In a Word? An Introduction Crossroads in History -
to English Etymology Renaissance Women Artists At
Dinner Monday 23 – Work in the Studio, The Convent,
Lunch Wednesday 25 September The Church and The Palace
Fees (£): s 395 l 338 H 338 u 226 Thursday 26 September
An illustration of the English language through the Fee: £33
development of its words. Tracing the antecedents Morning session with three course lunch You The Jury
and relatives of words from specialist sources will This session will highlight the achievements Monday 30 September
demonstrate contributions to the English of a group of female creatives who trained and Fee: £55
vocabulary. The development and usage of English
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flourished in their native italy, as well recognising Over the course of the day we will be considering
words will be examined through directed and some of their contemporaries in northern Europe. two different real life cases of murder which
assisted presentations and group discussions. Many of these, although often subsequently occurred in England between 1900-1975.
Simple projects to stimulate group discussion will neglected, developed international reputations Participants will be expected to listen to the
be an important part of the course. and were much sought after by elite patrons evidence, making notes as they go, then discuss
Tutor: Brian Jaques throughout the courts of Europe, the Church and the case and attempt to reach a verdict, based on
I’m All Yours in Buttons and Bows
the intelligentsia. They include the recently what they have heard. No advance reading or
rediscovered Florentine prioress Plautilla Nelli, knowledge of the English judicial system is
Wednesday 25 September whose Last Supper has attracted considerable needed. The cases chosen for your consideration
Fee: £56 media attention, as well as the remarkable will not be revealed in advance and just as in the
The words of this popular song of the sixties convey Sofonisba Anguissola, who in the last years of real jury room, everyone will be requested to
all the fun, flirtation and seriousness of the way we her long and eventful life mentored the young switch off all electronic devices and put aside any
dress and the impact we may have on those Anthony van Dyck. includes comprehensive pre-conceived ideas they may have, if they do
around us. Dress is a most important symbol of our handouts. Tutor: Joanna Cobb happen to have heard or read anything about
personality and lifestyle. The process of spinning, either of these cases previously. The cases have
weaving and dyeing cloth is contrasted with the been selected with an eye to the insight they can
multi-million chain store clothes today. The huge give us on various aspects of our judicial system
changes in dress during the past two centuries will and social history and, at the end of the day, the
be discussed. All-comers warmly welcome – verdicts reached by the original juries will of course
beginners and experienced writers alike. be revealed. No advance preparation is required,
Tutor: Elizabeth Rapp but students will find a pen, a notebook and an
Crossroads in History: Part 1.
open mind invaluable. Although these are all real
Innovation, Exploration,
cases, no distressing crime scene photographs will
Confrontation and The Response
be used. Please note these are the same cases
of the Woman as Artist with
which were studied in May 2019.
Tutor: Diane Janes
Joanna Cobb
Three interdisciplinary study sessions based
around key developments and events in history Knitting with Colour – Fair Isle
and history of art, which explore the 'bigger Friday 27 September
picture' of human endeavour. Fee: £63 includes materials
Master the technique of Fair isle knitting. Learn
Crossroads in History Part 1 can be booked as how to read from a chart, practise stranding and
standalone half day courses or as a series of three. weaving in yarns when using more than one
Book all three together and receive a discount of colour, whilst maintaining perfect tension. Put your
£2 per day. Part 2 is running from Thursday 9 new-found knowledge to the test by creating a
January. knitted swatch. Pick up tips for finishing and useful
information when planning a project. if you can
knit and purl this workshop will enable you to
venture into this wonderful traditional method
with confidence. Suitable for those who can knit
and purl. Tutor: Tracey Chapman
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29Somerset’s most magnificent
venue
wedding page
*
Bespoke and exclusively yours
Dillington House is the perfect setting for Mews building. With many years’ experience ‘Country House’ experience.
weddings. We can seat up to 150 guests for behind us, our dedicated wedding team is on At the end of your big day, we can
your wedding breakfast with a capacity for hand to help you plan every aspect of your accommodate up to 78 guests in bedrooms
up to 200 for the evening reception. wedding day, making sure that you and your that range from the traditional to the
guests have the most perfect day. contemporary, from the elegantly spacious
We are licensed for civil ceremonies in our
to the bijou.
romantic orangery, the elegant Hanning Exclusively yours with a choice of elegant
Room and in our theatre in the magnificent reception rooms, Dillington offers that real * Photo: Ben Simmonds
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For information or to book a viewing, please contact our Events Team: > weddings@somerset.gov.uk > 01460 258616 > www.weddingvenueinsomerset.comPower Houses: Understanding Argyll Scottish Country
BOOK CLUB Country Houses Musicians Weekend P
JULY
with Elizabeth Rapp Wednesday 2 October Dinner Friday 4 –
Fee: £61 Lunch Sunday 6 October
From the Tudor splendour of Montacute to the Fees (£): s 433 l 373 H 373 u 251
Baroque magnificence of Castle Howard, English The course is for musicians interested in playing for
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country houses are the envy of the world. But their Scottish Country Dancing within the concept of the
architecture can be baffling. Why do many houses dance band, and is principally aimed at melodic
Tuesday 1 October have so few corridors? And why is the dining room instruments, piano and double bass.
often so far from the kitchen? This introduction to No experience of band playing is required.
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Fee: £25 (includes coffee and three
course lunch) country house architecture features some of The course also aims to develop further the skills of
For this month’s book club we will be discussing England’s most glamorous buildings – and will participants who are already playing for dancing.
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak – help you unravel some of their enigmas. A practical grounding in all aspects of band
Tutor: Philip Wilkinson musicianship and playing for dancing, drawn from
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published by Penguin Random House.
ian’s considerable experience of over 40 years.
Always There, Always Changing:
Learn the stylistic requirements of the Reel, Jig and
Strathspey that make them uniquely Scottish,
Understanding Churches phrasing, sequencing of tunes and repertoire and
Tuesday 1 October explore the drive and lift which inspires dancers to
Fee: £61 dance well. There will also be an opportunity to
An introduction to the architecture, history and explore tempos and genres that are not usually
symbolism of English parish churches, showing encountered on the Scottish country dance floor,
how they came to look the way they do. This course the art of simplifying tunes to make them
explains how changes in religious outlook accessible, and composing in the Scottish idiom.
transformed church design and tells intriguing Tutor: Ian Muir
Crossroads in History - Off the
stories about how churches were used – how
people played ball games in the aisles and why the
Wall: Women as Artists in the Age
Argyll Scottish Country
parish priest of one church locked the bell ringers
out of the tower. Tutor: Philip Wilkinson of Enlightenment and Revolution
Dancing Weekend P Thursday 17 October
Dinner Friday 4 – Fee: £33
Lunch Sunday 6 October Morning session with three course lunch
Fees (£): s 433 l 373 H 373 u 251 This session takes its title from Johan Zoffany's The
The course is suitable for those who already have Academicians of the Royal Academy (1771-72), in
a good working knowledge of common steps and which its two female founder members Mary
formations in Scottish Country Dancing, but this Moser and Angelica Kauffman are relegated to
Three Dorset Towns – Lyme Regis,
course weekend will give you an opportunity to portraits on the wall of the life class. We will rescue
improve your technique, learn new dances and
Bridport and Dorchester
them from this two-dimensional oblivion, bringing
enjoy all social aspects of Scottish Country to life the achievements, not only of these two, but
Tuesday 1 October Dancing. The course starts with dinner on Friday, the many creative women who responded to key
Fee:£56 and social dancing to recorded music on Friday turning points and developments in the long 18th
A look at three Dorset towns from 1760 – 1930, evening and Saturday evenings. There will be two century. Here we will find not only painters,
how they developed in their different ways. Lyme classes each morning which will include technique including the itinerant Élisabeth Vigée
became a seaside resort with fossil hunting and the finer points of steps and formations in le Brun, whose memoirs encompass the courts
becoming a popular hobby. Bridport, always a dances old and new. During Saturday afternoon of Europe and the London art world, but also
dissenting town, sees the growth of rope and net there will be an optional workshop or you could sculptors, botanical illustrators, poets, playwrights
factories while Dorchester expands as the county take the opportunity to relax in the grounds of the and composers. includes comprehensive
town with the coming of the railways and the house or explore the nearby town of ilminster. handouts. Tutor: Joanna Cobb
brewery. ideal for anyone with a general interest in The course finishes after lunch on Sunday. This
history. Tutor: Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard course is not considered suitable for beginners.
Tutor: David Queen
Musicians: Robert Mackay & Judith Muir
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