The age of extravagance: Baroque painting and music, 1630-1730

Course programme

Friday

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner

20:30 Quiz: the European Baroque in art and music (including session with instruments)

22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 What is the baroque? Sharing the agony and the ecstasy in art and music

10:30 Coffee

11:00 British Baroque murals: painting and performance

12:30 Free

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Free

16:00 Tea

16:30 Exploring the creation of 'The Loves of Mars and Venus' (1717) by John Weaver, the first modern ballet, telling a story through dance, gesture and music. With renowned performers Chiara Vinci, dancer and singer, and David Gordon, harpsichord.

18:30 Dinner

20:00 Dryden, Purcell and Antonio Verrio at Windsor Castle. A special lecture by Professor Andrew Pinnock.

21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 Mythology and the Baroque

10:30 Coffee

11:00 Beyond Baroque - the enduring influence of the movement (including group discussion)

12:30 Free

12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.

Tutor(s)

Dr Lydia Hamlett is Academic Director in History of Art at the Institute of Continuing Education and a Fellow and Director of Studies at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She is writing a book on mural painting in Britain in the long seventeenth century (Routledge 2019). Lydia previously worked in the museums and heritage sectors, including at Tate, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle’s Yard and the National Trust. She co-founded, and is on the steering group for, the British Murals Network. Lydia’s PhD (2006) was on ecclesiastical art and architecture in Venice in the Renaissance and she has supervised undergraduates at the University of Cambridge since 2003 on a broad range of subjects.

Evelyn Nallen teaches at the Royal Academy of Music and is possibly the only recorder player to have appeared on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the World Service. She has performed throughout the UK, Australia and the U.S.A.  Together with harpsichordist David Gordon, she formed the innovative early music/jazz group Respectable Groove; their take on Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas integrates improvisation with written compositions. She devised and produced the ballet-within-a-play, The Loves of Mars and Venus, a work for an actor, 2 baroque dancers and 3 musicians, set in 1717 and first performed in 2017.

Dietary Requirements

If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies please inform our Admissions Team on ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 746262 if you have not already advised us of your requirements.

Additional Requirements

Further information about student support.

No academic qualification is required of applicants, and most courses are suitable for students who are new to the subject.

All teaching is in English (unless a foreign-language course). If your first language is not English, you need to satisfy yourself that you have the required near-native command of the language to get the maximum benefit from studying with ICE.

A booklist, course syllabus and detailed timetable are circulated as far as possible in advance of a course. You will receive these documents by email if you have provided us with your email address; please check your spam folder if you have not received these documents. You can also download material from the course web page.

This course takes place at Madingley Hall, home to the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.

As a student at Madingley Hall, you will enjoy award-winning cuisine in our elegant Dining Hall and first-rate facilities in an atmospheric and inspiring setting. You can choose to stay at the Hall in comfortable en-suite accommodation for the duration of your course, or attend as a non-resident.

Residential fees cover tuition, accommodation and full board, including morning coffee and afternoon tea during teaching hours, and travel on excursions. The non-residential fee includes all meals on the course except breakfast.

About Madingley Hall

Built in the 16th century, Madingley Hall is a Grade 1 listed building, and is set in eight acres of landscaped gardens designed in the 18th century by ‘Capability’ Brown. It is just four miles from the centre of Cambridge, and only 60 minutes from London, with excellent links to London airports.

Directions to Madingley Hall

For those arriving by train, we have an arrangement with a local taxi company to collect students from Cambridge railway station for a small fee of £4.

Accommodation

Accommodation for residential students is provided in single, twin or double study bedrooms in the Hall, with attractive views over the woods, gardens and courtyard.

Each room has internet access, digital television and a direct-dial telephone, as well as tea- and coffee-making facilities and a safe for your valuables. Rooms are centrally heated and all have en-suite facilities.

A special lift gives access to two rooms adapted for wheelchair users, and all areas on the ground floor can be reached once inside the building. If you would like us to make any special provision for your stay, please contact us beforehand and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.

We are usually able to offer accommodation before and after your course should you wish to extend your stay. Please indicate if you would like to stay an extra night when booking your place.

Meals

You will enjoy fresh, locally-sourced food from our award-winning kitchen, served in the elegant, oak-panelled Dining Hall. We are very happy to accommodate special dietary requirements – please let us know when booking your place.