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EXPLORING LONDON’S MUSIC

The University Women’s Club, South Audley Street, Mayfair


Friday
5.00     Assemble and welcome
7.00     Aperitifs
7.30     Dinner
After dinner:
           Music by Eric Coates and other light music classics
     
Saturday
8.15     Breakfast
9.30     John Ireland: London Overture
           Gustav Holst: St Paul’s Suite; Hammersmith, Prelude & Scherzo
10.30   Coffee
11.00   Georg Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 2, ‘In the Lord I will put my Trust’
                                                Music for the Royal Fireworks
                                                Coronation Anthem, ‘The King shall Rejoice’
12.30 Lunch

Guided walk: Handel’s London, 
                     Visit to the Handel House Museum
             
7.00   Aperitifs
7.30   Dinner
After dinner
          Hogarth’s Progress: William Hogarth and 18th Century London
       
Sunday
8.15   Breakfast
9.30   Edward Elgar: Overture: Cockaigne
          Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
             1. Lento – Allegro risoluto  2. Lento
10.45  Coffee
11.15  Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
             3. Scherzo (Nocturne) 4. Andante con moto 
               – Maestoso alla Marcia - Epilogue
           William Walton: Coronation March, Crown Imperial
12.30  Lunch
2.15   Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in E flat major, Opus 18 No. 1
          Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major ‘The Clock’
3.45   Tea
4.15   Departure


EXPLORING LONDON’S MUSIC
                 
Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd September

University Women’s Club, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London

  London has one of the world’s most significant musical traditions, going back 
several centuries. We will explore some of this music, with examples by
Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Handel and Coates. There will also be a
visit to the nearby Handel House Museum and the chance to explore the
London of Handel and Hogarth.

   The University Women’s Club, founded in 1886, has 21 bedrooms 
and elegant public rooms. Pevsner claims the house was built in 
1878 as an extension to an older 18th century building.
 
It is located near Curzon Street and Green Park, in the heart of Mayfair.
  The weekend is designed as an informal ‘house party’. 
Guests need only the ability to enjoy music,
so no technical knowledge will be required.

Arts in Residence offers an excellent cuisine including 
wine with dinner, and the event will end with afternoon tea on Sunday.

Terry Barfoot writes widely on music for Britain’s leading journals, orchestras,
festivals and record companies. He lectures at Oxford and other universities, and
is Publications Consultant to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

David Harrison is an historian who frequently organises explorations into
London’s past, paying special attention to details of time and place. He
has a particular interest in the work of the painter William Hogarth.

Price  £265.00 per person (twin/double rooms), £285.00 (single rooms)
to include all meals, wine, beverages, course fees and accommodation.

Booking: Arts in Residence, 25, Mulberry Lane, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2QU.

£50.00 per person deposit with booking. (Cheques payable to Arts in Residence.)

 Enquiries: 02392 383356