Category: Art Tour
CURATOR TOUR TO A VICTORIAN OBSESSION EXHIBITION
Date: 11th February and 5th March
Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm; doors open at 6pm
Tickets: £25
Special evening tours of the House and exhibition by Victorian art specialists including wine reception. Numbers are limited so early booking is advised.
Category: Music
A VICTORIAN OBSESSION: AN EVENING OF MUSIC
Date: 12th February
Time: 7:15pm – 10pm; doors open at 6:30pm
Tickets: £25
To accompany this major exhibition at Leighton House, come along to a musical feast that will celebrate the paintings on display. Tenor Richard Edgar-Wilson with violinist Kathryn Parry and pianist Juliet Edwards will weave a tapestry of musical delights under the stewardship of compere Sandy Burnett that will include an aria from Cavalli’s unpublished opera Eliogabalo and music by Mendelssohn, Elgar, Brahms and Debussy inspired by the same poets and poetry that so affected the Victorian artists. The concert will feature the magical Lark Ascending in Vaughan Williams’ original version for violin and piano.
Category: Music & Poetry
DESPERATE ROMANTICS: AN AESTHETIC SOIRÉE
Date: 25th February
Time: 7pm – 8.30pm, doors open at 6:30pm
Tickets: £25; entry includes a wine reception
Poet in the City presents an evening in the company of The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. As part of A Victorian Obsession exhibition, this event will look in detail at the philosophy behind a fascinating group of artists, and will explore the poets and poetry inspired by this stunning collection. Hosted by academic and broadcaster Peggy Reynolds (BBC Radio 3 Adventures in Poetry), in discussion with art historian Jan Marsh, the event will also feature special live performances of some classic poetry from the likes of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Browning and Swinburne.
This salon event will also feature a special live piano recital of composers influenced by the Pre Raphaelites, including Faure, Delius and Schumann, by celebrated pianist Prach Boondiskulchok.
Events March 2015:
Category: Arts & Crafts
ARTIST WORKSHOP
Date: 3rd March
Time: 10am – 3pm
Tickets: £35
A rare opportunity to learn about the traditional materials used by an artist, from an artist and materials expert. Scott Pohlschmidt, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Lavender Hill Studios will explain the provenance and properties of different pigments; how to grind them and make paint; how to apply them to greatest effect. Participants will learn to stretch and prime the canvas and have the opportunity to varnish a finished work. Using examples from A Victorian Obsession
Category: Fine arts
BALLOON DEBATE: VICTORIAN MASTERS REVISITED
Date: 4th March
Time: 7pm to 9pm; doors open at 6:30pm
Tickets: £20
Join Alison Smith (Tate Britain), Stephen Wildman (University of Lancaster) and Christopher Newall, independent scholar and curator, as they discuss the relative merits of the Victorian Masters featured in A Victorian Obsession. An entertaining and enlightening evening chaired by art historian Colin Cruise that will shed light on the exhibition and its artists; not only as individuals but also as part of a bigger picture. The debate will conclude with questions from the floor and a show of hands - which artist will win the public's vote? Book sale and signing at the end of the evening.
Category: Theatre
THE MUSE. Beauty. Nudity. Ambition. A new play by Palimpsest
Dates: 13th March, 14th March, 19th March, 20th March, 23rd March, 24th March, 25th March, 27th March, 28th March
Time: 7:45pm – 9pm, doors open at 7:15pm for drinks soirée
Tickets: £25; Not suitable for under 14 yr olds
Following the sell-out success of the production Hedda in April 2014, Leighton House is delighted to be working again with the Palimpsest theatre, film and web company to present an extended run of a new multi-media play that explores the relationship between Frederic, Lord Leighton, one of the most influential Victorian artists and President of the Royal Academy (1878 – 1896) and Dorothy Dene (aka Ada Pullan), his model, muse and confidante. Staged in Leighton's studio, where Dorothy so often posed for the artist, and based on extensive new research, The Muse is a must see.
