Young person (ages 16-24)
February 22, 2022
A Virus a Day Textile Art by Antje Rook
Antje Rook created the A Virus a Day quilt created in response to Covid-19. The Portland artist embroidered one virus for every day of the first 2020 UK lockdown while she was isolating with her partner.
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February 15, 2022
Victoria Sayles and Kirsty Barry
A visit from two musicians with strong local connections. Violinist, Victoria (Dorchester born and bred) now enjoys an international career having recently been appointed leader of the Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra while Pianist, Kirsty will be remembered as a former member of staff at Thomas Hardye School.
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February 15, 2022
Connaught Brass
Connaught Brass are quickly making a name for themselves as a fresh talent in the chamber music world
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February 15, 2022
Ruisi Quartet
Celebrated for their deeply engaging performances of early repertoire alongside championing progressive new music, the critically-acclaimed Ruisi Quartet has established a reputation as a charismatic and expressive young ensemble.
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February 8, 2022
The Mithras Trio
A most interesting programme offering a Grieg rarity, and an early masterpiece by Brahms flanking a piece by Hungarian composer Ivan Erod whose work is said to show the influence of folk music, serialism and jazz - an interesting mix indeed!
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February 8, 2022
Ugnius Pauliukonis, Pianist
Ugnius Pauliukonis, Pianist, Chamber Musician and Educator. His creating field in classical music performances ranging from Early Baroque to late 20th and early 21st-century music.
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January 14, 2022
Reynolds Stone: Life and Work
To coincide with the exhibition Scene through Wood: A century of Modern Wood Engraving, Humphrey Stone discusses the life and work of his father, Reynolds Stone, in this evening lecture.
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January 7, 2022
Mary Anning, the fossil woman
Join Tom Sharpe, formerly Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales, and author of ‘The Fossil Woman: A life of Mary Anning’, to examine what we know of the life of this extraordinary woman.
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December 14, 2021
Scene through Wood – A Century of Modern Wood Engraving
An exhibition from the Ashmolean Museum marking 100 years since the founding of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920 and celebrating one of the most astonishingly skilful and richly creative forms of visual art.
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