From the spires of Truro Cathedral, to the rose window of Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), the South West boasts some of the finest medieval-style architecture in Britain – yet these landmarks were built in the 19th century. A new exhibition at the RAMM investigates how the Victorian mania for all things Gothic created some of the century’s most impressive architecture, art, and literature – and in the process transformed the West Country. Two experts in Victorian literature and history at the University of Exeter have a new book ‘Art and Soul: Victorian and the Gothic’ which...
Rear Admiral David Pulvertaft will talk about the origins, designs and styles of these historic carvings with an emphasis on those that were created in Georgian and Victorian times by the Dickerson family of Plymouth/Devonport.
Music lovers can enjoy listening to some of the finest musicians surrounded by beautiful photographs of Britain’s natural history in the Rathbones Spring Concert Series at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
On Wednesday 2 April, Raphael Wallfisch (cello) is joined by John York (piano) in a programme that includes Beethoven’s Sonata for cello and piano in A, Op.69; Debussy’s Sonata in G Minor and Brahms’ Sonata for Cello and Piano in F, Op.99.
On Wednesday 7 May, Tom Poster (piano) plays two Impromptus by Schubert, D. 899 Nos 1 and 2; Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major, Op.28...
◾Beethoven - Sonata in E flat Op.7 ◾Brahms - Three Intermezzi Op.117 ◾Rachmaninov - Sonata no.1 in D minor Op.28
Martin Cousin is one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation. A winner of the Gold Medal in the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London and the Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition in Italy, Martin has given numerous recitals in the Wigmore Hall and he has appeared as soloist with the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia and BBC Concert Orchestras. Further afield, his tours have included...
