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EVENTS, COURSES, ETC.

Fitzwilliam Museum: Events

Exhibitions

29 January - 11 May Made for Export: Chinese nineteenth century flower drawings
12 February - 11 May French tapestry and illustration

Lunchtime talks

Art in Context talks will take place on Wednesdays from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m.

23 January The greatest conquerer of all time: Alexander and his coinage, by Adrian Popescu, Senior Assistant Keeper, Coins and Medals.
30 January The passing of time: Claude-Joseph Vernet, by Gill Hart, Outreach and Access Officer.
6 February Made for export: Chinese nineteenth century flower drawings, by David Scrase, Keeper of Paintings, Drawings, and Prints.
13 February Invention, secrets, and blackmail: the introduction of the Mezzotint to England, by Elenor Ling, Documentation Assistant, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints.
20 February Marco Benefial, 'The Vision of St Philip Neri', by David Scrase, Keeper of Paintings, Drawings, and Prints.
27 February Say it with hares and rabbits, by Julia Poole, Keeper, Applied Arts.
5 March Ramesses III from top to bottom, by Helen Strudwick, Senior Assistant Keeper, Antiquities.
12 March Two portraits by Bartel Beham: Onophrius Scheit and his wife Anna, by David Scrase, Keeper of Paintings, Drawings, and Prints.

Talk for the Cambridge Science Festival

16 March, 12.30 p.m. - 13.30 p.m.

A beautiful line. Allan McRobie, Reader in the Department of Engineering, re-examines Hogarth's 'Analysis of Beauty' in the light of modern mathematics using paintings in the permanent collection and sculpture in the Founder's Entrance.

Music

Promenade Concerts will take place on Sundays from 1.15 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Gallery 3 on the following dates: 20 and 27 January, 3, 10, 17, and 24 February, and 2 and 9 March.

Recitals. Gerald Gifford (Honorary Keeper of Music) will give a series of four introduced recitals celebrating some of the Museum's remarkable treasures of 18th-century keyboard music, on Fridays from 1.15 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Gallery 3. Performances will include harpsichord, spinet, and organ works composed by Lord Fitzwilliam himself, rare keyboard music by Handel and his English contemporaries, and selected orchestral works in 18th-century arrangements for solo keyboard.

25 January Handel and Handeliana: neglected keyboard works from manuscript sources in the Founder's collection (harpsichord).
8 February Lord Fitzwilliam and the Organ: the Founder's own compositions for the instrument, and other manuscript and printed organ music from his Library (chamber organ).
2 May Keyboard transcriptions of orchestral music in the Fitzwilliam Collection: a special enthusiasm of the Founder? (harpsichord).
23 May Treasures of Georgian harpsichord music from the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection (harpsichord and spinet).

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For further information, telephone 01223 332900, or see the website at http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/.