Wednesday evening lecture
Evening lecture - Professor Nathaniel Lew: 'No dull academic jamboree ... but a rich and exciting experience': The 1951 London Season of the Arts
Wednesday 25 April 2012, 17:15 - 18:30
Auditorium, Victoria Rooms
Professor Nathaniel Lew (Associate Professor of Music, St Michael's College, Vermont; Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor)
Although dominated by the South Bank Exhibition, the 1951 Festival of Britain also included the London Season of the Arts, the largest festival of British music ever mounted. This enormous undertaking involved all the nation’s major ensembles performing British music at venues throughout London, and striving to make the programme as comprehensive as possible. Over 60 years on, Professor Lew’s lecture will examine how the programming of the season illuminated the British musical repertoire at a moment of relative consensus.
Admission free (booking advised). To book your place please use the following eventbrite link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2585631694
This event is presented in association with CHOMBEC, the Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth.