Spring Update: March 2022 by Martin Randall Travel

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Dear traveller, I am delighted to share our full list of tours for 2022. These stretch across the UK and Europe to North Africa and the Middle East, the USA, Latin America, Japan and Australia. Themes include art and architecture, gastronomy, music, history, gardens, archaeology, with all tours led by an expert speaker supported by one of our experienced tour managers. Impossible as it is to publish here details of everything we do, we have instead selected seven tours which suggest the depth and breadth of our offering. You will also see mention of the four Martin Randall Festivals for this year, to the Alentejo shortly in May, Suffolk in July, along the Danube in August, and to Venice in November. Among the artists performing are I Fagiolini, Haydn Philharmonic, Modo Antiquo, La Serenissima, Imogen Cooper, La Venexiana, Gesualdo Six, The Tallis Scholars, Amatis Piano Trio, Fabio Biondi, Odhecaton, Roderick Williams. Preparations are advancing (dare I say ‘at pace’), with our indefatigable staff unfazed by their complexity. Our London Days return on 27 June with a much-anticipated Choral Day in the churches of South Kensington. You can book now. From 12–14 October, we hold a symposium on Ancient Greece, in Taunton, details for which will be available this month. For those enjoying our online talks, you will be reassured to hear we are continuing them throughout the year. Please go to www.martinrandall.com to see full details of everything we do. With plans for 2023 already underway, we strongly recommend you sign up to our weekly e-newsletter so you are party to various updates including newly launched tours. We can also send you details for individual events by post – just ask us. Finally, I would like to convey our brief but profound thanks to you all for your support of the last two years. For our staff, all of whom have worked from living rooms or bedrooms since March 2020, our return to an office this week marks a new and welcome era for travel and MRT. We look forward to sharing that with you. With best wishes,

Fiona Charrington Chief Executive March 2022

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The Schubertiade Music and mountains in the Vorarlberg 19–25 June 2022 (mi 394) 7 days • £3,780 (including tickets to 10 performances) Lecturer: Dr Katy Hamilton One of the most prestigious and enjoyable festivals in Europe. Singers and players of the highest calibre. Includes Schubert’s two great song cycles Winterreise and Die Schöne Müllerin. The perfect holiday for music lovers, with excursions among ravishing upland scenery. The combination of music-making of the highest quality with a pre-Alpine mountain setting is a heady mix. Devotees of the Schubertiade return year after year; addiction is a distinct possibility. Guided walks and visits in the surrounding area and time for relaxation among ravishing upland scenery, make for the perfect escape. The festival takes place in the Vorarlberg, the westernmost province of Austria, with all the concerts in Schwarzenberg, described by the philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder as ‘the prettiest village in Europe’. We stay in the delightful village of Mellau, seven miles away.

Itinerary Day 1. Morning flight from London Heathrow to Zurich (British Airways). Drive through Switzerland and into Austria, arriving at Mellau in the lovely upland landscape of the Bregenzerwald. All six nights are spent here. Day 2. Optional morning excursion with guide to the town of Hohenhems, original location of the Schubertiade. Afternoon concert in Schwarzenberg with the Elias String Quartet, Alois Posch (double bass), Michael Collins (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Robin O’Neill (bassoon): Mendelssohn, String Quartet in A minor, Op.13; Schubert, Octet in F, D803. Dinner in 4

Schwarzenberg. Lieder recital with Patrick Grahl (tenor) and Daniel Heide (piano): Schubert, ‘Die Schöne Müllerin’. Day 3. Optional moderate walk on the Baumgartner Höhe, starting and ending with a funicular ride. Lieder recital with Brenda Rae (soprano), Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Mauro Peter (tenor), David Steffens (bass), Helmut Deutsch (piano): quartets and duets by Schubert. After dinner a piano recital with Elisabeth Leonskaja: Schubert, piano works including Sonatas in A, D664 and in C, D840. Day 4. Free morning. Recital with Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) and Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano): Schubert Lieder. Evening concert with the Hagen Quartett and Christian Poltéra (cello): Shostakovich, String Quartet in E-flat minor, Op.144, Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956. Day 5. Morning excursion to Bregenz, the regional capital located beside Lake Constance. Chamber concert with the String Quartet of the Staatskapelle Berlin and Elisabeth Leonskaja: Schubert, String Quartet in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’; Brahms, Piano Quartet in F minor, Op.34. Evening recital with Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano): Schubert Lieder. Day 6. Free morning. Afternoon piano recital with Adam Laloum: Schubert, Sonatas in C minor D958, A D959, and B flat D960. Evening Lieder recital with Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) and Daniel Heide (piano): Schubert, ‘Winterreise’. Day 7. Homeward journey. Stop at Winterthur to see the Old Master and Impressionist paintings of the Oskar Reinhart Collection, displayed in the collector’s home in woods outside the city. Afternoon flight from Zurich to Heathrow.

A Schubert Evening in a Vienna Salon, after a print published in 1897 by Julius Schmid.

Raphael, in celebration a pilgrimage from Urbino to Rome 24–30 October 2022 (mi 558) 7 days • £3,390 Lecturer: Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Just over 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master Raffaello Sanzio. Journey to the places he lived, worked and died: his birthplace, Urbino; Florence; and Rome. Private visit to the Vatican to see the most precious assemblage of painting in the western world; Raphael’s frescoes and the Sistine Chapel. This tour celebrates Raphael’s life and work five centuries after his death in 1520, and after the major spring exhibition at the National Gallery, London (9 April to 31 July 2022). By following in his footsteps, travelling through the landscapes he painted, one can gain an insight into the artistic development of this most impressionable, adaptable and experimental of artists. His art will be placed in the context of the culture of the time, while analysis of preparation and design and explication of narrative will bring it to life. The immensity of his talent and his soaring intellect will become evident.

Itinerary Day 1: Urbino. Morning flight from London Heathrow to Bologna. Begin the tour in Urbino, the small city state where Raphael was born, and one of the loveliest hill towns in Italy. Visit the House of Raphael this evening. Overnight Urbino. Day 2: Urbino, Florence. The Palazzo Ducale, a masterpiece built by the Montefeltro dynasty over several decades, is perhaps the finest secular building of its period. Raphael was among those who passed through its exquisite halls, and the fine art gallery here holds his portrait of a young woman, La Muta. See also the beautiful studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro and the rest of the excellent picture collection. After lunch, travel by coach to Florence. First of two nights in Florence. 6

Day 3: Florence. It was in Florence that Raphael learned from Leonardo and Michelangelo. Visit the redoubtable Palazzo Pitti, which houses several museums including the Galleria Palatina, outstanding particularly for High Renaissance and Baroque paintings; see a selection of Raphael’s portraits here, including Woman with a Veil. In the afternoon, visit the Uffizi for several of his major works, including Madonna of the Goldfinch. The Uffizi also holds masterpieces by every major Florentine painter, as well as international Old Masters. Day 4: Florence, Rome. Continue by rail to Rome (first class) arriving by lunchtime. The Palazzo Barberini is a great palace which became Rome’s National Gallery, with paintings by most of the Italian Old Masters, including Raphael’s La Fornarina. First of three nights in Rome. Day 5: Rome. Some free time. In the afternoon, the double portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano is housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, a famous picture collection. In the evening there is a private visit to the Vatican to see the most precious assemblage of painting in the western world; in the Pinocateca and adjacent rooms are many of Raphael’s paintings and frescoes, including the Transfiguration, his last great altarpiece. See also Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Day 6: Rome. The delightful Villa La Farnesina has frescoes by Raphael, and Palazzo Corsini holds a copy of La Fornarina. After lunch, visit S. Agostino and S. Maria del Popolo where the Chigi Chapel and mosaics were designed by Raphael. S. Maria della Pace contains his Sibyls fresco. Day 7: Rome. The Galleria Borghese is Rome’s finest collection of painting and sculpture and has works by Raphael. The Pantheon, best preserved of ancient Roman monuments, is home to Raphael’s tomb. Afternoon flight to London.

Mid-19th-century etching by F. Böttner after Raphael’s Woman with a Veil (housed in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

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Western Ireland Archaeology Archaeology, history and landscape 18–24 July 2022 (mi 428) 7 days • £2,660 Lecturer: Professor Muiris O’Sullivan First-rate prehistorical and early Christian sites, country houses and museums. Stirring, unspoilt scenery and seascapes; the Dingle Peninsula, the Burren, the Aran Islands. A gentle pace, peace, comfort and tranquillity. The west coast of Ireland is one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Europe – as well as the most beautiful, its piquancy by juxtaposition with the surviving, though much threatened, Gaelic culture. The extraordinary degree of survey and excavation carried over the last three decades has yielded a wealth of information dating back some 10,000 years. Bronze Age and Iron Age Ireland produced incredible gold torcs, wonderful jewellery and fascinating evidence of religious beliefs and rituals and contact with people overseas. With the introduction of Christianity, many aspects of pagan practices were absorbed into the new belief. The arrival of the Vikings in 795 brought new challenges and the beginnings of urbanisation (Dublin became one of the largest Viking settlements outside Scandinavia). This tour explores the rich rural landscapes, studded with small towns and villages, of the south and west coasts. The vast bulk of the country offers a happy balance between firstrate archaeological sites and unspoilt scenery, comfortable accommodation and relative peace and quiet. Food is of a high standard, and the daily catch can bring in all sorts of delights.

Itinerary Day 1. Meet at Cork Airport or the hotel. The beautiful coastal town of Kinsale has a rich maritime history; the battle in 1601 was a turning point in Irish history, with the rule of the English prevailing. Visit the 17th-century, star-shaped Charles Fort. Overnight in Kinsale. 8

Day 2: Killarney, Dingle. Visit Killarney National Park and the earliest Bronze Age copper mine in northwest Europe. Drive along the dramatic south coast of the Dingle peninsula passing Inch and Anascaul, a landscape of mountains and sandy beaches. First of two nights in Dingle. Day 3: the Dingle Peninsula. Drive around Slea Head (the westernmost point of Europe) to Dunquin and other sites. Beehive huts, standing stones and early monastic sites dot the area. Ferriter’s Cove is the earliest Mesolithic site in southwest Ireland. Visit the monastic sites of Riasc, the eighth-century Gallarus Oratory, and the 12th-century church at Kilmalkedar. Day 4: County Clare. The 15th-century castle at Listowel, on the site of an earlier fortification fronting the river Feale, was once occupied by the Fitzmaurice lords of Kerry. Cross the Shannon by ferry and pass through the spectacular landscape of the Burren. Visit 12th-century Kilfenora Cathedral, with its high crosses and glass-roofed chancel. First of three nights near Ballyvaughan. Day 5: The Aran Islands. Distinctive geology and archaeology make these unforgettable. Occupation dates from the eighth century bc. Here in the 1890s J.M. Synge came to record the islands’ folklore and traditions that inspired his dramatic writings. By ferry to Inishmore, for a day exploring ring forts, churches and grave sites. Day 6: The Burren. Visit Ailwee Cave, the largest and most spectacular cave in Ireland. Leamaneh Castle dates to the 15th century, and surrounding it is a medieval landscape of ancient roads and ruins. Continue north through the Burren to view prehistoric Poulnabrone dolmen. Day 7: Kilmacduagh, Shannon. The 11th-century slightly leaning 100ft tower at Kilmacduagh is on a monastic site with four ruined churches. From here drive to Shannon Airport where the tour ends by 10.45am.

The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare Subscribe to our weekly ©Henrique e-newslettCaveiro. er: www.martinrandall.com/newsletter-signup (Burren region), photograph

French Gothic The great cathedrals of northern France 4–10 July 2022 (mi 406) 7 days • £2,530 Lecturer: Dr Jana Gajdošová The cradle of Gothic, northern Europe’s most significant contribution to world architecture. The manifestations of Early and High Gothic buildings, with an entire day at Chartres. Unparalleled examples of stained glass, sculpture and metalwork. Gothic was the only architectural style that had its origins in northern Europe. It was in the north of France that the first defining buildings arose and here that the style attained its classic maturity. From the mid-12th century the region was the scene of unparalleled activity, with dozens of cathedrals, churches and abbeys under construction. Architects stretched their imaginations and masons extended their skills daring to enclose ever greater volumes of space with increasingly slender structural supports and larger areas of window. But this was not only an architectural phenomenon. Windows were fi lled with coloured glass. Life-like sculpture, increasingly integrated into its architectural setting, was abundant. The art of metalwork thrived, and paint was everywhere. All the arts were coordinated to interpret and present elaborate theological programmes to congregations which included illiterate lay people and sophisticated clerics. Nearly all the most important buildings in the development of the Early and High phases of Gothic are included, in chronological sequence as far as geography allows. A whole day is dedicated to the cathedral at Chartres, the premier site of the building arts of the medieval world.

Itinerary Day 1. Eurostar to Lille. Coach to the country hotel, near Laon. First of three nights near Laon. 10

Day 2: Noyon, Laon. One of the earliest Gothic cathedrals (c. 1150), Noyon’s four-storey internal elevation marks the transition from the thickwalled Romanesque to the thin verticality of Gothic. Laon is spectacularly sited on a rock outcrop. Begun c. 1160, the cathedral is the most complete of Early-Gothic churches and one of the most impressive, with five soaring towers. Day 3: Soissons, Reims. Soissons Cathedral is a fine example of the rapid architectural changes which took place at the end of the 12th century. Reims Cathedral, the coronation church of the French monarchy, begun 1211, is a landmark of High Gothic with the first appearance of bar tracery and classicising portal sculpture. At the church of St Rémi the heavy Romanesque nave contrasts with the light Early-Gothic choir. Day 4: St-Denis. On the outskirts of Paris, the burial place of French kings, St-Denis was an abbey of the highest significance in politics and in the history of architecture. In the 1140s the choir was rebuilt, and the pointed arches, rib vaulting and skeletal structure warrant the claim that this was the first Gothic building. First of two nights in Chartres. Day 5: Chartres. The cathedral at Chartres, begun in 1145 and recommenced in 1195 after a fire, is the finest synthesis of Gothic art and architecture. Sculpture and stained glass are incorporated into an elaborate theological programme. A full day here provides time to explore, reflect and absorb. See also the church of St Pierre. Day 6: Mantes-la-Jolie, Beauvais, Amiens. Visit the 12th-century collegiate church at Mantes-laJolie. Beauvais Cathedral, begun 1225, was, with a vault height in the choir of 157 feet, the climax in France of upwardly aspiring Gothic architecture. Overnight Amiens. Day 7: Amiens. Amiens Cathedral is the classic High-Gothic structure, its thrilling verticality balanced by measured horizontal movement. Afternoon Eurostar to London St Pancras.

Chartres Cathedral, etching 1881.

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Bauhaus The birth of modern architecture and design 5–10 July 2022 (mi 405) 6 days • £2,390 Lecturer: Tom Abbott

Bauhaus school buildings and those designed by its workshops, some by special arrangement.

Bauhaus college buildings and several pioneering examples of modernism; all the most important sites, some by special arrangement.

Day 1: Weimar. Fly to Frankfurt. The next two nights are spent in Weimar. Visit the Haus am Horn, the first building to be built according to Bauhaus principles, built for its exhibition of 1923.

Art, design and architecture of the 20th century’s most influential art movement. New museums devoted to Bauhaus that opened in Weimar and Dessau for its centenary in 2019. The Bauhaus was without doubt the most influential art school of the 20th century. The artists, architects and designers who formed it have exerted an enormous influence on the modern movement and art across the world. Chief among them are Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe (directors of the school), Josef Albers, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer and László Moholy-Nagy. Their legacy is all the more astonishing since the Bauhaus lasted just 14 turbulent years. Founded in Weimar in 1919, it was beset by ideological opposition, economic crises and political interference. Forced to relocate first to Dessau and then to Berlin, in 1933 it met an ignominious end at the hands of Nazi stormtroopers. Ironically, its closure expedited the dissemination of its ideas as its protagonists fled Germany for their lives. The movement sought to eradicate the distinction between artist and craftsman and to design objects for industrial mass production in ways that considered both aesthetics and economy. Tensions defined it, between Expressionists and Constructivists, craftsmen and industrial designers, the politically motivated and those unengaged. The intellectual energy generated by these debates contributed to an enormously creative atmosphere. This tour celebrates the energy, vision and reach of the movement. We see all the key 12

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Day 2: Weimar. The original Bauhaus Building by the Belgian Henry van de Velde (1904–5), now contains reconstructed Bauhaus work destroyed by the Nazis (murals and reliefs by Schlemmer, Herbert Bayer and Joost Schmidt). See also Gropius’s Expressionist Trades Union Monument. Day 3: Weimar, Dessau. The Neues Bauhaus Museum opened to critical acclaim in 2019. Drive to Dessau, whose mayor succeeded in securing the Bauhaus in 1923 following its eviction from Weimar. See the Törten Estate (Gropius, Meyer and Muche). First of two nights in Dessau. Day 4: Dessau. Gropius designed the Bauhaus Building (1926), incorporating student accommodation, workshop wing, theatre and canteen and now restored. View other Bauhaus buildings in Dessau, among them Gropius’s Master’s Houses and the Labour Exchange. Day 5: Dessau, Potsdam, Berlin. Visit the New Bauhaus Museum in Dessau. The Einstein Tower in Potsdam by Erich Mendelsohn is an outstanding example of Expressionist architecture. En route to Berlin stop at Bruno Taut’s Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte estate in Zehlendorf with early works of Mies van der Rohe. Overnight Berlin. Day 6: Berlin. See the exteriors of Berlin’s two major post-war buildings by Bauhaus exiles, the Bauhaus Museum (Gropius), and the Neue Nationalgalerie (Mies van der Rohe). Private visit to a villa designed by Wassily Luckhardt. Afternoon flight from Berlin to Heathrow.

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Gastronomic Puglia ‘L’orto d’Italia’: food and wine in the vegetable garden of Italy 3–10 October 2022 (mi 517) 8 days • £3,320 Lecturer: Christine Smallwood

Montegrosso at an exceptional restaurant with a vast kitchen garden. The ‘chef-contadino’ (farmer chef) gives a tour of his extensive orto – a fitting introduction to one of the best lunches in Puglia.

The staples of Italian cuisine – bread, pasta, oil and cheese – in their primitive perfection.

Day 4: Castel del Monte, Altamura, near Monopoli. Castel del Monte: Frederick II’s octagonal hunting lodge of c. 1240 is among the most intriguing secular buildings of the Middle Ages. Continue to Altamura and the cathedral, one of four palatine churches in Puglia. Visit a bakery that produces Altamura’s unique bread. Continue to a converted masseria near Monopoli, where the following four nights are spent.

A spectrum of traditions from family-run trattorie to Michelin-starred restaurants. Sample the architecture of one of the most sophisticated kingdoms in medieval Europe. The Pugliesi don’t just want you to eat their food, they want you to savour their territorio; and they produce a lot to savour. The long, southern region known as l’orto d’Italia (the vegetable garden of Italy) is predominantly level; and blessed with fertile soil, mild winters and long, hot summers. Many consider the food here to be a prime example of the Mediterranean diet. We have selected authentic establishments where the warmth of welcome and genuine readiness to please is as much a part of the experience as the appetising food and wine.

Itinerary Day 1: Trani. Morning flight from London City to Bari, via Milan. En route to Trani, stop to meet a producer of Moscato di Trani, a sweet wine whose history dates to the 13th century, when the merchants of Venice made it famous throughout Europe. First of three nights in Trani. Day 2: Trani, near Andria. A harbour walk includes the 12th-century church of Ognissanti and the Romanesque cathedral. Near Andria a family-run biodynamic farm and winery. Visit the wine cellars in the castle where the family still live. There is a wine tasting and a simple but plentiful lunch of fresh produce from the farm. Day 3: Andria, Montegrosso. Andria is the home of burrata. Visit an artisan producer and try your hand at making it. Also in Andria is the Museo del Confetto (sugared almonds). Lunch in 14

Day 5: Martina Franca, near Locorotondo, Carovigno. The gastronomic speciality of Martina Franca is capocollo, a cold cut marinated in spiced red wine and smoked. Taste the meat with wine at a family-run producer. Continue to Martina Franca, a beautiful hill town of sudden vistas and Baroque and Rococo churches. In the afternoon, visit a producer of Locorotondo white wine. Dine at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Carovigno. Day 6: Lecce, Salice Salentino. Lecce is distinguished by an elaborate style of Baroque and Rococo decoration. The outstanding examples are the cathedral and the church of Santa Croce. See also the well preserved Roman theatre. The wines of the Salento are the best-known in Puglia; visit a highly rated dynamic winery just outside Lecce. Day 7: Monopoli, near Alberobello, Ceglie Messapica. An award-winning oleificio near Alberobello to learn the art of tasting olive oil. Ceglie Messapica has become a renowned centre of gastronomy, thanks to the local produce. Lunch is at an outstanding restaurant. Discover biscotti cegliesi, made from almonds and cherry jam. Day 8: Conversano. Drive to the congenial town of Conversano, where the final lunch is at a family-run Michelin-starred restaurant. A pastamaking demonstration precedes lunch. Continue to Bari and fly to London City, via Milan.

Castel del Monte, lithograph after Edward Lear c. 1850.

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Istanbul Revealed Byzantine and Ottoman metropolis 3–9 October 2022 (mi 518) 7 days • £2,890 Lecturer: Jeremy Seal Roman remains; outstanding Byzantine buildings; Ottoman mosques and palaces. Stay in the heart of the old Sultanahmet area, within walking distance from the Grand Bazaar. World-class museums, well-known highlights and some less familiar ones, with an expert who knows the city intimately. The radical transformations of this extraordinarily diverse city are vividly expressed by its changes of name: Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul. The capital successively of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, and now modern Turkey’s booming metropolis, it is one of the most beautiful and fascinating hubs in the world. Initially a modest Greek city, it was chosen by Constantine as the site of the new capital of the Roman Empire and inaugurated in ad 330. The Byzantine Empire continued in direct succession to the Roman, and its large capital became the guardian of classical culture and a bastion of Orthodox Christianity. The city walls were the strongest in the western world, and while the Byzantine Empire gradually shrank before the onslaughts of Persians, Arabs and Latin crusaders, it was not finally extinguished until 1453 when Ottoman Turks captured the city. In the period following the Ottoman conquest, the city steadily acquired some of the world’s finest Islamic architecture, aided by the example of the sixth-century Hagia Sophia, the architect Sinan and the brilliant tile factories at Iznik. Minarets and mosques now dominate the skyline, but churches, temples, palaces and other pre-Ottoman buildings, whole or fragmentary, are to be found in abundance. Istanbul has evolved into a melting-pot of cultures, with a lively streetlife and colourful bazaars. 16

Itinerary Day 1. Fly at c.11.30am (Turkish Airlines) from London Heathrow to Istanbul. Arrive early evening and drive to the historic quarter of Sultanahmet for the first of six nights. Day 2. The Hippodrome, constructed c. ad 200 by Septimius Severus was completely rebuilt by Constantine. The Byzantine Great Palace is largely lost, but at the Mosaic Museum, a vast expanse of its Roman mosaic pavement can be seen. The afternoon concentrates on Byzantine monuments, including the Hagia Sophia and Hagia Eirene. Day 3. The Topkapı Palace was the Sultan’s residence and political heart of the Ottoman Empire. Explore the famous harem and the Imperial Treasury, with its collection of sacred Islamic relics. Take in the magnificent Sülemaniye Camii, masterpiece of the great architect Sinan, also Sinan’s exquisite Rüstem Pasha Camii. Day 4. Take the ferry up the Golden Horn to Eyup, among the holiest places in Islam and the shrine of the Prophet’s standard bearer. Walk parts of the city walls in the vicinity of the Kariye Museum (church of St Saviour in Chora). A thorough exploration of this stunning church allows time to absorb the finest assemblage of Byzantine mosaics and frescoes anywhere. Day 5. A private boat ride along the Bosphorus yields superb views of Istanbul and the villas of its suburbs. The Sadberk Hanim Museum is a mansion with collections spanning Anatolian civilisation. Visit Beylerbeyi Palace, an imperial summer residence of the late Ottoman era. Day 6. View the imperial caiques at the Naval Museum. The recently renovated Archaeological Museum holds an outstanding collection of ancient artefacts, Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, that will be all the more appreciated in the context of the sites seen over the week. Day 7. Afternoon flight from Istanbul to London.

Istanbul, hand-coloured copper engraving c. 1760 by Georg Balthasar Probst.

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POLYPHONY IN PORTUGAL 22–27 MAY 2022 MUSIC IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES 4–7 JULY 2022 MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE 22–29 AUGUST 2022 MUSIC IN VENICE 13–18 NOVEMBER 2022 UK Chamber Music Breaks: THE NAVARRA STRING QUARTET 1–3 APRIL 2022

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Tours and events | 2022 April 1– 3

Chamber Music Break: Navarra String Quartet (mi 295) Speaker: Richard Wigmore

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Gardens of the Riviera (mi 294) Steven Desmond

5–13 Normans in the South (mi 300) John McNeill 6–11 Mozart in Berlin (mi 304) Ian Page 6–13 Romans & Carolingians (mi 301) Dr Hugh Doherty 6–14 The Cathedrals of England (mi 302) Jon Cannon 7–11 Ravenna & Urbino (mi 303) Dr Luca Leoncini 11–15 Tom Abbott’s Berlin (mi 313) Tom Abbott 11–22 Art in Japan (mi 308) Dr Monika Hinkel 19–24 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mi 321) Dr Mark Grahame 19–25 Gardens & Villas of the Veneto (mi 322) Amanda Patton

May 4– 8

Flemish Painting (mi 335) Dr Sue Jones

19–27 Cornish Houses & Gardens (mi 324) Anthony Lambert

6–13 Courts of Northern Italy (mi 337) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

20–29 Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity (mi 330) Carolyn Perry

7–16 Classical Greece (mi 339) Dr Christina Hatzimichael-Whitley

23–29 Genoa & Turin (mi 332) Dr Luca Leoncini

8–12 Castles, Campaigns, Conquest (mi 336) Marc Morris

25– 7 Civilisations of Sicily (mi 331) Dr Philippa Joseph

8–15 Gardens of the Bay of Naples (mi 343) Steven Desmond

26– 1 Palladian Villas (mi 320) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

9–15 Walking Hadrian’s Wall (mi 341) Graeme Stobbs

30– 6 The Ligurian Coast (mi 333) Dr Luca Leoncini

9–16 Gastronomic Le Marche (mi 340) Marc Millon & Dr Thomas-Leo True

30–10 Sailing the Dalmatian Coast (mi 329) Dr Ffiona Gilmore Eaves

11–21 Sailing the Dalmatian Coast (mi 349) Dr Zoe Opačić

Right: York Minster, watercolour by G. Home, publ. 1935.

12–21 Extremadura (mi 353) Chris Moss

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13–20 Krakow & Silesia (mi 352) Dr Agata Golmólka

13–20 Treasures of Moravia (mi 391) Martin Randall

13–21 Great Irish Houses (mi 354) Anthony Lambert

15–20 Leipzig Bach Festival (mi 389) Richard Wigmore

16–20 Arts & Crafts in the Lake District (mi 359) Janet Sinclair

16–18 Discovering Ceremony (mi 392) Sally Butler

16–22 Medieval Heart of Portugal (mi 357) John McNeill

17–20 Versailles: Seat of the Sun King (mi 393) Professor Anthony Spawforth

16–23 Footpaths of Umbria (mi 358) Nigel McGilchrist

18–26 Gardens in the Highlands (mi 395) Colin Crosbie

20–25 New English Gardens & RHS Chelsea (mi 362) Amanda Patton

19–25 The Schubertiade (mi 394) Dr Katy Hamilton

21–29 Moldavia & Transylvania (mi 365) Dr Shona Kallestrup

19–27 Wagner in Leipzig (mi 402) Barry Millington

22–27 POLYPHONY IN PORTUGAL (mi 367)

20–24 Medieval Kent (mi 396) John McNeill

23–27 Great Private Houses of Norfolk (mi 369) Dr Andrew Moore 23–30 Dark Age Brilliance (mi 368) John McNeill 24–30 Oberammergau (mi 370) Tom Abbott 29– 2 Gardens of Sintra (mi 372) Dr Gerald Luckhurst

June 5–12 Gastronomy & the Golden Age (mi 380) Gijs van Hensbergen 7–13 Connoisseur’s Prague (mi 384) Richard Bassett 7–18 Walking to Santiago (mi 383) Dr Rose Walker 8–14 Connoisseur’s Vienna (mi 385) Dr Jarl Kremeier 8–15 Gastronomic Veneto (mi 387) Marc Millon & Dr R.T. Cobianchi 9–15 Leipzig Bach Festival (mi 388) Dr David Vickers 9–16 Medieval Burgundy (mi 377) John McNeill 20

20–26 Lucca & Vicinity (mi 398) Professor Andrew Hopkins 20–27 Franconia (mi 400) Dr Jarl Kremeier 26– 3 Aosta, Como & the Italian Alps (mi 397) John McNeill 27

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29– 3 Medieval East Anglia (mi 399) Dr Jana Gajdošová 29– 4 Wagner in Leipzig (mi 403) Barry Millington 30– 8 Finland: Aalto & Others (mi 401) Professor Harry Charrington

July 4– 7

MUSIC IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES (mi 410)

4–10 French Gothic (mi 406) Dr Jana Gajdošová 5–10 Bauhaus (mi 405) Tom Abbott Top: ‘Rocaille’ cartouche, engraving c.1750.

5–11 Cave Art in Spain (mi 460) Dr Paul Bahn 6–11 Wagner in Leipzig (mi 404) Barry Millington 6–14 Northumbria (mi 412) Christopher Newall 11–16 Walking to Derbyshire Houses (mi 416) Anthony Lambert 18–24 Western Ireland Archaeology (mi 428) Professor Muiris O’Sullivan 19–25 Oberammergau (mi 430) Tom Abbott 21–25 Verona Opera (mi 425) Dr R.T. Cobianchi 23–29 Orkney: 5,000 years of culture (mi 432)

August 4–11 The Hanseatic League (mi 438) Andreas Puth 9–15 Moving on: Architecture & Memory (mi 444) Tom Abbott 17–22 King Ludwig II (mi 448) Tom Abbott 22–29 MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE (mi 450)

September 2– 9 2–14 5–10 5–11 5–12 6–12

Courts of Northern Italy (mi 456) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott The Road to Santiago (mi 455) Dr Richard Plant Czech Modernism (mi 464) Professor Harry Charrington The Etruscans (mi 458) Dr Nigel Spivey Cave Art of France (mi 459) Dr Paul Bahn Maritime England James Davey Contact us to register your interest

6–13 The Douro (mi 463) Martin Symington 7–20 Peru: the Andean Heartland (mi 461) Dr David Beresford-Jones 9–20 Frank Lloyd Wright (mi 465) Tom Abbott 10–19 Classical Greece (mi 467) Dr Dan Jolowicz 10–20 Georgia Uncovered (mi 466) Ian Colvin 12–16 Dorset Churches (mi 474) Imogen Corrigan 12–17 Gardens & Landscapes of the Dutch Wave (mi 468) Amanda Patton 12–19 Gastronomic Galicia (mi 472) Gijs van Hensbergen 12–19 Footpaths of Umbria (mi 469) Nigel McGilchrist 12–24 Civilisations of Sicily (mi 471) Dr Luca Leoncini 16–27 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mi 493) Dr Venetia Porter 17–23 Gastronomic Emilia-Romagna (mi 491) Marc Millon & Dr R.T. Cobianchi 18–23 Monet & Impressionism (mi 495) Professor Frances Fowle 19–25 Walking a Royal River (mi 496) Sophie Campbell 20–24 Sussex Modern (mi 498) Monica Bohm-Duchen 20–24 Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds (mi 497) Janet Sinclair 20–27 Early Christian & Medieval Rome (mi 499) John McNeill 22–28 Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes (mi 500) Steven Desmond 26– 1 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mi 502) Dr Nigel Spivey 26– 2 Piero della Francesca (mi 503) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

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10–17 Walking in Southern Tuscany Dr Thomas-Leo True Contact us to register your interest 11–14 Connoisseur’s Pompeii (mi 535) Dr Sophie Hay 12–14 Symposium: Ancient Greece: People & Polis Contact us to register your interest 13–19 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur (mi 536) Monica Bohm Duchen 17–23 The Imperial Riviera (mi 550) Richard Bassett 17–26 Castile & León (mi 551) Gijs van Hensbergen 26– 2 World Heritage Malta (mi 504) Juliet Rix 26– 6 Essential Andalucía (mi 501) Dr Philippa Joseph 27–30 Norman Conquest & Plantagenet Power (mi 508) Marc Morris 29– 3 Ravenna & Urbino (mi 505) Dr Luca Leoncini 29– 7 The Cathedrals of England (mi 506) Jon Cannon

October 3– 9

Istanbul Revealed (mi 518) Jeremy Seal

3–10 Gastronomic Puglia (mi 517) Christine Smallwood 4– 9

Palladian Villas (mi 520) Dr Sarah Pearson

6–14 Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden (mi 525) Dr Jarl Kremeier 7–15 Basilicata & Calabria (mi 527) John McNeill 7–18 Morocco (mi 529) Dr James Brown 22

17–29 Civilisations of Sicily (mi 553) John McNeill 21–27 Roman & Medieval Provence (mi 556) Dr Alexandra Gajewski 22– 1 Oman, Landscapes & Peoples (mi 557) Dr Peter Webb 24–30 Raphael, in Celebration (mi 558) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 25– 3 Israel & Palestine (mi 560) Dr Matthew J. Adams Art in Paris Contact us to register your interest

November 2– 6

Art in Madrid (mi 565) Dr Xavier Bray

7–12 The Story of Venice (mi 566) Dr Susan Steer 8–12 Venetian Palaces (mi 567) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 10–21 Japanese Gardens (mi 568) Yoko Kawaguchi 13–18 MUSIC IN VENICE (mi 570) 21–26 Venice Revisited (mi 573) Dr Susan Steer 21–27 Florence Revisited (mi 575) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

December Christmas & New Year Paris at Christmas Holland at Christmas Vienna at Christmas Dresden at Christmas Rome at Christmas Umbria at Christmas Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur at New Year Contact us to register your interest.

How to book For full details of any tour or event listed in this brochure, please visit www.martinrandall.com or contact us.

Book on our website Click ‘Book this tour’ on any tour page to initiate your booking. You can provisionally hold a space online and agree to our terms and conditions. We will then contact you about paying your deposit.

Book by telephone or e-mail Alternatively, call or e-mail us to make a provisional booking which we will hold for seven days. We then require you to complete a booking form and pay a deposit (10% of your total booking price). We will send you the booking form by e-mail or post depending on your preference.

Conﬁrming your booking Upon receipt of your booking form and deposit we will send you formal confirmation. After this your deposit is non-refundable except in the special circumstances outlined in our booking conditions.

Booking conditions

March 2023

It is important that you read these before committing to your booking. We will send these to you with your booking form, or you can find them online: www.martinrandall.com/terms

14–25 Indian Summer (mj 644) Raaja Bhasin Full programme for 2023 to be announced soon. Engravings and etchings. Top: Nymphenburg c. 1770. Above: Vienna, Am Hof c. 1930. Left: Granada, Alhambra, 1864. Right: detail from a 1742 engraving.

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Forthcoming events

Ancient Greece: People and Polis

London Choral Day: South Kensington

12–14 October 2022 Contact us to register your interest

27 June 2022 Contact us for full details or visit www.martinrandall.com

Our next residential symposium at the Castle Hotel, Taunton explores aspects of Ancient Greek history and culture in twelve 40-minute talks. Speakers include professors Paul Cartledge, Edith Hall, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Antony Spawforth. We discuss subjects ranging from the Greeks and the Sea, the forgotten city of Thebes and the astonishing Antikythera Mechanism.

Three top professional choirs – Siglo de Oro, the Choir of the London Oratory, and Recordare – perform in three very different and beautiful churches in South Kensington.