Summer Update: June 2022 by Martin Randall Travel

Summer Update June 2022

Online talks with expert speakers Streaming now, or starting soon: Loot and Plunder: A History of Acquisition Hugh Doherty • Thursdays, 9 June–14 July Neolithic Peru to present-day Patagonia David Beresford-Jones and Chris Moss • Tuesdays, 7 June–12 July Russia’s ‘accursed questions’ Simon Dixon • Thursdays, 4 August–1 September An Architectural History of Modern Britain Steven Parissien • Tuesdays, 30 August–27 September The History and Myth of Arabia Peter Webb • Mondays and Wednesdays, 3–19 October The Faces That Launched a Thousand Paintings Mary Lynn Riley • Thursdays, 6 October–3 November Recordings are available for subscribers to watch, of any episodes that have already aired, for up to eight weeks after the final talk in each series.

Still available to watch: Musicians on Music Various speakers (available until 21st July) Mitteleuropa: History & Memory Various speakers (available until 26th July)

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Dear traveller, ‘If I die now, I’ll die happy’. Not exactly the words one wishes to hear from a client mid-tour, but they go some way to conveying the beauty of The Tallis Scholars’ performance of Manuel Cardoso’s Six Part Requiem during our Polyphony in Portugal festival at the end of May. Personally, I was glad she stuck with it, not least as our final concert included the most exquisite performance of Allegri’s Miserere. There were many highlights out in the Alentejo, among them the concerts by the Portuguese ensemble Cupertinos; Odhecaton and their tremendous Joshua by Bononcini; the interval drinks served so enthusiastically in glorious sunshine by the scouts of Vila Viçosa; the chance to talk to you, our audience, and to laugh – a lot! Continuing the vocal theme, our London Choral Day takes place on 27 June in South Kensington. Should you find a gap in your diary we would love to see you there. We have three more Martin Randall Festivals in 2022; Music in Suffolk Churches starting 4 July, then Music along the Danube, 22–29 August, and Music in Venice, 13–18 November. I can highly recommend them all so please contact us for details or visit martinrandall.com/music-festivals There is plenty else happening in the second half of this year. We have small-group tours to many parts of the UK, and all over Europe, including to the great Oberammergau Passion Play which will not come back until 2030. We return to Uzbekistan and to Georgia in September, then to Morocco, Israel, Palestine and Oman in October. One of my all-time favourite tours, Frank Lloyd Wright, is also running this autumn, as is our long-awaited Patagonia. Japan is reopening its borders this month in good time for our Japanese Gardens tour in November. We would love to welcome you on our symposium Ancient Greece: people and polis where eight leading historians give a wide range of talks. See overleaf for details. Finally, we have six tours over Christmas – to Paris, the Netherlands, Umbria, Vienna, Palermo, Dresden. Everything we do can be found on martinrandall.com. We can also print and post you full details. Please give us a call if you would prefer this, or if you would like any further information. I hope you are tempted. With best wishes,

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Ancient Greece: people and polis A history symposium in Taunton 12–14 October 2022 (mi 534) From £840 per person

Talks

Twelve 40-minute talks with Q&As, spanning Wednesday afternoon to Friday lunchtime.

Sparta: How Odd? There were about a thousand ancient Greek ‘cities’ of which Sparta was certainly one of the most powerful and influential. But how different – or indeed odd – was it really?

Esteemed historians speak on ancient Greek politics, society, technology, art and literature. Based at the ever-welcoming Castle Hotel in Taunton for two nights. The latest in our highly successful series of symposia, this residential event will explore the history and culture of ancient Greece. In a programme that aims both to inform and entertain, top historians will give talks on such themes as democracy, citizenship, warfare, technology, myth, religion, art, sex and crime. They promise to introduce fresh ideas and new thinking, adding colour, breadth, insight and detail to our understanding of Greek civilisation.

Professor Paul Cartledge

Thebes: the Forgotten City of Ancient Greece. Why ‘forgotten’? How should it best be remembered? There will be a focus on Thebes’ glory days in the 4th century BCE, the era of statesman-general-philosopher Epameinondas. Professor Tony Freeth The Astonishing Antikythera Mechanism. From its discovery in 1901 by Greek sponge divers, the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek handpowered orrery used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses, has astonished scientists as its structure has been unravelled over a 120-year research history. Professor Edith Hall The Greeks and the Sea. The sea permeated every dimension of Greek life and thought. This talk explains how sea travel is the ‘missing link’ in accounts of the ancient Greeks’ achievement. Women and Religion in the Classical Polis. Historians tend to stress the exclusion of ancient Greek women from civic life. They could not vote, enter politics or litigate. But in the sphere of religion they enjoyed status and freedoms almost unimaginable to modern monotheism. Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones The Eurymedon Vase: a Trophy of the Persian Wars. The imagery of Greek-Persian sexual interaction on the Eurymedon Vase (c. 460 BCE) has been seen as a metaphor for the Greek defeat of Persia at the battle of Eurymedon. How did the original viewers see it?

Illustration opposite: Athens, the Erechtheion, 20th-century watercolour; above: vase decoration.

Dr Dan Jolowicz

Professor Tony Spawforth

Crime in the Polis. This talk will shine a light on some of the murkier depths of ancient Greek cities (Athens included) and their criminal elements.

Smoke and Mirrors: in search of the historical Alexander. The young Alexander’s invasion of the Persian empire in 334 BCE has left few physical remains. For reconstructing this pivotal moment in world history we rely instead on Classical writings.

Professor James Robson Beauty, sex and desire in Classical Athens. The art and literature of Classical Athens provide rich avenues in which to explore its complex relationship with sex and attraction, from erotic vase painting, to more muted references to physical characteristics and seductive behaviour. Professor Emma Stafford Heraklean identities: myth and the polis. Best known as the monster-slaying hero of myth, Herakles has a number of important roles in Greek history. This talk examines his functions as ancestor of kings, founder of cities, and patron deity of communities – all of whose identities he helped to articulate.

When Rome came marching in, or Ancient Greece Under the Boot. During the 100s BCE Roman aggressions in the eastern Mediterranean included the military conquest of Macedonia and Greece. The defeated Greeks endured mass deportations, razed cities, the suppression of democracy and more. Under the Pax Romana they then experienced a cultural revival, based on a nostalgia for the Classical Greek past. Final talk to be confirmed.

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The Cathedrals of England A study of England’s greatest buildings 29 September–7 October 2022 (mi 506) 9 days • £2,920 • Lecturer: Jon Cannon April & October 2023 Please contact us to register your interest Ely, Lincoln, Durham, York, Coventry, Gloucester, Bristol, Wells, Salisbury, Winchester. Built between the Norman Conquest and Henry VIII’s Reformation, with Coventry Cathedral a moving exception. Organ recitals exclusively for us, and many other special arrangements. This is an architectural journey that would be hard to equal for intensity of aesthetic delight, and as a way into the minds and lives of the people of the Middle Ages it would be difficult to surpass. Personalities of extraordinary capability and vision will be discovered, and the thought processes and techniques used by craftsmen of genius revealed and decoded. The tour ranges across England to see some of the most glorious medieval architecture. With an average of little over one cathedral a day, there is plenty of time to really get to know, assimilate, appreciate and contemplate each one.

Itinerary Day 1: Ely. Leave London by coach at 9.30am. Ely’s mighty Norman nave and transepts, with thick walls, tiers of arches and clusters of shafts, lead to the crossing and its unique 14th-century octagonal lantern. The Lady Chapel is the largest and perhaps the finest in the country, the Early English quire a ravishing setting for the lost shrine to St Etheldreda. Overnight Lincoln. Day 2: Lincoln’s hilltop site above the Witham valley renders this enormous Gothic cathedral even more imposing. Its many minor inconsistencies reveal the struggle for solutions at the frontiers of artistic fashion and technological capability. First of three nights in York. 6

Day 3: Durham. Massive towers rise above trees which cling to a steep embankment. The cathedral’s nave and quire with their great cylindrical pillars, distinguished by their engraved patterns, constitute one of the world’s greatest Romanesque churches. Day 4: York. The largest of English medieval cathedrals. Above ground is all Gothic, from Early English to Perpendicular but mainly 14thcentury. A treasure trove of stained glass; its polygonal chapter house is without peer. Day 5: Coventry. This cathedral is perhaps Britain’s best-known 20th-century building. Built to designs by Sir Basil Spence beside its predecessor’s ruins, it contains some of the best art of the time. Overnight Stratford-upon-Avon. Day 6: Gloucester, Bristol. The pillars in Gloucester’s nave are Norman, while its eastern parts are exquisitely veiled in the first large-scale appearance of Perpendicular. Bristol is a muchoverlooked gem with fine work of every era, the east end among the most innovative of early 14thcentury buildings. First of two nights in Wells. Day 7: Wells. An unspoilt little city, Wells has a fortified bishop’s palace, 14th-century houses of the Vicars Choral. The cathedral was one of the first in England to be built entirely in Gothic style. The strainer arches supporting the sagging tower are among the great creations of the Middle Ages. Day 8: Salisbury. One of the most uplifting experiences in English architecture, and unique among Gothic cathedrals in England in that it was built on a virgin site, largely in a single campaign, 1220–58. Salisbury’s spire is the tallest medieval structure in Britain. Overnight Winchester. Day 9: Winchester. Unembellished early-Norman transepts, with a nave dressed 300 years later in suave Perpendicular garb. Its chantry chapels an enchanting collection of Gothic microarchitecture. Arrive in central London by 4.00pm. Opposite: Durham Cathedral, wood engraving c. 1880.

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Samarkand & Silk Road Cities with Tashkent, Shakhr-i-Sabz, Bukhara and Khiva 16–27 September 2022 (mi 493) 11 nights • £4,420 • Lecturer: Dr Peter Webb 21 April–2 May 2023 (mj 688) 19–30 May 2023 (mj 725) 11 nights • £4,460 • Lecturer: Dr Peter Webb The best of Uzbekistan and some of the most glorious sights in the Islamic world. Memorable landscapes, magnificent mosques and madrassas, wonderful wall tiles and streetscapes. Remote, difficult to access, remarkably unspoilt. Oxiana, Tartary, Turkestan, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand: names to produce a frisson. They evoke alluring images of shimmering turquoise domes and exquisite glazed wall tiles, of lost libraries and renowned scholars, of the delicious decadence of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, of gardens, poetry and wine, of the fabulous riches of the Silk Road between China and Christendom. The cities of the subtitle lie now in Uzbekistan, independent since 1991 but an entity that has its origins in late 19th-century Russian imperialism. Modernity has made relatively unobtrusive inroads throughout and the whitewashed villages and farmsteads with their awnings of vines would hold few surprises for Tolstoy.

Itinerary Day 1. Fly from London Heathrow to Tashkent via Istanbul. First of three nights in Tashkent. Day 2: Tashkent. Afternoon visits in the old town: the Khast Imam complex houses one of the earliest Qur’an manuscripts. A trip on the metro includes stations notable for their interiors. Day 3: Tashkent. A morning at the Chorsu Bazaar and Kukeldash Madrassa demonstrates the Soviet reconstruction of Islamic heritage. Visit the State Museum of History and Amir Timur Museum. Day 4: Samarkand. High-speed train to Samarkand. See the dazzling glazed tiles in the 8

Shah-i-Zinda mausolea, and the remains of the extraordinary 15th-century Ulug Beg observatory. First of three nights in Samarkand. Day 5: Shakhr-i-Sabz. Drive across the Hisor Mountains to Shakhr-i-Sabz, whose 22-metre wide arch with tiled decoration make it the most imposing palace portal in architectural history. Day 6: Samarkand. Visit Timur’s burial place, and the magnificent Registan. See the Bibi Khanum Mosque, commissioned by Timur, and the 19th-century Gumbaz Synagogue. Day 7: Bukhara. High-speed train to Bukhara. Visit Central Asia’s oldest surviving mosque, Magok-i-Attari and the Lyab-i Hauz square, flanked by the Nadir Divanbegi Madrassa and Khanaga. First of three nights in Bukhara. Day 8: Bukhara. Genghis Khan ensured that little of Bukhara’s first golden age remains, but much 15th- and 16th-century architecture survives. See the Kalyan Mosque, several grand madrassas, the citadel of the khans and the Zindan, their infamous prison. Day 9: Bukhara. Visit the Namaz Goh mosque, the Mausoleum of Ismail Samani, and the Bolo Hauz Mosque. The Mausoleum of Buyan-Khuli Khan has fine 14th-century decoration, and next door are the twin domes of the Saifuddin Bukharzi Mausoleum. Day 10: travel to Khiva. A 280-mile journey through undulating desert is bookended by unspoilt green landscapes. Reach Khiva in time for a walk to the Khan’s palace before dinner. Day 11: Khiva. The Friday Mosque: carved wooden columns dating to the 10th century. Tash Hauli Palace: harem quarters constituting the loveliest secular spaces in Central Asia. Paklavan Mahmoud Mausoleum: tiled interiors reach peak opulence. Flight to Tashkent and overnight. Day 12. Fly from Tashkent to London Heathrow. Photograph ©Bill Knight.

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Venetian Palaces The greatest and best-preserved palaces of La Serenissima 8–12 November 2022 (mi 567) 5 days • £2,690 • Lecturer: Dr Michael Douglas-Scott March & November 2023 Please contact us to register your interest Explores many of the finest and best-preserved palaces, once homes to the wealthiest nobles and merchants in Venice (some still in private hands). Access is mainly by special arrangement. Also a private after-hours visit to St Mark’s Basilica. Stays in a 4-star hotel on the Grand Canal. Just as Venice possesses but a single piazza among dozens of campi, it has only one building correctly called a ‘palazzo’. The singularity is important: the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale), like the Piazza San Marco, was the locus of La Serenissima’s public identity and seat of her republican government. Unlike her rivals in Florence and Milan she had no ruling dynasties to dictate polity, by contrast developing a deep aversion to individual aggrandizement and over-concentrated power. While the person and palazzo of the Doge embodied their municipal identity, it was in their private houses that Venice’s mercantile oligarchs expressed their own family wealth and status. These houses were unlike any other domestic buildings elsewhere in the world: erected over wooden piles driven into the mud flats of the lagoon, they remained remarkably uniform over the centuries in their basic design. They were however built in a fantastic variety of styles: Veneto-Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo. Sometimes there is a touch of Islamic decoration. As new families bought their way into the aristocracy during the long period of the Republic’s economic and political decline, they had their residences refurbished in Rococo splendour by master artists such as Giambattista Tiepolo. 10

Itinerary Day 1. Lunchtime flight from London Heathrow to Venice. Travel by motoscafo (water-taxi) to the hotel. Dinner in the 16th-century Palazzo Corner Gheltoff Alverà (special arrangement). Day 2. See the palazzi on the Grand Canal from a gondola. The former Casino Venier (special arrangement): a uniquely Venetian establishment that was part private members’ bar, part literary salon, part brothel Designed by Longhena (c. 1667) and Giorgio Massari (c. 1751). Ca’ Rezzonico is perhaps the most magnificent of Grand Canal palaces, and contains frescoes by Tiepolo. Visit the grand ballroom of late 17thcentury Palazzo Zenobio (special arrangement). Day 3. Visit the Palazzo Ducale, supremely beautiful with 14th-century pink and white revetment, late Renaissance gilded halls and paintings by Tintoretto and Veronese. The Palazzo Grimani at Santa Maria Formosa became in the mid-16th century the purpose-built site of the family collection of antiquities, which were then bequeathed to the Venetian Republic. Afterhours visit to the Basilica di San Marco where the mosaic-encrusted interior is illuminated exclusively for your benefit. Day 4. With its elegant tracery and abundant ornamentation, the Ca’ d’Oro, also on the Grand Canal, is the most gorgeous of Venetian Gothic palaces; it now houses the Galleria Franchetti. The 13th-century Fondaco dei Turchi is a unique survival from the era; today it is the natural history museum. In the afternoon visit a privately owned palace, the Palazzo Contarini dal ZaffoPolignac (special arrangement). Day 5. Visit the privately owned 17th-century Palazzo Albrizzi which has some of the finest stucco decoration in Venice (special arrangement). Travel by motoscafo to Venice airport. Fly to London Heathrow, arriving in the evening. Opposite: wood engraving c. 1880.

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Malta: prehistoric to present with a day on Gozo 26 September–2 October 2022 (mi 504) 7 days • £3,250 • Lecturer: Juliet Rix 9–15 October 2023 (mj 930) 7 days • £3,320 • Lecturer: Juliet Rix An exploration of this fascinating, diverse island. Some of the world’s earliest stone buildings, all of them UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Many more major historic sites in the fortified capital of Valletta and ancient Mdina. Magnificent Baroque art and architecture with 21st-century designs by Renzo Piano. Rural and picturesque Gozo Island, with its stunning natural features. Malta has an extraordinary more than 7,000year history beginning with the arrival of a little-known people from Sicily who became the creators of Malta’s unique Neolithic temples. Older than the Great Pyramids and the famous standing stones at Stonehenge, Malta’s megalithic temples were built between 3800 and 2350 bc – a millennium before Mycenae. All the temples are unesco World Heritage Sites, as is the unique Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, a triple-layered tomb complex cut from solid rock where the ‘Temple People’ buried their dead. With its perfect natural harbours, Malta was desired by every trading or invading nation in the Mediterranean. Each occupier left its mark, perhaps the greatest impression was made by the Knights of St John Hospitaller – ‘The Knights of Malta’. Ousted from Jerusalem and then Rhodes, these maritime warrior monks ruled in Malta from 1530 to 1798. Having almost lost the country to the Ottoman Turks in 1565, they built a near-impregnable new city on a rocky peninsula between two harbours: Valletta. Badly bombed in the Second World War and poorly restored, the City Gate area of Valletta has been redesigned by the architect Renzo Piano. 12

Itinerary Day 1. Morning flight from London Heathrow to Malta. In Valletta, survey the massive fortifications protecting its landward approach and view the Grand Harbour from the ramparts. Day 2. Drive to Hagar Qim and Mnajdram, both prehistoric temples overlooking the sea. Time in the picturesque fishing village of Marsaxlokk, before seeing the ancient track works, the Clapham Junction cart ruts, on the Dingli cliffs. Day 3. Valletta’s National Museum of Archaeology is home to the ‘Fat Ladies of Malta’ and carvings from the Neolithic Temples. See the 18th-century Manoel Theatre; also the Baroque Co-Cathedral of St John with lavish carved wall decoration and tombs, ceiling paintings by Mattia Preti and two Caravaggios. A private visit of the Casa Rocca Piccola provides historic insight into the customs and traditions of the Maltese nobility. Day 4. The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum in Paola (unesco) is the only prehistoric underground burial site in the world; the Tarxien Temple site is the most complex in Malta and would have been the most decorative. Free afternoon in Valletta. Day 5. Cross by ferry to Gozo. See Ggantija, one of the oldest of Malta’s prehistoric temples. The chief town is Victoria, with its cathedral and medieval Citadel; a naturally defensible, flat-topped hill in the middle of Gozo, it was first fortified in the Bronze Age and has been the centre of Gozitan life for at least 3,500 years. Day 6. Mdina, Malta’s ancient capital, is an unspoilt citadel of great beauty, centre of the Maltese aristocracy, with medieval walls, grand palazzi and Baroque cathedral. Below is the town of Rabat, with Early Christian catacombs. Day 7. Cross by traditional water taxi to Vittoriosa; see churches, forts, and the Knights’ auberges. Fly to Heathrow arriving at c. 7.30pm. Opposite: Hagar Qim, wood engraving 1868.

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Opera & Ballet in Paris Liszt, Mozart, Puccini, Strauss 31 October–5 November 2022 (mi 564) 6 days • £3,430 (including tickets to 4 performances) Lecturer: Dr Michael Downes Karita Mattila appears in a new production of Richard Strauss’s spectacular Salome. Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan’s choreographic masterpiece, at the Palais Garnier. Productions by world-renowned directors Robert Carsen (The Magic Flute) and Pierre Audi (Tosca) Backstage visits offer insights into Paris’ two magnificent opera houses, the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille. Explore the Egyptian connections in the operas with a visit to the Louvre, plus visits to the Cité de la Musique and the Musée Jacquemart-André. Music and Paris are intricately intertwined: opera and ballet are central to the city’s social and cultural life, and Paris in turn has shaped both art-forms to an extent few other places can rival. It boasts not one but two of the world’s greatest opera houses: the sumptuous Opéra Garnier, completed in 1875, and the monumental Opéra Bastille, opened in 1989 for the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

Itinerary Day 1. Eurostar: c. 10.30am, London St Pancras to Paris (Standard Premier). Afternoon visit of the Opéra Bastille.

Day 3. Visit the Jacquemart-André museum, a lavish residence built in 1875 for the banker Edouard André which houses the collection he made with his wife, Nélie Jacquemart, a painter. It contains a fine collection of 18th-century paintings. Free afternoon. Evening at the Opéra Bastille: Salome (R. Strauss), Lydia Steier (dir.), Simone Young (cond.), Elza van den Heever (Salome), Zoran Todorovich (Herodes), Karita Mattila (Herodias), Iain Paterson (Jochanaan), Tansel Akzeybek (Narraboth). Day 4. Drive to Porte de la Villette to visit the Cité de la Musique and the music museum. Lunch and some free time. Evening at the Opéra Bastille: Tosca (Puccini), Pierre Audi (dir.), Paolo Bortolameolli (cond.), Elena Stikhina (Tosca), Brian Jagde (Mario Cavaradossi), Gerald Finley (Scarpia), Sava Vemić (Cesare Angelotti), Michael Colvin (Spoletta). Day 5. Visit the Louvre to explore the connections to this evening’s opera in the Egyptian collection, and some free time. Evening at the Bastille: The Magic Flute (Mozart), Robert Carsen (dir.), Antonello Manacorda (cond.), Pavel Petrov (Tamino), Christiane Karg (Pamina), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night), Iurii Samoilov (Papageno), Tamara Bounazou (Papagena), Michael Colvin (Monostatos). Day 6. The morning is free before the Eurostar to St Pancras, arriving at c. 4.45pm.

Day 2. A guided tour of the sumptuous Palais Garnier opera house. Return to the Garnier after lunch for a matinée performance of Mayerling (Franz Liszt), Kenneth MacMillan (choreographer), Martin Yates (cond.).

Opposite: Paris, Palais Garnier, wood engraving c. 1880.

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2022 July 2022 4– 7

August 2022

MUSIC IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES (mi 410)

4–11 The Hanseatic League (mi 438) Andreas Puth

4–10 French Gothic (mi 406) Dr Jana Gajdošová

9–15 Moving on: Architecture & Memory (mi 444) Tom Abbott

5–10 Bauhaus (mi 405) Tom Abbott

17–22 King Ludwig II (mi 448) Tom Abbott

5–11 Cave Art in Spain (mi 460) Dr Paul Bahn

22–29 MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE (mi 450)

6–11 Wagner in Leipzig (mi 404) Barry Millington

September 2022

6–14 Northumbria (mi 412) Christopher Newall

2– 9

11–16 Walking to Derbyshire Houses (mi 416) Anthony Lambert

2–14

18–24 Western Ireland Archaeology (mi 428) Professor Muiris O’Sullivan

5–10

19–25 Oberammergau (mi 430) Tom Abbott

5–11

21–25 Verona Opera (mi 425) Dr R.T. Cobianchi

5–12

23–29 Orkney: 5,000 years of culture (mi 432) Professor Jane Downes & Julie Gibson

6–13 7–20

London Choral Day South Kensington 27 June 2022 (li 390) Price: £220 per person 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. Contact us for full details or visit www.martinrandall.com

9–20 10–19 10–20 12–16 12–19 12–19 12–24

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 The Douro (mi 463) Martin Symington Peru: the Andean Heartland (mi 461) Dr David Beresford-Jones Frank Lloyd Wright (mi 465) Tom Abbott Classical Greece (mi 467) Dr Dan Jolowicz Georgia Uncovered (mi 466) Ian Colvin Dorset Churches (mi 474) Imogen Corrigan Gastronomic Galicia (mi 472) Gijs van Hensbergen Footpaths of Umbria (mi 469) Nigel McGilchrist Civilisations of Sicily (mi 471) Dr Luca Leoncini

Segovia, La Granja de San Ildefonso, by Mima Nixon publ. 1916.

16–27 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mi 493) Dr Peter Webb

6–14 Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden (mi 525) Dr Jarl Kremeier

17–23 Gastronomic Emilia-Romagna (mi 491) Marc Millon & Dr R.T. Cobianchi

7–15 Basilicata & Calabria (mi 527) John McNeill

18–23 Monet & Impressionism (mi 495) Professor Frances Fowle

7–18 Morocco (mi 529) Dr James Brown

19–25 Walking a Royal River (mi 496) Sophie Campbell

10–17 Walking in Southern Tuscany Dr Thomas-Leo True

20–24 Sussex Modern (mi 498) Monica Bohm-Duchen

11–14 Connoisseur’s Pompeii (mi 535) Dr Sophie Hay

20–24 Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds (mi 497) Janet Sinclair

12–14 Symposium: Ancient Greece: People & Polis (mi 534)

20–27 Early Christian & Medieval Rome (mi 499) John McNeill

13–19 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur (mi 536) Monica Bohm Duchen

22–28 Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes (mi 500) Steven Desmond

17–23 The Imperial Riviera (mi 550) Richard Bassett

26– 1 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mi 502) Dr Nigel Spivey

17–26 Castile & León (mi 551) Gijs van Hensbergen

26– 2 Piero della Francesca (mi 503) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

17–29 Civilisations of Sicily (mi 553) John McNeill

26– 2 Malta: Prehistoric to Present (mi 504) Juliet Rix

21–27 Roman & Medieval Provence (mi 556) Dr Alexandra Gajewski

26– 6 Essential Andalucía (mi 501) Dr Philippa Joseph

22– 1 Oman, Landscapes & Peoples (mi 557) Dr Peter Webb

27–30 Norman Conquest & Plantagenet Power (mi 508) Marc Morris

24–30 Raphael, in Celebration (mi 558) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

29– 3 Ravenna & Urbino (mi 505) Dr Luca Leoncini

25– 3 Israel & Palestine (mi 560) Dr Matthew J. Adams

29– 7 The Cathedrals of England (mi 506) Jon Cannon

31– 5 Opera & Ballet in Paris (mi 564) Dr Michael Downes

October 2022

November 2022

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

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

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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 2022

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21–27 Christmas in Holland (mi 590) Dr Sophie Oosterwijk

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21–27 Vienna at Christmas (mi 592) Dr Jarl Kremeier

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20–27 Palermo at Christmas (mi 588) Dr Luca Leoncini

21–27 Dresden at Christmas (mi 594) Tom Abbott 21–28 Umbrian Christmas (mi 596) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 22–27 Paris at Christmas (mi 598) Patrick Bade

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Illustration: Blenheim Palace, aquatint 1793 after Joseph Farington (1747–1821). Photograph opposite ©Ben Ealovega.

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MUSIC IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES 4–7 JULY 2022 MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE 22–29 AUGUST 2022 MUSIC IN VENICE 13–18 NOVEMBER 2022

MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE 23–30 JUNE 2023 CELEBRATING WILLIAM BYRD 1–6 JULY 2023 THE JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH JOURNEY 4–10 SEPTEMBER 2023 THE THOMAS TALLIS TRAIL 20–22 OCTOBER 2023 OPERA IN SOUTHERN SICILY NOVEMBER 2023

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2023 Full details for many of our tours and events in 2023 will be published through the summer. Please contact us to register your interest.

April 2023

Some are available to book already (i.e. any listed along with a code in brackets below). For full details, visit www.martinrandall.com or contact us.

12–19 Romans & Carolingians Dr Hugh Doherty

January 2023

19–27 The Cathedrals of England Jon Cannon

17–23 Valletta Baroque Festival Andrew Hopkins Mozart in Salzburg Richard Wigmore The Ring in Dresden

February 2023 Hamburg: Opera & ‘Elphi’ Israel & Palestine Dr Garth Gilmour Essential Rome Dr Thomas-Leo True Palaces & Villas of Rome Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

March 2023 3– 5

UK Chamber Music Break at The Castle Hotel, Taunton (artists TBC)

14–25 Indian Summer (mj 644) Raaja Bhasin 20–26 Cities of al-Andalus Dr Amira Bennison 27– 3 Gastronomic Valencia Gijs van Hensbergen

11–18 Essential Puglia John McNeill 18–26 Cornish Houses & Gardens Anthony Lambert 19–28 Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity. (mj 686) Carolyn Perry 21–23 UK Chamber Music Break at The Castle Hotel, Taunton (artists TBC) 21– 2 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mj 688) Dr Peter Webb Cyprus: Stepping Stone of History Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Gastronomic Provence Music in Berlin The Ring in Berlin Berlin New Architecture Tom Abbott Art in Japan Dr Monika Hinkel Palladian Villas Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes Steven Desmond Pompeii & Herculaneum Dr Mark Grahame Civilisations of Sicily Dr Philippa Joseph

Opera In Vienna

The Venetian Land Empire Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

Venetian Palaces Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

Tuscan Gardens Dr Katie Campbell

The Printing Revolution Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

Ravenna & Urbino Dr Luca Leoncini

Florence & Venice Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

Cities of Catalonia Gijs van Hensbergen

The Ligurian Coast Dr Luca Leoncini

Welsh National Opera Simon Rees Classical Turkey Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Hastings, by Wilfrid Ball, publ. 1906.

May 2023

June 2023

6–15 Classical Greece .Professor Tony Spawforth 8–10 UK Chamber Music Break at The Swan, Lavenham (artists TBC) 8–21 The Western Balkans (mj 714) Professor Cathie Carmichael 10–18 Aragón: Hidden Spain Dr Zahira Bomford 15–21 Great Swedish Houses Ulrica Häller 16–25 Anjou, Poitou & Saintonge John McNeill 18–29 Leipzig Mahler Festival 19–30 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mj 725) Dr Peter Webb Prague Spring Opera & Ballet in Copenhagen The Medieval Pyrenees Dr Richard Plant Dresden Music Festival Minoan Crete Dr Christina Hatzimichael-Whitely In Search of Alexander Professor Tony Spawforth Iceland’s Story Great Irish Houses Anthony Lambert Georgian Dublin Dr Conor Lucy The Imperial Riviera Richard Bassett Southern Tuscany Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Gardens & Villas of Campagna Romana Amanda Patton Courts of Northern Italy Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Footpaths of Umbria Dr Thomas-Leo True Traditions of Japan Professor Timon Screech Walking in the Cotwsolds Dr Stephen Blake Walking Hadrian’s Wall Dr Matthew Symonds

3–10 Gastronomy & the Golden Age Gijs van Hensbergen 4–11 Medieval Burgundy John McNeill 14–23 Great French Gardens Steven Desmond 17–25 Gardens in the Highlands Colin Crosbie 19–23 Medieval Middle England John McNeill 23–30 MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE 23–30 Walking the Rhine Valley 30– 4 Copenhagen Modern Professor Harry Charrington The Schubertiade Flemish Painting Dr Sue Jones Medieval Alsace West Cork Music Festival Art in Tyrol Dr Ulrike Ziegler The Duchy of Milan Dr Luca Leoncini Gastronomic Friuli-Venezia Giulia Marc Millon Gastronomic Sweden Glyndebourne & Garsington Dr John Allison Lincolnshire Churches Great Houses of the North Tudor England Professor Maurice Howard obe

Art in Scotland Dr Lucinda Lax

July 2023 1– 6

CELEBRATING WILLIAM BYRD

3– 7

West Country Churches John McNeill Opera in Munich & Bregenz Hindsgavl: Chamber Music in Denmark Dr Michael Downes Savonlinna Opera Versailles: Seat of the Sun King Professor Tony Spawforth Brittany Dr Paul Bahn

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Buxton International Festival Verona Opera Dr R.T. Cobianchi Lofoten Chamber Music Festival Dr Michael Downes The Industrial Revolution Paul Atterbury The Victorian Renaissance Christopher Newall Great Houses of the South West Anthony Lambert Shakespeare & his World Dr Charles Nicholl Orkney: 5,000 years of culture

August 2023 The Hanseatic League Andreas Puth King Ludwig II Tom Abbott Mediaeval Saxony Dr Ulrike Ziegler Mitteldeutschland Organs of Bach’s Time Rossini in Pesaro Verona Opera Drottningholm & Confidencen The Lucerne Festival The Age of Bede Imogen Corrigan Opera in Santa Fe

September 2023 4–10 THE JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH JOURNEY 5–16 Walking to Santiago Dr Rose Walker 6–11 Dutch Modern (mj 853) Professor Harry Charrington 9–13 Chateaux of the Loire Dr Sarah Pearson 12–18 Cave Art in Spain Dr Paul Bahn 22–30 Basilicata & Calabria John McNeill 22– 3 Frank Lloyd Wright (mj 900) Tom Abbott 25– 5 Essential Andalucía Dr Philippa Joseph 27– 5 The Cathedrals of England Jon Cannon The Sibelius Festival Normandy Marc Morris Lusatia: Germany’s Eastern Borderlands Design & Modernism in Turin & Milan Dr Philippa Joseph Courts of Northern Italy Professor Fabrizio Nevola Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes Steven Desmond Ravenna & Urbino Dr Luca Leoncini Gastronomic Lombardy Siena & San Gimignano Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Walking in Northern Tuscany Dr Thomas-Leo True The Heart of Italy Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Civilisations of Sicily Dr Luca Leoncini Walking in Slovenia Gastronomic Basque Country Gijs van Hensbergen Isambard Kingdom Brunel Anthony Lambert

Tallinn, Upper Town, lithograph c. 1840.

Sussex Modern Monica Bohm Duchen

Moldavia & Transylvania Dr Shona Kallestrup

At home at Weston Park Gareth Williams

Istanbul Revealed Jeremy Seal

England’s Georgian Towns

In Churchill’s Footsteps Phil Reed

Walking a Royal River Sophie Campbell

UK Chamber Music Break: The Albion Quartet

Literary England Gastronomic West Country Marc Millon

October 2023 5–11 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur 9–15 Malta: prehistoric to present (mj 930) Juliet Rix 16–25 Castile & León Gijs van Hensbergen 18–26 Two Spains: The Spanish Civil War & its Aftermath Giles Tremlett 20–22 THE THOMAS TALLIS TRAIL 21–29 Essential Jordan (mj 980) Felicity Cobbing Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden Dr Jarl Kremeier Athens Arising Wexford Opera Festival Israel & Palestine Dr Matthew J. Adams Gastronomic Piedmont Marc Millon Palladian Villas Dr Sarah Pearson Parma Verdi Festival Civilisations of Sicily John McNeill Art in the Po Valley Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Sardinia Dr R.T. Cobianchi Footpaths of Umbria Nigel McGilchrist Renaissance Rivals Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Pompeii & Herculaneum Nigel Spivey Naples: Art, Antiquities, Opera Dr Luca Leoncini

Welsh National Opera Simon Rees

November 2023 2– 5

Les Années Folles Patrick Bade

15–19 Art in Madrid 30–13 Essential South India (mj 132) Asoka Pugal The Art of Florence Dr Michael Douglas-Scott Oman, Landscapes & Peoples Dr Peter Webb Cambodia by River Vietnam: History, People, Food Japanese Gardens Yoko Kawaguchi Modern Japan Professor Neil Jackson Art History of Venice Dr Susan Steer Venetian Palaces Dr Michael Douglas-Scott OPERA IN SOUTHERN SICILY Opera in Naples & Rome Florentine Palaces Professor Fabrizio Nevola Gastronomic Sicily Marc Millon

December 2023 We usually offer around seven tours over Christmas and New Year. Please contact us to register your interest.

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