Ian France – (Music Appreciation: Opera & Classical)

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A former Head of Music in local secondary schools, Ian first lectured at Higham in 2014. Since then he has delivered over 50 music appreciation courses, from Mozart to Richard Strauss. Feedback usually mentions these three E’s: enthusiasm, entertainment and education. Ian specializes in the music of the 19th Century, especially Orchestral and Operatic, which can be characterized by the term Romantic. Ian is an organist at Dacre and he is one of the pianists at Mirehouse.
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FULLY BOOKED: A DECADE OF HIT OPERAS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

The 1870s began with Verdi’s spectacular Aida, the epitome of Grand Opera. Bizet moved in a different direction with the low-life realism of Carmen in 1875. Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (1878) brings Pushkin’s tale to life in a series of lyric scenes, one of which is Tatyana’s moving letter scene.  Ian France Residential: £350 Non-residential: £245 

FULLY BOOKED: THE SYMPHONY FROM SCHUBERT TO DVORAK

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A strong lyrical thread runs through the works of those composers who stayed true to the symphony in the 19th century. Starting with Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony we will enjoy the pictorial aspects of Mendelssohn’s Italian and Schumann’s Rhenish symphonies, before concluding with two sometimes underrated masterpieces, Brahms’ 3rd and Dvorak’s 7th.  Ian France Residential: £350 

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CHORAL MASTERPIECES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Following the inspiring example of Mozart’s Requiem we will immerse ourselves in three requiems from the Romantic era. Brahms’ German Requiem used a Lutheran text and includes the chorus “How lovely are thy dwellings fair”. Verdi’s Requiem is well-known for its dramatic “Dies Irae”; by contrast the opening is quietly pleading. Faure’s Requiem has an 

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