Farncombe Courses £99

Due to only having a few bedrooms left on the weekend courses below, we would like to offer non-residential guests a very, very special rate of £99 for a place on these selected weekend courses. This offer includes all meals and refreshments except breakfast over the weekend.


Liszt - Man, Music and Myth, with Roderick Swanston – 4th – 6th of March


Franz Liszt was a phenomenon. He was a prolific composer, letter writer, conductor and pianist. Too relegated to just being a platform dandy he gave the premieres of Wagner's Lohengrin and Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini. He was the inventor of the symphonic poem and the piano recital. He was an internationalist in outlook but an ardent Hungarian patriot. This course will aim to cut through the myth to find the man and his music. It will explore his choral, vocal and orchestral music as well as his enormous piano output. The course will analyse several symphonic poems, his oratorio Christus and Via Crucis, as well as the widest range of his piano music. It will also explore his critical writings and his letters. The course will set Liszt in the context of his times and use him to explain some of them.

Wagner's Ring Cycle Part 3: Siegfried, with Robert Meikle 18th – 20th March


After Wotan's plans to retrieve the Ring from Alberich and return it to the Rhine had so woefully backfired in Die Walküre, it now looks as if things may turn out for the best after all. So, although this second opera may appear to be the least approachable of the cycle, it actually represents a vital turning-point: Wotan has had no part in Siegfried's birth and upbringing, and Siegfried is now the fearless hero, who overcomes Wotan's resistance, can penetrate the fire surrounding Brünnhilde and awaken her. Part of our study will also spend a little time looking at some of Wagner's voluminous writings about music: did his compositions match his ideas about opera?

This offer is only valid for bookings made by telephone. Please Quote Music11 when booking to receive the reduced rate. Terms and Conditions apply. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. We can supply a list of B & B’s in the local area.