Programme
A two-day conference on the history of the Laudian Chapel at Peterhouse, and its future
Friday 6 October - Saturday 7 October 2017
Organisers: Professor Richard Holton and Dr Saskia Murk Jansen
FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER |
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13.30-14.00 |
Registration – name badges and programmes |
Theatre Entrance Hall |
14.00-15.00 |
The Transformations of Peterhouse Chapel: 1627-2017John Adamson, Peterhouse |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
15.00-15.30 |
Refreshments |
Lubbock Room |
15.30-16.30 |
The Peterhouse Part BooksScott Metcalfe, Artistic Director, Blue Heron |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
16.30-17.30 |
Roundtable discussion on the Peterhouse Chapel in the context of other chapels by Matthew Wren and John CosinAdrian Green, Durham University Jane Kennedy, Senior Partner, Purcell |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER |
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10.00-10.30 |
Welcome and Refreshments |
Lubbock Room |
10.30-11.30 |
Books and Manuscripts at Peterhouse (from Matthew Wren to John Cosin via Lazarus Seaman)Scott Mandelbrote, Peterhouse |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
11.30-12.30 |
Roundtable discussion on historical evidence for the lighting and ornamentation of the ChapelMaureen Dillon, The National Trust Luke Hughes, Furniture maker Mark Kirby, Peterhouse, University of York |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
12.30-14.00 |
Buffet Lunch |
Lubbock Room |
14.00-15.00 |
Roundtable discussion on the history of the Chapel organEvidence for the earliest organ in the Chapel,Nicholas Thistlethwaite A history of Snetzler and his instrumentsSaskia Murk Jansen, Peterhouse Martin Renshaw, Sounds Medieval |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
15.00-15.30 |
Refreshments |
Lubbock Room |
15.30-16.00
16.15-17.00 |
Roundtable discussion on the stained glassThe lateral windows of Peterhouse Chapel, 1852-59Paul Shakeshift, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of the History of Art The 1630s Painted Glass for Peterhouse Chapel: Meaning, Reception, and ReinventionJohn Adamson, Peterhouse Joost Caen, University of Antwerp,tbc |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
17.00-18.00 |
The Strange Idea of RestorationRichard Holton, Peterhouse |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
18.00-19.00 |
Closing Reception |
The Master’s Lodge |
19.30-Close |
Blue Heron Concert |
Trinity College Chapel |