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

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FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER
13.30-14.00	Registration – name badges and programmes	Theatre Entrance Hall
14.00-15.00	The Transformations of Peterhouse Chapel: 1627-2017 John Adamson, Peterhouse	Friends of Peterhouse Theatre
15.00-15.30	Refreshments	Lubbock Room
15.30-16.30	The Peterhouse Part Books Scott 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 Cosin Adrian Green, Durham University Jane Kennedy, Senior Partner, Purcell	Friends of Peterhouse Theatre

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER
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 Chapel Maureen 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 organ Evidence for the earliest organ in the Chapel, Nicholas Thistlethwaite A history of Snetzler and his instruments Saskia 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 glass The lateral windows of Peterhouse Chapel, 1852-59 Paul 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 Reinvention John Adamson, Peterhouse Joost Caen, University of Antwerp,tbc	Friends of Peterhouse Theatre
17.00-18.00	The Strange Idea of Restoration Richard 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