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Ken Baldry's Talks - List of lectures available |
Ken has lectures available on Mountaineering, Music & Family History,
which he is willing to give to societies in the London area.
The talks are accompanied by images projected by a video projector attached to his laptop computer. The music talks also have a compact disc of examples or built-in examples.
If you would like Ken to give a talk, contact him by e-mail on this link or by telephone on 020 7359 6294.
Ken can bring a video projector if your club does not have access to one. For music talks, if your premises does not have one, he has a top class speaker system but needs to bring it in his van.
As Ken is a crumbly, he does not have travel expenses in London but the music talks (except The Waltz) have comprehensive handouts with parallel translations. A contribution to the cost of these is always welcome.
Mountain Talks
The Cross-Swiss Walk
Ken describes, with copious slides, his walk all the way across Switzerland from Austria to France, all on foot.
This talk extended from further East in Austria in 2009.
The Walk from Chamonix to Zermatt
The walk over many passes between these two famous mountain villages.
Plodding round the Stübaital
One can walk from & to Innsbrück Airport round the Stübai & Gschnitztaler
with no other transport apart from feet.
The Beautiful English Lake District
An introduction for 'beginners'
Summer in the Pennine Alps
An amateurish movie film of two weeks in Southern Switzerland
Music Talks
Life & Works talks
Wagner - a new concept of Opera
Liszt - the pianist, the composer, the man
Music as Love, Love as Music - Robert & Clara Schumann
(note - Robert's 200th birthday in 2010)
Gustav Mahler - Triumph over adversity
Ludwig van Beethoven - the greatest of them all
Arnold Schönberg - the Father of 'Nasty Modern Music'
Dmitry Shostakovich - the Yurodivy composer
Peter Tchaikovsky - Lawyer becomes Composer
Joseph Haydn - the Father of so much
Fryderyk Chopin - It's all about the Piano
(note - Chopin's 200th birthday in 2010)
In preparation - Schubert - song for voices & instruments
Aspects of Music talks
Neglected great Schubert Songs
A dozen brilliant songs not in the commonly-heard 'top 100' (out of 648)
The "Faust" legend in Music
Excerpts from six composers, with comparisons of Schumann & Mahler settings
The Waltz 1815 - 1915
Excerpts from sixteen composers, with two full Strauss waltzes, by Johann II & Josef
Off the Beaten Track
Excerpts from 14 pieces that ought to be better known that Ken cannot live without
King Arthur, fact, legend & music
Fact & legend with musical settings for both.
Genealogy Talks
Ken's Father's family
...with Suffolk views & notes about the Baldry Family History Society
Ken's Mother's family
...goes back to the Roman Empire! With many illustrations & two battle explanations.
Contact: Ken Baldry, 17 Gerrard Road, Islington, London N1 8AY +44(0)20 7359 6294 or e-mail him
This page's URL: http://www.art-science.com/Ken/talks.html
Last revised 9/5/2010 Copyright: Ken Baldry 2006-2009 All rights reserved.