Avis Saltsman's & Ken Baldry's Talks - List of lectures available

Avis & Ken have lectures available on.....

History

.....which they are willing to give to societies & U3As in the London area & on Cruise Ships.

The talks are given with images projected by a video projector (they can bring one if needed) or to a modern, flat-screen telly attached to their laptop computers. The music talks also have built-in examples &, if your premises does not have one, Ken can bring a decent portable speaker system.

If you would like them to give a talk, contact them by e-mail on this link or by telephone on 020 7359 6294.

As they are crumblies, they do not have travel expenses in the London Freedom Pass area & do not charge for talks. They have given talks to the University of the Third Age, two mental health charities, old peoples' clubs, clubs for the disabled & on cruise ships.

Most talks are available in one-hour versions (•) & many, also in three-quarter hour (cruise ship length) versions (•).
Remember to leave time for questions when you pick a length!

Talks by Avis about early 20th Century Art

	Paul Gauguin 1848-1903 • The first major symbolist.
	Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 • Expressionism and colour.
	Paul Cezanne 1839-1906 • Structure & analysis - the greatest of all?
	Henri Matisse 1869-1954 • Non-realistic colour for structure & emotion
	The Fauves of 1904 • Matisse & friends, the "wild beasts" of art
	Cubism • Picasso & Braque take Cezanne's structures to the limit
	German Expressionism - Die Brucke •
	German Expressionism - Der Blaue Reiter •
	Paul Klee - Modernism can be Fun • Modernism can be playful, too.
	Russian Modernists (two talks) • Several different but related movements on the fringes of Europe.
	The Bauhaus, with Kandinsky • The hugely influential German University of the Arts, pure & applied.
	The Italian Futurists • The recognition of a changing, mechanised, World.
	The Vorticists • Britain's own contribution to the revolution in art in 1914-15
	Austrian Expressionism - Egon Schiele • Anatomy & sexuality exposed. Some people may find some of the images in this talk very offensive, even pornographic. So, Ken does this Art talk.
	Picasso until 1935 •
	Picasso after 1935 •
	Caspar David Friedrich• A founder Romantic painter who extracted a spiritual feeling from what he chose to see. Talk by Ken.

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	Mountain Talks by Ken
Wetterhorn	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 & 2012.
Weisshorn from Europa Hut	The Walk from Chamonix to Zermatt • • The classic walk over many passes between these two famous mountain villages & when you get there....
Zermatt, Dom & Taschorn	Things to do in Zermatt • • Walks & ski-ing you can do when you get there. No Alpine climbing needed.
Wilde Frieger	Plodding round the Stübaital • The walk from & to Innsbrück Airport round the Stübai & Gschnitztaler with no other transport apart from feet.
The Scafells	The Beautiful English Lake District • An introduction for 'beginners'
East from Mischabel Hut	Summer in the Pennine Alps • An amateurish movie film of two weeks in Southern Switzerland including alpine ascents of the Lagginhorn, Nadelhorn, Ulrichshorn & Balfrinhorner.

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	Music Talks by Ken Composer Life & Works talks (in order of birth date)
	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750) & the Summation of the Baroque •
	Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - the Father of so much • •
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - the Dramatist • •
	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - the greatest of them all • •
	Franz Schubert (1797-1828) and the Power of Song • •
	Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) and the Romantic Imagination • •
	Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) - It's all about the Piano • •
	Music as Love, Love as Music - Robert (1810-1856) & Clara Schumann (1819-1896) • • A variant available as "Robert Schumann: Madness & Genius" for clubs interested in mental health matters.
	Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Superstar! • •
	Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - a new concept of Opera • •
	Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Lawyer becomes Composer • •
	Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) - Better than you think •
	Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) - Singer of the Song of Norway • •
	Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - The Outsider • •
	Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Triumph over adversity • •
	Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - Denmark's Greatest Composer •
	Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - The Last Romantic • •
	Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - What makes an "English" Composer? • •
	Arnold Schönberg (1873-1951) - the Father of 'Nasty Modern Music' • •
	Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) - Searching for Expression •
	Charles Ives (1874 - 1954) - American original • •
	Bela Bartok (1881-1945) & Folk Modernism •
	Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) - the Yurodivy composer • •

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	Aspects of Music talks
Schubert	Lesser known great Schubert Songs • A dozen brilliant songs not in the commonly-heard 'top 100' (out of 648) (not suitable for cruise ships)
Faust by Rembrandt	The "Faust" legend in Music • • Excerpts from six composers & comparing Schumann & Mahler settings. List of works used on this link.
Josef Strauss	The Waltz 1815 - 1915 • • Excerpts from sixteen composers, revised Jan 2013. List of works used on this link.
Webern	Off the Beaten Track • • Excerpts from 14 pieces that ought to be better known & Ken cannot live without. List of works used on this link.
King Arthur	King Arthur, fact, legend & music • • Fact (as up-to-date as possible) & legend with musical settings for both. List of works used on this link.
Resnicek	They came to Spain • • 'Spanish' music by non-Spanish composers. List of works used on this link.
Sullivan	British Music of the Sea • Introducing 15 pieces of music about the sea by British composers. List of works used on this link.
Berlioz	Sea Music from Mainland Europe • 15 pieces of sea-related music by non-British composers. List of works used on this link.
Verdi	A History of Italian Opera • ...from its beginnings in the late 1500s to today. List of works used on this link.
WW-1	...about the First World War • A superficial history with the effect on composers & artists. List of works used on this link.
	Christmas! • The familiar & unfamiliar by great composers with suitable slides. List of works used on this link.
Ken	My Life in Music • Music items related to my autobiography (not suitable for cruise ships). List of works used on this link. Life after Reuters • An autobiographical talk about being fired, being one's own boss & an autonomous human being, free from wage-slavery.