Outings & Study Days
Web site designed, created and maintained by Janet Groome,
Handshake Computer Training.
TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2025
PETER MEDHURST
Vermeer – the Musical Pictures Extra fee payable
The Dutch paintings of the 17th century which show musical scenes are
among the most evocative and best loved of the
period.
However, the presence of music in the pictures
of Vermeer and his contemporaries goes far
beyond mere representation and appears to
carry hidden and complex meanings that the
viewer must attempt to decode in order to get to
the heart of the picture.
Peter Medhurst discusses in great details
Vermeer’s musical scenes and performs a
selection of period songs and keyboard music
to complement the pictures.
Johannes Vermeer - The Concert (detail) -
Public domain
Click here for a booking form
Web site designed, created and maintained by Janet Groome,
Handshake Computer Training.
Visits and Study Days
28 October 2025 Study Day
PETER MEDHURST
Vermeer – the Musical Pictures
Extra fee payable
The Dutch paintings of the 17th century which
show musical scenes are among the most
evocative and best loved of the period.
However, the presence of music in the pictures of
Vermeer and his contemporaries goes far beyond
mere representation and appears to carry hidden
and complex meanings that the viewer must
attempt to decode in order to get to the heart of
the picture.
Peter Medhurst discusses in great details
Vermeer’s musical scenes and performs a
selection of period songs and keyboard music to
complement the pictures.
Johannes Vermeer -
The Concert (detail) -
Public domain
Click here for a
booking form
