Ryedale District Council supports the Ryedale Festival.

Malton Methodist Church

Lecture 1, Virgil and the Orpheus Myth - Lucy Beckett

Virgil’s telling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice has haunted the imagination of poets and composers including Gluck. Lucy Beckett puts this magical account into the context of Virgil’s life and work.

Head of Orpheus by Odilon Redon: by kind permission of Cleveland Museum of Art.