A lecture given at Pallant House (Chichester) on 9 January 2020, on Henry Moore, Walter Hussey, and the making of the 'Madonna and Child' for St Matthew's church, Northampton, in 1943-4. It is largely taken from the book 'Church and Patronage in Twentieth Century Britain: Walter Hussey and the Arts', published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017.

1. The vicar and the sculptor: an
inspired commission
Peter Webster
Webster Research and Consulting
@pj_webster / peterwebster.me
Pallant House, 9 January 2020

2. Northampton commissions
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb (1943)
Tippett, Fanfare No. 1 (1943)
Moore, Madonna and Child (1944)
Rubbra, The Revival (1944)
Berkeley, Festival Anthem (1945)
Finzi, Lo, the full final sacrifice (1946)
Sutherland, Crucifixion (1946)
Britten, Prelude and Fugue on a theme of
Vittoria (1946)
Auden, Litany & Anthem for S. Matthew’s Day
(1946)

5. Available from Amazon, St Olave’s Christian Bookshop, or at palgrave.com

6. Today’s talk

Hussey’s theology of the arts

His model of patronage

Madonna and Child: making and reception

19. Available from Amazon, St Olave’s Christian Bookshop, or at palgrave.com

20. Thank you!
Peter Webster
peter@websterresearchconsulting.com
@pj_webster
peterwebster.me