Britain’s Head of State Should be Elected
Debate In 1215 bad King John was confronted by his rebellious barons and forced to concede them some rights, later enshrined in the Magna Carta. Amazingly, for the next 800 years, apart from a 12 year blip in 1648, the monarchy has continued in this country. Now, in 2015, some rebellious commoners called ‘Republicans’ are […]
Santayana as Social and Cultural Philosopher
Tom Rubens The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952) has been an undeservedly neglected figure in British academia for many decades. This neglect is in marked contrast to the considerable attention he received in the first half of the 20th century. Santayana’s range as a philosopher is wide, covering ontology, epistemology, ethics, the arts and sciences, religion, political and […]
Artur Pizarro
18.15 drinks reception 19.00 recital Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Artur Pizarro shot to international fame by winning the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1990. He performs internationally in recital, chamber music and with the world’s leading orchestras. In a programme entitled Songs My Grandmother Taught Me, renowned Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro will explore the repertoire […]
Rhinegold Live: Jennifer Pike
18.15 drinks reception 19.00 recital Jennifer Pike was the youngest ever winner of BBC Young Musician of the year when aged 12 was awarded the title back in 2002. Since then, she has performed extensively as a soloist with major orchestras worldwide, including the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Symphony. She has […]
Utrecht Quartet
Eeva Koskinen violin Katherine Routley violin Mikhail Zemtsov viola Sebastian Koloski cello Verhulst: Quartet No.1 Beethoven: Quartet in F Op.135 Schumann: Quartet in F Op.41/2 In their Conway Hall debut, the Utrecht Quartet present three works by composers who were inextricably linked. Pre-concert talk by Roderick Swanston at 5.30pm: Planning the Future of the String […]
Rhinegold Live: Carolyn Sampson
18.15 drinks reception 19.00 recital British operatic soprano Carolyn Sampson will be joined by pianist Joseph Middleton in a programme of songs inspired by flowers. This event will mark the launch of Sampson’s first solo recital CD, Fleurs, on BIS Records. Programme: Schumann – Röselein Quilter – Damask Roses Britten – The Nightingale and the Rose […]
London Thinks: How to Topple a Dictator
Tipped for a Nobel Peace Prize and hailed as a world-changer by everyone from the World Economic Forum to Wired magazine, fifteen years ago Srdja Popovic was more interested in punk rock than political protest. In conversation with Nick Cohen he will explain how he became one of the leaders of Otpor! — the movement which overthrew dictator Slobodan Milosevic — and […]
All The World’s a Stage
Presented by David Herbert David Herbert is a writer and a psychotherapist. His background is the professional theatre where he worked as an actor, director, teacher and playwright. His training is in psychotherapy and psycholinguistics. His mentors are Alfred Adler, Carl Jung and, always, Will Shakespeare who somehow knew everything. In his presentation, psychology looks at a […]
Going Solo (more or less)
An evening of performance, film and storytelling. Featuring works by Sean Bruno, Jessica Burn and more. Admission: pay what you can.