Sunday Concerts – Delta Piano Trio
The Delta Piano Trio was founded in Salzburg (Austria) by three young Dutch performers: violinist Gerard Spronk, cellist Irene Enzlin and pianist Vera Kooper. Since its founding in 2013, the Delta Piano Trio has performed extensively in The Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom. In the spring of 2014 the trio won the first prize, […]
Sunday Concerts – Werther Ensemble
The Werther Ensemble gave their first performance as a piano quartet in February 2013, when they played Brahms’ op 60 -’the Werther’ – from which they take their name. In May 2013 they made an enormous impact at the inaugural Whittington International Chamber Music Festival, of which James Barralet is the Artistic Director, and were […]
Dreaming a New Dream
This talk will explore among other things the ecology of being, the ecology of change and becoming and being the change one wants to see in the world. Looking to the future to find the future from the future about the future. Sustainability as you may never have thought of it before! Tonight will explore […]
A ‘New Magna Carta’?
As the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta approaches, has the time come for Britain to have a written constitution? And if so, what form should it take? These questions and more will be discussed at a public event hosted by the National Secular Society at London’s Conway Hall on 4 December. Speaking at the event […]
Sunday Concerts – Pentagon String Ensemble
Personnel list tbc. Pre-concert talk at 17.30: Roderick Swanston. Schubert’s String Quintet: Old Bottles, New Wine Main Concert: Boccherini String Quintet in E Op.11/5 Beethoven Sonata in A Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’, 1st movement (arr. for string quintet) Schubert Quintet in C D956 Doors open at 17.00. Pre-concert talk at 17.30. Main concert start 18.30. £9 tickets, […]
Sunday Concerts – Trio Petrus
Peter Fisher violin Peter Adams cello Peter Hewitt piano Haydn Trio in C major HobXV:27 Shostakovich Trio No. 2 in E minor Op.67 Schubert Trio in B flat D898 £9 tickets. Free entry for under-25s (courtesy of the CAVATINA Ticket Scheme) Doors open at 17.30. Start 18.30
London Thinks – Ben Goldacre: I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That!
The very best journalism from one of Britain’s most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling “Bad Science” and “Bad Pharma” and his new book “I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That” – which is now an Amazon No.1 Bestseller. The event will be chaired by Prof. Trisha Greenhalgh OBE. […]
Sunday Concerts – Bridge Quartet
Colin Twigg violin Catherine Schofield violin Michael Schofield viola Lucy Wilding cello Haydn: Quartet in D Op.76/5 Butterworth: Suite Dvorak: Quartet in C Op.61 Since their formation in 1989, the Bridge String Quartet have enjoyed a reputation as ambassadors for English music with their enterprising programming supported by excellent recordings. They have travelled widely to […]
Sunday Concerts – Fitzwilliam Quartet
Fitzwilliam Quartet Lucy Russell violin Marcus Barcham-Stevens violin Alan George viola Heather Tuach cello Tchaikovsky B flat Quartet Suk Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn “St Wenceslas” Op.35a Haydn Seven Last Words Op.51 (interspersed with readings of secular war poetry) £9 tickets, Free entry for under-25s (courtesy of the CAVATINA Ticket Scheme) Doors open at 17.30. Start […]