Sunday Assembly’s Got Talent
Do you like to tell jokes? Juggle? Play an instrument? Now’s your time to shine in Sunday Assembly London’s first-ever talent show! This all-ages event will be made by you and for you. We’re looking for a wide range of acts, from poets and storytellers to magicians and musicians. So polish up your circus acts […]
Mind Your Language
In our modern world, we have become accustomed to the idea that people speak different languages in different places, and that all we need to do is tap a ‘translate’ button to decipher the code. But languages are more nuanced than that, and it can be difficult to make direct translations. Take, for instance, the […]
Anglo-American Concert
Chamber Ensemble of London directed by Peter Fisher with solos by Peter Cigleris (clarinet) A (mostly) light-hearted concert celebrating transatlantic connections. Clarinettist Peter Cigleris has given masterclasses and university performances in the USA. His recent British concerto recordings have been played on American radio as well as BBC Radio 3 which has also featured the […]
The Meat Paradox
‘Should we eat animals?’ was, until recently, a question reserved for moral philosophers and an ethically minded minority, but it is now posed on restaurant menus and supermarket shelves, on social media and morning television. The recent surge in popularity for veganism in the UK, Europe and North America has created a rupture in the […]
Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy Chamber Music Showcase
An exciting snapshot of the outstanding chamber music programme that takes place each Saturday at the Royal Academy of Music. This fantastic concert will feature a string quartet, piano trio and wind quintet playing some wonderful repertoire. Please come along and support these rising stars. This free event will be followed by the evening’s Sunday […]
Robert Hugill
It runs gigantically and in a large mood Towards the end of the First World War, Elgar was in poor health and his wife thought it best for him to move to the countryside, and she rented a house in Sussex. There he would write three remarkable late masterpieces of chamber music. Robert Hugill explores […]
Consone Quartet
The first period instrument quartet to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet are fast making a name for themselves with their honest and expressive interpretations of classical and early romantic repertoire. Their debut CD (released in 2018) explores music by Haydn and Mendelssohn, and was met with great critical acclaim as […]
Maria Włoszczowska, Tim Ridout, Steffan Morris & Jâms Coleman
An opportunity to hear Brahms’ horn trio in a different setting, with the composer’s own re-working of the natural horn part for viola. A truly star-studded line-up of musicians garnering increasing international renown, their programme places Brahms’ evergreen work alongside exquisitely colourful works by Britten and Fauré is not to be missed! Maria Włoszczowska (violin) […]
Marsyas Trio
From Master to Pupil The Marsyas Trio‘s programme explores the passing of traditions between three generations of composers linked through their musical lineage as pupils and teachers. Hummel taught both Farrenc and Czerny; Czerny in turn became a teacher of Mendelssohn. Each composer represents a different branch within this musical ‘family tree’. Louise Farrenc, notably, […]