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May
26
Mon
Bank Holiday Afternoon Concert @ Lauderdale House
May 26 @ 1:30 pm

The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra present a concert with great songs and some of the best tunes of the ‘Palm Court Era’ performed in style by this joyful ensemble consisting of a string quartet, piano, flute and oboe.

Sep
27
Sun
I Maestri Orchestra present: Mastering the Masters @ Highgate United Reformed Church
Sep 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

I Maestri Orchestra present: Mastering the Masters

 

The orchestra of I Maestri begins its 15th season with an Autumn programme of Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
Conductor and conducting mentor John Landor of LMA Orchestra collaborates for the second time with I Maestri with his students for a Masterclass workshop and evening performance on Sunday 27th September 2015.

I Maestri is a unique organisation that helps talented young conductors explore their skills and learning with an orchestra through a programme of workshops, masterclasses and public performances.

Evening programme:

Beethoven Symphony No. 4, Op. 60

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 ‘Italian’

Performance begins at 6:30pm

We hope you can join us for a wonderful performance and to experience different conductors in their making.

Tickets: Adult £12 and Concessions £9 (on the door)

Advance tickets: Adult £9 and Concessions £7

(10% booking fee applicable)

 

Visit: http://wegottickets.com/event/332544

 

Box Office opens at 5:45pm

 

Please note that tickets will not be posted out and need to be collected from the Box Office on the day of the performance.

Jun
19
Sun
I Maestri present: A Heroic Journey @ Highgate United Reformed Church
Jun 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

The orchestra of I Maestri ends its 15th season with a programme of Mozart and Beethoven; music written before and after the French Revolution.

Conductor and mentor John Landor of LMA Orchestra collaborates for the third time with I Maestri with his students for a Masterclass workshop and evening performance on Sunday 19th June 2016.

We will be joined by soloists; Chiawen Kiew – Flute and Tomos Xerri – Harp who will perform Mozart’s sublime Flute and Harp Concerto.

I Maestri is a unique organisation that helps talented young conductors and soloists explore their skills and learning with an orchestra through a programme of workshops, masterclasses and public performances.

Evening programme:

Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299/297c

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E – Flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”

Performance begins at 7pm

 

Tickets: Adult £12 and Concessions £9 (on the door)

Advance tickets: Adult £9 and Concessions £7

(10% booking fee applicable)

 

Visit: http://wegottickets.com/event/362365

 

Box Office opens at 6:15pm

 

Please note that tickets will not be posted out and need to be collected from the Box Office on the day of the performance.

 

We hope you can join us for a wonderful performance and to experience different conductors in their making.

Sep
25
Sun
I Maestri present: Nature’s Idyll @ Highgate United Reformed Church
Sep 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
I Maestri present: Nature's Idyll @ Highgate United Reformed Church | London | England | United Kingdom

The orchestra of I Maestri begins its 16th season with a programme of Brahms, Sarasate and Schumann.  Music that reflects nature’s seasonal change from Summer to Autumn; nature turns from being fruitful and full of vitality to a more calm pace and state of resting. Soon it will be harvest and a time to enjoy nature’s bounty.

A return to nature is the theme for this evenings programme as the music carries a pastoral mood, sounds of the romantic idealisms of rustic beauty, with Gypsy Airs and Idyll’s of a time once before.
We will be joined by returning soloists Leora Cohen – Violin and Thomas Gregory – Cello

I Maestri is a unique organisation that helps talented young conductors and soloists explore their skills and learning with an orchestra through a programme of workshops, masterclasses and public performances.

Conductors: Miguel Esteban and George Hlawiczka
Venue: Highgate United Reformed Church, Pond Square Chapel, South Grove, Highgate, London. N6 6BA
Concert programme:

Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Schumann Cello Concerto, Op. 129

Brahms Symphony No. 2, Op. 73

Performance begins at 6:30pm

Tickets: Adult £12 and Concessions £9 (on the door)

Advance tickets: Adult £9 and Concessions £7

(10% booking fee applicable)

Box Office opens at 5:45pm

Please note that tickets will not be posted out and need to be collected from the Box Office on the day of the performance.

May
21
Sun
I Maestri present: Songs of Love @ Highgate United Reformed Church
May 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

I Maestri’s May Concert introduce a UK premiere of Riccardo Romano’s, ‘The Passion’ which is based on Bach’s St Matthew Passion.  Nino Rota is a composer of many well-known film scores including The Godfather and we shall present one of his orchestral works which is based on a song about love.  To end our programme, we present Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony with the beautiful Cor Anglais solo in the slow movement.

Concert programme:

Riccardo Romano – The Passion (UK premiere)

Nino Rota – Sinfonia sopra una canzone d’amore

Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’

I Maestri is an established orchestra under the patronage of the late Sir Neville Marriner which gives a platform to aspiring conductors and soloists wishing to develop their experience and knowledge in an environment of mutual co-operation. The orchestra is made of the best orchestral players to the best amateurs as well as recently graduated students. I Maestri have helped soloists such as Nicola Bennedetti, Yuri Zhislin, Maxim Rysanov, Dóra Kokas and many others, in giving them a platform to explore their potential and develop their early musical careers in a more relaxed setting.

Tickets: Adult £15 and Concessions £12 (on the door)

Advance tickets: Adult £11 and Concessions £9

(10% booking fee applicable)

Box Office opens at 6pm

Please note that tickets will not be posted out and need to be collected from the Box Office on the day of the performance.

Nov
23
Thu
Highgate Debate: This house believes that gender equality is unachievable @ Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
Nov 23 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Free and open to all but do phone to book your place. In these lively debates, prominent and informed speakers argue their points of view on issues of current importance. They are ‘seconded’ by pupils from local schools, and audience members also have the opportunity to sway the opinion of those attending.

The motion: This House Believes that Gender Equality is Unachievable

Proposing: Ann Hussey, QC and barrister specialising in family law 

Opposing: Vicky Pryce, economist and former joint head of the UK government economic service

Sep
22
Thu
Jazz in the House: Cellicious @ Lauderdale House
Sep 22 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

 

Two cellist/jazz singers join forces to express their take on the world of standards, Latin, originals plus more.

Kate Shortt, cellist, singer songwriter, cabaret artists and comedienne is known for her avant garde improvisations and off the wall humour.

‘…Shortt’s solo took the honours. It was an unusual but impressive juxtaposition of overtones, atonality and snatches of delicate folk melodies…’ – Ian Mann, Jazz Reviewer

Rupert Gillett, multi instrumentalist, singer, composer and jazz bassist is also experienced in rock, blues and Eastern European styles.

‘…The stand out performance came from Rupert Gillett. Great cellist with comical side and songs that were instantly playing in your head…’ – Fiona Jarvis, Blue Badge Style

Sit back and enjoy this Cellicious ride from bebop to the blues and Bach again!