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May
16
Sat
HCS – Portuguese and other Sacred European music @ St. Michael's Church
May 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Jul
4
Sat
HCS – Puccini : Messa di Gloria; Rossini : Stabat mater
Jul 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Nov
12
Sat
Highgate Choral Society sings Brahms German Requiem @ All Hallows Church
Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The opening concert in our 2016-2017 season has a sombre feel, commemorating the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Starting with The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth, who was killed in action on 5th August 1916, aged 31, this work is complemented by Ronald Corp’s The Somme – A Lament. The mood lifts with the choral arrangement of Serenade to Music by Butterworth’s contemporary, Vaughan Williams and the programme closes with Brahms’s glorious German Requiem.

Dec
3
Sat
Family Carols @ St. Michael's Church
Dec 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Highgate Choral Society’s carol concert is always an event, with plenty of audience participation! Everyone is welcome, especially young children who enjoy this magical time.

Family Carols at St Michael’s Church @ St. Michael's Church
Dec 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:15 pm

Highgate Choral Society‘s annual Christmas concert invites the whole community to join us, with the St Michael’s School junior choir and also the New London Children’s Choir and make merry. Carols and music will include some old favourites as well as some you may not know. It’s just the event to begin the run up to Christmas, so join us!

Mar
11
Sat
Highgate Choral Society sings Elgar and Delius @ All Hallows Church
Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm

Highgate Choral Society performs rarely heard works by two of Britain’s finest composers, Elgar‘s The Music Makers and Delius‘s Sea Drift.

Highgate Choral Society sings Elgar and Delius @ All Hallows Church
Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm

Highgate Choral Society sings seminal works from two of Britain’s greatest composers.

May
6
Sat
Highgate Choral Society sings Kodaly Missa Brevis @ St. Michael's Church
May 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Throughout 2017 the 50th anniversary of the death of Hungarian composer Zoltan Kódaly is being marked. In 1945, while hiding with his wife and many others in the cellar of the Budapest Opera House during the Nazi occupation, he completed his Missa Brevis, which had originally been an organ mass. Its first performance was in the cloakroom of the Opera House, later receiving its official première at the 1948 Three Choirs Festival in Worcester.
By the time of this concert Highgate Choral Society will have been on its tenth tour abroad, to Naples, Sorrento and Pompeii, where they will have performed sacred and secular pieces by Finzi, Mascagni, Puccini, Rossini, Vaughan Williams and Verdi, as well as Campion, Palestrina and Tallis.
The soloist in the Missa Brevis will be young soprano Iúnó Connolly, who will also sing a selection of English and Italian songs accompanied by organist Edward Batting.
May
20
Sat
Prosecco & Wine Tasting at the Village Market @ St Michael's School
May 20 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Prosecco & Wine Tasting at the Village Market @ St Michael's School

Also a prize draw!

Jul
3
Mon
Mondays @ The Mills: The geography of wine @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
Jul 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

Mondays @ the Mills: The geography of wine

3 July 2017

The geography of wine

Phil Harrison, Highgate School
It is often remarked that wine is ‘geography in a bottle’ – that it is a fundamental reflection of the place in which it is grown. This discussion will examine some of the factors that influence global viticulture, concentrating on the great wine regions of France and Spain as well as those in the New World. There will be consideration of soils, climate and topography, as well as that quintessentially French concept of terroir.

Talks take place on Mondays at 7pm in the AV Room in the Mills Centre. Refreshments, including wine, are available from 6.30 pm and afterwards.

Nov
11
Sat
Mozart Mass in C Minor K427 @ All Hallows Church
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Works written for two very different occasions form the opening concert in Highgate Choral Society’s 2017-2018 season. Following the recovery from illness of his fiancée, Constanze Weber, Mozart promised to write a mass of thanksgiving. Although it was never completed the Mass in C minor was premièred, in its incomplete state, with Constanze as one of the soprano soloists, in Salzburg on 26th October 1783 and harks back to the Baroque world of Handel and Bach.
Originally commissioned by the Polish-born art collector Bronislaw Krystall to write a requiem commemorating his wife’s death, Karol Szymanowski decided to change the contract and instead composed what is considered to be his greatest masterpiece. The inspiration for his Stabat Mater was the tragic death of his niece, Alinka and the subsequent suffering of his pregnant sister, who was soon to lose another child. Completed in 1926, Stabat Mater is of fundamental importance in the history of Polish music after Chopin.
Dec
2
Sat
Family Carols @ St. Michael's Church
Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Highgate Choral Society’s annual family carols concert has become an unmissable event, with plenty of variety and audience participation! Early booking is advised as this is always a sell-out.

Jul
7
Sat
There is no Planet B. @ Omved Gardens
Jul 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

7.30 – 9.30pm
There is no Planet B –
an evening of eco talks
and discussion by HNF,
Transition Highgate, HS
Sustainable Living Group,
OmVed Gardens
OmVed Gardens, Highgate
High Street, N6 5JF
Free
www.omvedgardens.com

Dec
15
Sat
Highgate Choral Society Family Carols @ St Michael's Church
Dec 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A festive selection of carols and music to get you in the mood for Christmas.  The award winning Highgate Choral Society Choir will be joined by New London Children’s Choir and New London Performing Arts Centre.

Edward Batting on the organ and Alexander Wells will be accompanying on the piano all conducted by the illustrious Ronald Corp OBE.

Dec
9
Thu
Brahms and Liszt in Highgate with Gavin and Murray @ Pond Square Chapel
Dec 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join Gavin Davies (violin) and Murray Hipkin (piano) for a relaxed evening of celebrated romantic music and delicious wine

In another little step back to the ethos of the London Novello Ensemble – which is the presentation of great music outside the formal constraints of the concert hall – Murray and Gavin present the two opposites of late 19th century romanticism along with music by Delius, Vitali and Sarasate, and a selection of popular tangos including Piazzolla’s famous ‘Libertango’

Gavin Davies studied the violin with Marta Eitler and at the Royal College of Music with Jaroslav Vanecek and Natasha Boyarsky. He combines a freelance orchestral career with ensembles such as the London Philharmonic and BBC Concert orchestras with regular chamber music and solo performances.

Murray Hipkin is a fulltime member of the music staff at English National Opera, where he has conducted The Mikado, The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Kismet, Carousel, Chess and Man of la Mancha. He is musical director of the Pink Singers and the North London Chorus and he recently finished filming Anyone Can Sing for ENO/Sky Arts in the role of music supervisor and accompanist.

Programme to include:

Brahms – Sonata No. 1 in G

Liszt – Romance

Delius – Sonata No. 3

Vitali – Chaconne

Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen

Tangos by Albeniz, Gade, and Piazzolla

Advanced booking is advised as we will be limiting capacity in order to ensure socially distanced seating is available for those who require it. In accordance with normal practice, we respectfully ask that you do a lateral flow test – available free from www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-lateral-flow-tests.com in the 48 hours prior to the concert – but please do get in touch for a full refund if you get a positive result!

This page is for the performance at Pond Square Chapel, Highgate on 9th December.

To buy tickets for the performance at St Paul’s Lorrimore Square, Kennington on 6th December, please click on this link: Brahms and Liszt in Kennington 6 December

May
11
Sat
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 11 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
12
Sun
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 12 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

Clay Critters Workshop @ OmVed Gardens
May 12 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Clay Critters Workshop @ OmVed Gardens

Join local artist, Jo Pearl, ceramic sculptor and animation filmmaker, for a playful workshop that breathes clay into life while exploring OmVed Gardens’ flora and micro fauna.

Inspired by her body of work ‘Unearthed’ on view at the Alchemy exhibition, ceramic artist and animation filmmaker Jo Pearl will host a playful workshop inviting participants to sculpt the fascinating microbes and mini critters that live beneath healthy soil and bring them to life using simple stop motion.

This workshop is suitable for any age from 8 to 108. Participants must have a smart phone with the iMotion app (free to download) and be able to use it unsupervised. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Breathing life into clay and clay into life – has become my definition of animation. I have become fascinated with the soil that is at the root of the ceramic discipline, enchanted by the truly overwhelming richness of life beneath our feet. I celebrate that abundance here with ‘Unearthed’, a project that zooms us down and focuses in on the choreography of ever-more tiny beings that inhabit the soil, a largely unknown place that holds one of the keys to life on earth.” – Jo Pearl

May
15
Wed
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 15 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
16
Thu
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 16 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
17
Fri
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 17 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
18
Sat
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 18 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
19
Sun
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 19 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
22
Wed
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 22 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
23
Thu
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 23 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
24
Fri
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 24 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
25
Sat
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 25 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm

May
26
Sun
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens
May 26 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Alchemy Art Exhibition @ OmVed Gardens

Together with specialist craft gallery Thrown, OmVed Gardens is thrilled to present ‘Alchemy’, an exhibition curated for London Craft Week that intertwines the transformative elements of craftsmanship and nature.

Set amongst the metal-gridded glasshouse and restorative ecosystem of OmVed Gardens, ‘Alchemy’ brings together works in ceramics, mixed media and print-making to celebrate the union of human creativity and the dynamic, rhythmic forces inherent in the natural world.

The exhibition revolves around process, and human’s ability to transform material and work with nature in ways that express our deep entwinement with the more-than-human.

Full artists list:

Kim Colebrook, Tim Copsey, Diane Griffin, Rosalind Hobley, María Ignacia Walker, Alice McCabe, Victoria Louise Meadows, Faith Mowbray, Esther Palmer, Jo Pearl and Marek Pitera.


Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm
Sundays, 12pm to 5pm