Highgate United Reformed Church, South Grove, London N6 6PH.
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The first of the year’s shows is always a great delight as our daffodils, tulips and flowering shrubs take centre stage, bursting with spring scent and colour!
> Floral Art: including exhibits on a theme of “woodland walk” and “morning glow”
> Novice entries
> Children’s classes: easter cards and eggs
Beethoven’s Sonata in E major Op.109 Nocturnes Op. 15 N.1 and Op.27 N.1
Chopin’s Scherzo Op.39 N.3
and a selection from Albeniz’s The Iberia Suite
St. Michael’s welcomes Alexander in a break from his busy schedule as an internationally renowned soloist and chamber musician, to bring us this special event as part of our Stewardship Campaign.
About Alexander-
Appreciated for the sensitivity and integrity of his interpretations,
Alexander Boyd enjoys a busy career as both soloist and chamber
Born in 1972 he made his Concerto debut in 1983 with the BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, and since his London Wigmore Hall debut in 2001
he has frequently performed at the UK and Australia’s leading recital
halls, as well as giving concerts and appearing in international music
festivals in the US, Canada and throughout Europe.
Recordings include works by Chopin, Debussy and Schumann for the
Abbas and Chartreuse record labels and more recently a recording of
the Iberia Suite by Albeniz for Claudio Records and Naxos, due to be
released in late 2015. He has also broadcast on numerous occasions for
ABC and BBC Radio amongst others.
2015/16 includes recital engagements in the UK, Australia and the USA
as well as performances with cellist and brother Nathaniel Boyd, cellist
Richard Jenkinson, and the Navarra String Quartet.
Alexander is also passionate about teaching and is on the staff at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is a visiting lecturer at the
University of Birmingham.
World class chamber music in the heart of North London! With the theme ‘Ode to Joy!’ this year’s festival focuses on the positive sides of human nature including Humour, Love, Gifts,Youthful energy and Celebrations. This concert includes works by Clara Schumann, Janáček and Dvořák’s wonderful Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, Op.81.
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!
Join the Godwine Choir for stunning a cappella works to celebrate International Women’s Day. Featuring music and poetry by female writers across seven centuries, this programme is guaranteed to uplift and inspire at the start of Spring. St. Michael’s Church is a magnificent venue, conveniently located just a few minutes walk from Archway or Highgate Northern line stations.
Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.
Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all.
Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.
Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com
Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.
Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all.
Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.
Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com
Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.
Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all.
Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.
Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com
Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.
Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all.
Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.
Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com
Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.
Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all.
Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.
Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com
2018 marks the centenary of the birth of composer, conductor, author, music lecturer and pianist Leonard Bernstein, whose most famous scores include West Side Story, On the Town, Candide and On the Waterfront.
Commissioned from Bernstein by the Dean of Chichester Cathedral for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival, the Chichester Psalms received its UK premiere on 31st July 1965 and has gone on to become a highly popular staple of choral societies to this day. Consisting of three short movements, the Chichester Psalms is sung in Hebrew.
Our programme of 20th- and 21st-century compositions is completed with choral works by Janacek, Morten Lauridsen and Vaughan Williams.
Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.
Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all.
Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.
Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com
This workshop is all about relief printmaking and creating striking bold images! You will learn how to draw your design, cut onto a foam board and print your image using your hands and a spoon! We will be exploring the theme ‘portraits’ using a range of materials, tools and colours. At the end of the session children come home with their own prints!
Suitable for ages 5-11. All materials are provided. Participation fee: £15 per child/ £25 for siblings. Limited availability.
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.
Meera Maharaj (flute) and Dominic Degavino (piano) present a recital of music by Vitali, Karg-Elert, Scott and Jongen as part of St Michael’s Saturdays at Six concert series. Refreshments are available. Entry by donation.
Paul Dean (Director of Music, St Michael’s, Highgate) presents an organ recital of music by J. S. Bach as part of St Michael’s Saturdays at Six concert series. Refreshments are available. Entry by donation.
MATERIALS
– Plain paper A4, 2-3 sheets, eg junk mail with one plain side
– Colour magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper scraps (NOT foil based), coloured craft paper
– PVA glue or Pritt Stick
– Scissors/Safety Scissors
– Black Sharpie Pen/Marker Pen/Felt Tips
PLEASE NOTE: Requires use of scissors. Children should be supervised at home.
BOOK DIRECT on Meetup link http://meetu.ps/e/Jqhs8/JFhjn/a
OR by email for Zoom link to sujan.nandanwar@gmail.com.
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Community Crafternoons, Craft for Wellbeing, Art for All.
MATERIALS
– Plain paper A4, 2-3 sheets, eg junk mail with one plain side
– Colour magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper scraps (NOT foil based), coloured craft paper
– PVA glue or Pritt Stick
– Scissors/Safety Scissors
– Black Sharpie Pen/Marker Pen/Felt Tips
PLEASE NOTE: Requires use of scissors. Children should be supervised at home.
BOOK DIRECT on Meetup link http://meetu.ps/e/Jqhs8/JFhjn/a
OR by email for Zoom link to sujan.nandanwar@gmail.com.
Follow Community Crafternoons: https://instagram.com/communitycrafternoons
https://www.facebook.com/sujan.nandanwar
Community Crafternoons, Craft for Wellbeing, Art for All.
Chamber choir Voxcetera returns to St. Michael’s, Highgate, for a thrilling concert featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ Requiem and four pieces by one of the best-loved and most distinctive composers of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten.
Saint-Saëns’ compelling and accessibly beautiful 1878 Requiem moves from quiet simplicity to unearthly fortissimi to shake you to the core. Originally scored for a vast orchestra, this version arranged for harp, strings and organ maintains Saint-Saëns’ heightened expression and heartfelt sincerity, but with the intimacy of chamber music. The performance features soprano Angela Henckel who has performed with notable ensembles all over the world, and in UK venues including the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. Martin’s-in-the Fields and Symphony Hall, Birmingham, as well as on Radio 3.
Britten wrote in 1945, “One of my chief aims is to try to restore to the musical setting of the English Language a brilliance, freedom and vitality that have been curiously rare since the death of Purcell”. That vitality is abundant in his extraordinary cantata Rejoice in the Lamb, by turns as mad and as beautiful as the religious poems by Christopher Smart from which Britten took the text. Other short works on the menu are the joyful Jubilate Deo, the dramatic Missa Brevis in D, and Festival Te Deum which sets ethereal Gregorian chant against a progression of shifting organ chords.
A bar will be open before the concert and during the interval.
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 |