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Jan
23
Thu
FOLH presents illustrator Paul Cox @ Highgate Library Civic & Cultural Centre
Jan 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Friends of Highgate Library present illustrator Paul Cox talking about his work with slides, sketchbooks and printed examples.  For more details see http://www.dartmouthpark.org/FOHL/events/cox or our Facebook and Twitter pages

Mar
17
Fri
The Band @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 17 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Sandy and Bruno met in the seventies. She was fame hungry, he was doomed to follow her. As one hit wonders, this is a story of their big come-back. With Sandy’s determination and Bruno’s blissful devotion to her, they are here; not by popular demand, but by sheer defiance. With striking aesthetics and a rousing soundtrack, The Band is a quirky, humorous display of desperate ambition and blind affection.

The Band, The Arts Centre, Edge Hill University
Mar
18
Sat
The Band @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Sandy and Bruno met in the seventies. She was fame hungry, he was doomed to follow her. As one hit wonders, this is a story of their big come-back. With Sandy’s determination and Bruno’s blissful devotion to her, they are here; not by popular demand, but by sheer defiance. With striking aesthetics and a rousing soundtrack, The Band is a quirky, humorous display of desperate ambition and blind affection.

The Band, The Arts Centre, Edge Hill University
Jul
7
Sat
Summer Fair @ Highgate Library
Jul 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

SUMMER FAIR ON SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018, from 2pm to 4pm.  We have a children’s poet doing readings, a raffle with prizes and drinks and cakes on sale.

Councillor Zena Brabazon, the new Cabinet member with responsibility for Libraries will be there to open the Fair.  Please come along.  Details in flyers in the library and elsewhere.

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THE SUMMER FAIR ON 7 JULY 2018.

Mar
9
Sat
Highgate Choral Society Spring Concert @ All Hallows' Church
Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

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Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass, so-named as it uses a ninth century text written in Old Church Slavonic, is also known as the Slavonic Mass. Rather than a traditional sacred piece, Janacek is thought to have conceived his mass as a celebration of Slavic culture and the pan-Slavic movement that he supported.

The Glagolitic Mass was first performed in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in April 1926. It is a highly original work for choir, organ and orchestra that expresses dramatic energy and tenderness in equal measure, and is recognised today as one of most significant contributions to choral music in the twentieth century.

Poulenc’s Gloria is a joyful rendering of the Gloria text from the Catholic Mass, and one of Poulenc’s most celebrated works. Scored for soprano, choir and large orchestra, it was composed in 1959 and first performed in 1961 in Boston to critical acclaim. Poulenc was known for composing music of sharp contrasts and his Gloria, which is jocund as well as solemn, is no exception.


Always Moving On is a brand new work for choir and orchestra, written by newcomer Christopher Ashley. An eight-minute orchestral march of aspiration and healing, it provides a modern twist to the familiar and popular format pioneered by Elgar and Walton in the early 20th century. The piece gives expression to the timeless virtues of hope, joy, patience and tolerance, offering respite from uncertainty and gloom.