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May
25
Wed
Dyne House Recital Series: Nick Pritchard (tenor) and Ian Tindale (piano) @ Dyne House Auditorium
May 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The series opens with a song recital featuring two Samling Artists performing Beethoven’s cycle An die ferne Geliebte, as well as songs by Schubert and Finzi, and texts by Shakespeare. Nick Pritchard has won the London Bach Society Singer’s Prize, and has recently performed for Opera Holland Park and Opera North. Ian Tindale is the recipient of the Accompanist’s Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, the Gerald Moore Award, and the Royal Overseas League Music Competition Accompanists’ Prize.

Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.

Jun
8
Wed
Dyne House Recital Series: Kausikan Rajeshkumar (piano) @ Dyne House Auditorium
Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A solo piano recital of Schumann and Chopin, including Schumann’s Fantasiestücke and Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor. Kausikan Rajeshkumar won the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in 2009, and has since won numerous other competitions including the Parnassos International Piano Competition. He has performed in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and has been broadcast on BBC television and radio.

Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.

Jun
15
Wed
Dyne House Recital Series: Joseph Shiner (clarinet) @ Dyne House Auditorium
Jun 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Dynamic young clarinettist Joseph Shiner will perform the London premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s Nocturne, alongside works by Weber, Lutoslawski and others. A recipient of numerous solo prizes, Joseph has also performed at venues including St John’s Smith Square and the Wigmore Hall. He is a member of the Magnard Ensemble and has collaborated with the Endellion and Alauda Quartets.

Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.

Jun
26
Sun
A Concert for a Summer’s Eve: Masayuki Tayama plays Rachmaninov @ Dyne House Auditorium
Jun 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

A concert for a Summer’s Eve.

Proceeds to Waterlow Park and The Harington Scheme.

Tickets can be purchased at Brooksby Newsagent in Highgate Village or via tickettailor on: http://www.waterlowpark.org.uk (online booking fees apply).

May
29
Mon
aspidistra drawing room orchestra @ Lauderdale House
May 29 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

A concert of popular music from the beginning of the last century. Performed in style by this authentic ensemble consisting of string quartet, piano flute and oboe, praised for their lively interpretation of the genre.

The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra is an orchestra that specialises in the type of light classical music that is usually referred to as “Palm Court Music” or “Salon Music”. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, there was an enormous appetite for light music. The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra started, from very small beginnings: a group of friends and a folder of music. However, since the mid 1990s, they have steadily expanded their repertoire, continually hunting for new material.

Aspidistra made their Radio debut when the BBC used some tracks from the Best of Palm Court as background music for the radio play Tears of War on Remembrance Day 2002. Since then their recordings have been heard regularly on Brian Kay’s light programme and as background music for other radio plays. Their music was also used for The Producer Prince, a TV documentary based on interviews with Prince Alessandro Tasca di Cuto, the son of an illustrious Sicilian family. Sadly his father squandered the family fortunes and died penniless in 1927.

Nov
10
Sat
Book Fair @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Nov 10 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

HLSI’s annual book fair with thousands of good-quality second-hand books on all subjects: fiction, history, biography, literature, cookery and much more, all at bargain prices. Collections this year include art and special editions.