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.
Inspired by Don Quixote’s wanderings, two feisty señoritas and a downtrodden Englishman embark on a journey through Spain taking on one of the most accomplished works of fiction ever written.
Accompanied only by an otherworldly virtuoso guitarist whose presence there makes no sense whatsoever, they will lead you to joy, pain and ultimate wisdom. A madcap rendition concluding with a common sentiment: “These guys did not read the book”.
Little Soldier presents a hilariously inventive adventure of immense proportions, to be taken with a pinch of salt and a handlebar moustache.
Winners of The Stage Award for Acting Excellence, Edinburgh Fringe 2014
Inspired by Don Quixote’s wanderings, two feisty señoritas and a downtrodden Englishman embark on a journey through Spain taking on one of the most accomplished works of fiction ever written.
Accompanied only by an otherworldly virtuoso guitarist whose presence there makes no sense whatsoever, they will lead you to joy, pain and ultimate wisdom. A madcap rendition concluding with a common sentiment: “These guys did not read the book”.
Little Soldier presents a hilariously inventive adventure of immense proportions, to be taken with a pinch of salt and a handlebar moustache.
Winners of The Stage Award for Acting Excellence, Edinburgh Fringe 2014
Inspired by Don Quixote’s wanderings, two feisty señoritas and a downtrodden Englishman embark on a journey through Spain taking on one of the most accomplished works of fiction ever written.
Accompanied only by an otherworldly virtuoso guitarist whose presence there makes no sense whatsoever, they will lead you to joy, pain and ultimate wisdom. A madcap rendition concluding with a common sentiment: “These guys did not read the book”.
Little Soldier presents a hilariously inventive adventure of immense proportions, to be taken with a pinch of salt and a handlebar moustache.
Winners of The Stage Award for Acting Excellence, Edinburgh Fringe 2014
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.
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.
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.
Using key works from the LUX archive – the largest collection of artists film and video in the country – this short introductory course will trace and discuss artists’ engagement with the moving image throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, from the early pioneers of the 1920s to contemporary practitioners. We will explore through active discussion the relationship between art and cinema and the place and role of the moving image within contemporary visual arts today.
No previous knowledge is required, just a curiosity to see and find out more about this fascinating area of art practice.
Led by Maria Palacios Cruz, LUX Deputy Director.
LUX Deputy Director Maria Palacios Cruz is a curator and lecturer of avant-garde cinema and artists’ moving image. She has lectured at Kingston University, Central Saint Martins, Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles and Ecole de Recherche Graphique.
This course is limited to 20 participants; please reserve your place by booking.
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.