The beautiful 15th century Lauderdale House is at the south end of Highgate High Street. It is set in gorgeous Waterlow Park and next door is the famous Highgate Cemetery.

Artisan Market

MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER & DECEMBER
SECOND SUNDAY 11AM-5PM

Duck Pond Market is back at Lauderdale House for quarterly 2017 markets with the best local artists, crafters, food producers and ethical businesses. There are locally made arts & crafts, gifts, vintage, homewares and clothing.

A tempting choice of locally made food to take home. London Craft Club host craft workshops for both adults and children. They also offer FREE crafting for children. Musicians perform live.

mosaic – london myriad ensemble

Following a very successful concert in February, London Composers Forum takes pride and delight in joining forces for a second time with the London Myriad Ensemble, to present a concert at Lauderdale House, showcasing the music of the ten Forum composers who featured in the February concert.

Since its conception as a professional chamber group in 2004, the London Myriad Ensemble has performed regularly both in the UK and internationally. As first prize International Competition winners in 2009, the ensemble performs a wide repertoire as a flexible ensemble with a wind quartet as its core which expands to quintet when required. ww.londonmyriad.com

With a keen interest in new music and in expanding the repertoire for woodwind chamber ensemble, the London Myriad Ensemble welcomes this second collaboration with London Composers Forum and the chance to explore the broad variety of exciting and accessible music which Forum composers have contributed.

The works in the programme range from jazz-inspired through to pastoral, humorous, festive and elegiac in character and present a fascinating cross-section of the creative mix that makes London Composers Forum a vibrant and dynamic focus for new music in the capital. This concert is supported by the RVW Trust.

London Composers Forum is open to all composers interested in composing contemporary classical music. New members are welcomed regularly. Visit the website: www.londoncomposersforum.org.uk

Modern Homes poster_revised_small

“Highgate Modern Homes”, on 16th and 17th September is an exhibition which shows how the historic village of Highgate and its surroundings are the setting for perhaps the largest concentration of modern homes in the UK.  Many are hidden away from view, due to local planning policies of the past, changing economic contexts and the pressure on land, but they can be seen in this showcase of contemporary architecture to be held at Omved Gardens, Townsend Yard between 12 and 5 pm on both days.  Admission free

Modern Homes poster_revised_small

“Highgate Modern Homes”, on 16th and 17th September is an exhibition which shows how the historic village of Highgate and its surroundings are the setting for perhaps the largest concentration of modern homes in the UK.  Many are hidden away from view, due to local planning policies of the past, changing economic contexts and the pressure on land, but they can be seen in this showcase of contemporary architecture to be held at Omved Gardens, Townsend Yard between 12 and 5 pm on both days.  Admission free

artist in residence – stephen hose

tuesday 19 september

Stephen Hose trained at the Royal Academy of Music where he held a Vaughan Williams scholarship. He has specialised in chamber music and has worked extensively as a Musical Director, conductor and pianist in London and regional theatre, in addition to appearances in France, Sweden, Ireland, and Germany.

He was Chorus Master for Jessye Norman’s “Ellington’s Sacred Songs” at the Barbican Theatre, and Epidavros, Greece. His work as Music Director for OperaUK has included “The Barber of Seville”, “Cosi fan Tutte”, “La Traviata”, “The Merry Widow”, “Olé” and “El Amore Brujo”. His work with the the Merry Opera Company includes “La Traviat”, “The Magic Flute”, “Kiss Me, Figaro!”, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Belle Hélène” (aka Troy Boy). He has also conducted over 50 performances of their uniquely staged Messiah.

Stephen was Musical Director and Associate for five productions of ITV’s “Christmas Glory”, which was filmed from New York, Llandaff Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey and featured stars from opera and pop including Sir James Galway, Charlotte Church, Montserrat Caballe, Robin Gibb, and Bryn Terfel amongst others. Other TV work includes “The Choir” (BBC2), “The People’s Passion” featuring Jessye Norman and Sir Thomas Allen for the BBC and a documentary for Channel 4 on the Titanic.

Programme: TBC

Stephen Hose Free Lunchtime Concert Series Dates:

Tuesday 17 October

Tuesday 21 November

Tuesday 19 December

The Highgate Society invites you to an Autumn Social to meet your neighbours, enjoy a glass of wine, and catch up with what’s going on in the area.  Come along on Friday 29th September to Highgate Society, 10a South Grove between 6.30 and 8.00pm – tickets on the door cost £5.

madame viardot’s salon

by salon musical & test of time entertainment

Songs, violin and piano music by Fauré, Chopin, Duparc, Elgar, poetry by Baudelaire

Salon musical is a unique show of theatre and music where audience members escape the every-day and venture into a world of beautiful music and poetry as well as flirtation, gossip and intrigue. A cast of five young professional performers – two singers, an actor, a violinist and a pianist – all graduates from the top London music and drama conservatoires, play historical characters and weave together music and scripted dialogue. The show’s creation has involved academic research as well as professional direction and costume design.

Experience has shown that the shows bring alive the past in an informative yet entertaining way. The performers engage with the audience throughout the evening to create a relaxed, immersive and intimate social gathering.

Picture yourself as a guest at the home of celebrated 19th century singer, composer and pianist Pauline Viardot, being introduced to emerging composer, Gabriel Fauré, eminent and provocative poet Stéphane Mallarmé and their protégés. They will be performing their latest music and poetry and you will witness their spontaneous music making.

on Show CONSERVATION AREA–Then and Now

Watercolour Group Buildings of the Conservation Area

as well as walk booklets

Highgate Society Book

and Membership Deals

Members on Hand to Discuss

on show:

CONSERVATION AREA  THEN AND NOW

Watercolour group Buildings of the Conservation Area

as well s Walks Booklets

Highgate Society Book

and Membership Deals

Members on Hand to discuss

A Strange New Shape
A completely original one woman show without words, A Strange New Space melds physical theatre with stunning puppetry and original music. We travel on an imagined voyage into space, paralleled with Amira’s real-life journey as a refugee across continents, forming an unforgettable introduction to theatre for audiences of four years and older.
When the show ends please stay around as we’ll be running a free craft table for the children to create something to match the theme of the performance. Ages suitable for children of 2 – 8 years.

Ticket Prices:

Adults/Children ( Standard) – £8.50

Adults/Children ( Concession) – £6.50

Family Ticket ( 2 Adults/ 2 Children) – £28.50

Family Ticket (Concession) 2 Adults/2 Children – £20.00

Under 18 months free.

To Book Tickets:

Box office: 02083488716

Email: enquiries@lauderdale.org.uk

Website: http://www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk

Alice Lascelles is an award =winning journalist, author, presenter and drinks expert. . She writes about drinks for FT Weekend and also has a regular column in FT How to Spend It covering wine, spirits and bar culture. Her first book, Ten Cocktails: The Art of Convivial Drinking was published in 2015. In 2016 she was awarded Spitirs Communicator of the Year at the International Wine and Spirit Competition.

Tickets available in Advance. Please send a cheque and SAE payable to the Highgate Society to 10A South Grove N6 6BS OR call into 10A Saturday mornings.

killer shrimp

jazz in the house

TICKETS AVAILABLE BY PHONE ONLY

Due to technical issues with our online payment system tickets are not currently available to purchase online. If you would like to purchase tickets in advance please call 020 8348 8716 or email enquiries@lauderdale.org.uk. 

Damon Brown (cornet),  Ed Jones (tenor sax),  Adam King (bass),  Kim Minchan (drums)

Back in 2007 Killer Shrimp was voted ‘best live band’ in that year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Since then co-leader Damon Brown has roamed the world’s stages from Poland to Mongolia and spent several years in Seoul, a good jumping off place for shows in Japan where he worked frequently with tonight’s special guest Kim Minchan.  Co-leader Ed Jones is an award-winning UK jazz saxophonist/composer who has been based in London for over 25 years and performed a stunning set at Lauderdale House last season.

This is the first date of a Shrimp Reborn Tour so it’s not to be missed.

in between music and photography

A complementary event for the THIRTEEN exhibition

Susanne Mecklenburg (voice), William Hancox (piano), Gareth Davies (photography and videos)

IN between MUSIC and PHOTOGRAPHY is a complementary event for the THIRTEEN exhibition at Lauderdale House (4 to 27 October 2017), offering a visual and sound experience, weaving together photography and music to tell a tale. The programme reflects the artistic paths that Susanne Mecklenburg (voice) William Hancox (piano) and Gareth Davies (photography and video) have chosen in their collaboration which unite them in their exploration of eclectic musical choices and photographic techniques.

Musically there will be a combination of styles, composers, musical periods, geographical origins, rhythms, stories and lyrics, spanning from Händel toPiazzolla and including music by Britten, Holst and Bridge as well as contemporary Spanish and South American composers. In the accompanying photography and videos, you will find a diverse set of imagery using techniques such as slitscan and panoramas, matching the breadth and depth of the music and including Gareth’s work in the THIRTEEN exhibition.

Susanne Mecklenburg (soprano) regularly performs in solo concerts in the UK, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Her concerts are known to combine unusual styles, composers, musical periods, geographical origins, rhythms, stories and lyrics and are always motivated by the desire to tell a story. The searching for and discovering of new repertoire is one of the most enjoyable parts of creating such programmes and often leads to discovering rarely performed songs. For further details see www.susannemecklenburg.info

Gareth Davies (photography) lives and works in London and specialises in slitscan panoramic photography, enabling the capture of progress, repetition and time within a single integrated still image. Gareth is a member of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers, the Royal Photographic Society and London Independent Photography. Further information on www.tickpan.co.uk.

William Hancox (piano) has performed as a solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist throughout the UK and abroad. He has played in all major concert halls in London and broadcast for Classic FM and the BBC. His teaching activities have included positions at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College of Music, as well as the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh.