Music at St Andrew's 2018
A one hour (approx.) programme - tea served afterwards
Further events in 2018 include:
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Please note:
Saturday 23 June 7.00pm - Alexandra Chorus (with Veronica Chacon & Jerome Royet)
Saturday 14 July 7.00pm - Hannah Gardiner, Jared Bennett, Robert Smith & others
Both of these concerts have been postponed - revised dates to follow
Music at St Andrew's 2018
A one hour (approx.) programme - tea served afterwards
Further events in 2018 include:
Sunday Afternoon Recitals 4.00-5.00pm
3 June - Recital by Jennifer Lee (piano)
Also:
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm - Fortismere Community Choir
Saturday 23 June 7.00pm - Alexandra Chorus (with Veronica Chacon & Jerome Royet)
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 14 July 7.00pm - Hannah Gardiner, Jared Bennett, Robert Smith & others
(programme inc. newly-commissioned works & Beethoven Septet - details tbc)
Details of a programme of concerts/recitals for the second half of 2018 and in 2019 is awaiting confirmation
Music at St Andrew's 2018
A one hour (approx.) programme - tea served afterwards
Further events in 2018 include:
Sunday Afternoon Recitals 4.00-5.00pm
6 May - Recital by Sebastian Mueller (violin) & Yukiko Shinohara (piano)
3 June - Recital by Jennifer Lee (piano)
Also:
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm - Fortismere Community Choir
Saturday 23 June 7.00pm - Alexandra Chorus (with Veronica Chacon & Jerome Royet)
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 14 July 7.00pm - Hannah Gardiner, Jared Bennett, Robert Smith & others
(programme inc. newly-commissioned works & Beethoven Septet - details tbc)
Details of a programme of concerts/recitals for the second half of 2018 and in 2019 is awaiting confirmation
Music at St Andrew's 2018
A one hour (approx.) programme,
previously performed at St Clement Danes Church
Further events in 2018 include
Sunday Afternoon Recitals 4.00-5.00pm
29 April - Recital by Yukiko Shinohara (piano)
3 June - Recital by Jennifer Lee (piano)
also
Saturday 17 March - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 12 May - Fortismere Community Choir
Saturday 30 June - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Music at St Andrew's 2018
Further events in 2018 include
Sunday Afternoon Recitals 4.00-5.00pm
18 February - Recital by Jaivin Raj (baritone) & Sina Lari (piano)
29 April - Recital by Yukiko Shinohara (piano)
3 June - Recital by Jennifer Lee (piano)
also
Saturday 17 March - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 12 May - Fortismere Community Choir
Saturday 30 June - Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra
Palace Gates Residents' Association website has a short report on the fete held two weeks ago, and an entertaining video which Kevin and Julie have made with some highlights from the event, with clips of Mike Solomon-Wiliams and the Three Deuces making music, Gustave the Magician making fun, and Raef Commissar moving his feet impressively - talents young and more mature giving everyone a good time on a miraculously (sudden) sunny afternoon. You can find it all here: http://www.palacegatesra.info/news/.
Excellent Music
Last Saturday evening we went along to hear the Galitzin Ensemble at St Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road. They play there now and then and I had heard them there before and enjoyed it immensely. (I didn't know it happened until it was advertised on this website.) They are extremely professional and polished performers, and have won a number of international prizes - the personel has changed, but the Ichinose family is their continuity. Saint Andrew's also is a wonderful venue for this kind of music, big enough to feel that strong music has room to move, but with very clear sound. Whether it was the playing or the acoustic - probably both - the music sounded amazingly crisp to a rather aging ear. It is extraordinary, really, to be able to hear such high quality music-making just round the corner for only however much you choose to drop into the plate at the door.
The programmes I've heard Galitzins do have been balanced: a classic (Beethoven/Haydn), something more light-hearted, and Shostakovitch - they seem to specialise in him. I went with someone who wasn't at all sure about Shostakovitch and went to sit near the door for that half of the concert to be able to nip out if necessary, but was still there at the end - it's such dramatic and gripping stuff. These recitals are an effortless way to discover good things you didn't expect. Try it if you haven't yet.
