LONDON & INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC in and around Blackheath Halls
There’s a beguiling paradox at the heart of the annual London International Festival of Early Music – an unfailing ability to give a...
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CANDIDE by Blackheath Halls Opera
Singing an exacting aria is a tough ask on its own but to do it while clowning is surely near-impossible. Yet that is the challenge...
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels
Music has a unique quality among the arts – it thrives when its present embraces its past. Painting, literature, film and architecture...
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STROZZI! at Blackheath Halls
Barbara Strozzi is one of those composers who isn’t known nearly well enough, primarily because society has such a shocking history of...
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SUMMER PROGRAMME at Trinity Laban
An amazing array of public performances is on offer in this year’s Trinity Laban summer programme - legendary names in dance, beloved...
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COLAB 2022 at St Alfege’s, Old Royal Naval College and Blackheath Halls
One of the most beguiling aspects of CoLab, the annual festival of musical exploration driven and performed by Trinity Laban students, is...
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EACH ONE CANCELS THE LAST (HECTOR) at Blackheath Halls
We live in a world where knowledge is power, where we know so much. But we should never underestimate the power of the mysterious, for it...
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THE 12 DAYS (AND NIGHTS) OF CHRISTMAS in and around Greenwich
1 The Queen Of Hearts, Greenwich Theatre till 2 January. Legendary dame Andrew Pollard is back live with his own take on a traditional...
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels
The odds on this year’s London International Festival Of Early Music returning to Blackheath as a live event must have seemed at times...
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TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Blackheath Halls
Any concert by Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra will always be memorable for the awesome musicianship of its young members. If it’s then...
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels
After a year performing miracles in cyberspace, the annual wonder that is the London International Festival of Early Music returns to...
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NEW SEASON at Trinity Laban + Blackheath Halls
As the world of culture begins tentatively to open up again, Trinity Laban has announced a packed programme of performances to suit every...
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COLAB 2021 online at Trinity Laban
Lockdown has scuppered the sheer visceral excitement that artists and audiences share in any live performance, forcing creatives to look...
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THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC Online with headline concerts filmed in Blackheath
Online arts are playing a vital role in keeping up our spirits and feeding our souls during the Covid lockdown. And while no one would...
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CHAMBER MUSIC WEEK FINALE at Blackheath Halls and online
It was a daunting task – to cover 900 years of western music from 12th century sacred monophony to 21st century jazz in one afternoon...
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC Online, with concerts filmed in Blackheath
There’s so much to love about the annual London International Festival of Early Music – amazing musicians, an astonishing array of rare...
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A JOURNEY THROUGH THE RAKE’S PROGRESS Blackheath Halls Opera
The annual Blackheath Halls Opera is always a highlight of the cultural year in south-east London and it’s also a favourite with readers...
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COLAB 2020 in Greenwich, Blackheath, Deptford, New Cross and Southwark
Major world premieres, medieval chants, Hindustani folk music, Hollywood soundtracks, Taiwanese dance, First Nation tribal traditions, a...
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THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET at Blackheath Halls
What could be musically more exciting than a live jazz-funk gig? One featuring James Taylor on Hammond organ, that’s what. His show at...
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath
If anyone ever doubts the contemporary relevance of what’s played and displayed at the perennially marvellous London International...