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Sep-Dec 2015 programme
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JOSH WIDDICOMBE
Classical Music
Comedy
Children’s Events
Other Music
Spoken Word
Community
Exhibitions
SEP-DEC 2015 DIARY
Your at-a-glance guide
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 2 – TUESDAY 29 Café Bar Art Exhibition:
Coastal Scenes by
Christiana Angelini
10am-5pm
FRIDAY 2 – THURSDAY 29 Café Bar Art Exhibition:
Inside, Outside, Dawn to
Dusk 10am-5pm
WEDNESDAY 2 Tea Dance 2pm
SUNDAY 6
The London Orchestra
Project 7pm
MONDAY 14 Meantime Jazz: Course 1 7pm
MONDAY 21 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital: Alison
Moncrieff-Kelly, cello, Esther
Cavett, piano 1.10pm
Meantime Jazz: Course 1 7pm
THURSDAY 24 Laughing Boy Comedy Club
8pm
FRIDAY 25
Trinity Laban Showcase:
DecArt Ensemble 6pm
SATURDAY 26
Children’s Event:
Old Mother Hubbard 3pm
Rob Beckett:
Mouth of the South 8pm
MONDAY 28 Music Appreciation 10am
Meantime Jazz: Course 1 7pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 30 Spoken Word
Patricia Duncker:
Sophie and the Sibyl 8pm
FRIDAY 2 Trinity Laban Symphony
Orchestra: Side-by-Side 6pm
SUNDAY 4
Blackheath Sundays:
Ferio Saxophone Quartet 11am
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Rehearsal 2.30pm
MONDAY 5 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital: Fenella
Humphreys, violin, Nathan
Williamson, piano 1.10pm
Meantime Jazz: Course 1 7pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 7 Sponsor Me Awards Show for
Emerging Fashion Designers
6pm
SATURDAY 10
Children’s Event:
Leaping Frog 3pm
SUNDAY 11
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Rehearsal 2.30pm
MONDAY 12 Music Appreciation 10am
Meantime Jazz: Course 1 7pm
TUESDAY 13 Tea Dance 2pm
WEDNESDAY 14 Beats in the Bar 7.30pm
THURSDAY 15 Ruby Throat and
Shapeshifter 7.30pm
FRIDAY 16 Jeremy Hardy 8pm
SUNDAY 18
Michael Bochmann, violin;
Raphael Wallfisch, cello 7pm
MONDAY 19 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital:
Adalisa Castellaneta, guitar
1.10pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
Spoken Word
Robert Colquhoun:
A Free Frenchman Under
the Japanese 8pm
TUESDAY 20 Beats in the Bar 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 21 Beats in the Bar 7.30pm
THURSDAY 22 Laughing Boy Comedy Club
8pm
FRIDAY 23 Spoken Word
An Audience with Will Self
8pm
SATURDAY 24
Children’s Event:
Big Goldilocks and the
Three Bears Plus… 3pm
Thank You For The Music:
The ultimate tribute to ABBA
8pm
SUNDAY 25
Blackheath Sundays:
Southbank Sinfonia 11am
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Sectionals 11am
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Your at-a-glance guide
SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER (CONT)
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Rehearsal 2.30pm
Meantime Jazz: Course 2 7pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
MONDAY 26 Meantime Jazz: Course 2 7pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
TUESDAY 3 – SUNDAY 29 Café Bar Art Exhibition:
Lindsey Malin 10am-5pm
TUESDAY 27 Beats in the Bar 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 28 - FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 200 Years of Entertainment
in Blackheath:
Pictorial Exhibition
10am-5pm
WEDNESDAY 28
200 Years of Entertainment
in Blackheath:
Talk by Neil Rhind MBE, FSA
8pm
THURSDAY 29 Trinity Laban Symphony
Orchestra: Diego Masson
80th Birthday Celebration
7.30pm
FRIDAY 30
200 Years of Entertainment
in Blackheath:
Variety Show and Supper
doors 6.30pm
Trinity Laban Undergraduate
Opera Scenes 8pm
NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 3 Beats in the Bar 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 4 Tea Dance 2pm
Eltham College:
Music Scholars Concert 7pm
THURSDAY 5 Trinity Laban Chorus and
Ensemble 7.30pm
FRIDAY 6 Trinity Laban Symphony
Orchestra: Side-by-Side 6pm
SUNDAY 8
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Rehearsal 2.30pm
MONDAY 9 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital:
Geoffrey Sweet, piano 1.10pm
Meantime Jazz: Course 2 7pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 11 Spoken Word
James Russell:
Ravilious and Bawden,
An Artistic Friendship 8pm
SUNDAY 1
Blackheath Sundays:
Libor Nováček, piano;
Petr Nouzovsky, cello 11am
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Rehearsal 2.30pm
THURSDAY 12 Instrumental Gala:
Royal Greenwich 7pm
MONDAY 2 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital:
Duport Trio 1.10pm
SATURDAY 14
Children’s Event:
Little Brother and
Little Sister 3pm
FRIDAY 13 Instrumental Gala:
Royal Greenwich 7pm
Carthy, Oates, Farrell and
Young 8pm
SUNDAY 15
Blackheath Sundays:
Divisions of 12 11am
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Rehearsal 1.30pm
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Performance 6.30pm
MONDAY 16 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital:
Julian Jacobson and
Mariko Brown, piano duo
1.10pm
Meantime Jazz: Course 2 7pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Rehearsal 7.30pm
TUESDAY 17 Beats in the Bar 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 18 Jette Parker Young Artists:
David Junghoon Kim, tenor;
James Platt, bass 7.30pm
THURSDAY 19 Trinity Laban Wind
Orchestra 7.30pm
FRIDAY 20 Budapest Café Orchestra 8pm
SATURDAY 21
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Dress Rehearsal 2pm
Children’s Event:
The Elves and
The Shoemaker 3pm
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Performance 7.30pm
SUNDAY 22
Blackheath Christmas Fair:
In aid of Age Exchange
10.30am-4.30pm
MONDAY 23 Music Appreciation 10am
SEP-DEC 2015 DIARY
Meantime Jazz: Course 2 7pm
Blackheath Halls Chorus
Rehearsal 7.30pm
THURSDAY 3 Trinity Laban Sinfonia Wind
and Strings 7.30pm
Blackheath Halls Chorus
Rehearsal 7.30pm
TUESDAY 24 Spoken Word
From Agincourt to
Blackheath 8pm
SATURDAY 5
Children’s Event:
Santa in Love 3pm
The House of Fun 8pm
THURSDAY 17 Blackheath Halls Chorus
Dress Rehearsal 7.30pm
Laughing Boy Comedy Club
8pm
THURSDAY 26 Trinity Laban String
Ensemble 7.30pm
Laughing Boy Comedy Club
8pm
MONDAY 7 Blackheath Halls Chorus
Rehearsal 7.30pm
FRIDAY 18 Blackheath Halls
Christmas Concert 7.30pm
FRIDAY 27 Trinity Laban Showcase:
Giulia Semerano, piano;
Claire Sledd, violin;
Ivana Peranic, cello 6pm
SATURDAY 28
Andy Hamilton:
Change Management 8pm
SUNDAY 29
Blackheath Sundays:
Atéa Wind Quartet 11am
MONDAY 30 Music Appreciation 10am
Lunchtime Recital:
Lili la Scala, soprano 1.10pm
Turning of the Year:
Keystage 1 6.30pm
DECEMBER
WEDS 2-WEDS 23 Café Bar Art Exhibition:
Michele Franklin and Brian
Taylor 10am-5pm
TUESDAY 1 Turning of the Year:
Keystage 2 7pm
WEDNESDAY 2 Turning of the Year:
Keystage 2 7pm
TUESDAY 8 Trinity Laban Postgraduate
Opera Scenes 5pm & 7.30pm
SATURDAY 19
Josh Widdicombe:
What Do I Do Now… 8pm
WEDNESDAY 9 Trinity Laban Jazz Choir and
Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
7.30pm
MONDAY 21 Brio Symphony Orchestra
7.30pm
THURSDAY 10 Trinity Laban Symphony
Orchestra: Side-by-Side 6pm
FRIDAY 11 The Blues Band 8pm
SATURDAY 12
Haven’t Stopped Dancing
Yet! 7.30pm
SUNDAY 13
Children’s Ballet:
The Nutcracker
1.30pm & 4pm
MONDAY 14 Lunchtime Recital:
Royal Baroque 1.10pm
Abraham’s Children:
The Long Winter Journey
Towards Peace 7.30pm
Blackheath Halls Chorus
Rehearsal 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 16 Christmas Tea Dance 2pm
Jette Parker Young Artists:
Vlada Borovko, soprano;
Samuel Dale Johnson,
baritone 7.30pm
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WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY Jette Parker Young Artists:
Jennifer Davis, soprano;
Emily Edmonds, mezzosoprano 7.30pm
SATURDAY 30 JANUARY
Children’s Event:
Hansel, Gretal and You…
Who? 3pm
SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY
Fay Hield 8pm
SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY
Children’s Event:
The Ugly Duckling 3pm
SUNDAY 6 MARCH
Blackheath Sundays:
Waldegrave Ensemble 11am
SATURDAY 12 MARCH
Children’s Event:
How the Koala Learnt to Hug
3pm
Cara Dillon 8pm
BLACKHEATH
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SUNDAYS
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Southbank Sinfonia
Blackheath Goes Gospel
Community
Performances
Comedy
Jeremy Hardy
Instrumental Gala
Exhibitions
Children’s Events
Meg Dinkeldein/Annette Johnson
Santa in Love
Other Music
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Budapest Café Orchestra
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Spoken Word
Will Self
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Operations Manager
Hannah Benton
Marketing Officer
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Technical Manager
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Community
Engagement Manager
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CLASSICAL EVENTS
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celebrations, performances,
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is the venue of choice for
leading orchestras and
ensembles.
The Recital Room
meanwhile – which is
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– offers the perfect location
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
SOUTHBANK SINFONIA
Blackheath Sundays
SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 11am | Recital Room
Programme includes:
Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Southbank Sinfonia is an orchestra of
young professionals and is internationally
recognised as a leading orchestral
academy, providing graduate musicians
from all over the world with a muchneeded springboard into the profession.
finds space to shine. They promise to bring an eclectic programme to
Blackheath showcasing both their
versatility and verve.
Every year its players not only delve into a wide range of orchestral works,
they excel too at chamber music, where
each individual’s talent and charisma
“... a dashing ensemble who play with
exhilarating fizz, exactness
and stamina” – The Times
TICKETS: £14 | £12 concessions
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
LUNCHTIME RECITALS
Friends of Blackheath Halls brings you a series of recitals for Sep-Dec 2015.
All concerts are in the Recital Room and start
at 1.10pm. A light lunch is available prior to the recital.
Admission is free with a retiring donation to Blackheath Halls.
ALISON MONCRIEFF-KELLY cello
ESTHER CAVETT piano
MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
Beethoven Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3
in A major, Op.69; Debussy Sonata for Cello
and Piano in D minor
FENELLA HUMPHREYS violin
NATHAN WILLIAMSON piano
MONDAY 5 OCTOBER
Thomas Pitfield Sonata for Violin and Piano
No.1; C W Orr Two Pieces; Doreen Carwithen
Sonata
Michael Collins
ADALISA CASTELLANETA guitar
MONDAY 19 OCTOBER
THE LONDON ORCHESTRA
PROJECT
Launch Concert
SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 7pm | Great Hall
Luis Milan Fantasia; Isaac Albéniz Granada,
Cadiz; Castelnuovo-Tedesco Escarraman;
Granados Danza No.5; Rodrigo Invocazione
e danza
Clarinet Michael Collins
Leader Stephen Bryant
Conductor James Ham
Kilar Orawa
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
A new venture featuring principal players from London’s leading orchestras
including the BBC Symphony, Royal
Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra
and London Sinfonietta alongside recent
music college graduates.
TICKETS: £15 | £5 students and under 18s
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Adalisa Castellaneta
DUPORT TRIO
MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Gordon Jacob Six Shakespearian Sketches;
Martinu String Trio No.2; Finzi Prelude and Fugue; Françaix String Trio
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CLASSICALSUNDAYS
MUSIC
BLACKHEATH
MUSIC APPRECIATION WITH
MATTHEW TAYLOR
GEOFFREY SWEET piano
The Mighty Handful: The Russian Nationalists
MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Vienna and New Orleans: a programme
featuring Diabelli, Umlauff, Karl von
Dittersdorf, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,
Lucien Lambert, Gottschalk, Jelly Roll
Morton, Geoffrey Sweet, and James Booker
JULIAN JACOBSON AND
MARIKO BROWN piano duo
MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER
J C Bach Sonata No.6 in F major, Op.18;
Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro
Brillante, Op.92; Poulenc Sonata for piano
four hands; Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
LILI LA SCALA soprano
MONDAY 21, 28 SEPTEMBER
5, 12, 19 OCTOBER
2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 NOVEMBER
10am | Recital Room
This series will explore the Russian
Nationalist School, led by Balakirev and
containing the better-known names of
Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Moussorgsky
and completed by the lesser-known Cui.
For more information, make a booking or
arrange your free taster lecture contact:
Lionel Lewis on 020 8297 1075, email ljl@lioneljlewis.org.uk or visit blackheath-music.co.uk
COURSE FEE: £85 (10 week course)
WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER
Siren – a bewitching theatrical voyage of
timeless, beautiful siren songs, from the
poetry of Masefield to the music of Tom
Waits and Fauré
DECART ENSEMBLE
MANUEL LÓPEZ JORGE piano
Trinity Laban Showcase Series
FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 6pm | Recital Room
Alumnus Victoria Jericó presents DecArt
Ensemble, a new chamber group of Trinity
Laban alumni, performing Mozart’s Piano
Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 and
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581.
Lili la Scala
ROYAL BAROQUE
MONDAY 14 DECEMBER
Corelli Christmas Concerto No.8 in G minor,
Op.6; Charpentier Noëls pour les
instruments; Daquin Noël en Musette;
Heinichen Pastorale per la note di natale;
Balbastre Recueil de Noëls
Manuel López Jorge
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
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BLACKHEATH
CLASSICAL SUNDAYS
MUSIC
TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
RUBY THROAT vocal ensemble
SHAPESHIFTER instrumental ensemble
Side-by-Side
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER 6pm | Great Hall
Conductor Gregory Rose
Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op.64, Suite No.1
(selection); Suite No.2 (complete)
Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra
join forces with students to open Trinity
Laban’s orchestral concert season,
performing a selection from Prokofiev’s
famous ballet music.
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
Monteverdi La Sestina (excerpts)
Berio A Ronne
Mozart Symphony No.31 in D major, K.297 (Paris)
Rands Madrigali
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Two new Trinity Laban ensembles debut
this evening, each dedicated to presenting
eclectic programmes of music ranging from
ancient to modern in combinations devised
to surprise, delight and perhaps provoke.
TICKETS: £5
MICHAEL BOCHMANN violin
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello
SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 7pm | Great Hall
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello 1922
Bruch Kol Nedrei for Cello and Orchestra
Telemann Concerto in D major for 4 violins
TWV40:202
Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7
Vivaldi Concerto for Violin and Cello in
A major, RV546
FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Blackheath Sundays
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 11am | Recital Room
J S Bach (arr. Ferio) Prelude and Fugue
in G minor, BWV.535
Glazunov Saxophone Quartet in B flat, Op.109
Nyman (arr. D. Roach) String Quartet No.2
J B Singelee Premiere Quatuor pour
Saxophones, Op.53
Rivier Grave et Presto
Pärt (arr. Ferio) Fratres
Lago Ciudades Tokyo; Sarajevo;
Addis Ababa
Barber Adagio for Strings
P Geiss Patchwork
TICKETS: £14 | £12 concessions
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Cellist Raphael Wallfisch
is joined by violinist
Michael Bochmann in
a programme of some
of the greatest duos for
violin and cello. High-level students will also accompany
these two established
artists, after a day of
workshops held here at
Blackheath Halls.
Come and enjoy the
exciting interaction
between two generations
of music makers.
TICKETS: £16
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
SOUTHBANK SINFONIA
Blackheath Sundays
SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 11am
Recital Room
See page 5 for more details.
TICKETS: £14 | £12
TRINITY LABAN UNDERGRADUATE
OPERA SCENES
TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 8pm | Recital Room
Diego Masson 80th Birthday Celebration
Director Toria Banks
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
Final year undergraduate vocal students
present the culmination of an intensive
week as a small company working on opera
scenes from Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera.
Conductor Diego Masson
Dutilleux Métaboles
Talia Morey* Grey Bird
Janáček Fiddler’s Child (Šumařovo dítě)
Shostakovich Symphony No.11 (The Year 1905)
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
Diego Masson’s distinguished career and
his long, treasured relationship with Trinity
Laban are celebrated in a concert in honour
of his 80th birthday.
Continuing the Symphony Orchestra’s
commitment to performing student
compositions, the programme is completed
with a new work from Talia Morey.
TICKETS: £12 | £7 concessions
*Trinity Laban student commission
LIBOR NOVÁČEK piano
PETR NOUZOVSKY cello
Blackheath Sundays
Photo: Katie Vandyck
Masson’s enormous passion for the music
of the 20th century and to new work is
encapsulated in this programme featuring
Shostakovich’s epic
symphonic meditation
on the events of
the 1905 revolution:
Métaboles, by
Masson’s illustrious
compatriot, Henri
Dutilleux, which
explores the concept
of metamorphosis in
music; and Janáček’s
rarely heard tonepoem, The Fiddler’s Child, which tells a
characteristically dark Czech folk-tale.
SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 11am | Recital Room
Robert Hoare Memorial Recital
Janovický Capriccio and Passacalia, Op.20
Pexidr Nocturno
Haas Variations for solo cello
Janáček Pohádka
Martinů Variations on a Slovak
Theme for cello and piano, H.378
Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X. 1905
TICKETS: £14
£12 concessions
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
MUSIC SCHOLARS CONCERT
Eltham College
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 7pm
Recital Room
Featuring the finest talent from Eltham College.
TICKETS: £7 adults | £5 senior citizens
FREE under 18s
To reserve tickets please email your request to: music@eltham-college.org.uk
DIVISIONS OF 12
TRINITY LABAN CHORUS
AND ENSEMBLE
Blackheath Sundays
THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
Conductor Dominic Peckham
Toby Young Love and Harmony
Vivaldi Gloria in D, RV.589
Following a triumphant performance
of Carmina Burana last autumn, British
conductor Dominic Peckham returns to lead Trinity Laban’s Chorus and Ensemble in another celebrated piece from the choral repertoire.
TICKETS: £5
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 11am | Recital Room
Mozart String Quintet in C minor, K.406
Strauss Sextet from Capriccio
Shostakovich Two pieces for String Octet, Op.11
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major, Op.20
Principal members of the
award-winning 12 Ensemble
come together in various
combinations to perform a
varied programme.
TICKETS: £14
£12 concessions
TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Side-by-Side
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 6pm | Great Hall
Conductor George Jackson
Brahms Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
George Jackson, Trinity Laban’s Junior Fellow
for Conducting 2015-16, leads the Trinity
Laban Symphony Orchestra and visiting
musicians in a performance of Brahms’
Symphony No.1, a work of remarkable power,
passion and unity.
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
TRINITY LABAN WIND ORCHESTRA
THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 7.30pm
Great Hall
Conductor Gordon Hunt
Gordon Hunt directs a varied selection
of pieces for Wind Orchestra, including
Shostakovich’s Festival Overture and
Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances, arranged by Paul Lavender.
TICKETS: £5
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
JETTE PARKER YOUNG
ARTISTS RECITALS
Rising Stars of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Artistic Director David Gowland
Administrator Siri Fischer Hansen
The Royal Op
era’s Jette Pa
rker
Young Artists
Programme
provides anot
her opportun
ity to
hear the oper
a stars of the
future
in programm
es combining
recital
repertory with
opera arias an
d
duets. Most re
citals are follo
wed
by a Q&A sess
ion.
WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER
7.30pm | Recital Room
WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY
7.30pm | Recital Room
DAVID JUNGHOON KIM tenor
JAMES PLATT bass
JENNIFER DAVIS soprano
EMILY EDMONDS mezzo-soprano
Korean tenor David Junghoon Kim started
on the Young Artists Programme in
September 2014 and will make his Royal
Opera debut in Il tabarro in February 2016.
British bass James Platt is in his second year
and is about to start rehearsals as Zaresty in
Eugene Onegin.
The final recital in this current series is
given by Irish soprano Jennifer Davis and
Australian mezzo-soprano Emily Edmonds,
both in their first year as a Young Artist and
making their Blackheath Halls debut.
They are accompanied by David Gowland.
In the autumn they appeared together in
Rossi’s Orfeo at Shakespeare’s Globe and in
May 2016 will reunite for 4.48 Psychosis at
the Lyric Hammersmith.
They are accompanied by David Gowland.
WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER
7.30pm | Recital Room
VLADA BOROVKO soprano
SAMUEL DALE JOHNSON baritone
Russian soprano Vlada Borovko is in her first
year and Australian baritone Samuel Dale
Johnson in his second year on the Programme.
TICKETS: £7
£5 students
Jette Parker Young Artists
Programme is generously
supported by Oak
Foundation
They are accompanied by Scottish pianist
Colin J Scott, also a Blackheath debutant.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
TRINITY LABAN STRING ENSEMBLE
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 7.30pm
Great Hall
Conductor Nic Pendlebury
Horn Jon Frank
Tenor Guy Elliott
Benjamin Pearson* New Work
Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Ken Paige Two String Pictures
Dvořák Serenade in E major, Op.22
ATÉA WIND QUINTET
Blackheath Sundays
SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 11am | Recital Room
Bizet Jeux d’enfants
Bozza 3 Pieces pour Une Musique de Nuit
Françaix Quintet No.2
Barber Summer Music
D’Rivera Aires Tropicales
Gershwin Summertime
TICKETS: £14
£12 concessions
TICKETS: £5
TRINITY LABAN SINFONIA WIND
AND STRINGS
*Trinity Laban student commission
GIULIA SEMERANO piano
CLAIRE SLEDD violin
IVANA PERANIC cello
THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
Conductors Andrew Dunn and Andy Sherwood
Programme to include:
Trinity Laban Showcase Series
FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 6pm | Recital Room
A wonderfully varied concert of two halves,
featuring music for both Wind and String
Orchestras.
This student piano
trio presents
Rachmaninov’s
Trio Elegiaque No.1
in G minor, and
Shostakovich’s Trio
No.2 in E minor,
Op.67.
ADMISSION FREE
but ticketed
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Barber Adagio for Strings
Mozart Salzburg Symphony
TICKETS: £5
Giulia Semerano
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BLACKHEATH
CLASSICALSUNDAYS
MUSIC
ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN
The Long Winter Journey Towards Peace
MONDAY 14 DECEMBER 7.30pm | Recital Room
Director Linda Hirst
Choreographer Christopher Spraggs
Devised by Caspar James
Programme to include:
TRINITY LABAN POSTGRADUATE
OPERA SCENES
TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER
5pm & 7.30pm | Recital Room
Director James Hurley
Musical Directors Kelvin Lim and Robert Bottriell
Postgraduate vocal students present a
selection of staged operatic excerpts to
showcase their work.
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
Britten Abraham and Isaac
Schubert Winterreise (four songs
from the cycle)
Mendelssohn Elijah (excerpts from the
oratorio)
Schoenberg Friede auf Erden
Select Trinity Laban
vocal students,
under the direction
of Christopher
Spraggs and
Linda Hirst, will
present a musical
meditation on
Jewish, Christian
and Islamic texts.
TICKETS: £10
Profits go to Mind
and The Abraham Fund Initiative
BRIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Side-by-Side
THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 6pm | Great Hall
Conductor Jonathan Tilbrook
Viola Roger Chase
Berlioz Harold in Italy
MONDAY 21 DECEMBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
Conductor Joseph Beesley
Piano Conor Murphy
Mozart Overture to the Magic Flute
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
Sibelius Symphony No.2
Trinity Laban professor and internationally
celebrated violist, Roger Chase, features as
soloist in Harold in Italy, one of Berlioz's
greatest and most ingenious works.
Talented young musicians from the Royal
College of Music, Royal Academy of Music,
London Schools’ Symphony Orchestra and
Eltham College, come together as the Brio
Symphony Orchestra to perform a programme
featuring some of the greatest symphonic
works of all time.
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
TICKETS: £10 | £8 concessions
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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COMEDY
JEREMY HARDY
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 8pm | Great Hall
Jeremy Hardy begins his fourth decade as a
stand-up this year. That’s a more dramatic
way of saying he started 31 years ago and,
without a lottery win, probably has at least
another 31 years to go.
Last year, the tenth series of Jeremy Hardy
Speaks to the Nation was broadcast on
Radio 4. He is also well known for his
appearances on The News Quiz and I’m
Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Indeed, Alan Bennett
recently said he likes him “but he’s only
on the radio”.
However, Jeremy isn’t only on the radio.
He is on the road all year round and has
never stopped doing live shows since
1984. After briefly hibernating in the
winter, he's back out on the road in 2015.
TICKETS: £14
£5 jobseekers/unwaged*
*subject to availability,
proof of status required
at time of booking, not
available online
“In an ideal world, Jeremy Hardy would be
extremely famous, but an ideal world would
leave him without most of his best material.”
The Guardian
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COMEDY
ROB BECKETT
Mouth of the South
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
Beckett has a brand new tour of funnies for
2015 and he’s taking on the big issues like
Kit Kats and flatbread!
ANDY HAMILTON
Change Management
SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
Award-winning comedian
and comedy writer Andy
Hamilton is back with a
brand new solo stage show.
TICKETS: £20
£18 concessions
THE HOUSE OF FUN
WITH ARTHUR SMITH
SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
An uproarious night of variety with
fantastic comedy, sparkling music, saucy
stand-up, scintillating theatre and more
in the company of Arthur Smith, compere
beyond compare, playwright, professional
Leonard Cohen impersonator and star of TV and radio.
TICKETS: £14 | £12 concessions
JEREMY HARDY
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 8pm | Great Hall
See opposite for details.
TICKETS: £14 | £5
jobseekers/unwaged*
*subject to availability,
proof of status required
at time of booking, not
available online
TICKETS: £14 | £12 concessions
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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COMEDY
JOSH WIDDICOMBE
What Do I Do Now…
SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
Josh Widdicombe, that guy from the TV
comedy shows with the curly hair, is back
on the road with a brand new tour. Since
he's been away he’s been working hard
on other things. Don’t worry, in his spare
time he’s found a lot of minor things to get
annoyed about, and now he’s back to talk
about them on stage.
TICKETS: £16.50 | £14.50 concessions
LAUGHING BOY
COMEDY CLUB
Thursday Night Just Got Better…
Independently run Laughing Boy Comedy Club have put on some of the
most successful shows in London over the past 10 years. They have helped
launch the careers of some of the UK’s finest stand-ups today, including
Alan Carr, Michael McIntyre, Jon
Richardson, Kevin Bridges, Seann Walsh
and Josh Widdicombe.
THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
8pm | Recital Room
TICKETS: £10
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER
8pm | Recital Room
TICKETS: £10
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER
8pm | Recital Room
TICKETS: £10
THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER
8pm | Recital Room
TICKETS: £10
Check our website for information on
current line-ups
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SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 3pm | Great Hall
The People’s Theatre Company
Have you ever wanted to know a secret? A Christmas secret!
Maybe you’d like to know where the fairy on top of the
Christmas tree comes from, or why you never see a Christmas
elf, or what exactly happened to Frosty the Snowman?
Or maybe you’d like to know the greatest secret of them all…
the one about Santa and the thing he secretly loves best. Could
it be presents? Could it be reindeer? Could it be snow?
You’ll never guess, so if you want to find out then join Santa
and his friends in this fun filled family musical complete with
games, giggles and all your favourite Christmas songs.
“A brilliant
production that
adults will
love just as much
as the young
ones.”
The Guide
CHILDREN’S EVENTS
SANTA IN LOVE
TICKETS: £8.50
(includes gift from Santa and photo opportunity)
Suitable for ages: 2+
Running time: 45 minutes
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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BLACKHEATH
CHILDREN’SSUNDAYS
EVENTS
BIG GOLDILOCKS AND
THE THREE BEARS PLUS…
SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 3pm | Recital Room
Booster Cushion Theatre
Everything is in disguise and the story goes
into the skies with this comical retelling of
Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
A fast and silly show featuring lots of
audience participation.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
and her cupboard
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 3pm | Recital Room
Garlic Theatre
A dotty old woman takes you on a nursery
rhyme journey as she clatters about in her
kitchen and her dancing dog sniffs out
trouble in the most unlikely places.
TICKETS: £7
TICKETS: £7
Suitable for ages: 3+
Running time: 45 minutes
Suitable for ages: 4+
Running time: 50 minutes
LEAPING FROG
SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 3pm | Recital Room
Theatre Rotto
Leaping Frog follows the journey of a jaunty
little wood frog who leaps from the calm
Little Pond arriving quite out of her depth in
the Big Pond where all sorts of excitements
and challenges meet her.
LITTLE BROTHER AND
LITTLE SISTER
SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER 3pm | Recital Room
Multi Story Theatre Company
A classic Grimm’s tale of youthful
adventure, magical transformations and the triumph of love.
TICKETS: £7
TICKETS: £7
Suitable for ages: 3+
Running time: 45 minutes
Suitable for ages: 5+
Running time: 50 minutes
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BLACKHEATH
CHILDREN’S SUNDAYS
EVENTS
THE NUTCRACKER
SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 1.30pm & 4pm
Great Hall
Let’s All Dance
Journey through the magical night with
Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, meet the
Mouse King and join the Sugar Plum Fairy
in the beautiful Land of Sweets.
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 3pm | Recital Room
Theatre of Widdershins
This well-known and well-loved tale has
been re-heeled by Theatre of Widdershins
in their own inimitable style. Beautifully
crafted set and puppets, sublime music,
a kaleidoscope of miniature shoes and a
comic mouse make this show a magical
must-see.
TICKETS: £7
Suitable for ages: 5+
Running time: 50 minutes
SANTA IN LOVE
SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 3pm | Recital Room
The People’s Theatre Company
See page 17 for details
TICKETS: £8.50 (includes free gift from
Santa and photo opportunity)
Suitable for ages: 2+
Running time: 45 minutes
BOOK MORE — SAVE MONEY!
Multibuy discounts are
available on all Saturday
children’s events – See
page 31 for details or
contact the box office.
TICKETS: £12 adults | £8 children
£35 Family (2 adults & 2 children/
1 adult & 3 children)
Suitable for all ages
Running time: 45 minutes
Booking now...
HANSEL, GRETAL AND YOU…WHO?
SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 3pm | Recital Room
Booster Cushion Theatre
THE UGLY DUCKLING
SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY 3pm | Recital Room
Finger and Thumb Theatre
ALL TICKETS: £7 per event
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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OTHER MUSIC
BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA
FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
Joining the ranks of the Ukelele
Orchestra of Great Britain stands
the Budapest Café Orchestra. Hugely
entertaining with immense skill and
profound musicianship, they have won
acclaim from fans, fellow musicians and
critics alike for their electrifying and
entertaining shows.
beautiful ballads, such as the theme
to Schindler’s List and Andy Statman’s
haunting Flatbush Waltz.
The Budapest Café Orchestra is a hybrid
super acoustic band for the 21st Century,
led by jazz violin superstar Christian
Garrick and playing traditional folk and
gypsy-flavoured music from across the
Balkans and Russia.
TICKETS: £15
Mournful Klezmer melodies, raucous
Romanian Doinas and Hungarian
Czadas are all encountered alongside
Evoking images of Tzigane fiddle
maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy
campfires – plus a few surprises along the
way – a show by the BCO will make you
want to book a holiday on the Danube!
“Not only was their musicianship and
performance magical, but there was also
magic in the sense of trickery…music and
entertainment of absolute quality”
The Orcadian
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BLACKHEATH
OTHERSUNDAYS
MUSIC
BEATS IN THE BAR
Trinity Laban students perform in
this regular series of jazz gigs in our
Recital Room. All sessions are free but
ticketed and start at 7.30pm.
WEDNESDAY
14 OCTOBER
TUESDAY
27 OCTOBER
Featuring Trinity
Laban jazz student
combos and
visiting groups
from Saint Louis
College of Music,
Rome.
Featuring BMus
second and third
year students.
TUESDAY
20 OCTOBER
Featuring BMus
first year students.
WEDNESDAY
21 OCTOBER
TUESDAY
3 NOVEMBER
Trinity Laban jazz
students perform.
TUESDAY
17 NOVEMBER
Featuring BMus
final year students.
Featuring BMus
first year students.
CARTHY, OATES, FARRELL
AND YOUNG
SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
The ultimate tribute to ABBA
SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 8pm | Great Hall
Seen the record-breaking movie? Taken in
the smash-hit West End musical? Bought
the chart topping albums and singles? Now
experience the UK’s No.1 concert show!
A super-group featuring four of the major
stars of British music today – Eliza Carthy,
Jackie Oates, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young.
Each a brilliant and distinctive singer, they
form a stunning vocal quartet.
Delivering material from their album
Laylam, as well as solo
numbers, their set is a
brilliant and inspiring
measure of the quality of
British roots music.
TICKETS: £18
£16 concessions
BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA
FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
See opposite for details.
TICKETS: £15
TICKETS: £22 | £20 concessions
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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OTHER MUSIC
TRINITY LABAN JAZZ CHOIR AND
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ENSEMBLE
WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 7.30pm | Recital Room
Directors Pete Churchill and Mark Lockheart
Fresh from their Southbank Centre
performance at the EFG London Jazz
Festival, the Jazz Ensemble will once again shine a light on music by some of the leading British composers in
contemporary big band jazz.
Jazz Choir will open proceedings with
an upbeat set of jazz, gospel and soul
standards.
HAVEN’T STOPPED DANCING YET!
SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
DJ Lord Anthony
Hula DJ Da’ Lynne
It’s back! After a sell-out last Christmas
HSDY returns with another dance-tastic
night of 70s & 80s soul, funk and disco.
TICKETS: £15 in advance | £18 on the door
10% of profits to Cancer Research UK
BOOKING NOW…
ADMISSION FREE but ticketed
FAY HIELD
SATURDAY 6 February 8pm | Recital Room
TICKETS: £17 | £15 concessions
THE BLUES BAND
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
What does a great, lively musical tradition
demand? Discipline, devotion, passion,
love, skill, virtuosity and entertaining
showmanship – something The Blues Band
have achieved over their 35 years as Britain’s
leading exponents of the blues.
CARA DILLON
SATURDAY 12 MARCH 8pm |
Great Hall
TICKETS: £21
£19 concessions
KATE RUSBY
SATURDAY 9 APRIL 8pm | Great Hall
TICKETS: £24 | £16 under 16s
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE…
THE HOUSE OF FUN
WITH ARTHUR SMITH
SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 8pm | Great Hall
TICKETS: £22
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SPKOKEN WORD
AN AUDIENCE WITH WILL SELF
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 8pm | Great Hall
Join one of the UK’s leading authors, broadcasters and journalists for what
will undoubtedly be an evening of great erudition and entertainment in equal
measure, and whose words will invariably provide dollops of food for thought.
Will Self crops up regularly on key radio and television programmes such as
Newsnight and Question Time, sharing his forcefully expressed and sometimes
controversial opinions on a wide range of political and social matters.
A leading satirical writer, his many novels include Umbrella, which was
nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012.
TICKETS: £18 | £16 concessions
Event presented in association with Antelope Entertainments
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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SPOKEN WORD
PATRICIA DUNCKER
JAMES RUSSELL
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 8pm
Recital Room
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 8pm
Recital Room
Presented by Friends of Blackheath Halls
Presented by Friends of Blackheath Halls
Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance
A compelling Victorian
novel and playful
meditation on the
creation of literature,
Sophie and the Sibyl
balances a tale of
courtship and seduction
with a fascinating,
lively imagining of
George Eliot at the
end of her boldly
unconventional life and
the height of her fame.
TICKETS: £10 (includes a glass of wine)
ROBERT COLQUHOUN
A Free Frenchman Under the Japanese
MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 8pm | Recital Room
Ravilious and Bawden: An Artistic Friendship
Leading expert on Eric Ravilious and curator
of the Ravilious exhibition at Dulwich
Picture Gallery, James Russell will not only
be discussing Ravilious but also his latest
book The Lost Watercolours of Edward
Bawden. Here Russell has been trying to
locate Bawden’s early, pre-war watercolours
and a number of fascinating pictures have
come to light.
TICKETS: £10 (includes a glass of wine)
Presented by Friends of Blackheath Halls
Robert Colquhoun has
translated and edited
the diary of fellow
internee, Paul Esmérian.
Vividly recording life
in occupied Manila, the
worsening conditions
in Santo Tomas and
the camp’s dramatic
liberation by an
American flying column
in February 1945.
TICKETS: £10 (includes a glass of wine)
AN AUDIENCE WITH WILL SELF
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 8pm | Great Hall
See page 23 for details.
TICKETS: £18 | £16 concessions
Event presented in association with
Antelope Entertainments
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FROM AGINCOURT TO BLACKHEATH
TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 8pm | Recital Room
Presented by the Blackheath Society
Six hundred years ago, Henry V returned
in triumph with his troops from Agincourt
and was greeted on Blackheath by the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London.
Professor Anne Curry, an expert in Medieval
History from Southampton University, will
discuss the significance of these events.
TICKETS: £10
Available from the Blackheath Society
office@blackheath.org tel: 020 8297 1937
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200 YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT IN BLACKHEATH
200
YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT IN BLACKHEATH
Presented by Friends of Blackheath Halls & Blackheath Society
Long before William Webster built
Blackheath Halls in 1895, music, theatre and dance events were held at various
venues around the village. Friends of
Blackheath Halls and the Blackheath
Society have joined together to bring you
a special programme of events to celebrate
this history.
PICTORIAL EXHIBITION
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBERFRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 10am-5pm*
Recital Room
From the archives of the Blackheath Society
this accompanying exhibition celebrates
the 200 years of varied entertainment in
Blackheath.
*opening times subject to change due to
performance programme
VARIETY SHOW AND SUPPER
SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER | Great Hall
DOORS OPEN 6.30pm | LIGHT SUPPER 7pm
SHOW 8pm
Narrator Timothy West CBE
We bring you
an evening of
nostalgia and
wonderful
songs, narrated
through the
years by English
film, stage and
television actor
Timothy West.
Performers will
illustrate a range
of entertainment
– from music
hall to Gilbert &
Sullivan and grand opera.
This promises to be a unique and special
evening to celebrate a remarkable history.
TICKETS: £35 | £300 for a table of 10
200 YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT
IN BLACKHEATH
An illustrated talk by Neil Rhind MBE, FSA
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 8pm | Recital Room
2015 marks the 200th anniversary of
cultural entertainment in Blackheath.
Local historian, Neil Rhind, will provide
a fascinating insight into the many and
varied entertainment venues that have
existed in and around Blackheath over
that period and the many artists and other
leading figures who have performed there.
TICKETS: £15 (includes a glass of wine
from 6.30pm)
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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COMMUNITY
BLACKHEATH GOES
GOSPEL 2015
REHEARSALS: MONDAYS 28 SEPTEMBER
5, 12, 19, 26 OCTOBER
2, 9 & 16 NOVEMBER 7.30pm-9.30pm
DRESS REHEARSAL: SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER
2pm-5pm
Gospel Leaders
Eleanor Palmer and Abraham Hampton
Come and sing gospel in our friendly and
inclusive gospel group. You will attend
eight rehearsals leading to a concert in our
Great Hall. At the concert you will perform
alongside pupils from St Margaret’s Lee
and St Alfege’s schools as well as the Royal
Greenwich Music Hub Gospel Choir.
You will also get an opportunity to
perform at Blackheath Village Day on
Saturday 5 December and Blackheath
Halls Christmas Concert on Friday 18
December. See page 28 for details.
BLACKHEATH GOES
GOSPEL 2015
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
Gospel Choir Leaders
Eleanor Palmer and Abraham Hampton
Royal Greenwich Music Hub
Gospel Choir Leader Laura Baugh
Come and hear Blackheath Halls Gospel
Choir perform a wonderful uplifting
concert in our Great Hall. Community
singers perform alongside pupils from St Margaret’s Lee and St Alfege’s schools
and there will be a guest appearance by the Royal Greenwich Music Hub
gospel choir.
TICKETS: £10 | £8 concessions
£5 under 12s
COURSE FEE: £60 | £54 concessions
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COMMUNITY – COME AND JOIN IN
BLACKHEATH HALLS ORCHESTRA
REHEARSALS: SUNDAY 4, 11, 25 OCTOBER
1, & 8 NOVEMBER 2.30pm-5.30pm
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 1.30pm-4.30pm
SECTIONALS: SUNDAY 25 OCT 11am-1.30pm
PERFORMANCE: SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER
6.30pm | Great Hall
TEA DANCES
Conductor Leigh O’Hara
WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER
2pm-4.30pm | Great Hall
There’s sequence dancing, quickstep, cha cha cha and much more, compered by
Mr Wonderful Dancing.
TICKETS: £5 (including light refreshments)
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Copland Appalachian Spring
Bernstein Overture to Candide
Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Come and join this friendly orchestra.
French horn players are particularly
welcome.
CHRISTMAS TEA DANCE
WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER
2pm-4.30pm | Great Hall
TICKETS: £7 (including light refreshments
and raffle)
MEANTIME JAZZ
COURSE FEE: £57 | £51 concessions
COURSE 1: MONDAYS 14, 21, 28 SEPTEMBER
5 & 12 OCTOBER 7pm-9pm
COURSE 2: MONDAYS 26 OCTOBER
2, 9, 16 & 23 NOVEMBER 7pm-9pm
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY:
BLACKHEATH HALLS CHRISTMAS CONCERT
FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 7.30pm
Two five-session courses rehearsing jazz
standards and looking at improvisation, led
by Jonny Dexter. The group is particularly
looking for trumpet and trombone players.
BLACKHEATH HALLS CHORUS
REHEARSALS: MON 23, 30 NOV; 7 & 14 DEC
7.30pm-9.30pm | WED 16 DEC 7.30pm-9.30pm
DRESS REHEARSAL: THU 17 DEC 7pm-10pm
PERFORMANCE: FRI 18 DEC 7.30pm | Great Hall
Musical Director Christopher Stark
Piano Suzy Ruffles
Programme to include:
Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar
Adam Lay Ybounden
E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
Come and join Blackheath Halls Chorus to
prepare some Christmas songs and carols,
with a performance at the 2015 Christmas
concert (see page 28).
COURSE FEE: £40 | £35 concessions
COURSE FEE: £57 | £51 concessions
Box office: 020 8463 0100
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COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES
INSTRUMENTAL GALA
Royal Greenwich
THURSDAY 12 & FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER 7pm
Great Hall
Organised and led by the Royal Greenwich
Music Hub, Blackheath Halls hosts this
showcase of instrumental performances by
children and young people from Royal
Greenwich primary and secondary schools
along with ensembles from the Royal
Greenwich Music Centres.
TICKETS: £7 | £6 concessions | £5 under 12s
BLACKHEATH HALLS ORCHESTRA
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 6.30pm | Great Hall
Conductor Leigh O’Hara
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Copland Appalachian Spring
Bernstein Overture to Candide
Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Come and enjoy an evening of American
music performed by our own orchestra.
TICKETS: £10 | £8 concessions | £5 under 12s
TURNING OF THE YEAR
MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 6.30pm (KEYSTAGE 1)
TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER & WEDNESDAY
2 DECEMBER 7pm (KEYSTAGE 2) | Great Hall
Turning of the Year celebrates its 21st
birthday with three festive evenings of song
performed by Lewisham primary schools.
Promoted by Lewisham Music Hub.
BLACKHEATH HALLS
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 7.30pm | Great Hall
Musical Director Christopher Stark
Piano Suzy Ruffles
Blackheath Halls Chorus
Blackheath Halls Gospel Choir
Meantime Jazz Orchestra
Multi-Story Orchestra
Programme to include:
Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar
Adam Lay Ybounden
E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
Blackheath Halls community groups
join together to present an exciting and
uplifting concert to put you in the mood for Christmas.
This concert will also see the launch of our
new collaborative classical youth choir with
the Royal Borough of Greenwich Music Hub.
A fun concert for all the family!
TICKETS: £4 (6.30pm performance)
£5 (7pm performances)
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TICKETS: £15 | £12 concessions
£5 under 12s
(includes a glass of mulled wine and a
mince pie)
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EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions
COASTAL SCENES
By Cristiana Angelini
WED 2 SEPTEMBER – TUE 29 SEPTEMBER
10am-5pm | Café Bar
A collection of oil paintings and pastels
of coastal scenes.
ADMISSION FREE
INSIDE, OUTSIDE, DAWN TO DUSK
FRI 2 OCTOBER – THU 29 OCTOBER
10am-5pm | Café Bar
SPONSOR ME AWARDS SHOW FOR
EMERGING FASHION DESIGNERS
Creating a meaningful runway for designers
of the future
WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER 6pm | Great Hall
Local artists, Annette
Johnson and Meg
Dinkeldein exhibit
paintings and prints.
10% of commission
on sales will be donated to the Deborah
Ubee Trust.
Host Charley Uchea (Big Brother 8 star
and fashion icon)
ADMISSION FREE
The Sponsor Me Group present their
second annual Sponsor Me Awards show
at Blackheath Halls. The awards, which
celebrate emerging fashion designers, will
feature designs in a number of categories:
Urban, Retro, Classic and Couture.
LINDSEY MALIN
TICKETS: £25 VIP | £20 standard |
£11 students
BLACKHEATH CHRISTMAS FAIR
In aid of Age Exchange
SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 10.30am-4.30pm
Great Hall
TUE 3 NOVEMBER – SUN 29 NOVEMBER
10am-5pm | Café Bar
This exhibition is a
display of finished
course work from
Lindsey’s Society
of Botanical Artists
Diploma, as well as
some earlier botanical pictures.
ADMISSION FREE
MICHELE FRANKLIN
and BRIAN TAYLOR
The perfect place to find gorgeous gifts,
gourmet foods, Christmas cards and festive
decorations from local artists, designers and
independent traders from across the south.
WED 2 DECEMBER – WED 23 DECEMBER
10am-5pm | Café Bar
ADMISSION: £2 | FREE under 16s and
Friends of Age Exchange
ADMISSION FREE
Michele exhibits alongside work by her
late husband, the sculptor Brian Taylor.
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SUPPORT US
Why Blackheath Halls deserves your support…
Blackheath Halls is a Grade II listed building.
It opened its doors as a concert hall in 1895.
Since then it has presented a diverse
programme of concerts, featuring some of
the world’s leading artists, as well as comedy
nights, talks, exhibitions, and specific events
for children and young people, and a varied
community engagement programme.
Help us to maintain and improve
Blackheath Halls
We are keen to ensure that the Halls remains
a vibrant centre for the arts for future
generations. During the last three years the
generosity of our supporters has enabled us
to install a lift to the first floor, refurbish the
Recital Room, improve the outside of our
building and repair our car park. As a result
of the generous support of the Friends of
Blackheath Halls, we have recently installed
fans in the Great Hall, and as the first stage
in the Halls new Capital Plan the Friends are
also supporting a complete refurbishment
and redecoration of the Café Bar and Foyer. We have ambitious plans for the further
Friends of Blackheath Halls
is a great village network.
We exist to support the halls,
raising funds, providing
audiences and putting on our
own cultural events.
The Friends programme includes regular
lunchtime concerts, exciting architectural visits
and spoken word evenings with well-known
authors and occasional special events, such as
our New Year’s Party.
I hope you will consider making a commitment
to the Halls by picking up a Friends brochure at
the Halls or by emailing
f.sanderson@trinitylaban.ac.uk
Dame Joan Ruddock
Chairperson
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development of the Halls’ facilities and
services, both backstage and within the
auditorium. Our planned programme of
essential works will help us to realise our
vision of making the Halls into a customer
focussed, flexible, performing arts centre,
which is environmentally sustainable, and in
which artists can create, explore and
perform their work.
Support Blackheath Sundays recitals
Our Blackheath Sundays recitals bring some
of the country’s leading classical artists, as
well as many emerging ensembles and
soloists to perform in Blackheath Halls’
beautiful Recital Room. This is only made
possible by the generous support of
individual donors and sponsors. We hope
you will consider making a donation to the
series or sponsor an individual recital on
your own or as part of a group.
Support our Community Engagement
Programme
Each year we offer people of all ages and all
levels of ability the opportunity to work with
first class professional performers and
creative teams, to learn new skills and to
perform in ensemble productions in our
historic building in front of large audiences.
Remember Blackheath Halls in your will
If you would like future generations to
experience the joy of coming to events at
Blackheath Halls or to perform in our
wonderful building, please consider leaving
a legacy to us. There are tax incentives for
leaving a legacy to a registered charity.
Thank you
We are most grateful to the many people
who so generously support Blackheath Halls
in so many ways. if you are a UK taxpayer,
we are able to claim 25% Gift Aid on top of
your donation. For further details on how to support Blackheath Halls, please
contact the Halls’ General Manager Keith Murray on 020 8318 9758 or at k.murray@trinitylaban.ac.uk
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BLACKHEATH SUNDAYS
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Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and up to 30 minutes after the start of any event
Weekends Open for scheduled
events, otherwise closed.
Please call for precise opening
times.
Booking fees apply £2 per
transaction for all credit/debit
cards by phone or internet. Tickets
can be posted for a charge of £1 per
transaction.
ACCESS
Blackheath Halls is committed
to making your visit easy and
enjoyable. Where possible we
operate a family friendly and
accessible venue with baby change
facilities, lift and accessible toilets.
Wheelchair users Blackheath Halls
is fully accessible for customers
with reduced mobility.
Visually impaired customers
Guide dogs are welcome. Printed
materials are available in large
print format from the Marketing
Department on 020 8318 9758. Tickets We offer discounts and
complimentary access assistant
tickets (subject to availability). Access arrangements Telephone
020 8318 9758 before your visit so
that we can best accommodate
your needs.
CONCESSIONS
Concessionary ticket prices
are available to under 18s, fulltime students, over 60s, benefit
recipients (Jobseekers Allowance;
Income Support; and Pension
Credit); MU members and
Lewisham Card holders. Please
bring your identification with you
when you purchase your tickets.
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BOOK MORE — SAVE MONEY
Multibuy discounts are
available on selected
events. Look out for the
logo throughout the
brochure to save.
Save 10% when you
book 3-4 events
Save 15% when you book 5-7 events
Save 20% when you book 8-10 events
Save 25% when you book 11+ events
Multibuy discount will be
calculated automatically when
booking eligible events. Subject
to availability and cannot be
combined with other offers.
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STUDENTS
If you are a student you can get
discounted tickets to selected
concerts throughout the year.
GROUP DISCOUNT
Make the most of our group
bookings scheme, with savings of
10% on tickets for groups of 10-19
people and 20% for 20 or more.
Offer excludes some performances
and concessionary offers may not
be combined.
EXCHANGES AND RETURNS
Tickets may be exchanged for
another concert in the Blackheath
Halls Sep-Dec 2015 season or for a
credit voucher at a handling fee of
£2 per ticket up to 48 hours prior to
the event/performance. All tickets
are non-refundable.
l All discounts are subject to
availability and cannot be
combined.
l Credit and gift vouchers are
valid for one year from date of
issue or purchase.
l The right is reserved to substitute
artists and to vary programmes.
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subsidiary of Trinity Laban Conservatoire
of Music and Dance
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CAR The A2, A20 and South Circular all
provide easy access to Blackheath. Situated
at the south end of the village, Blackheath
Halls is next to the mini-roundabout
serving Lee Road, Lee Park, Lee Terrace and
Blackheath Village.
PARKING The nearest car park to
Blackheath Halls is Blackheath Station
pay and display car park, which is two
minutes walk from the Halls. Please
note that there is no parking at
the Halls and that parking is not
permitted in Blackheath Park, the
adjacent private road.
TRAIN Direct National Rail trains
run from London Victoria (25 mins), London
Charing Cross (22 mins), London Waterloo
East (19 mins), London Bridge (12 mins),
Bexleyheath and Dartford. As you come out
of Blackheath Station, turn right and we are
a two-minute walk up the road.
DLR The nearest Docklands Light Railway
station is Lewisham. Connections can be
made to Blackheath by National Rail or bus.
BUS Routes, 54, 89, 108, 202, 380, 386 and
N89 all stop in Blackheath Village.
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