Events take place at Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green (either in the church, hall or gardens - see specific events below for details) or St Mellitus Church, Finsbury Park (church or hall). In the event of rain, events taking place in the Holy Trinity Gardens will be moved to the Holy Trinity Church Hall.
80 years ago, people performed music in the home as much as they listened to recordings of it. Join mezzo Patricia Hammond and multi-instrumentalist Matt Redman as they perform the best-selling songs of the summer of 1942, as shown in UK sheet-music sales charts! Patricia and Matt will perform from the very same music sheets, and singing along is encouraged!
Songs purchased in their thousands in 1942 include the newly-composed Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover, the escapist Deep in the Heart of Texas, the exotic Jealousy, and Tangerine, ultra-romantic That Lovely Weekend, the jaunty Ma, I Miss
Patricia Hammond & Matt Redman
Best Selling Songs of 1942
Thu 21 Jul, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Holy Trinity Gardens (or Hall if wet)
our Apple Pie, and two favourites of war-brides: I'll Walk Beside You, and the Anniversary Waltz.
Patricia Hammond mezzo
Matt Redman multi-instrumentalist
Incantati brings together three instrumental timbres which were used in the baroque period to represent enchantment or otherworldliness, whether it be the touch of the supernatural, the moment of falling in love or the departure into the next world. In the candlelit ambience of Holy Trinity Church, they perform Inventions and Sinfonias by J S Bach, alongside his Organ Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, sacred chorales and fugues and the famous Aria from the Goldberg Variations.
'Nicely subtle contrasts...the synergy is very good indeed'
MusicWeb International
Incantati
Bach By Candlelight
Sat 23 Jul, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Holy Trinity Church
Incantati:
Emma Murphy recorder
Rachel Stott viola d'amore
Ibrahim Aziz viola da gamba
A concert of vocal music illuminating the hidden lives of exceptional women whose worlds revolved around the Queen of the Sciences, Astronomer & Mathematician Mary Somerville (1780-1872).
In 1834, Mary Somerville's book “On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences” exploded onto the cultural stage of Western Europe. For the first time, Somerville described the interdependence of astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology and maths, and explained the latest scientific thinking of the day in language directed to her “country-women”.
Electric Voice Theatre
Songs & Stories from The Somerville Connexion
Sun 24 Jul, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Holy Trinity Gardens (or Hall if wet)
Electric Voice Theatre
Frances M Lynch soprano
Stories of love, community and racial intolerance experienced by Jewish, Christian & Muslim women in 1492 Spain are played out to a soundtrack of plaintive Sephardic songs and lively medieval Cantigas and instrumentals.
The Telling
Into the Melting Pot
Mon 25 Jul, 8pm - 9.55pm
St Mellitus Church Hall
Suzanne Ahmet as Blanca (subject to availability)
The Telling:
Clare Norburn soprano
TBC mezzo
Giles Lewin fiddle, oud
Joy Smith harp, percussion
Emily Bains recorders
Blurring the boundaries of drama and concert, Vision explores the extraordinary life of the visionary medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen, alongside her haunting and distinctive chant.
The Telling
Vision
Mon 8 Aug, 8pm - 9.15pm
St Mellitus Church
Teresa Banham as Hildegard (subject to availability)
The Telling:
Clare Norburn soprano
Clemmie Franks mezzo
Jean Kelly harp