Events in 2007 and Jan/Feb/March /April /May/June 2008 (For events in 2006 see page 6)
(Current events from July 2008 page 3 Future events from November 2008 page 4)
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at Christchurch every month for 11 months from September 2008. They are giving a preview concert on Saturday 5 July followed by the first four of the series on September 20,October 18,November 22 and December 20. Further details in the Diary below.
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JUNE 2008
Fri 6 June Talk - U3A(Universiity of the Third Age) at Drake House, St Georges Rd, SW19
2pm Edward Poulter on Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully
Visitors welcome £2 Members £2
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Sat 7 June Wimbledon Choral Society at St Paul's Church, Augustus Rd, SW19
7pm Vivaldi: Gloria; Rachmaninov: Songs of the Church ("Vespers")
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Sun 8 June Wimbledon Society Walk " A History of Pubs" by Clive Wichelow
2.15pm Meet at the Dog & Fox, Wimbledon Village Free
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Mon 9 June Wimbledon Choral Quiz Night at Drake House with special guest
7.30pm Quizmaster, William G Stewart
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Thurs 12 June Midsummer Music Festival at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
8pm Iskenderian Quartet. Tami Iskenderian, violin; Emmanuela Buta, violin;
Diana Matthews, viola; Julie-Anne Manning,cello.
Haydn : Quartet in G major, Op. 54 No 1; Ravel: Quartet;
Mozart: Quartet in D minor, K421.
Tickets on door £10 (free to under 18 years and unemployed)
Ticket for all Festival events £50 ( June 12, 14, 15, 19, 21,22)
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Sat 14 June Midsummer Music Festival at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
12 noon Coffee Piano Recital by Salome van der Walt
Beethoven: Thirty two Variations in C minor; Schumann: Kinderzenen, Op. 15
Messiaen: "Regard de L'esprit de joie. Je dors mais mon coeur veille"
Stefans Gove: "Nonyana - The Ceremonial Dancer"
Refreshments by Delichez will be available from 11am
Tickets on door £8
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Sat 14 June Midsummer Music Festival at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
8pm Matt Fripp Jazz Quartet
Tickets on door £12
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Sat 14 June Hill Singers at St Matthew's Church, Durham Rd, SW20
Brahm's "Liebeslieder"
Tickets £9; concessions £7 http://www.hillssingers.co.uk/
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Sat 14 June Kingston Chamber Orchestra at Kingston Parish Church, Market Place, Kingston
7.30pm with Lesley Shrigley-Jones,cello and Jonathan Strange, violin, perform:
Bantock: Old Eglish Suite; Brahms: Double Concerto;
Mozart: Symphony No 1, "Paris"; Kodaly: Maroszek Dances.
Tickets £10 concessions £7 - to include glass of wine in interval,
available on door or online http://www.kcomusic.org/
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Sun 15 June Midsummer Music Festival at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
8pm Concordia Voices, conductor Neil Ferris; Alex Chaplin, organ
Bruchner: "Ave Maria"; Mozart: "Ave Verum Corpus";
Mendelsohnn: " Verlieh uns Frieden richte mich Gott"
Franck: "Panis Angelicus; Faure: " Cantique de Jean Racine";
Vaughan Williams: " Songs of Shakespeare" Shearing: Songs and Sonnets;
Rutter: "The Heavenly Aeroplane"
Tickets £12
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Tues 17-Sat 21 June
Putney Arts Theatre, SW15
"Love Play" by Moira Buffini A historical comedy travelling 2000 years, a
piece linked by its location which remains fixed.
£7/5 020 8788 6943
http://www.wimbledon-choral.org/ .uk
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Thurs 19June Midsummer Music Festival at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
8pm " A Life behind curtains"
Linda Esther Gray talks with Ian Partridge about her career in Music
Tickets £8
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Fri 20 June Free Lunchtime Recital at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
1.10pm Rufus Frowde, organ
Leighton: "Veni Creator Spritus" Prelude; Byrd: "A Fancy"
Purcell: Sonata in G minor for violin and organ
Howells: "Master Tallis is Testament"; Bridge: Allegretto grazioso
Britten; Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria
Leighton: "Paean"
Donations to St John's Music Fund
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Sat 21 June Wimbledon Village Fair on Rushmere Common in aid of The Wimbledon
Guild. Details from http://www.wimbledonguild.com/
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Sat 21June Midsummer Music Festival at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
8pm "Music for a Summer Evening"
Anthea Fry and Michael Higgins, piano; Averil Williams, flute and
Tom Emlyn Williams, tenor, perform music to include
Vaughan-Williams: "Songs of Travel" and Messiaen: "Le Merle Noir"
Tickets at door £14
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Sun 22 June Festival Choral Evensong at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
6.30pm Rufus Frowde, organ and St John's Singers
Bruchner: "Locus Iste"; Vaughan Williams: Antiphon
Murrill
All welcome.
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Tues 24-Fri 27 June
Putney Arts Theatre SW15 The Baked Bean Company present
7.45pm "Special Needs" the latest masterpiece from the highly acclaimed
group of actors with learning difficulties. A groundbreaking study of
addictive behaviour from most obvious to the more subtle and commonplace.
020 8944 0023
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Thurs 26 June Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, The Broadway, SW19
8pm Doors open at 7.15. Refreshments available.
"After the Wedding" Dir. Susanne Bier. 2006, Denmark/Sweden
Cert. 15, 120mins, subtitles Family drama
Day members £7.50. Further information and membership details
http://www.wimbledonfilmclub.com/ membership@wimbledonfilmclub.com
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Fri 27 June West Wimbledon Opera Club at Avenue Hall, Avenue Rd, SW20
8pm "From Love's Philosophy to Love at the Inn" Dr Valerie Langfield, author of
"Roger Quilter - his Life and Music"(the Boydell Press 2002) will talk about
the composer, including reference to his stage work
Admission by ticket: members £2; visitors £5
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Sat 28 June Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra at St Matthew's Church, Durham Rd
7.30pm SW20
Robin Browning, Music Director; Adam Walker, flute*
Nielson: Helios Overture and Flute Concerto;
Sibelius: Symphony no 2.
Tickets £12, conc.£9(children of 12 and younger free) 020 8947 2413
* Adam Walker is the youngest ever winner of the British Flute Society
Competition, and Concerto finalist for the BBC Young Musician of the Year.
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Sat 28 June Pre-tour Fundraising Concert - King's College School Chamber Choir & Orchestra
7.30pm at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19.
Music by Telemann, Purcell, Mozart, Brahms, Parry and Piazzolla
Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of Italian concert tour.
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Sat 28 June West Barnes Singers at New Malden Methodist Church
7.30pm Musical Medley
Tickets £8, conc. £6; children free
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Sat 28 June Concert - "A World of Music" at Merton Hall, 76, Kingston Rd, Wimbledon
7pm hosted by A Hanna & Sons ,Pianos to celebtrate the 70th Anniversary of
the Institute of Musical Instrument Technology.
Music for piano and voice by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Scubert, Mozart, Lizst,
and other classical composers and also Spanish, Hungarian, Latin and Cuban
music.
John Paul Ekins, Piano. Singers: Scilla Stewart, Antonia Cuiic and the Celtic Angels.
Tickets £10 to include refreshments.
To book telephone Hanna & Sons on 020 8540 5541.
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Sun 29 June Sunday Evening Music Among Friends at The Colour House Theatre, Merton
7.30pm Abbey Mills, SW19.
Khac-Uyen and Lynn Cook, violins; Gill Tarlton, viola, John Kirby, cello and
Cathy Riley, piano, perfom:
Britten: Suite for String Quartet and Brahms: Piano Quartet in A major.
Tickets £10, concessions £7. Advance booking adviseable from 10 Spenser Rd,
London SE24 ONR enclosing cheque to Marton Abbey Mills or tel. 07949 593431
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MAY 2008
Thurs 1 May Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, SW19
8pm Doors open at 7.15. Refreshments
"The Singer" Dir. Xavier Giannoli 2006 France
Gerard Depardieu; Cecile de France, Matthieu Almaric
(12A) 112minutes, subtitles
Day members £7.50 Full membership details http://www.wimbledonfilmclub/
email membership@wimbledonfilmclub.com
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Sat 3 May Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra at St Matthew's Church, Durham Rd,
SW20.
7.30pm Robert Browning, Music Director, with Lee Bisset,* soprano.
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture;
Tchaikovsky: Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin;
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2 (A London Symphony).
* Lee Bisset represented Scotland in the 2006 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Competition and sings with English National Opera
Tickets £12, conc. £9. (Children 12 and under free) 020 8947 2413
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Sat 3 May The Floristan Trio at The Wathen Hall, St Paul's School, Barnes
7.30pm
Haydn: D major Trio, Hob. XV: 24;
Arensky: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8.
Tickets £21, £16, £13 from Floristan Concerts, 42 Hurlingham Rd, SW6.
Discount available when booking all 5 concerts. Limited number of
student concessions. http://www.floristantrio.com/
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Fri 9 May Talk - UBA (University of the third Age) at Drake House, St Georges Rd, SW19
2pm Monty Moss, ex-President of Moss Bros on 150 Years of Moss Bros
Visitors are welcome. £1 members; £2 visitors
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Fri 9 May Spring Fair and Plant Sale at The Wimbledon Club, Lakeside Church Rd SW19
10am-3pm in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support- Merton
Stalls, refreshments and Cake Stall.
Admission £2 Parking free
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Sat 10 May Worple Group Spring Art Exhibition at St Mark's Church, St Mark's Place, SW19
10am-5.30pm Admission free. Refreshments available.
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Mon 12-Sat 17 May
Exhibition by Merton Art Society Upstairs at Wimbledon Library during normal
library hours. Free admission
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Tues 13-Sat 17May
Putney Arts Theatre, SW15 - Studio Production of
"A Number" by Caryl Churchill, Part paranoid, scientific fantasy, part psychological
thriller, part family tragedy.
Tickets £10/7 020 8788 6943
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Thurs 15 May Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, SW19
8pm Doors open 7.15pm Refreshments available.
"Yojimbo" Dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1961, Japan PG subtitles
Day members £7.50 Further information http://www.wimbledonfilmclub.com/
membership@wimbledonfilmclub.com
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14-17 May Wimbledon Light Opera Society at The Seccombe Theatre, Sutton
Stephen Sonheim's "F
Tickets £15; students and unemployed £10 at door (you may apply for tickets
for concerts on March 8 and May 17 at the same time)
or email events@stjohnswimbledon.org.uk
http://www.academychoirwimbledon.co.uk/
(NB Change of date from that previously announced)
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Sat 17 May Wimbledon National Trust Association
7pm Westminster Abbey Musical Tour
Open to non-members £22 Tickets and details from 020 8540 6754
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Sat 17 May Putney & City Philharmonic Choral Societies
7.30pm at St Paul's Church, Augustus Rd Southfields
Conductor: Stephen Rhys MBE
Mozart: Requiem; Liszt: Malediction Concerto and selected operatic
works including "Carmen" " Cosi Fan Tutte" and "The Magic Flute".
Tickets £13, conc. £10
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Sun 18 May Wimbledon Society Walk "Double gates to single gate" led by Cyril Maidment
2.15 for 2.30pm Meet at South Wimbledon Tube Station. Free
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Mon 20 May Exhibition of Marine Paintings by Ken Zier at Wimbledon Fine Art
For 2 weeks 41 Church Rd, Wimbledon Village.
http://www.wimbledonfineart-ltd.com/
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20-24 May Carlton Dramatic Society at New Wimbledon Studio Theatre present
"The Country Wife" by William Wycherly, a Restoration Comedy.
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Fri 23 May West Wimbledon Opera Club at Avenue Hall, Avenue Rd, SW20
8pm From North to South - or vice versa A look by our Treasurer, Rosemary Bolingbroke,
at singers from two hemispheres.
Visitors £5
For information about membership see ORGANISATIONS page.
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Sun 25 May Sunday Evening Music Among Friends at The Colour House Theatre, Merton
7.30pm Abbey Mills, SW19
Tanya Houghton, harp and the Ashe Quartet - Emily Steinitz, Tom Evans,
Toby Hawks and Ros Acton , perform
Debussy: Danse Sacre et Danse Profane for harp and strings;
Saint-Saens: Fantasie for violin and harp:
Ravel: String Quartet in F
Tickets £10, concessions £7. Advance booking adviseable from 10 Spenser Rd,
London SE24 ONR, enclosing cheque to Marton Abbey Mills or tel. 07949 593431.
Season ticket for all three concerts( inc. 20 April/29 June) £24 or conc. £18
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Tues 27 May Wimbledon Society AGM at Mansel Road Centre, next to Trinity Reformed Church
Mansel Rd SW19. New members welcome.
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Thurs 29 May Wimbledon Film Club, at Polka Theatre, The Broadway, SW19
8pm Doors open 7.15pm Refrehments available
"Four Months - Three weeks and Two Days" Dir.Christian Mungiu 2007
Romania, cert. tbc, subtitles, 113 minutes
Day members £7.50 Further information about programme and membership
http://www.wimbledonfilmclub.com/ email membership@wimbledonfilmclub.com
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Fri 30 May Free Lunchtime Recital at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
1.10pm Julia Raeburn, flute
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JUNE 2008
Fri 6 June Talk - U3A(Universiity of the Third Age) at Drake House, St Georges Rd, SW19
2pm Edward Po r on Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully
Visitors welcome £2 Members £2
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Sat 7 June Wimbledon Choral Society at St Paul's Church, Augustus Rd, SW19
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APRIL 2008
Thurs 3 April Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, The Broadway, Wimbledon
Refreshments available from 7.15pm. Film starts 8pm
"The General" 1927 USA Dir. Buster Keaton/ Clyde Bruckman
A Buster Keaton classic - a Civil War tale. 75mins Silent
Day members £7.50. For membership details see Organisatons page
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8-12 April "Madame Butterfly" at New Wimbledon Theatre
Russian State Opera of Siberia with Russian State Opera Orchestra
http://www.newwimbledontheatre.com/ Box office 0870 060 6646
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Sat 12 April Wimbledon National Trust Association at Christchurch Hall, SW20
2.15pm Lecture "An Historical and Anecdotal View of Parliament" by
RM Skelton MBE, former Door Keeper at the House of Lords
Members £2.50; non-members £3
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Sat 12 April Mozart Gala Concert at All Saints Parish Church, Kingston upon Thames
7.30pm Thames Chamber Orchestra Conductor Keith Marshall
with the acclaimed young pianist, Karem Hasan
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat K595
Handel: Concerto for two oboes and strings
Purcell: Chacony
Borodin: Nocturne
Tickets £15 £12 £10 at the door or in advance from 020 8939 8172 or
email musicadmin@kingston-grammar.surrey.sch.uk
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Sat 12 April West Barnes Singers invites you to join them to sing in their
7.30pm Spring Concert with professional solists and organ at St Saviour's Church
Grand Drive Raynes Park.
Mendelssohn: "Elijah"
Rehearsals Wednesdays 8-10pm at Holy Cross Church Hall, Motspur Park
from30 Jan to 9 April. Rehearsals and concert £20. Music available. To apply
email: mailto:sallyareeves@hotmail.com http://www.westbarnessingers.co.uk/
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Mon 14 April Putney Music at Dryburgh Hall, Dryburgh Rd, Putney, SW15
8pm www.thefrms.co.uk/putney.htm
President, David Cairns, on "Humour in Music from Haydn to Spike Jones"
Meetings usually include recorded musical illustrations.
Light refreshments available in the interval.
Temporary visitor's membership £5.
For membership and other details see ORGANISATIONS PAGE
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Thurs 17 April Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, The Broadway, Wimbledon
Refreshments available from 7.15pm. Film starts 8pm
"Red Road" 2006 UK/Denmark Dir. Andrea Arnold
Scottish Thriller Cannes Jury Prize 18 115 mins English language
Day members £7.50. For membership details see Organisatons page
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Fri 18 April Wimbledon Society Walk with Una Sutcliffe, "Commons Flora"
2 for 2.15pm Meet at Windmill Car park. Free
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Mon 21 April For 2 weeks. Wimbledon Fine Art in association with the David Curzon Gallery
Exhibition of Paintings by Pascal Magis
Also Glass Mosaics sculpted by Rebecca Newnham
Free admission
Wimbledon Fine Art Ltd and David Curzon Gallery,
41 and 35 respectively, Church Rd, Wimbledon Village, SW19
http://www.wimbldonfineart-lyd.com/ email andrew@wimstop.plus.com
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Sun 20 April Sunday Evening Music Among Friends at The Colour House Theatre, Merton
7.30pm Abbey Mills, SW19
The Colour House Ensemble with Simon Ballard, piano, Caroline Marwood,
Janice Knight, and Neil Black, oboes, perform:
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F; Violin Sonata in E minor
Simon Ballard: Rondoletto; Telemann: Concerto for 3 Oboes
Tickets £10, concessions £7. Advance booking adviseable from 10 Spenser Rd,
London SE24 ONR enclosing cheque to Marton Abbey Mills or tel. 07949 593431
Season ticket for all three concerts( inc. 25 May/29 June) £24 or conc. £18
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Mon 21 April at St John's Church, ( SMITH SQ, LONDON SW1)
6pm Sacconi Quartet with Kerem Hassan,* the brilliant young Kingston pianist.
Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K745; Salter: "Firefly";
Haydn: Quartet in E, op.54 no. 3. Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb op.44
NB.There will be no interval; the concert will end at approximately 7.15pm
Tickets £10, conc. £8 - in person from Box office (10am-6pm) or
online http://www.sjss.org.uk(booking/ (fee £1.50 per transaction) or
telephone 020 7222 1061( booking fee £2 per transaction).
The concert is sponsored by Lord Lipsey.
*Kerem, who performed very recently with the Thames Chamber Orchestra
and Wimbleon Symphony Orchestra, became Merton Young Musician of the Year
at the age of eight . He is currently a music scholar at Kingston Grammar School
and also holds a scholarship at the Junior Royal Academy of Music.
He won Richmond and Kingston competitions in
2003 and 2004 respectively and in 2005 won the London International Music
Competition against adult musicians from 15 countries.
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Tues 22-Sat 26 April
7.45pm Putney Arts Theatre, SW15
"Six Degrees of Separation" a comedy -drama by John Guare
Box Office : 020 8788 6943 Saturday matinee 2.30pm
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23 April- 23 May Kingston Readers' Festival
For details of talks and other events see www.kingston.ac.uk/krf or
http://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/
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Thurs 24 - Sat 26 April Raymond Gubbay presents "Madam Butterfly" at New Wimbledon Theatre
7.30, Sat mat 2.30pm The Russian State Opera of Siberia
The Russian State Opera Orchestra
Details from 0870 060 6646 or http://www.newwimbledontheatre.co.uk/
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Fri 25 April West Wimbledon Opera Club at Avenue Hall, Avenue Rd, SW20
8pm Singers of Handel introduced by John T Hughes, Chairman of the
Recorded Vocal Art Society
Visitors £5
For information about membership see ORGANISATIONS page.
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Fri 25 April Free Lunchtime Recital at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
1.10pm Leonie Adams, cello
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Mon 28 April Putney Music at Dryburgh Hall, Dryburgh Rd, Putney, SW15
8pm www.thefrms.co.uk/putney.htm
AGM followed by wine, buffet and raffle
Meetings usually include recorded musical illustrations.
Light refreshments available in the interval.
Temporary visitor's membership £5.
For membership and other details see ORGANISATIONS PAGE
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29 April-1 May "The Thebans" - "Oedipus Rex" & "Antigone" adapted by Kristen McGarry
at The Broadway Studio Theatre, Wimbledon.
Details from http://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/ Tel. 8690 0002
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Wed 30 April Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at New Wimbledon Theatre
7.30pm with Jennifer Pike, violinist; conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Classical Favourites
Sibelius: Finlandia; Mendelsohn: Violin Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Online bookings http://www.newwimbledontheatre.co.uk/ Tel. 0870 060 6646
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Wed 30 April - Sat 3 May
7.45pm Putney Arts Theatre SW15
Putney Light Opera Society presents its 60th annual production
"Crazy for You" by George Gershwin
Box office 07809 439 488
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MAY 2008
Thurs 1 May Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, SW19
8pm Doors open at 7.15. Refreshments
"The Singer" Dir. Xavier Giannoli 2006 France
Gerard Depardieu; Cecile de France, Matthieu Almaric
(12A) 112minutes, subtitles
Day members £7.50 Full membership details http://www.wimbledonfilmclub/
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MARCH 2008
Sat 1 March Wimbledon National Trust Association at Christchurch Hall, SW20
2.15pm Lecture "Treasures and the Tower" by Garry Wykes
Members £2.50; non-members £3
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Sat 1 March Wimbledon Light Opera Society at Lingfield Hall, Lingfield Rd, SW19
present a shortened version of their production (November 24/25 2007)
"Jack the Ripper"
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Sat 1 March Thames Philharmonic Choir at All Saints' Parish Church, Kingston
2.30 & 7.45pm Come & Sing Rehearsal and Public Performance of
Mozart Requiem
All singers welcomed ; music supplied.
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Sun 2 March Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1
6pm Concert in aid of The Stroke Association with Charles Owen,* piano.
Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Piano Concerto no 5, "The Emperor";
and Symphony no 5
* Charles Owen was winner of a Classical Brit Award in 2005
Tickets £20
Box Office at Cadogan Hall 020 7730 2413
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Mon 3 March Putney Music at Dryburgh Hall, Dryburgh Rd, Putney, SW15
8pm www.thefrms.co.uk/putney.htm
Change from advertised programme
Christopher Nourse, Director of Youth Dance and Administrator of the
National Dance Awards will be Guest Speaker for this date, replacing
Dame Beryl Grey who is unfortunately unable to attend.
Meetings usually include recorded musical illustrations.
Light refreshments available in the interval.
Temporary visitor's membership £5.
For membership and other details see ORGANISATIONS PAGE
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FRI 7- Sat 8 March
7.45pm Putney Arts Theatre, SW15
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl adapted by Richard George
Tues £7/5conc. Wed-Sat £10/7 020 8788 6943
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Sat 8 March Icons of Russian Music
7.30pm The Academy Choir at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
Conductor Andrew Edwards with Charlotte Edwards, violin
Julia Debruslais, cello Michael Freyhan, piano, perform:
Stravinsky "Symphony of Psalms"
Rachmaninov: Vespers Music from the All-Night Vigil
Shostakovich: Piano Trio in E minor
Tickets £15; students and unemployed £10 at door ( you may apply for
tickets for Academy concert on May 17 at the same time)
or email events@stjohnswimbledon.org.uk
http://www.academychoirwimbledon.co.uk/
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Sun 9 March Concert and Buffet Supper at Southside House, Wimbledon Common, SW19
6 for 6.30pm Virgil Boutellis*, violin and Mark Kinaid, piano, perform
Schumann: SonataNo 1 in A minor for violin and piano, Op. 105
Bloch: Nigun(Baal Shem Suite)
Ernst: Der Erikonig (from Schubert) Grand Caprice, OP. 26
Tartini: Andante-Allegri assai from Sonata in G minor for violin and piano,
"Devil's Trill".
Tickets £25 to include buffet. Apply by 29 February to: The Administrator,
Southside House, 3-4 Woodhayes Rd, Wimbledon Common, or email info@southsidehouse.com
*For more information about this brilliant young violinist contact Southside House
http://www.southsidehouse.com/
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Sun 9 March John Stainer's "Crucifixion" at St John's Church, Spencer Hill, SW19
7.30pm performed by the St John's Singers & Guests with soloists:
Tom Emlyn Williams, tenor and Garrick Forbes, bass-baritone
Organist: Rufus Frowde Conductor: Michael Higgins
Admission free Retiring collection
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Mon 10- Sat 15 March
Putney Arts Theatre SW15 CP Theatre Productions present
"The Life of Timon" by William Shakespeare
£10-£8 07586 919227 http://www.cp-theatre.org.uk/
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Thurs 13 Mar Wimbledon Film Club at Polka Theatre, The Broadway, Wimbledon
Refreshments available from 7.15pm. Film starts 8pm
"Aprile" 1998 Italy/France Dir. Nanni Moretti
Documentary lampoon about Italian politics and life
Language Italian Subtitles
Day members £7.50. For membership details see Organisatons page
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Sat 15 March Wimbledon Choral Society at Guilford Cathedral
Duruffle: Requiem
Rutter: Mass of the Children ( with Farnham Youth Choir)
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Tickets £15-£12.50 ( STUDENTS £7.50)
01483 547870 tickets@wimbledon-choral.org.uk
http://www.wimbledon-choral.org.uk/
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Sat 15 March Music by the Commons at St John's Church. Spencer HIll, SW19
8pm Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage and Catherine Martin, violins;
Jane Coe, cello, and Nicholas Parle, harpsichord
A contrast of musical personalities - Torelli, irregular and virtuosic,
Corelli, balanced and serene.
Tickets on door: £10, £8 concessions.
Date to be announced
Another performance by students of the Historical Performance Dept. of the
Royal Academy of Music - A Celebration of the Concerto
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Sat 15 March Wimbledon Chamber Choir at venue to be announced
Concert with Orchestra to include Bliss: "Pastoral"
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Sat 15 March The Hill Singers at St Matthew's Church, Durham Rd, SW20
8pm Programme features Puccini's Messa di Gloria and music by
Faure, Grieg, Franck and Mozart
Tickets £9, £7conc. on the door or in advance £8 from 020 8644 3794
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Sun 16 March A Festival of Psalms in traditional and modern settings in different languages
3pm at Wimbledon & District Synagogue, 1 Queensmere Rd, (corner Parkside)SW19.
presented by The Wimbledon & District Council of Christians & Jews and
featuring Wimbledon & District Synagogue Choir and Youth Choir and
The Choral Scholars of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, City of London
(National Musicians' Church).
Conductors: Andrew Earis and Ralph Gonley
Tickets: £7 (£5 members and concessions) to include refreshments
Available on the door
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Sun 16 March Putney Arts Theatre SW15
7.45pm Actors' Richmond Centre present
"Vice & Virtue" a revue with songs, sketches and poems which takes a
light-hearted look, panto-like, through the eyes of Fairy Virtue and Fairy Vice.
Tickets £12, £10. Box office 020 8785 6880
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Mon 17 March Putney Music at Dryburgh Hall, Dryburgh Rd, Putney, SW15
8pm www.thefrms.co.uk/putney.htm
"A History of the Brass Band" by Malcolm Simpson MBE, including his
involvement with Brass Bands as player and conductor.
Meetings usually include recorded musical illustrations.
Light refreshments available in the interval.
Temporary visitor's membership £5.
For membership and other details see ORGANISATIONS PAGE
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Sat 22 March Wimbledon Choral Society at Fairfield Hall, Croydon as guests of the
7.30pm Salvation Army in celebration of its 125th anniversary
Handel: 'Brass' Messiah
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Fri 28 March West Wimbledon Opera Club at Avenue Hall, Avenue Rd, SW20
8pm "Favourites up my Sleeve" John Passmore presents some of his favourite
singers. (Please note change of programme from that previously announced).
Visitors £5
For information about membership see ORGANISATIONS page.
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Sat 29 March Marryat Players at The Great Hall, King's College School, SW19
7.30pm http://www.marryatplayers.com/ Free Admission
N.B.Future Dates for Marryat Players' Concerts are Thursday 17 July and Friday 24 October 2008
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Sat 29 March The Jigsaw Players play chamber music at Christchurch, 16 Copse Hill, SW20
Ellie Fagg and Tom Norris, violins; Emmanuella Reiter, viola; Oliver Coates, cello.
Mozart: Due in Bb major; Beethoven: String Trio in G major;