Arts Events

  • The Woman Who Told Us Where To Go.

    Wednesday August 13, 1:45 pm to 3:30 pm

    The Woman Who Told Us Where To Go.

    A talk by Mark Ovenden.
    In the early 1960s a young student called Margaret Calvert began working with designer Joe Kinnear and their work not only transformed the entire face of modern Britain but their ideas were copied around the world. Celebrate Calvert and Kinnear in this revealing lecture and you will discover that you know their art so intimately that, perhaps, you have never thought about it.

    Visitors £8
    Members free.

  • Harrow Choral Society’s Start of Season workshop

    Saturday September 6, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

    Harrow Choral Society’s Start of Season workshop

    Harrow Choral Society is inviting singers to its Start of Season workshop, directed by Sam Evans, at 11-4 on Saturday 6th September at St. Albans Church Hall, North Harrow HA2 7PF. All singers are welcome, and music will be provided.
    We will rehearse Joanna Forbes L’Estrange’s A Season to Sing, a choral arrangement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, written with financial support from 55 choirs around the world. This first rehearsal will lead to our performance on Saturday 11th October at 5.30pm, also at St Albans Church.
    Registration: 10.30am
    Rehearsal and sing-through: 11-4
    St. Albans Church Hall, North Harrow HA2 7PF
    Tickets: £12.50, under 18s £2
    Refreshments provided, please bring a packed lunch
    www.harrowchoral.org.uk
    boxoffice@harrowchoral.org.uk
    07794 253463

  • Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society

    Tuesday September 16, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

    St Martin’s Church Hall

    Ruislip Northwood History SocietyFor the first meeting of our Autumn season of lectures we are very pleased to welcome John Schofield, who was a senior archaeologist at Museum of London, to talk about “London’s Waterfront 1666 to 1800 and London’s involvement in Slavery”. John will tell us about the series of archaeological excavations in the waterfront of the City of London that he led between 1974 and 1983 and what these reveal about life in the port of London during this period when the city became the hub of the new British Empire. Visitors are welcome (£3 donation). Any changes to these arrangements will be posted on the RNELHS website. For further information please contact the Membership Secretary at membership@rnelhs.uk

  • Harrow Choral Society’s Autumn Concert A Season to Sing

    Saturday October 11, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

    Harrow Choral Society’s Autumn Concert A Season to Sing

    Harrow Choral Society’s Autumn Concert, conducted by Music Director Sam Evans and accompanied on the organ by Paul Ayres, features an exciting work by composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange which, while completely new, is bound to strike a familiar note with audiences. A Season to Sing is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduring masterpiece, The Four Seasons, and is being premiered this year by choirs across this country and around the world. Joanna Forbes L’Estrange was inspired to arrange The Four Seasons for choirs to coincide with the 300th anniversary of its original publication. Vivaldi himself had written sonnets to accompany his music. Besides these, Joanna has incorporated a range of texts on the theme of seasons – poems, hymn texts and passages from the Bible, as well as sound-effects. In one wordless section she also pays homage to Ward Swingle, founder of the famous Swingle Singers. This promises to be a stimulating experience for performers and audience alike and opens a new perspective on this familiar and well-loved work.
    St. Albans Church, North Harrow HA2 7PF
    Tickets: £15, under 18s £2
    www.harrowchoral.org.uk
    boxoffice@harrowchoral.org.uk
    07794 25346

  • Harrow Choral Society’s Come & Sing Mendelssohn’s Elijah

    Saturday November 15, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

    Harrow Choral Society’s Come & Sing Mendelssohn’s Elijah

    We will be rehearsing a selection of movements from this well loved work, with an informal performance at the end of the workshop.
    All singers are welcome. Music will be available to borrow if required.
    We will sing under the direction of Sam Evans, who will perform some of the baritone solos. Paul Ayres will accompany us.
    St. Alban’s Church Hall, North Harrow HA2 7PF
    Tickets £25, students free
    Registration from 10.30, and rehearsal from 11.00 – 4.00. Tea and coffee will be provided, but please bring a packed lunch.
    For tickets and information, please visit www.harrowchoral.org.uk 
or call 07794 253463