11–30 September

All change, please

An exhibition of photographs by Miles Hardwick, including explorations of the London Underground.

Daily 10am–6pm (Sundays 11.30am), admission free

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Friday 11 September 7.30pm

Béal Bán – the Irish connection

Returning by popular demand, the all-star Irish quartet of Rita Farrell (uilllean pipes), James Patrick Gavin (fiddle), Colette O’Leary (accordion) and Tad Sargent (guitar/bodhran) present a rumbustious evening of traditional music. 

Tickets £20 (concs. £17) in advance from www.trybooking.com/uk/GULL
or £25 (concs £22) on the door

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Saturday 12 September 9.30–11.30am

Family Prom

A music workshop led by Hattie Twigger-Ross. Suitable for children of any age. Free coffee and pastries from Pophams Bakery.

Free (donations welcome). Reserve a place at www.trybooking.com/uk/GULM – or just turn up

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Saturday 12 September 7pm

Strauss’s Four Last Songs

A candlelit evening of reflection centred on Richard Strauss’s monumental final work, with soprano Elizabeth Karani (left), Eduard Marcu (double-bass) and Adam Dickson (piano). Also includes songs by Tchaikovsky and Misek’s Legende for double-bass.

Tickets £20 (£17) from www.trybooking.com/uk/GULN in advance, or £25 (£22) on the door

 

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Sunday 13 September 6pm

Choral Evensong

Featuring music by Amy Beach, Herbert Sumsion and Henry Balfour Gardiner, conducted by St James’ new Director of Music Hattie Twigger-Ross, with Adam Dickson, organ.  Admission free

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Thursday 17 September 7.30pm

Silent Movie Night

Classic films from the 1920s: comedy by Buster Keaton and a very early Alfred Hitchcock thriller – accompanied by Ashley Valentine on St James' organ.

Tickets £20 (£17) in advance from www.trybooking.com/uk/GULP,

or £25 (£22) on the door​

 

 

​​​​​Friday 18 September 7.30pm

Panorama - from Baroque to Jazz

This year’s Anthony Hill Memorial Concert features piano virtuoso Rupert Egerton-Smith with a programme that includes Rameau, Bach-Busoni, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Granados and Kapustin.

Tickets £20 (£17) in advance from www.trybooking.com/uk/GULQ,
or £25 (£22) on the door​

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Saturday 19 September 9.30–11.30am

Family Prom

Children’s craft workshop (with paper, clay and mask-making) led by Jenni Gregory. Suitable for ages 3–11. All art materials provided.  Free coffee and pastries. 

Free (donations welcome). Come at any time, stay as long as you like.

Reserve a place at www.trybooking.com/uk/GULT – or just turn up.

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​​​​​​​​​​Saturday 19 September 7pm

Signs and Secrets

Lute song ensemble Dowland’s Foundry explore the murky world of Elizabeth I’s court through the music of England’s greatest lutenist composer John Dowland, with songs from his first and second Book of Ayres.

Tickets £20 (£17) in advance from www.trybooking.com/uk/GULV,

or £25 (£22) on the door​

 

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Sunday 20 September 4pm

Youth Prom

A regular feature of the Proms programme, the Youth Prom is a showcase for Islington’s most talented young performers. The next generation of local musicians present a varied programme of instrumental and vocal music..

Tickets £10 from www.trybooking.com/uk/GULY or on the door (children free)

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​​​​​Friday 25 September 7.30pm

Mozart’s skittles

An evening of exquisite chamber music: Proms Artistic Director Yoon Chung (piano) is joined by James Gilbert (clarinet) and Heather Tuach (cello) for Brahms’ clarinet trio and Mozart’s ‘Kegelstatt’ (‘Skittles’) trio.

Tickets £20 (£17) in advance from www.trybooking.com/uk/GUMD,

or £25 (£22) on the door​

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Saturday 26 September 7.30pm

The Last Night of Our Proms

The Haydn Chamber Orchestra conducted by Louis Schwizgebel play Haydn’s Symphony No 104 and Beethoven’s Symphony No 4, together with Mozart’s overture to Idomeneo and arias by Mozart and Stravinsky from soprano Manon Ogwen Parry.​

Tickets £20 (£17) in advance from www.trybooking.com/uk/GUME,

or £25 (£22) on the door​

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