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Thursday 13 July
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7 pm  St Mary's Upper Street
Opening Concert -  Starry Night, Transfigurated Night
​Kindly sponsored by MARK JOHNSON ASSOCIATES

W. A. Mozart   ~   Grande Sestetto Concertante,
​after Sinfonia Concertante k364
​Arnold Schönberg ~ Verklärte Nacht, opus 4

Francesca Barritt   & Joana Ly - Violins
Dorothea Vogel & Sofia Sousa -  Violas
Kirsten Jenson  &   Bryony James   - Cellos

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9.30 pm Little Angel Theatre
Songs of Love for Lutes and Soprano​
D’Ambruys Le doux silence
Le Blanc Les mariniers adorent un beau jour
Boësset Quelles beautés ô mortels,
​Récit du Dieu des songes

Je voudrais bien ô Cloris, Portés de Occident
Le Camus Laissez durer la nuit
Moulinié Orilla de claro Tajo
Sanz Canarios
Trad. Argentina La calandria airosa
Villoldo Cantar eterno
Zuola A cierto galán du dama, Entre dos Alamos Verdes

Mariana Rodrigues – Soprano
​Sergio Bucheli – Lute, Theorbo and Baroque Guitar

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Friday 14 July
1 pm Islington Square
Bastille Day - French Miniatures for Violin & Piano

Claude Debussy  ~   Clair de Lune, Beau Soir
Pauline Viardot  ~    3 Morceaux:
​Bohémienne, Berceuse, Mazourke
Léo Delibes ~  Andante from Sylvia
Cécile Chaminade ~  Capriccio
Germaine Tailleferre  ~ Berceuse
Edward Elgar ~  Salut d'amour, Chanson de matin
Mel Bonis  ~ Serenade
Amy Beach ~  Romance 

Joana Ly - Violin
Martin André - Piano
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© Marc Gascoigne
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7 pm St. Mary's Upper Street
Bastille Day : Summer Nights

Hector Berlioz ~ Les nuits d’été
Mel Bonis ~ Invocation, Une flûte soupire
Cécile Chaminade ~ L’anneau d’argent, Air de ballet
Claude Debussy ~ Syrinx, Nuit d’étoiles
Gabriel Fauré  ~ Après un rêve, Clair de lune
Georges Hüe ~ Fantaisie
Francis Poulenc ~ Flute and Piano Sonata
Maurice Ravel ~  La flûte enchantée

John Gyeantey - Tenor
Simon Channing - Flute
Martin André – Piano
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© Marc Gascoigne
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9.30 pm Little Angel Theatre
Solo Violin

Kindly sponsored by BRIDGEWOOD & NEITZERT Ltd
J.S. Bach ~ Partita in E, BWV 1,006
J.S. Bach ~ Sonata no. 1 in g minor, BWV 1,001
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain ~ ‘La Furstemburg’
Johann Jacob Vilsmayr ~ Partita no. 6

Kati Debretzeni – Baroque Violin
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Saturday 15 July
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1 pm Islington Square
Gypsy Jazz


Tunes from the Great American Songbook, waltzes, original compositions and gypsy jazz classics:
I'll see you in my dream (Jones/Kahn)
Djnagology, Anoman, Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt)
Smoke rings (Gifford/Washington)
Smoke gets in your eyes (Jerome Kern)
St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)
After you've gone (Henry Creamer)
Body & Soul (Johnny Green)
Swanee River (Stephen Foster)

Sol Grimshaw Trio

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7 pm St. Mary's Upper Street
​Two Iconic works for Wind Ensemble
​Charles Gounod ~  La Petite Symphonie, opus 216
W. A. Mozart ~   Serenade no. 10 in B flat "Gran Partita" k361

Kensington Winds
​Simon Channing  -  Director
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9.30 pm Little Angel Theatre
Solo Cello

J.S. Bach ~  2 Suites for Solo Cello

No. 5,  BWV   1,011
No. 3, BWV 1,009

Miguel Ángel Villeda Cerón - Cello

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Sunday 16 July
11 am Yoga at the Arc
Yoga with Live Harpist

J. S. Bach   ~  Sarabande, from Violin Partita no. 1 
Frederic Chopin
~  Fantasie Impromptu
Claude Debussy ~  Deux Arabesques, La fille aux cheveux de lin, Clair de lune
Antonín Dvorák ~ Song to the Moon, from Rusalka
George Frideric Handel  ~ Lascia ch'io pianga
Alphone Hasselmans ~ La source
Ar Ian y Mor, Hiraeth and Lisa Ian
~ Traditional songs
Joseph Parry ~ Myfanwy
Camille Saint-Saens ~ Softly awakes my heart
Franz Schubert ~ Impromptu no. 2
Richard Wagner ~ Star of Eve, from Tannhauser
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Experience 75 minutes of flowing yoga set against a backdrop of a live harpist. This experience will explore how sound, breath and movement weave together, shifting energy and creating a sense of deep calm and connection. A truly beautiful and unique experience and suitable for all experience and abilities.

Catrin Meek - Harp
Ann Pidcock - Yoga Instructor
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 2 pm Islington Square
Street Photography Workshop 


Street photography is the art of capturing every day life in public places. But how do you do that with some artistic flare? (find out more)
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Marc Gascoigne and Cyrus  Katrak - Tutors
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Thursday 20th July
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7 pm Christ Church Highbury
​The popular and the rediscovered, part  1
W. A. Mozart ~ Piano Concerto no. 19 in F, k459
Alexander von Zemlinsky ~ String Quartet no. 1, opus 4

Joana Ly  & Tamaki Higashi - Violins
Dorothea Vogel -Viola
Kirsten Jenson - Cello
Martin André - Piano


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© Marc Gascoigne
9.30 pm Christ Church Highbury
The Complete Chopin Nocturnes , Part 1
Frederic Chopin ~  13 Nocturnes (1827-1837)
                            
​Dmitrii Kalashnikov - Piano

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Friday 21st July
7 pm Christ Church Highbury
The popular and the rediscovered, part 2
​Kindly sponsored by DAVY'S WINE MERCHANTS

W. A. Mozart ~ Piano Concerto no. 21 in  C, k467
Robert Kahn ~ Piano Quartet no. 2, opus 30

Joana Ly  & Tamaki Higashi - Violins
Dorothea Vogel - Viola
Kirsten Jenson - Cello​
Martin André - Piano
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© Marc Gascoigne
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9.30 pm Christ Church Highbury
The Complete Chopin Nocturnes, Part 2
Frederic Chopin ~  9 Nocturnes (1840-1846)
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​Dmitrii Kalashnikov - Piano
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Saturday 22nd July
7 pm Christ Church Highbury
Grand Finale

W. A. Mozart ~ Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, k468
Franz Schubert ~ String Quartet no. 15, D887

Joana Ly  & Tamaki Higashi - Violins
Dorothea Vogel - Viola
Kirsten Jenson - Cello​
Martin André - Piano
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© Marc Gascoigne
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