HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, STROUD GREEN
Granville Road, London, N4 4EL, next to the Peace Garden at the junction
with Stapleton Hall Road.
The Church Hall is just around the corner on
Stapleton Hall Road, London, N4 4QA.
ST AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH
Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 5BH
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH
Hanley Road, Finsbury Park N4 3DQ
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Highgate, South Grove, Highgate Village N6 6BJ
ST MELLITUS CHURCH & ST MELLITUS PARISH HALL
Tollington Park, Finsbury Park N4 3AG
UNION CHURCH & COMMUNITY CENTRE
Corner of Weston Park & Ferme Park Road, Crouch End N8 9PX
HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH
134 Tottenham Ln, Crouch End N8 7EL
Public transport for Holy Trinity Church and Church Hall:
TUBE Finsbury Park (Victoria and Piccadilly lines and
National Rail services)
OVERGROUND Crouch Hill
RAILWAY Harringay
BUS W3 (Ossian Road stop) The W3 runs between Finsbury
Pk Station and Crouch End.
EVENT 1
Sat 1 June, 1pm-3.30pm (choir only) & 4.15pm-6.15pm (with orchestra
& soloists)
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
Come and Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria led by Edward Hughes,
conductor of Godwine Choir
A chance to sing Vivaldi’s Gloria with orchestra
and soloists in the evening concert (EVENT 2)
EVENT 2
Sat 1 June, 7.30pm-9.45pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
Festival Preview & Vivaldi’s Gloria
Chloe Lam & Victoria Couper sopranos, Patrica
Hammond mezzo, Edward Hughes conductor
Raise funds for Stroud Green Festival and get a sneak preview from festival
artists plus a performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria with orchestra,
Come & Sing participants and soloists.
EVENT 3
Fri 7 June, 8pm-9.30pm
Holy Trinity Church Hall, Stroud Green
Sing of a woman
Davies and Daughters
Unique family female vocal trio perform close harmony folk songs of
women.
EVENT 4
Sat 8 June, 6pm-7pm
St Michael’s Church, Highgate
Forgotten Stories
Flauguissimo, John Lofving guitar, Yu-Wei Hu
flute,
Untold musical tales of women composers with music by Anna Amalia of
Prussia, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and their male
contemporaries Roman, Schubert & Giuliani.
EVENT 5
Sat 8 June, 8.30pm-9.40pm
St Michael’s Church, Highgate
Vision: the imagined testimony of Hildegard of Bingen
by Clare Norburn
The Telling, Clare Norburn & Ariane Prüssner
voices, Jean Kelly harp, with Teresa Banham
actor as Hildegard, Nicholas Renton director,
Natalie Rowland lighting designer
A fully staged concert/play which presents the personal dilemma of medieval
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen alongside her mesmeric chants
EVENT 6
Sun 9 June, 3pm-4.45pm
Holy Innocents Church, Crouch End
Ophelia & Shakespeare’s Women
The Lovekyn Consort, Patricia Hammond voice, William
Summers Renaissance flute, recorder, Stephen Carpenter
lute, guitar with Cassie Emmott actor.
Music and readings from Shakespeare’s plays and new poems inspired
by Shakespeare’s women by Amy Neilson-Smith
EVENT 7
Sun 9 June, 8.30pm-9.45pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
Ordo Virtutum
Vox Animae, Ansy Bootroyd as The Soul, Evelyn
Tubb as Humility, Jennie Cassidy, Yvonne Eddy, Ruth
Gomme, Clare Norburn & Lindsay Richardson singers, Michael
Fields harp & musical director, Nigel Richards
actor as The Devil
An allergorical music-drama by Hildegard of Bingen about the struggle
for a human soul. Arguably the earliest “opera” by a woman.
EVENT 8
Thurs 13 June, 6.15pm-7.25pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
Echoes from London
Electric Voice Theatre, Frances Lynch singer &
composer
Pupils from Stroud Green Primary School join Frances to explore the
lives of local suffragettes, scientists & composers.
EVENT 9
Fri 14 June, 8pm-9.30pm
Union Church and Community Centre, Crouch End
Jazz Hi-Jinks
Tina May voice & David Gordon
piano
Jazz singer Tina May joins the irrepressible pianist David Gordon for
vocal hi-jinks, Latin American gems and gorgeous original songs.
EVENT 10
Sat 15 June, 12 noon - 1pm
St Augustine’s Church, Highgate
Women at the Keyboard
Marion Bettsworth organ
Seasonal music for Pentecost and Trinity interspersed with pieces by
contemporary composers including Cecilia McDowall and James MacMillan.
EVENT 11
Sat 15 June, 5.30pm-7.30pm
St Saviour’s Church, Finsbury Park
The Secrets of Andalusia
Lux Musicae London, Victoria Couper soprano, Daniel
Thomson tenor, Harry Buckoke viola de gamba,
Aileen Henry harp, Toby Carr lute,
Mirjam-Luise Muenzel & Sophie Creaner recorders
with Ignacio Lusardi flamenco guitar, Ahmed
Mukhtar oud
One of London’s most exciting young early music groups presents
the story of the roots of Flamenco music with masters of Flamenco and
Arabic oud Ignacio Lusardi and Ahmed Mukhtar
EVENT 12
Sat 15 June, 8.45pm-9.45pm
St Saviour’s Church, Finsbury Park
The First Singer-Songwriter Superstars
Lux Musicae London, Victoria Couper
soprano, Daniel Thomson tenor, Aileen Henry
harp, Toby Carr lute, Mirjam-Luise Muenzel
recorders
Experience the virtuosity and bravery of Italian singers and composers
Francesca Caccini (1587-1641) and Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) and their
witty, charming and sometimes political songs.
Sun 16 June, 11.30am-12.40pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
Festival Service followed by a bring-and-share
lunch
Sing with the Holy Trinity Choir; rehearsal at 9.30am
EVENT 13
Sat 16 June, 7.30pm-9.45pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
Beethoven’s String Quartet Journey: the last chapter
a concert/play by Clare Norburn
The Dante Quartet with David Timson
actor, as Beethoven
After a sell-out performance last year, Beethoven is back, this time
guiding you through some of his Late Quartets as well as stories of
demons, loves, landladies and frustrations.
EVENT 14
Wed 19 June, 1pm-1.30pm
St Mellitus Church, Finsbury Park
Music of mountain and fjord
Recital by Andrea Kmecova piano
Music from Norway, Denmark & Finland by Grieg, Sining, Gade, Nielsen
& lesser-known woman Agathe Backer Grøndahl
EVENT 15
Thurs 20 June, 7.30pm-9.15pm
St Mellitus Parish Hall, Finsbury Park
Unsung Heroine: the secret life & love of medieval singer-songwriter
Beatriz de Dia by Clare Norburn
The Telling, Clare Norburn voice, playwright, Joy
Smith harp, percussion, Giles Lewin medieval
fiddle, bagpipes, with Anna Demetriou actor as Beatriz,
Nicholas Renton director, Natalie Rowland
lighting designer
In a blend of history and fiction, this half play/half concert follows
the life of instinctively creative troubadour Countess, Beatriz de Dia
(1140-1212), the Amy Winehouse of 12th Century Provence.
EVENT 16a and 16b
Fri 21 June, pre-concert installation event 7.45pm-8.30pm & concert
8:45pm-9:45pm
St Saviour’s Church, Finsbury Park
ReCentred: introducing Elizabeth Maconchy
(1907-1994) and her circle
The Bloomsbury Quartet, Eva de Vries & Janell Yeo
violins, Rachel Maxey viola, Felicity Smith
cello
Quartets by Maconchy, her teacher Vaughan Williams and daughter Nicola
LeFanu will be performed as photographs and Maconchy’s writings
are read and projected. A pre-concert installation will introduce Maconchy
through film and photography as the audience is free to interact with
musicians.
EVENT 17
Sat 22 June, 11am-12noon
Holy Trinity Church Hall, Stroud Green
Sophie and the Forest of Fables
Jonathan Rees writer, narrator and musician
Fabulous fairy-tale words and music for 3-7 year olds in homage to Charles
Perrault (1628-1703), writer of Mother Goose, with lots of help needed
from the audience and their favourite woodland animal soft toys.
EVENT 18
Sat 22 June, 7.30pm-9.20pm
St Saviour’s Church, Finsbury Park
A French Star and Biblical Heroines
Chloe Lam soprano, writer, Harry Buckoke
viola da gamba, Marta López keyboard, Sonya
Rademeyer artist
Chloe Lam and friends reimagine some of Elisabeth Jacquet
de la Guerre’s cantigas alongside the Pièces de clavecin
as artist Sonya Rademeyer responds to the performance
live.
EVENT 19
Sun 23 June, 3.30pm-5.30pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green
A Sunday Afternoon Serenade
Veles Ensemble, Hartmut Richter violin, Ralitsa
Naydenova viola, Evva Mizerska cello
Beethoven’s String Trio Op. 9 No 3. C minor, Dohnányi ‘s
Serenade Op. 10 in C-major & music by London-based composer Neli
Dimitrova-Ederlezi
EVENT 20
Sun 23 June, 8pm-9.45pm
Holy Trinity Church Hall, Stroud Green
Creating Carmen: world premiere of brand new
concert/play by Clare Norburn
Carmen Co, Emily Andrews mezzo/flute, Francesca
Correa & David Massey guitars, Robin Soans &
Suzanne Ahmet actors, Nicholas Renton
director.
Clare Norburn’s new concert/play explores Prosper
Mérimée's myriad of love affairs that underpinned Carmen’s
creation (the basis for Bizet’s opera), intertwined with music
from Carmen and Spanish or Spanish-inspired music.
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