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Choir's ready to sing
10:48am Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Thames Philharmonic Choir’s exciting new season of concerts has been announced - the highlight of which is a joint concert with the Symphonic Choir of Konstanz from southern Germany on Sunday, May 9, in Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre.
KCS in celebratory mood
10:59am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Kingston Choral Society will be gearing up for their 60th anniversary season by holding open rehearsals ahead of a string of celebratory concerts.
Just a minute, it's Nicholas Parsons!
12:59pm Friday 22nd August 2008
When we reported on St Luke’s Music Society’s new season a few weeks ago we mentioned opera singer Willard White and violinist Nicola Benedetti as potential highlights.
St Luke's gets ready for new season
12:23pm Monday 4th August 2008
Living in south London, you’ll know that we aren’t exactly over furnished with classical music. Which makes St Luke’s Music Society (SLMS) like a chaise longue, sitting in the corner all elegant, handsome and irresistible to further investigation.
Comments (0)Viv gives a masterclass
6:40pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
Award-winning international pianist Viv McLean is the main attraction when St Mary's Church in Barnes holds another of its popular recital evenings.
Brit of a celebration
3:09pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
It's a sure sign of summer when suddenly it becomes acceptable to wave Union Jacks in public.
Many strings to his Boe
8:35am Thursday 3rd April 2008
Alfie Boe has had a very busy schedule for the past year - and it's about to get even busier.
Lake's Heaven
8:22am Thursday 3rd April 2008
Plenty has happened since the last time local-boy-done-good Benjamin Lake made a local appearance at the Adrian Mann Theatre.
Bowing places - Epsom Symphony Orchestra welcomes back young violinist
10:29am Friday 14th March 2008
Precocious young talent makes first public appearance aged six, gets first whiff of alcohol at eight, is honking on a crack pipe at 10 and in rehab by 12, primed for an adolescence of redemption and a my wild years are behind me' autobiography. Then they spawn and away we go again.
Gilbert & Sullivan return to Normansfield Theatre
11:44am Thursday 6th March 2008
When Anthony Baker first walked into Normansfield Hospital Theatre, it was as the proverbial child in a sweetshop.
UK News
Last orders for five pubs a day
Updated 6:18am Monday 8th September 2008
British pubs have closed at the rate of five a day during the first half of this year, according to new figures.
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