This list is primarily for events happening at Hampstead Lane, the Highgate School Chapel or the Highgate Society, but we may also occasionally include other performances by artists who have played for us or which have some local relevance.
If you are interested in old instrument performance whether of Baroque or modern music, take a look at Continuo Connect which has very comprehensive events listings right across the country.
If you live in Highgate St Michael’s Church in South Grove has free 30 minute lunchtime concerts on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays given by students or alumni of the Royal College of Music – and regular free concerts on Saturdays at Six. They also have a number of choral services and events each month.
Saturday 15th August – St Pancras Clock Tower
From the aulos to the oboe, the lyre to the concert harp.
Harpist Hugh Webb and oboist Melinda Maxwell will take us from the aulos, the ancient Greek double pipe, and the lyre, instrument of Apollo, up through the ages. Stopping off briefly with Marin Marais and CPE Bach, skipping two centuries to Debussy and Ravel and arriving at a new work for harp and oboe by Simon Holt.
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Wednesday 30th September – Hampstead Lane
Saxophone master Gerard McChrystal and William Godfree present a history of the saxophone featuring original music written for the saxophone in the 1850s right through to William’s ‘Ballad in Blue’.
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4th October – Highgate Society Sunday Lunchtime concert.
Jazz singer songwriter Immy Churchill will be performing classic songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s inspired by Joni Mitchell, June Tabor, Olivia Chaney and Nick Drake.
Thursday 10th December – Hampstead Lane
Nathaniel Mander and his spinet, La Pompadour, would like to invite you to their Christmas party.
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Monday 11th January – Hampstead Lane
Madeleine Mitchell and her London Chamber Ensemble, Gordon MacKay, Bridget Carey and Joseph Spooner, return to celebrate the upcoming recording of the final Charles Wood quartet which they will be pairing with some Beethoven quartets.
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