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Lucas Cranach Exhibition @ The Royal Academy of Arts
DATES AND OPENING HOURS
Press view:
Tuesday 4 March 2008, 10am – 2pm
Open to Public:
Saturday 8 March – Sunday 8 June 2008
10am – 6pm daily (last admission 5.30pm)
Late night openings:
Fridays until 10pm (last admission 9.30pm)
ADMISSION
£8 Full price; £7 Registered Disabled and 60 + years; £6 NUS / ISIC cardholders; £4 12-18 years and Income Support; £3 8-11 years; 7 and under free.
TICKETS
For advance tickets to Cranach please visit www.royalacademy.org.uk or call +44 (0)870 848 8484. Groups of 10 or more must book in advance call 020 7300 8027 or email groupbookings@royalacademy.org.uk
Follow this link for more information: Royal Academy website
Easter Concert
Helen Winter and Guntrun Ahlreep, Soprano
Hemma Varma, Alto
Roy Dinsdale and Herbert Quelle, Tenor
Wolfgang Kruse, Bass
Ulrike Brierley, Organ
@ St. Richard's, Ashburnham Road
Easter Concert II
Helen Winter and Guntrun Ahlreep, Soprano
Hemma Varma, Alto
Roy Dinsdale and Herbert Quelle, Tenor
Wolfgang Kruse, Bass
Ulrike Brierley, Organ
@ St. Andrew's, Church Road
The Stuttgart Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
“…. a ballet to please virtually everyone. Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet is arguably the best treatment, at least in the West, of Prokofiev’s celebrated ballet score” The New York Times
Not seen in the UK for 27 years, Olivier Award winner Stuttgart Ballet returns with John Cranko’s spectacular Romeo and Juliet as part of the Spring Dance at the London Coliseum Season, set to the Prokofiev score, from Tuesday 25th – Sunday 30th March, 2008.
Ballet in Stuttgart has a history rich in traditions whose origins go back to the 17th century Württemberg Court.
What is now known as Stuttgart Ballet, has remained at the forefront of international dance for more than 40 years. The breathtaking level of dance skills and the stylistically broad repertoire of the company, not only attracts audiences, but also dance talent from all over the world: around 25 nationalities are represented amongst the students, corps dancers and soloists.
From 1976 to 1996 Márcia Haydée directed the company: she created the role of Juliet in the premiere of this production and will return to London with the Stuttgart Ballet in 2008 to dance the role of Lady Capulet.
In 1961, choreographer John Cranko (1927-1973) was appointed ballet director of Stuttgart Ballet, heralding a new era in the history of the company. With three legendary new works he ingeniously renewed the genre of the full-length narrative ballet: Romeo and Juliet (1959, new version 1962), Onegin (1965, new version 1967) and The Taming of the Shrew (1969).
John Cranko’s production of Romeo and Juliet is considered one of the definitive versions. Based on Shakespeare’s world famous tale of two lovers in Renaissance Italy who find themselves caught between their feuding families, Cranko’s vividly etched characters and breathtaking choreography bring this tragedy to splendid life. The ballet, set to Serge Prokofiev’s lush score, contains dramatic roles for the young Juliet and her impetuous lover Romeo, for Romeo’s hot-headed friend Mercutio and for Juliet’s bullying relative Tybalt. An abundance of soloist roles provide the entire company with ample opportunity to display their acting and dancing abilities. Jürgen Rose’s magnificent sets and costumes enhance the action of the ballet.
Cranko first choreographed Romeo and Juliet in 1958 for the La Scala Ballet in Milan, Italy with Carla Fracci in the leading role. In 1962 he reworked and refined it for his own Stuttgart company, which presented the world premiere in Stuttgart with Marcia Haydée and Ray Barra in the title roles. Since then, Cranko’s production has entered the repertory of more than ten companies worldwide, including the National Ballet of Canada, the Australian Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet and the Ballet of the La Scala Opera House in Milan.
Canadian born Reid Anderson, formerly a Cranko soloist and director of the National Ballet of Canada from 1989 to 1996, is continuing Stuttgart Ballet’s success story in the role of artistic director since 1996 with a programme schedule which leaves creative space to the younger generation of choreographers and also cultivates the Cranko heritage.
Stuttgart Ballet forms part of the Spring Dance at the London Coliseum Season, an exciting new collaboration between Askonas Holt, Raymond Gubbay and Sadler’s Wells. Over five years this partnership will bring to London many of the world’s great ballet companies, taking advantage of the scale of the London Coliseum to present companies rarely seen in the UK. The opening 2008 season features New York City Ballet; Carlos Acosta with Guests from The Royal Ballet; and Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant in PUSH.
For further information please contact Peter Leone or Becca Hubbard at Arthur Leone PR on 020 7637 2994
Venue: London Coliseum, St. Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4BR
Dates: Tuesday 25th – Sunday 30th March, 2008
Times: Tue – Sat, 7.30pm; Thur and Sat 2pm; Sun, 3pm
Ticket prices: £15 - £75
Box Office: 0871 911 0200
BGOA AGM
The British German Officers’ Association (BGOA) is part of the British German Association and exists to foster strong links between Senior Serving (Past and Present) British and German Officers, or between those serving or retired officers who have an interest in fostering good military relations between the UK and German Armed forces.
The format for AGM 2008 to be held at Bonn from 18 – 20 Apr 08 is as follows:
Fri 18 Apr 08
Evening Reception by the Federal Ministry of Defence, hosted by Staatssekretär Christian Schmidt.
Sat 19 Apr 08
Welcome by General Joachim Spiering
Lectures on:
‘Germany Domestic Security – The Threat and precautionary Measures’
By Dr. Manfred Kerber, Head of Department, German Home Office, Berlin
‘The Situation in Kosovo’
By HE Wolfgang Ischinger, German Ambassador, London
‘The Bundeswehr - Operational Commitments’
By Generalleutnant Karlheinz Viereck, Einsatzführungskommando, Potsdam
‘Impressionen aus der Führungskademie der Bundeswehr’
By Lieutenant Commander Graham Oliver RN (LGAN 07) and Wing Commander Ross Allan RAF (LGAN 06)
‘Homeland Security’
By Dr Sandra Bell, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London
‘UK Defence; The External Context 2008/09’
By Air Marshal Stuart Peach CBE, Chief Defence Intelligence, Whitehall
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Major General Mungo Melvin OBE, General Officer Commanding United Kingdom Support Command (Germany), Mönchengladbach
Eve: Dinner with Aperitif: Terrace/Foyer in front of the Rhein Saal, HILTON Hotel.
Welcome on behalf of the Minister President of North Rhine Westphalia: Staatssekretär Michael Mertes
After Dinner Speaker: The Right Honourable Lord Colin Moynihan, Chairman British Olympic Association
Please contact Col Rob Rider either by
email: 1UKXX-ENGR-CRE@mod.uk or by
phone: 0049 1722 189598
for further details.
APPCCG Meeting with Dr. Hermann Scheer
In conjunction with the Associated Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG)
And the German Embassy in the UK
Committee Room 6, House of Commons
The Chair of APPCCG, Colin Challen MP, is pleased to invite you to the APPCCG meeting, in conjunction with PRASEG and the German Embassy in the UK, with Dr. Hermann Scheer, who will be speaking about his experiences spearheading groundbreaking renewable energy policies in Germany and internationally. Dr. Scheer is the founder of the non-profit European Renewable Energy Association (EUROSOLAR) and the World Council for Renewable Energy and a Member of the German Bundestag, as well as the recipient of an Alternative Nobel Prize. TIME magazine named him one of five “Heroes for the Green Century”.
Dr. Scheer’s speech will be followed by a question and answer session. Please enter by St. Stephen’s Gate and please allow at least 10 minutes to pass through security. If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact Catherine Martin on catherine.martin@carbonneutral.com or tel: +44 (0) 20 7833 6035.
Futuresonic Festival: Wang-Ba
Did you know that Wang-Ba means internet cafe in Chinese? It is also the title of an exciting installation by the Berlin-based artists Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud which will be showcased at the Manchester Art Gallery from 1 to 5 May 2008 as part of the Futuresonic Festival.
The Goethe-Institut Manchester has much pleasure in inviting you to attend a private tour of the installation and a talk with the artists (in German):
Venue: Manchester Art Gallery (admission free)
Wang-Ba
The world is rapidly shrinking into a global village. It doesn’t matter if we live in Stuttgart , Sheffield or Shanghai , we wear Italian clothes, watch Hollywood films and eat sushi so the actual places themselves start to become unimportant: even the internet café itself is now being superceded by wifi. The unique identity and role of Chinatown as a complex socio-cultural world is also not immune from this trend in the face of global trade links and goods. Wang-Ba examines these transitions and reconstructs a social space as open meeting place.
The artists hope very much that you will be able to join them for this special guided tour and discussion in German to explore the complex forms of linguistic, visual and cultural transfer.
Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud live and work in Berlin . In their work the artists explore the limits of self presentation. Their projects picidae and Zone*Interdite attracted critical acclaim in international media and received several awards at international art exhibitions.
Further information and additional dates: www.wang-ba.net
Manchester Art Gallery www.manchestergalleries.org
Follow this link for more information: Futuresonic website
Youthbridge Theatre for Primary Schools
A theatre production with the Galli Theatre from Munich
details to be advised / contact the BGA office or Ute Wegener
Concert in Salisbury Cathedral
Sir Edward Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius"
Tickets: £8 to £20 from Salisbury Playhouse Box Office from the 3rd March
The Rebuilding of an Icon: The Frauenkirche in Dresden
Due to the many bookings we already received we have changed the venue to the Lady Violet Room at the National Liberal Club. Not only will we have more space but we will have the benefit of having our Pre-dinner drinks on the Garden Terrace overlooking the River Thames.
Tickets @ £50 per person, including dinner and wine
The National Liberal Club is at
Whitehall Place
London, SW1A 2HE
nearest Tube: Embankment
Follow this link for more information: For the invitation and to book
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor
Conductor: Mark Ford
Leader: Adrian Chandler
Julia Doyle, Soprano
Julia Gooding, Soprano
Robin Blaze, Countertenor
Mark Wilde, tenor
Colin Baldy, Bass
@ St. John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Tickets £15, £20, £25 (20% off for BGA members, 30% off for Youthbridge School pupils)
to book please phone: 020 7222 1061
Follow this link for more information: Information Leaflet
Crime Novel Author interviewed at the Goethe Institute
Andrea topped the German bestseller list for many weeks with her debut novel, The Murder Farm (Tannod), the story of a real-life murder of a farming family in rural Bavaria. Her second novel, Ice Cold (Kalteis) was also a huge bestseller. Andrea won the German Krimi Preis for both novels, an unprecedented achievement.
The Interview takes place at the Goethe Institute London
50 Prince's Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PH
Follow this link for more information: Goethe Institute Events page
The Youthbridge Awards (northern schools)
The Youthbridge Awards for excellence in German will be held at the
Friesland School
Nursery Avenue
Sandiacre
Nottingham,
NG10 5AF
Tel: 0115 939 7326
Our contact is Mr John Shirt, Head of Languages
2.15pm Arrival and welcome by the Headteacher,
Mr Mike Ruhrmund
2.30pm Awardspresentation by Mr Bob Dance of Siemens
3.00pm Piano Recital by Alex Richards
3.15pm Tea
3.45pm Departure
Follow this link for more information: Map
The Youthbridge Awards (southern schools)
The Youthbridge Awards for excellence in German for the three best Pre-GCSE students of our Youthbridge Schools will be held at the
Goethe-Institut London
50, Princes Gate
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2PH
Programme:
2.15pm Arrival
2.30pm Awardpresentation
by Mr Darius Rahimi,
Cultural Attaché
at the German Embassy
3.00pm Music by Solo Violinist
Edgar Bailey will play for us
English and German music.
3.20pm Tea
4.00pm Departure
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Exhibiton of the work of Sculptor Ernst Blensdorf
The entrance is free.
For further informaion please look at the attached document.
The Museum is in Bruton:
26 High Street
Bruton
Somerset
United Kingdom
BA10 0AA
Follow this link for more information: Press Release
Masterclass: Playing Bach
Playing Bach is important as it gives fundamental knowledge of the main principles of piano playing. This two-hour masterclass run by Russian virtuoso pianist and educator GéNIA will help you to develop techniques that are transferable into many other styles.
There will be opportunities to perform for upto 5 participants. If you would like to be considered to perform in the masterclass please submit the required information in advance by the 26 th June.** We will confirm your participation by the 3rd July. [Suitable for Intermediate + Advanced]
Location: Bauer & Hieber Music, 48 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7BB (nearest tube: Oxford Circus)
Price: £20/£16 concessions (Full time Students, OAP, UB40 and EPTA Members upon presentation of valid proof of ID)
Tickets: Can be purchased online at www.genia-music.com, and in person or over the phone from Bauer & Hieber Music, 47 Great Marlborough Street, London W1, tel +44 (0)20 7292 6090.
Website: www.genia-music.com
Follow this link for more information: Map