Past Events
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Musical Evening at Leighton House
The British-German Association
invites you to......
...A Musical Evening at Leighton House
12 Holland Park, W14 8LZ (Tube Station: Kensington(Olympia), High Street Kensington)
Thursday 6th October, 2011
6.45 pm Reception
7.30 pm Recital
Join us for a magical evening at Leighton House in Holland Park for a recital by the renowned and award winning pianist, Rupert Egerton-Smith. Leighton House is the former home of LordFrederic Leighton, the famous Victorian painter and sculpture. The house is situated in Holland Park in Kensington and is home to an important collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings.
BGA members and guests will enjoy refreshments in the splendid surroundings of Leighton House and have an opportunity to view the permanent collection and see the interiors. The recital will include music from Chopin and Rachmaninov, to be enjoyed in the intimate settings of one of the beautiful reception rooms.
The Music
Sonatas - Scarlatti
Fantasie-Impromptu - Chopin
Impromptu - Fauré
Preludes - Rachmaninov
Ondine - Ravel
The Pianist
Rupert Egerton-Smith
www.rupertegertonsmith.com
The Tickets
Ticket: £20 per person
Contact: Sue Austin at BGA
T: 020 7235 1922
E: bgalondon@btconnect.com
The British-German Association is a registered charity and funds raised from the evening will help support ‘Youthbridge’ and the provision of German language teaching in UK schools.
The Nutcracker Ball 2011
Please join us for a sparkling evening of superb entertainment, dance and fine food at a most glamourous location in Pall Mall. And of course you can challenge fortune in the famous Nutcracker Casino (fun money provided with your ticket).
Please make up a table of your friends and colleauges, or join us individually.
Champagne Reception 7 pm
Dinner 7.45 pm
After Dinner - Dancing and Nutcracker Casino
Carriages at 1 am
Ticket price £95 per person including Champagne
Please contact Sue Austin at the BGA for further information - bgalondon@btconnect.com or call 0207 235 1922
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MAX RAABE & PALAST ORCHESTER comes to London!
DEBUT UK LIVE SHOW
‘I Can’t Kiss Myself Alone’
LONDON CADOGAN HALL - December 13th
Max Raabe is so hip, so cool, and so German, it hurts. And now the singer and entertainer from Berlin who has enchanted audiences as the leader of his ‘Palast Orchester’ in New York’s Carnegie Hall, at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, or during the wedding of Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese in Ireland, finally steps onto a UK stage. We are thrilled to be able to announce that the debut UK appearance of Max Raabe & Palast Orchester will take place in London, at Cadogan Hall, on December 13th with a show entitled ‘I Can’t Kiss Myself Alone’.
Founded in 1986, Max Raabe & Palast Orchester embodies the high style and musical glory of the 20's and 30's and has been heard by adoring audiences in The United States, Shanghai, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Vienna, Amsterdam, Rome and Tel Aviv, performing over 100 concerts a year.
Max Raabe, who is renowned for his ‘impeccably tuxedoed’ Fred Astaire looks, being a ‘tenderly expressive singer’ and a ‘wry, unsmiling, and nonchalantly charismatic vocalist’ (all according to the New York Times) will be singing both in German and English for this one-off performance.
Tickets went sale on Wednesday October 26th at 9am, and are priced at £25 / £20 / £15. They will be available from:
The Cadogan Hall – 0207 730 4500 / www.cadoganhall.com Stargreen – 0207 734 8932 / www.stargreen.com
Ticketmaster – 0844 844 0444 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk
See – 0844 811 0051 / www.gigsandtours.com
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BGA New Year Reception
Dear BGA Members
Don’t forget if you are in London on Tuesday 10th January, come and join us for a new year drink and canapés at 34 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB. We’d love to see you.
Please let us know if you are intending to come along. There will be a £10 charge per head payable on arrival.