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Heritage Open Days is England's largest community led festival of history and culture, involving thousands of local volunteers and organisations. Every year in September it brings people together to celebrate their heritage, community and history. Stories are told, traditions explored, and histories brought to life. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – and it’s all FREE. No need to pre-book.

Find out more about the Heritage Open Days HERE.

On the first Saturday of each month at 6pm, please join us for an evening of music, played on our historic Organ.

Professor Michał Szostak conducts interdisciplinary scientific research in the intersection of management, art, and aesthetics, the results of which are published in leading international publishing houses and journals. Moreover, he obtained a doctorate in musical arts, specializing in organ performance and improvisation, at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He also earned diplomas from The Royal College of Organists in London and Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra in Milan. He records on CDs and regularly publishes books and articles about performance practice, aesthetics, and instrument construction in renowned American, British, Canadian, and Czech periodicals. As a musician-instrumentalist, he conducts a lively international concert activity, performing several dozen recitals yearly in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

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In the aftermath of World War II, art, architecture, fashion, film, music and theatre changed radically. Through the Abercrombie plan to remake London and create new towns, architects remade cities in modernist, brutalist ways. Angry young men and new forms of musical theatre emerged. In Soho, rock'n'roll was born and artists flocked to the Colony Rooms. After the gentle Ealing comedies came social realism. The Festival of Britain highlighted the artistic communities and showcased a brighter future for every citizen. In fine art, Hepworth and Heron, Bacon and others were forging bold new directions. From buttoned-up deference to 'fings aint wot they used to be' this lecture will take you from the end of WWII to the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. Unburdened by the expectations of the past, a new Elizabethan age was one of unlimited possibilities.

Russell Nash trained and worked as an actor, writer, puppeteer and theatre maker for 15 years. In 2015 he qualified as a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Around this time he rekindled his love of art and art history. He now regularly guides the major galleries and museums in London such as the National Gallery, Tate Modern & Britain and the British Museum. He has delivered lectures for institutes and museums, as well as numerous U3A groups and other societies. During Covid lockdowns he devised and delivered more than 30 different virtual tours and lectures to groups from the UK and across the globe.

This event will be online via Zoom and in person at St George's. If you wish to watch online, please register here to get the Zoom link. You can also pay at the door (cash or card).

On the first Saturday of each month at 6pm, please join us for an evening of music, played on our historic Organ.

Ophelia Amar is a French-British musician based in London. She is an active performer both in France and in the UK. Some recent appearances include solo performances at King’s College Cambridge, St George’s Hanover Square, the Temple Church and Grosvenor Chapel in London, Reading Town Hall, and St Albans Cathedral for the 2023 St Albans International Organ Festival. She has a particular interest in music from lesser-known French composers from the 1920s-1930s, contemporary music and chamber repertoire with organ. Since January 2024, Ophelia has been the Administrator of the St Albans International Organ Festival. An Associate of the Royal College of Organists, she plays regularly for services in London. She also has extensive experience teaching the piano and the organ to students of all ages and backgrounds.

No need to book. Please contribute to the retiring collection. 

On the first Saturday of each month at 6pm, please join us for an evening of music, played on our historic Organ.

As a concert organist, Richard Brasier has performed extensively across the UK, Europe, and Asia in recital series and at major international festivals on both period and modern instruments. Recent projects have included surveys of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Robert Schumann (performed on a nineteenth-century pedalflügel), and César Franck. His work has also been broadcast widely on numerous television and radio stations.

No need to book. Please contribute to the retiring collection. 

We think of Christmas as a timeless tradition, perhaps going back to mediaeval days. But many familiar elements go back little further than the Victorian period, and that applies to many of the most popular Christmas carols. This evening we take you back to earlier times, to hear again Christmas hymns, carols and settings that were sung on the village green, around the hearth, and, sometimes, in church, in a different, more rural England. The familiar characters are there – angels, shepherds, the baby in the manger. But the music is different, ranging from exuberant and boisterous to reflective and poignant, all full of the wonder and intense excitement of this special season. On the way we shall all sing together two well-known Christmas carols which do go back to the old times. Finally, as is our tradition at this concert, we will finish with a German piece which this year is a short Bach Chorale from his Christmas Oratorio of 1734.

Most of the music in this evening’s concert comes from manuscript and book sources from well before the Victorian period, and much of it has been little sung for 200 years. We hope you enjoy rediscovering it.

Philip J Price, Musical Director London Gallery Quire

See more about the London Gallery Quire at https://www.lgq.org.uk/ .

The admission price of £8 includes Stollen and a measure of Glühwein or a soft drink if you prefer.
This concert will not be live streamed. Please purchase your ticket online in advance or at the door (cash or contactless).