Music, Dance, The Performing Arts
Momentum Charity Opera Gala
Opera from top international soloists, with chorus
Sunday 3 October 2010, 7pm
Doors open: 6.15pm
Food & Drink: bar open
A celebration of opera and favourite songs, performed by top international soloists, including Ashley Holland, the Three ‘Other’ Tenors, plus chorus drawn from the UK’s major opera companies.
The concert is in aid of Momentum, a charity supporting children with cancer and life-limiting conditions in Surrey and South West London.
Previous events have been a sell-out so early booking is strongly recommended.
Tickets: £22 / £17
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Landmark Festival
of Song Fascinating Aida
Long-running comedy cabaret act
Sunday 24 October 2010, 7.30pm
Landmark Festival
of Song The Emperor & the Nightingale
Sing-a-long for all the family
Tuesday 26 October 2010, 2pm
Doors open: 1.15pm
Food & Drink: café open
A thoroughly interactive, sing-a-long experience for families, where you’ll help the performers create the wonderful and unusual sounds of everything from The Emperor’s China Palace to his dark and dangerous Bamboo Forest. So join us for an adventure in a faraway land and an experience you’ll never forget!
Tickets: £5
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Landmark Festival
of Song Gwalia & London Welsh Rugby Club Male Voice Choirs
Traditional, modern and international songs
Wednesday 27 October 2010, 7.30pm
Doors open: 6.45pm
Food & Drink: bar open
Representing the best that Welsh male voice choirs in London have to offer, the joint Gwalia and London Welsh Rugby Club Choir will present a unique taste of Wales and beyond; guaranteeing a night of true 'hwyl' (passion) with their blend of traditional, modern and international songs.
Tickets: £15 / £14 concessions (£13 LAC Members)
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Landmark Festival
of Song Zulu Theatre Company
Zulu songs and dances
Thursday 28 October 2010
Children’s workshops: 10am, 11am, noon
Performance: 2pm
Doors open: 9.15am
Food & Drink: café open
This new and vibrant company of Zulus reaches back into the past to preserve ancient skills, while stretching forwards to contemporary Africa. Direct from Durban in KwaZulu Natal, members of ZULU have performed in the UK as part of The Mighty Zulu Nation and in the West End hit The Lion King. With voices raised in song and feet raised in dance, Zulu bring a message of peace and goodwill to all communities.
Tickets: workshops £6 / performance £5
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Landmark Festival
of Song Twickenham Choral Society
with the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists
Choral music
Saturday 30 October 2010, 7.30pm
Doors open: 6.45pm
Food & Drink: bar open
This well-known local choral society returns with a programme featuring Handel’s Dixit Dominus & Zadok The Priest and Charpentier’s Te Deum. Under the direction of conductor Christopher Herrick, the Society will be joined for this concert by the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists.
Tickets: £15 / £13 concessions
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Landmark Festival
of Song Landmark Sound & Singers – Sing Out!
Jazz, pop, world music and much more
Tuesday 2 November 2010, 7.30pm
Doors open: 6.45pm
Food & Drink: bar open
Our very own Landmark Sound and Landmark Singers will join forces to celebrate their achievements as our resident community choirs for people who just love to sing. The choirs meet weekly during term-time and sing a wide range of non-classical material covering jazz, pop, world music and much more.
Tickets: £5
Landmark Festival
of Song The Groove Academy Weekend
Contemporary song writing workshop
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 November 2010
Saturday (workshop): 10.00am-4.00pm
Doors open: 9.45am
Food & Drink: café open
Sunday (performance): 7.30pm
Doors open: 6.45pm
Food & Drink: bar open
A contemporary song writing workshop for 11 – 16 year olds, led by local youth music school, The Groove Academy. The workshop will be free, but places are limited and must be pre-booked.
Groove Academy empowers young people through music, offering them the chance to create, record and perform urban music and Sunday’s performance will be showcase of their work.
Tickets: £5 (performance)
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Landmark Festival
of Song School Choirs Showcase
Varied repertoires
Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 November 2010
Concerts: 4.00pm & 7.00pm each day
Doors open: 3.15pm
Food & Drink: café open
School choirs from across the borough will perform in a series of non-competitive showcase concerts. Each concert will feature up to four choirs singing a repertoire of their choice.
Tickets: £2
Landmark Festival
of Song London Community Gospel Choir
Choral music
Wednesday 10 November 2010, 7.30pm
Doors open: 6.45pm
Food & Drink: bar open
The Festival will close on an inspirational high with the dynamic London Community Gospel Choir. If any evidence is needed of the power and beauty of the human voice then look no further. Their appearances include Live 8, Glastonbury, the Wembley FA Cup Final and that’s only in the UK! Energetic, inspiring and spirit-filled, however you describe their sound and vision, there ain’t no stopping them now! Don’t miss it!
Early booking strongly recommended.
Tickets: £18 / £15 (£16 / £13 LAC Members)
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online
Thames Philharmonia
Classical music
Saturday 27 November 2010, 7.30pm
Doors open: 6.45pm
Food & Drink: bar open
Hanna Yu is the soloist in Grieg's Piano Concerto for Thames Philharmonia’s Autumn Concert. The programme includes music for 8 horns by Rossini and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Byung-Yun Yu conducts and there will be a special guest appearance by Tiffin Girls' School Chamber Choir directed by David Pim.
Tickets: £12 / £8 LAC Members, seniors & under 18s / £24 family (2 adults & 2 children under 16)
Booking: LAC Members priority booking from 23 July. Public booking from 30 July. Book online