MADE IN MIDTOWN BY CONWAY HALL BEES. Conway Hall and BEE Midtown invite you to our From Hive to Jar: BEE Breakfast from 10.00 to 12.00 on Friday 27 April, 2018 at the newly-opened Hive Café @ Conway Hall.
Pianist Maria Canyigueral presents ‘Avant-guarding Mompou’, an exploration of Spanish composer and pianist Frederic Mompou and his Cançons i danses, as part of the Inspired by… series of concerts organised by EUNIC (European Union of National Institutes of Culture) which present new creations by composers from the EU inspired by great European composers.
An evening of readings with Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and three of the fellow poets she most admires: Gillian Clarke (National Poet of Wales, 2008-2016), Imtiaz Dharker & Jackie Kay (Scots Makar, or National Poet for Scotland), along with musical MC John Sampson.
Join us for a special concert as we celebrate the special platform that Conway Hall provided for women musicians during the first few decades of the Sunday Concerts, since it began in 1887 under the previous name of the South Place Sunday Popular Concerts.
Next year’s conference, The Playing Human, is taking shape and will take place on 27-28 September 2018.
