THE ARTS CALENDAR Spring 2022 - Harrow School
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THE ARTS CALENDAR
Spring 2022DRAMA RATTIGAN SOCIETY PRODUCTION: Tickets are required for all performances. CHARIOTS OF FIRE For information on availability, or to tell Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 and us about any accessibility requirements, Friday 25 February contact theatre@harrowschool.org.uk or 7.30pm – Ryan Theatre call 020 8872 8344. 1924. The Paris Olympic Games. Two young track athletes who live for the beautiful purity of running and who prevail in the face of overwhelming odds. Based on the extraordinary true story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, and the Oscar- winning film, Mark Bartlett’s Chariots of Fire is an Olympic tale of hope, honour and belief. For this year’s senior Rattigan Society production, girls from St Dominic’s Sixth Form College join a large ensemble cast in a Ryan Theatre auditorium reconfigured to capture the drama of the race! Adam Cross, Director of Drama, directs. THE GROVE AND LYON’S HOUSE PLAY: METAMORPHOSES Thursday 10 and Friday 11 March 7.30pm – Ryan Theatre Stranded by floods, Theseus and his men take shelter in the subterranean home of a river god. They pass the evening telling tales. The Grove and Lyon’s join forces in an adaptation of Ovid’s subversive epic in which mythological stories are woven together with the common theme of change. This adaptation includes original writing by Harrow boys, directed by Thomasin Bailey and Eoin Bentinck. Front cover: Newlands House Play 2021: The Bloody Chamber
MUSIC
BEETHOVEN IN HEAVEN To book tickets go to https://www.trybooking.
co.uk/BJAO or scan the QR code.
Friday 14 January
7.30pm – Speech Room
Although Schubert only lived for one and a half years
after the death of Beethoven in 1827, he composed
some of his finest and most transcendental music in
that time. Music that truly could have been written
by Beethoven in Heaven. This concert shows, through
music for violin and piano, that transition of Schubert
from disciple to master. Come and join Dimitar Burov SPRING TERM CONCERT
and Colin Stone for a beautiful concert to start 2022.
Saturday 12 March
8pm – Speech Room
SINGING PRIZES
A chance to hear the larger School ensembles,
Thursday 27 January including the Orchestra, Big Band and the String
7.30pm – Speech Room Orchestra. This concert always delivers something
for every musical taste.
Boys compete for the Singing Prizes under the watchful
eyes and ears of internationally renowned soprano
Dame Emma Kirkby. Always a wonderful evening. CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT:
VERDI’S REQUIEM
HOUSE INSTRUMENTAL COMPETITION Tuesday 22 March
Sunday 6 February 7.30pm – Speech Room
4.30pm Solo Round – Music Schools Harrow School Choral Society is joined by the
7.30pm Small Ensemble – Music Schools girls of Francis Holland, professional soloists and
orchestra for one of the most dramatic Requiems
Monday 7 February
ever composed.
7.30pm Large Ensemble – Speech Room
To book tickets go to https://www.trybooking.
One of the highlights of the musical calendar, this co.uk/BIRA or scan the QR code.
promises a feast of music as the boys compete in three
classes: Solo, Small Ensemble and Large Ensemble.
We are joined by Mr James Lark, Director of Music at
Westminster Abbey Choir School.
THE TALLIS SCHOLARS ‘1572’
Saturday 26 February
8pm – Speech Room BIG BAND CONCERT AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE,
“….the rock stars of Renaissance vocal music….” (The LONDON
New York Times).
Friday 25 March
We welcome The Tallis Scholars for the first
7.30pm – Queen’s College, Harley Street
time since 2014 to present a special Harrow 450
programme of music. The Big Band joins forces with some wonderful
vocal talent from Queen’s College for a seriously
The programme will include music by William Byrd
cool evening.
(who became a Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal in
1572), motets by Palestrina from his second book of
motets published the same year and will conclude For information about these concerts contact
with a performance of Tallis’ Spem in Alium, for which the Music Schools Administrator at music@
The Tallis Scholars will be joined by singers from harrowschool.org.uk or call 020 8872 8231.
Harrow School and Francis Holland School. Early
booking is advised.ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY OLD SPEECH ROOM GALLERY
UPPER SIXTH FORM A-LEVEL ART HARROW 1572–2022
EXHIBITION Thursday 24 February–Friday 24 June
Friday 18–Friday 25 March The 450th anniversary of the signing of the
Pasmore Gallery School Charter by Elizabeth I provides the perfect
This exhibition celebrates the creative and opportunity to exhibit the best paintings, prints,
imaginative endeavours of our Upper Sixth engravings, archival documents and sculptures
Form A-level artists. Work on display reflects the portraying the development of the School from its
eclectic, diverse and personal array of interests foundation to the present day. Newly discovered,
that our artists have developed since the newly accessioned, newly conserved and newly
beginning of the academic year. The exhibition researched objects will be displayed alongside
will open with a private view at 5.30pm on more familiar artworks for the first time.
Friday 18 March.
The OSRG is generally open to the public
A-LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW between 2.30pm and 5pm on Tuesdays,
Tuesday 8–Friday 25 February Thursdays and Fridays in term time.
Occasionally the gallery is closed for School
6pm – Pasmore Gallery business. Please call 020 8872 8205 to check
A showcase for the coursework of our current opening times and dates before planning
A-level Photography students. The wide variety your visit.
of images covers everything from environmental
issues to cutting-edge street photography. The
exhibition will open with a private view at 6pm
on Tuesday 8 February.
For more information and Pasmore Gallery
opening times, contact Laurence Hedges,
Director of Art, at lwh@harrowschool.org.uk.
THE ARTS CALENDAR Spring 2022JANUARY
Beethoven in Heaven: Music by Beethoven
Friday 14 7.30pm Speech Room
and Schubert
Sunday 16 Teatime Concert 4pm Speech Room
Tuesday 18 Lunchtime Music: Andre Ma (flute) 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Friday 21 Woodwind Evening 7.30pm Speech Room
Teatime Concert 4pm Speech Room
Sunday 23
Music for Guitar 5pm Music Schools
Tuesday 25 Lunchtime Music: Music for Brass 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Thursday 27 Singing Prizes 7.30pm Speech Room
FEBRUARY
Tuesday 1 Lunchtime Music: Joseph Wragg (violin) 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Byron Consort: Evensong at
Wednesday 2 5.30pm Chichetster Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral
An Evening of 20th-Century English Song:
Friday 4 Tom Moy (baritone) and 7.30pm OH Room
David Woodcock (piano)
House Instrumental Competition:
4.30pm Music Schools
Solo Round
Sunday 6
House Instrumental Competition:
7.30pm Music Schools
Small Ensemble
House Instrumental Competition:
Monday 7 7.30pm Speech Room
Large Ensemble
Byron Consort: Lunchtime Concert at
1pm St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen Walbrook
Tuesday 8
Lunchtime Music: Music for Flute 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
A-Level Photography: exhibition opens 6pm Pasmore Gallery
Tuesday 22 Lunchtime Music: Chamber Music 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Rattigan Society Production:
Wednesday 23 7.30pm Ryan Theatre
Chariots of Fire
Harrow 1572–2022: exhibition opens Old Speech Room Gallery
Thursday 24 Rattigan Society Production:
7.30pm Ryan Theatre
Chariots of Fire
Rattigan Society Production:
7.30pm Ryan Theatre
Chariots of Fire
Friday 25
Open Mic Evening 9.10pm Recording Studio
A-Level Photography: exhibition closes Pasmore Gallery
Saturday 26 The Tallis Scholars in Concert '1572' 8pm Speech Room
South East Schools Chamber Music
Sunday 27 4.30pm Speech Room
Festival ConcertMARCH
Lunchtime Music: A-Level Performances 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Tuesday 1 Great St Bartholomew’s
Byron Consort 20th-Anniversary Concert 7.30pm
Church, Smithfield
Tuesday 8 Lunchtime Music: Flute Quartet 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Wednesday 9 Music for Lent: Byrd Mass for Four Voices 9.10pm Chapel
The Grove and Lyon’s House Play:
Thursday 10 7.30pm Ryan Theatre
Metamorphoses
The Grove and Lyon’s House Play:
Friday 11 7.30pm Ryan Theatre
Metamorphoses
Saturday 12 Spring Concert 8pm Speech Room
Sunday 13 Teatime Concert 4pm Speech Room
Monday 14 OH Room Concert 7.30pm OH Room
Lunchtime Music: GCSE Performances 1.30pm St Mary’s Church
Tuesday 15 South East Schools Chamber Music St George's Hanover
7.30pm
Festival Finals Square, London
Wednesday 16 Music for Lent: Byrd's Mass for Five Voices 9.10pm Chapel
Upper Sixth Form A-Level Art:
Friday 18 5.30pm Pasmore Gallery
exhibition opens
Tuesday 22 Choral Society Concert: Verdi's Requiem 7.30pm Speech Room
Music for Lent: Byrd's Mass for
Wednesday 23 9.10pm Chapel
Three Voices
Queen’s College,
Big Band Concert at Queen's College 7.30pm
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Harley Street, London
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