Thursday 1st October

6.30pm – 8.30pm

Art Exhibition Private View

The exhibition of works by London and international artists will be open on evenings when concerts and events are held, and from 12 noon at the weekends throughout the Festival.

In aid of the North London Hospice.

Friday 2nd October

7.30pm

East Finchley Writers

For many years a group of local writers has met weekly to read and share thoughts on their work. They present a selection across many styles and genres to move, amuse and surprise you.

Admission free. Bucket collection

Saturday 3rd October

12.30pm

Young Artists’ Recital

Claire Bracher, viola da gamba
Liam Byrne, viola da gamba

Two exciting young performers will perform music from English, French and German treasure-houses of duos for bass viol, including works by Orlando Gibbons, Christopher Simpson, M. de Sainte-Colombe and Johannes Schenk.

Tickets: £5; under 18s £1

Saturday 3rd October

7.30pm

London Mozart Players

Acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras, the LMP make a welcome return visit to the Festival. Their programme will include Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto, Britten’s Simple Symphony, a Haydn Symphony and the first performance of Five Nocturnes by Festival Director, Geoffrey Hanson, with Ian Priestley, tenor.

Tickets: Nave £20 ; concs £18; Side Aisles: £15; concs £12; under 18s £1

Sunday 4th October at 4.00pm

Choral Evensong

at Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, N2. Sung by the choir of All Saints’, East Finchley

Holy Trinity Church is one of the oldest buildings in East Finchley. A Victorian gem, it is well worth a visit. Choral Evensong is almost an art form in itself and the service will be sung to music contemporary with the building.

Sunday 4th October

7.30pm

London Vintage Jazz Orchestra directed by Dave Burman

London Vintage Jazz Orchestra pay tribute to the great American hot dance bands and jazz orchestras of the Golden Age of the late 1920s and 1930s. They perform from band arrangements from archive collec-tions and from transcriptions from original recordings.

Tickets: Nave £15; concs £12; Side Aisles £10; concs £8; under 18s £1

Tuesday 6th October

7.30pm

Fleur Adcock & Dannie Abse

Two distinguished poets read from their works in anticipation of National Poetry Day which falls on 8th October.

Tickets: £10; concs £8; under 18s £1

Wednesday 7th October

7.30pm

Pantagruel
Early Music Group

Anna Maria Antonius Wierød’s voice combines with citterns, gitterns, lutes and flutes played by Dominik Schneider and Mark Wheeler bringing to life the passionate music of the Renaissance. They will perform Laydie Louthians Lilte, and Ballads, Ayres and Dances from 17th century Scotland.

Tickets: Nave £15; concs £12; Side Aisles £10; concs £8; under 18s £1

Friday 9th October

7.30pm

Fidelio Piano Quartet

Tamas Andras, violin
Sara-Jane Bradley, viola
Gemma Rosefield, ‘cello
Michael Dussek, piano

We welcome the return of this inspired quartet, who will play music by Mozart, Fauré and Brahms.

Tickets: Nave £20 ; concs £18; Side Aisles: £15; concs £12; under 18s £1