Spitalfields Festival Ltd

Artform: Music
Region: London
Local authority: Tower Hamlets

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Funding awards

2012-2013: £46,955
2013-2014: £48,035
2014-2015: £49,379

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Spitalfields Music Summer Festival 2013

Spitalfields Music Summer Festival 2013 7 - 22 June Early music - world premieres - music theatre - folk, jazz, electronica - family activities Featuring Associate Artists Early Opera Company and Scanner, leading a programme of music old and new including: Monteverdi with contemporary street dance (featuring Tony Adigun), Handel's Susanna, John Dowland re-imagined with The Haxan Cloak and Gazelle Twin, a caffeinated hour of Bach and opera for 0-2 year olds. Alongside are: The Sixteen, London Sinfonietta, Lady Maisery, The English Concert, Mark Simpson, The Cardinall's Musick, Open Souls, La Morra, Powerplant (with Joby Burgess), Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Living Room in London (with Manu Delago), The Orlando Consort, William Howard, City of London Sinfonia, Women sing East, Arte dei Suonatori, and much more... To explore the programme, head over to: http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/summer-festival-2013/

The Elements @ the Royal Academy of Music - rehearsal

On Monday 4 February, Year 3 & 4 students from Osmani and Kobi Nazrul Primary Schools came together to perform Elemental Songs and Dance at the Royal Academy of Music. A short section of the rehearsal was caught on film by our Learning & Participation Programme Manager Kathryn Allnutt.

In conversation with Paul McCreesh

In the run up to our Summer Festival 2012, we sat down with the director of our Associate Artists Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh to talk about their series of concerts. Touching on all areas of their work, they will be performing a Purcell opera, Stravinsky's Mass setting and an a cappella programme of English pastoralism as well as a very special concert for young ears. For more information about Gabrieli Consort & Players's Associate Artist series, and to book tickets, see our website: http://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/

Spitalfields Music Winter Festival 2012

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Spitalfields Music interviews Associate Artist Matthew Barley

Ahead of our Summer Festival, we sat down with Associate Artist and cellist Matthew Barley. We asked him more about his series on concerts, which includes some of this Festival's more unusual events. He'll be playing chamber pieces without any rehearsal, and exploring what music's actually for, as well as performing John Tavener's The Protecting Veil and spending a day on the wards at the new Royal London Hospital. For more information about Matthew Barley's Associate Artist series, and to book tickets, see our website: http://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk

Spitalfields Music Summer Festival 2012: Melvyn Tan

Melvyn Tan plays excerpts from 'Variations for Judith' - 11 short reflections on Bist du bei mir by G.H. Stölzel arr. J.S. Bach, written by some of today's most widely acclaimed British composers. Melvyn Tan will give the premiere of Variations for Judith alongside J.S. Bach's English Suite No.2 in A minor and English Suite No.5 in E minor at Spitalfields Music's Summer Festival 2012 on Monday 18 June. For full information and to book tickets see www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk or call the Box Office on 020 7377 1362 Variations for Judith will also be performed by Melvyn Tan at this year's Cheltenham Music Festival on Sunday 8 July cheltenhamfestivals.com/music and Cambridge Summer Music on Saturday 28 July cambridgesummermusic.com/ Filmed & Edited by Lightwind Productions http://lightwindproductions.co.uk/

Midsummer Street Party - help us make it happen!

Spitalfields Music is taking to the streets this Summer for an all-inclusive Midsummer Street Party. But we need your help to make it happen. Find out more about the project from the people involved. Help make it happen by donating online now: http://www.justgiving.com/midsummer For more information go to http://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/

Spitalfields Music Summer Festival 2012 Preview

In anticipation of our upcoming Summer Festival, we thought we'd share some of our highlights from 2011 as well a preview of what's to come in June! http://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk http://lightwindproductions.co.uk/

In conversation with La Nuova Musica

We chatted to La Nuova Musica ahead of their performance of Handel's Messiah in our Winter Festival 2011.

We are Shadows Documentary

Documentary on We are Shadows including interviews with participants and behind the scenes footage.

We are Shadows

Film short taken from footage by Andy Weir of Spitalfields Music's commuity opera in pieces - We are Shadows.

Interview with Mira Calix

Mira Calix talks to us at the Fables - a Film Opera launch event!

What Makes a Great Fable?

We asked the lovely Composers, Director and Workshop Leaders of Fables, Matthew Peacock (Chief Executive Streetwise Opera) plus staff at Spitalfields Music "What makes a great fable?" Here are some of the answers they gave us!

Abigail Pogson Executive Director

We caught up with our Executive Director, Abigail, at the launch party for 'Fables - A Film Opera', our collaboration with Streetwise Opera. Click to find out more about this Fables, the Winter Festival 2010 and our ongoing project, Opera in Pieces.

Spitalfields Music

All about Spitalfields Music recorded during the Summer Festival in 2010 Video by Andy Weir

What does Spitalfields Music mean to you?

Video by Andy Weir

Spitalfields Music Summer 2010

A video we made during our Summer Festival 2010 showing how we use the area in and around Spitalfields.

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Creating a Vegetable Orchestra with Jim and Georgie

Learn how to make a 'One Note Carrot Whistler' in preparation for our family day at Arnold Circus on Sunday 13th June. For more information, see our website at www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk or ring 020 7377 1362

Swirling Passages of Time

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Spitalfields Music - The Sixteen in Rehearsal

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers in Rehearsal

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