Music festival organisers announce more details of a packed programme of summer concerts in and around High Barnet

Young musicians will be to the fore during a summer season of concerts to be held at several High Barnet venues including the parish church of St the Baptist.

Barnet viola player Inis Oirr Asano (above), who lives in Underhill, will be appearing with the Elmore Quarter during the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival in June.

Young students will be performing during the summer festival by Jack’s Lake at Hadley Wood which starts with a prelude concert at the parish church on Saturday 11 April.

The programme will include Vivaldi Four Seasons (Ilona Domnich, soprano; Charles Mutter, violinist; and Neil Varley, accordionist).

Summer concerts beside Jack’s Lake start in May and are in aid of the Monken Hadley Common Trust (see details below).

High Barnet Chamber Music Festival opens on Saturday 6 June with a free family concert at 3pm at St Mark’s Church, Barnet Vale, with flautist Hannah Gillingham and harpist Lise Vandersmissen.

Mad Song, a contemporary ensemble (see above) returns to the parish church with a programme themed around Fire and Water at 7.30pm on Saturday 13 June.

Music by Anna Clyne sits alongside works by other contemporary composers including Brett Dean and Richard Causton.

The Elmore Quartet, which has just won the Royal Overseas League string ensemble prize – with viola player Inis Oirr Asano – will be at the parish church at 7.30pm on Saturday 20 June with music by Ravel, Britten, Shostakovich, and Geyer.

The festival closes with a performance by The Portrait Players at the Friends’ Recital Hall, at Queen Elizabeth’s School, at 3pm on Sunday 28 June with music by Strozzi, Caccini, Leonarda, an Elton.

More details: https://www.hbcmf.co.uk/

The prelude concert promoting this summer’s music festival at Jack’s Lake – at the parish church on Saturday 11 April (doors open 6pm) – will include Vivaldi Four Seasons (Ilona Domnich, soprano; Charles Mutter, violinist; and Neil Varley, accordionist).

The summer concerts at Jack’s Lake are May 16 or 17; June 13 or 14; July 11 or 12; August 8 or 9.

The programme will include new arrangements for violin/viola, piano, accordion and voice, Habanera from Carmen, Piazzolla (Libertango and Oblivion), Hans Zimmer (Gladiator), as well as Grieg, Bellini, Gounod and Vivaldi (two Seasons, excerpts from Gloria and Tamerlano).

Jack’s Lake Summer Music Festival: https://ilonadomnich.com/projects/hadley-woods-festival-music-on-jacks-lake/

‘Prelude to Music by Jack’s Lake’ concert at St. John the Baptist Parish Church.

Saturday 11 April, 7pm Tickets £5 -£20 https://www.ticketsource.co.uk

North London’s concert band – Da Capo Concert Band – will be holding its summer concert at the Barnet parish church on Saturday 27 June.

Da Capo Concert Band: https://www.dacapoconcertband.co.uk