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Sunday, April 22nd 2012 The Cosmic Jazz Combo: A Brief History of Swingtime

Venue: Assembly Hall, Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0JR

Artists: The Cosmic Jazz Combo

A Brief History of Swingtime

Jazz, always a melting pot of many musical ingredients, often wrongly considered overly intellectual and inaccessible, remains at the forefront of creative music making. The Cosmic Jazz Combo will boldly go where many musicians have gone before, revisiting styles ranging from The Blues to Bebop, Ragtime to Rock and Mainstream to Modern, with music from all time greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis and many more played on a huge variety of instruments.

The Cosmic Jazz Combo is ‐ Joanna Eden ‐ voice and piano; Dave Blackmore ‐ saxophones, clarinets and flute; Paul Jayasinha ‐ trumpet, flugelhorn and cello; Tom Hewins ‐ double bass, electric bass, tuba and trombone; Justin Pickett ‐ drums, percussion and rap; Gerry Hunt ‐ guitar, banjo, saxophones and clarinet.

Hackney Proms present relaxed, family‐friendly, Sunday morning concerts in the refurbished Assembly Hall with coffee and croissants available. Children are welcome!

Sunday, March 4th 2012 The London Klezmer Quartet: A Jewish Odyssey from Clapton to Kiev

Venue: Assembly Hall, Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0JR

Artists: The London Klezmer Quartet

A Jewish Odyssey from Clapton to Kiev

The London Klezmer Quartet takes you on a musical journey across time and space. Experience the highs and lows of Jewish life over three centuries and four continents depicted through music, song and dance. This almost lost music was essential for weddings. The programme captures the drama and emotion of such occasions, featuring heartrending traditional tunes and toe tapping self‐penned melodies. Be prepared to laugh, dance and cry with the LKQ big band: clarinet, accordion, fiddle, cello and double bass.

Hackney Proms are relaxed, informal and family friendly, with coffee and croissants available in the interval. Children are welcome.

Sunday, December 18th 2011 Elements of surprise: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Venue: Assembly Hall, Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0JR

Artists: Battuta

In this original programme, period-instrument ensemble Battuta explore the four Classical elements—Air, Fire, Earth and Water—and their representation in the Baroque period. Thunder, lightning, storms at sea and the fiery descent into hell are depicted in thrilling music by Rameau, Rebel and Telemann, and the more earthly delights of nature by Vivaldi’s most famous work, Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).

Friday, November 25th 2011 ‘My Life and Music’, an evening with Sir Mark Elder CBE

Venue: The Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2 Shepperton Rd, London N1 3DT

Artists: Sir Mark Elder CBE in conversation with Dr. David Sloan

You may purchase tickets by emailing The Rosemary Branch Theatre at rosemarybranchtheatre@googlemail.com.

Sunday, March 20th 2011 J.S. Bach: Church, Court & Coffee

Venue: Assembly Hall, Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0JR

Artists: Battuta

J.S. Bach is best known for his compositions for the Lutheran church, but he was also a committed teacher, father of 20 children, director of music for a prince and was even imprisoned for a month! This concert by period instrument ensemble Battuta gives glimpses of some of the more unusual sides of this fascinating man, including a performance of the humourous Coffee Cantata, written for Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse in Leipzig.

Sunday, November 28th 2010 Homes & Gardens: Mozart in the Round

Venue: Assembly Hall, Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0JR

Artists: Battuta

This entertaining programme explores the masterful operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the public’s craze for performing them at home. Contemporary arrangements for wind octet and string quartet will be performed in-the-round by the period instrument ensemble Battuta, along with dramatised readings from the time.

Tuesday, July 14th 2009 Hackney Empire Spice Festival: No. 3, Leipziger Straße