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Tchaikovsky at Cripplegate

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Richard AH White

EastSheenMatters rarely reports from out of parish but the performance on 14 December of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major in the setting of St. Giles without Cripplegate was so exceptional as to require recognition outside the City of London. … Continue reading →

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Songs of Life and Loss at Christ Church Wednesday 26 November at noon

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Richard AH White

Chris Murphy is a Bass-Baritone. Izzy Mohan is a British/Spanish pianist, conductor and singer. Winterreise – Schubert Good night opens the cycle and explains the protagonist’s love of rambling and their lost love. The Weathervane captures the energy of a … Continue reading →

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Stiff Joints – in Conversation with Brian Coope

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Richard AH White

Stiff Joints is well known around the music venues of south west London – and beyond. As always with groups of this type there have been changes over the years and not everyone is available for every gig. The main … Continue reading →

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A Musical June

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Richard AH White

There are many concerts and recitals locally in June. A summary might help. All Saints Church 7th June at 7.00pm Sheen Gate Choir and Richmond Orchestra £20 on the door All Saints Church, Sunday 8th June, at 5.00pm. Charlie and … Continue reading →

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Barnes Music Festival – 15 – 30 March 2025

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Richard AH White

Barnes Music Festival is a truly local festival and not just a music festival. It offers literary and film features as well! The Festival started in 2013, celebrating the centenary of Gustav Holst’s residency in Barnes, and has gone from … Continue reading →

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Orange Tree Theatre

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Richard AH White

Last Thursday it was announced that the Executive Director, Hannah Streeter, was leaving the OTT for prestigious pastures new in Stratford East in June 2025. This Monday, the Orange Tree Theatre was awarded ‘Theatre of the Year’ alongside Nottingham Playhouse … Continue reading →

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Your local singer Lulu Ash

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Richard AH White

Sheen resident Louise Hunt is well known in south west London as singer and songwriter LuLu Ash. Why Ash you might ask? With typical artistic thinking she combined the fallout from the Phoenix, one of her early songs, with the … Continue reading →

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And now for something completely different.

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Richard AH White

Did you know that Jungle music’s greatest ever MC is buried in Mortlake?  A month or so ago, I attended a screening of music documentary Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story at the Odeon in Kingston. Most of this blog’s … Continue reading →

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Synaesthesia

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Richard AH White

Synaesthesia is a type of ‘merging of the senses’. It is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.There are various types. Between 4% and … Continue reading →

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