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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
London Theatre and Concert Tour
March 10-25, 2006
Final Event Schedule!!!
SPECIAL EVENT ALERT
Some of you asked at the orientation meeting that I find someone who could talk about the recent religious and immigration issues that have riven Britain and Europe, and I have been able to do so. We will be hearing Professor Michael Fosdal on Friday morning, March 17. Professor Fosdal works with a number of different American university programs, one of which is the UW's own Literary London Program.
In preparation for Professor Micheal Fosdal's Friday morning appearance, we have been able to arrange a tour for up to 20 tour participants of a south London mosque on the afternoon of Monday, March 13. We'll go by underground, and there will be about 15 minutes' walking to and from the mosque from the nearest underground station. Once there we'll be asked to remove our shoes and to sit on the floor for the talk given by the welcoming local Imam. (I understand that some sitting provision can be made for those who are really not physically able to accomplish this trick!) Once back on our feet, all of this will then be followed by some Indian/Pakistani food.
I know some will not be up to an event like this so early in the tour--jet lag does make its demands upon us! I also know that because this event is so late breaking an opportunity, some of you will already have made plans to do something else. So please don't feel badly if for some reason you can't make it. We only have room for 20 anyway.
I'm taking names of those who'd like to go; please let me know as soon as you can so I can get information back to Professor Fosdal as soon as possible.
March 10: Friday
Depart Seattle at 6:30pm via British Airways flight 48.
March 11: Saturday
Arrive London at 12 noon; Coach transfer to Strand Palace Hotel and check in. No event scheduled.
March 12: Sunday.
Morning: 8:30-10:00am. Organizational Meeting and Lecture: John Webster and Roderick Swanston (Music critic and historian, Imperial College, London).
Afternoon. 3:00pm. Concert: Monica Huggett violin, Matthew Halls harpsichord. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for violin and harpsichord. (The Bach Weekend offers a rare chance to hear one of the world's leading Baroque violinists talk about and perform these works.) The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre.
March 13: Monday.
Morning: 9:00-10:20am. Lecture, John Webster.
Afternoon: Time TBA. Visit for up to 20 at south London mosque.
Evening: 7:30pm. Play: As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. Royal Shakespeare Company. Novello Theatre.
March 14 Tuesday. Free Day
March 15 Wednesday.
Morning: 9:00-10:20am. Lecture, Roderick Swanston.
Evening: 7:30pm. Concert: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Felix Mendelsohn, Elijah. Westminster Cathedral (!).
March 16 Thursday.
Morning. 9:00-10:20am. Lecture: John Webster.
Evening: 7:30pm. Concert: Maurizio Pollini, piano. Beethoven Sonata no.1 in F minor, op 2, no 1; Schoenberg 3 Pieces for Piano, op 11; Schoenberg 6 Small Pieces for Piano, op 19; Beethoven Sonata no.29 in B-flat major, 'Hammerklavier', op 106. Barbican Hall.
March 17 Friday.
Morning: 9:00-10:20am. Lecture, Dr. Michael Fosdal, Professor of Government Studies for the UW Literary London Program.
Evening. 7:45pm. Play: Glorious, by Peter Quilter, with Maureen Lipman. The Duchess Theatre.
March 18 Saturday. No Morning lecture.
Afternoon: 2:30pm. Play: Southwark Fair, by Samuel Adamson, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Margaret Tyzack. National Theatre, Cottesloe.
March 19 Sunday. No Morning Lecture.
Morning: 11:30am. Concert: Wigmore Hall coffee Concert: Faure Quartet: Mozart and Faure. (Program to be announced.)
Evening: 7:30pm. Concert: Sibelius En Saga, Mark-Anthony Turnage Your Rockaby; Nielsen Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable.” Joseph Swensen conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with Martin Robertson saxophonist. Barbican Hall.
March 20 Monday. Free Day
March 21 Tuesday.
Morning: 9:00-10:20am. Lecture: John Webster.
Evening: 7:45pm. Play: A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt. Starring Martin Shaw and Alison Fiske, with Sophie Shaw as Margaret. Directed by Michael Rudman. Haymarket Theatre.
March 22 Wednesday.
Morning: 9:00-10:20am. Lecture, Ross Alley, Musicologist from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Evening: 7:30pm. Play: Embers, a new play by Christopher Hampton (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Copenhagen). Directed by Michael Blakemore, and starring Jeremy Irons. The Duke of York's Theatre.
March 23 Thursday.
Morning. 9:00-10:20am. Lecture, John Webster.
Evening. 7:30pm: Concert: Peter Donohoe, playing Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Dumka (Russian rustic scene), Op.59 for piano; Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Sonata No.2, Op.61 and Sonata No.1, Op.12; Sergey Rachmaninov Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2, Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.23 No.1, Prelude in B flat, Op.23 No.2, Prelude in D minor, Op.23 No.3, Prelude in D, Op.23 No.4, Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre.
March 24 Friday.
Morning: 9:00-10:20am. Lecture, John Webster.
Evening. 7:30pm. Play: The Old Country, by Alan Bennett, with Timothy West and Jean Marsh. Trafalgar Studio 1 Theatre.
March 25 Saturday.
Morning. Depart hotel by coach for Seattle via British Airways flight 49.