News & Events
St Michael & All Angels is busy throughout the year, as a community centre as well as a place of worship. Every month, there are concerts and events in the Church and Parish Hall, such as the Chiswick Book Festival in September (right), as well as regular classes and courses on everything from Scottish Country Dancing and Opera to Pilates and Yoga.
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For details of major services see Church Festivals
Forthcoming events in 2016
- Every Wednesday in term time: 'Little Angels' Playgroup St Michael's Church
- Most Thursdays (check dates): Opera Lectures 2pm to 4.15 pm: Parish Hall
This page is under review pending an update to our website - for details of forthcoming events please see noticeboards and the St Michael's newsletter
Events in 2015
Saturday December 12th 6pm: Hogarth Singers Christmas Carol Concert
In Dulce Jubilo with Belmont School Choir www.hogarth-singers.org,
Sunday December 6th 3pm: Children's Christmas Concert - West London Sinfonia
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (narrator Fr Kevin Morris), Peterson: The Twelve Days of Christmas. Come bring your family for an afternoon of fun and to get into that Christmas mood. Always entertaining, Peter and the Wolf is a much loved classic and a great way to introduce children to classical music. The concert lasts approximately an hour, and includes demonstrations from the solo instruments and a chance to conduct. Tickets £10, under 16s £5.Book online here
Saturday November 28th 7.30pm: Chiswick Choir - French Odyssey
Duruflé Requiem, Messe Basse - Fauré, Adore Te - Villette, Salve Regina - Villette, Tantum Ergo - Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine - Fauré. Soloists:
Gwen Martin - Mezzo soprano, Rene Bloice Sanders – Baritone. Tickets £15, £12 conc shttp://www.chiswickchoir.org.uk/concerts/winter-2015.htm
Wednesday November 25th 6.30 for 7pm: Heathrow Third Runway Meeting
organised by the Bedford Park Residents Association with CHATR
Friday November 13th 7.30pm Love Music, Charities Concert 2015 Book now!
Saturday November 14th, 7.30pm Hogarth Singers Autumn Concert
Titled Magnificat, the programme includes Pergolesi's Magnificat and Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer, as well shorter works by Brahms, Bruckner and Handel. The choir's accompanist Andrew Wells will also play two cantatas by JS Bach and Dandrieu. Tickets in advance at £12 or £9 concessions, from www.hogarth-singers.org, or phone 07880 600991, or on the door for £15, £12 concessions.
Friday November 20th 10.30am: Bach to Baby Concert
10.30am to 11.30am St Michael & All Angels Church. Coffee from 10am. Details from www.bachtobaby.com/chiswick
Saturday November 21st, 7.30pm West London Sinfonia - At the Ballet
Prokofiev Cinderella Suite No.1, Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Act 4, John Carmichael Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (Barry Yardley) The West London Sinfonia, west London’s premier amateur orchestra, will be performing two of the best loved ballet suites, as well as showcasing a trumpet concerto by renowned composer John Carmichael. Tickets £14, £12 concessions, £5 child/student.Book online here.
Saturday November 7th at 7.30pm Fairest Isle: An Evening of English Baroque Music
Celebrated British counter-tenor, Robin Blaze, is joined by top musicians in the Early Music world, including Christian Curnyn, Iona Davies and Katharina Spreckelsen. The programme celebrates the instrumental and vocal music of Henry Purcell including some of the greatest pieces of the English Baroque and played on period instruments. Tickets £15 on the door. All proceeds to the St Michael's organ fund.
Tuesday October 6th to Saturday October 17th
Parish Pilgrimage to Cappadocia and Pauline Western Turkey
Saturday October 17th at 7.30pm West London Sinfonia Magna Carta concert. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. Copeland: Lincoln Portrait. Barber: Adagio for Strings. Arnold: Peterloo Overture. Tickets £14, students/children £5. Details and booking
Sunday October 4th at 7.30pm : Sandy Burnett and the West London Bach Consort and Players present the Passion according to St John, by Johann Sebastian Bach. The retelling of Christ's arrest, trial and crucifixion brings together vivid narrative, terrifying crowd scenes, reflective arias and timeless chorales. Free admission – retiring collection in aid of the Upper Room.
Thursday September 10th to Monday 14th: Chiswick Book Festival. http://www.chiswickbookfestival.net
Saturday July 4th 2015, at 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers, with Belmont School Choir, presents Zimbe!
A brilliant fusion of traditional African song and jazz by Alexander L’Estrange. The programme also includes A Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott and Five Negro Spirituals by Sir Michael Tippett. Conducted by Peter Stobart, the choir will also be joined by musicians from Hampton School. Advance tickets are £12 (£9 for concessions) and are available from www.hogarth-singers.org, tel 07880 600991, or £15 (£12 concessions) at the door.
Saturday June 13th to Sunday 28th: Green Days weekend and the Bedford Park Festival. http://www.bedfordparkfestival.org
Friday June 5th: Lunchtime Organ Music
Paul Rosoman, Wellington, New Zealand. 12.30 to 1.15pm St Michael & All Angels Church. First Friday of every month. Free admission, retiring collection
Wednesday May 27th: St Michael's Book Club (1)
8pm in Parish Hall:
'The Aftermath': Rhidian Brooke
For further details and a list of Book Club (1)'s 2015 choice of books click here
Saturday 16th May: Doors open 1pm-5pm
The Falcons Fine Art Big Draw Exhibition
Falcons Boys Annual Art Show
Light refreshments
Interactive big draw experience
Silent Charity Auction
Guest Artist
Free admission: for more information contact www.falconsboys.co.uk
Friday May 1st: Lunchtime Organ Music
Hannah Parry-Ridout, St Mary' Putney. 12.30 to 1.15pm St Michael & All Angels Church. First Friday of every month. Free admission, retiring collection
Monday April 27th at 7.30pm at St Mary Abbots, Kensington at 7pm - Farewell Service for Bishop Paul.
Saturday April 25th, Charmaine Dooley candlelit German Lieder recital
7.30pm in the Church in aid of Macmillan. Tickets £20 to include canapés and a glass of wine from liz.rigden@gmail.com.
Friday April 24th – Election Hustings hosted by Bedford Park Residents Association. The Michael Room
Thursday April 23rd – Bedford Park Society AGM
8pm The Michael Room
Wednesday April 22nd – Licensing of Fr Kevin Morris as Priest in Charge of the Parish of Acton Green. 8pm St Peter’s Church, Southfield Road.
Saturday March 21st at 7.30pm: Chiswick Choir Spring Concert
Mass in B Minor - JS Bach
Saturday March 14th at 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers Spring Concert:
Byrd Mass for 5 Voice, Schubert Mass in G Tikets £12 in advance, £15 at door.
Friday January 2nd: 12.30 to 1.15pm
Lunchtime Organ Music: organist Oliver West of St Michael's
St Michael & All Angels Church. First Friday of every month. Free admission, retiring collection
Thursday January 15th: Book launch
6.30 to 8.30pm - The Road to Donesk by Diane Chandler
St Michael's Parish Hall. RSVP blackbird.digibooks@gmail.com. Drinks and canapes
Thursday January 15th: Opera Lectures term begins
2pm to 4.15 pm: St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall
Sunday January 25th: Parish 'Burns Lunch' with haggis. neeps and tatties
12.30pm St Michael's Parish Hall
Wednesday January 28th: St Michael's Book Club 1
Venue: Parish Hall at 8pm
Choosing books for 2015
Friday January 30th: Bach to Baby Concert
10.30am to 11.30am St Michael & All Angels Church. Coffee from 10am. Details from www.bachtobaby.com
Friday January 30th: Bedford Park Society Winter Party
8pm to 11pm St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £10 per head from Zecca, 88 Turnham Green Terrace, W4 1QN. All welcome.
Saturday January 31st: Charity Quiz Supper
St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Doors open at 7pm. To reserve a table for 8 or be part of a table for this traditional fun event please contact Alyson Mitchell
Tickets £22.50 includes a delicious supper.
Saturday January 31st: Charity Concert for Great Ormond Street
Song Recital by Charmaine Dooley. Doors open 7.15pm, concert 8pm, St Michael and All Angels Church. Details and donations: www.justgiving.com/RecitalforGOSH
Thusday February 5th Hogarth Singers 'Come and Sing Faure's Requiem'
Doors open at 6.45pm - singing from 7.30pm
St Michael & All Angels Church
Tickets £10 (price includes light refreshments - wine extra)
Music available for hire - £2
For more information call Sue on 07880600991
Friday February 6th: Lunchtime Organ Music: Richard Moore
12.30 to 1.15pm St Michael & All Angels Church. Richard Moore of St Martin in the Fields plays works by Bach, Franck, Brahms and Reger. First Friday of every month. Free admission, retiring collection
Saturday February 7th: West London Sinfonia Concert
7.30pm St Michael & All Angels Church ,Fetes Champetre
Fetes Champetre - John Carmichael
Pulcinella Suite - Stravinsky
Symphony No.3 - Mendelssohn
Sunday February 8th: Confirmation Service
St Michael & All Angels Church
LENT
Wednesday February 18th: Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.
12.30pm: Mass & Imposition of Ashes; 5pm: Children's service & Ashing; 8pm: Choral Mass & Imposition of Ashes - Preacher: Father Kevin Morris, Vicar.
During Lent, we hold a series of simple Lent lunches in aid of St Michael’s three charities. If you can host a lunch in your home on March 8th, please call the Parish Office
We also have a series of visits to places where we can reflect on the connections between faith and the arts, together with Lent Study Groups, and a series of Lent sermons exploring the Christian theology of the body and of our living and dying.
For full details of our extensive Lent programme click here
Saturday February 21st: Dorothy Croft Trust for Young Musicians Concert
Piano Appassionato
Daniel Ciobanu (Piano)
Yulia Chaplina ( Piano)
7.30pm - 9.30pm St Michael and All Angels Church
Wednesday February 25th: St Michael's Book Club (1)
8pm in Parish Hall:
'Suspended Sentences': Patrick Modiano
For further details and a list of Book Club (1)'s 2015 choice of books click here
Friday February 27th: Bach to Baby Concert
10.30am to 11.30am St Michael & All Angels Church. Coffee from 10am. Details from www.bachtobaby.com
Friday March 6th: Lunchtime Organ Music
Dr Andrew Earis, St Martin-in-the-Fields. 12.30 to 1.15pm St Michael & All Angels Church. First Friday of every month. Free admission, retiring collection
Saturday March 14th at 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers Spring Concert:
Byrd Mass for 5 Voice, Schubert Mass in G Tikets £12 in advance, £15 at door.
Saturday March 21st at 7.30pm: Chiswick Choir Spring Concert
Mass in B Minor - JS Bach
Friday March 27th at 7.30pm for 8pm- How to Make a Drama out of a Dead Sheep. Graham Seed, Denise Silvey and Jonny Mairland discuss their new play about the downfall of Margaret Thatcher. Admission free, collection in aid of St Michael's Lent Charities Appeal.
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