> Bob W wrote: > > >There are however plenty of interesting and uncrowded things to see > and do > >other than markets and block-buster exhibitions. What sort of thing > would be > >of interest? > > Classical music. Early music in particular.
Thomas Tallis was a local boy from Greenwich and the parish church, St. Alfege, often has free concerts of his music, often given by students of Trinity College of Music, which is in the old Royal Naval College here. I'll see if anything's on. In fact, the world's largest early music festival is taking place here in Greenwich in less than 2 weeks' time - 11-13th Nov. It seems to be largely about instruments, but there are also recitals. <http://www.earlymusicshop.com/More/Greenwich_International_Early_Music_Fest ival/diary_of_events.aspx> St. Martin in the Fields, next to the National Gallery, often has concerts on - I think (not sure) that they specialise in early music. These wacky funsters give concerts in some of the nicest churches in London - Wren, Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh etc. <http://www.renaissancesingers.com/The_Renaissance_Singers/Home.html> And of course there are all the usual venues for classical music: Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, ... So there's plenty going on just before you get here, and just after you've left... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
