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SAVE THE DATE! Alistair McGowan at the 1901 Arts Club

We’re excited to announce two dates with comic, actor, writer and pianist Alistair McGowan at the convivial 1901 Arts Club.

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Alistair McGowan : 3-in-1

Poetry, comedy and piano 

Alistair brings you the comedy and impressions for which he is known and loved, plays short piano favourites by Chopin, Grieg, Elgar, Satie and others, and reads from his newly-published poetry collection.  Expect beautiful music, poignant poems and spot-on mimicry. It’s three great shows in one!

Tuesday 11 March 2025 

Alistair McGowan : “Erik Satie : his words, his music, your ears”

Using Satie’s own surreally comedic writings and extracts from his letters as well as playing many of his best known short piano works, Alistair tells the story of Erik Satie’s bizarre, brave and lonely life. With vocal contributions from soprano, Charlotte Page. “A perfect Edinburgh show” (Stephanie Merritt, The Observer) 

Tickets will be on sale soon. If you haven’t yet discovered the 1901 Arts Club, an intimate salon-style small venue close to Waterloo station, now is the time to do so! (See our listings for other concerts at this exquisite gem of a venue).

https://www.1901artsclub.com

Alistair McGowan
Music salon at the 1901 Arts Club

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ALISTAIR McGOWAN ‘3-in-1’ at the 1901 Arts Club

Alistair McGowan – impressionist, comic, writer and pianist – brings you the comedy and impressions for which he is known and loved, plays short piano favourites by Chopin, Grieg, Elgar, Satie and others, and reads from his newly-published poetry collection.

Expect beautiful music, poignant poems and spot-on mimicry.

It’s three great shows in one!

Part of the 7 Star Arts concert series.
In support of the ENO Benevolent Fund
Doors open 6.30pm for 7.30pm start

Alistair McGowan

Housed in a converted schoolmaster’s residence just a few minutes walk from Waterloo Station, the 1901 Arts Club is an intimate, convivial chamber music venue whose ethos, ambiance and decor is inspired by Europe’s ninteenth-century Salon culture

1901 Arts Club

Music Salon at the 1901 Arts Club

 

TIM POSNER (cello) & JOSEPH HAVLAT (piano) at the 1901 Arts Club

7 Star Arts proudly presents a recital by cellist Tim Posner and pianist Joseph Havlat.
Tickets £30
Programme TBA
Part of the 7 Star Arts concert series at the 1901 Arts Club, in support of the ENO Benevolent Fund
Doors open 6.30pm for 7.30pm start

Housed in a converted schoolmaster’s residence just a few minutes walk from Waterloo Station, the 1901 Arts Club is an intimate, convivial chamber music venue whose ethos, ambiance and decor is inspired by Europe’s ninteenth-century Salon culture

1901 Arts Club

Music Salon at the 1901 Arts Club

 

Classic Cole: The Life of Cole Porter in Music & Words

Sofia Kirwan-Baez (voice) & Alex Norton (piano) present an evening of music and anecdotes from the life of Cole Porter
Tickets £30
Part of the 7 Star Arts concert series at the 1901 Arts Club, in support of the ENO Benevolent Fund
Doors/bar open 6.30pm, concert starts at 7.30pm
Sofia Kirwan-Baez (voice) and Alex Norton (piano) bring you an evening of highlights and anecdotes from the life of Cole Porter, accompanied accordingly by his wonderful music.
Turning away from a comfortable life as a lawyer in Indiana, the bold Cole Porter opted for an extravagant life writing for musicals. We will be recounting the colourful stories of a man at the dawn of America’s Golden Age era for musicals, known for incessantly challenging boundaries throughout his life.
From some of his earliest numbers in 1919 (from Hitchy-Koo) to High Society in 1956, our 90-minute-long whistle-stop tour will comprise the likes of What is this thing called Love? , Love for Sale , Night and Day , So in Love , C’est Magnifique , I love Paris , among many other masterpieces.
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Fresh from her performances as Musetta in Longborough Festival Opera’s La Bohème, Sofia Kirwan-Baez (Young Artist at the National Opera Studio 23/24) has performed at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Sadler’s Wells, the Royal Opera House (the Crush Room), Wales Millennium Centre, the Royal Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Usher Hall, among others. She has hosted Cabaret-Piano Lounge nights at the OSO Arts Centre since October 2020.
Alex Norton is a British pianist and continuo player, who trained as a Young artist at the National Opera Studio (2022/23). Alex has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Wigmore Hall, various internationally-renowned European venues, and made his concerto debut with the Leeds Symphony Orchestra performing Gershwin’s piano concerto.

Praise for 7 Star Arts:
“a truly uplifting evening- beautiful music!”
“as good as Wigmore Hall!”
“such a friendly atmosphere…”
“Inspiring, inspired”
 

SARAH WILLIAMSON (clarinet) & SAM HAYWOOD (piano) at the 1901 Arts Club

Sarah Williamson – clarinet
Sam Haywood – piano
PROGRAMME
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Francis Poulenc – Clarinet Sonata
Carl Maria von Weber – Grand Duo Concertante, Op.48
Robert Schumann – Fantasiestucke, Op.73
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in f minor
George Gershwin – Crazy Girl / I Got Rhythm
Tickets £30
Part of the 7 Star Arts concert series at the 1901 Arts Club, in support of the ENO Benevolent Fund
Doors/bar open 6.30pm, concert starts at 7.30pm

Praise for 7 Star Arts:
“a truly uplifting evening- beautiful music!”
“as good as Wigmore Hall!”
“such a friendly atmosphere…”
“Inspiring, inspired”