Annual Concert Lauderdale House
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Tony Clayden's London Light Music Group Review
Another year has simply flown by and so it was time once again for many of us 'regula
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Annual Concert at Lauderdale House 2024
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The Bank Holiday Monday was beset by somewhat disappointing weather for late May It was unseasonably cool and although the sun made a rather half-hearted attempt to shine, it was punctuated by occasional showers. However, those who braved the journey to Lauderdale House, on Highgate Hill in North London, were certainly not disappointed !
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Annual Concert at Lauderdale House 2022
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by Tony Clayden for the Light Music Society
A pleasantly warm and sunny day was the backdrop for the annual concert of the ADRO, which was given at its regular venue, Lauderdale House on Highgate Hill, North London.
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Aspidistra at Lauderdale House again - Live and on-line
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Review by Tony Claydon for LondonLightMusic.org.uk
After a year’s absence – perforce due to the Covid virus – and following a miserably wet and mostly cold May, a wonderfully warm and sunny Spring Bank Holiday Monday heralded a most welcome return of the Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra to the historic Lauderdale House on Highgate Hill, North London.
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May Day Concert 2018
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Review by London Light Music Group
Another twelve months have sped by, and it was time for the 2018 May Bank Holiday concert performed by the Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra, which took place once again in the Gallery of Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, in North London. This house has a long history; it dates from 1582 and was briefly the home of King Charles II 's mistress, the famous (infamous ?) Nell Gwyn, whose ghost is reputed to haunt the building even unto this day !
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Review of the May Bank Holiday Concert 2017
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An extensively re-furbished Lauderdale House, in North London’s Highgate Village, was the venue for the annual Spring Concert given by the Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra.
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Concert at Burgh House, Hampstead
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A rather chilly Monday May 30th saw the 2016 Spring Bank Holiday Concert given by the Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra. This was their fifteenth consecutive event and, after a number of years at Lauderdale House in Highgate, for this year the concert returned to its original ‘home’, Burgh House in Hampstead. This has a fine, if somewhat compact, music room, which was totally filled to capacity; this did not deter the audience from enjoying a really splendid afternoon of high quality ‘Palm Court’ music.
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Spring Bank Holiday Concert
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Review by Alastair Wills
This was my first concert seeing this very talented group of musicians, and I was impressed!
They aim to play what was once popular "light music" from the Edwardian and inter-war era, and also some more recent tunes from the 1950's and 1960's.
It reminded my in many ways of listening to some of the music on Alan Keith's programme "Your Hundred Best Tunes" which ran on Radio 2 for many years from 1959.
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Bunny Dexter of Bundex productions (2001)
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We were very glad to have come across the CD of the Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra when we were editing "The Producer Prince" and were quick to chose it as the background music for our film. "The Producer Prince" is a documentary based on interviews with Prince Alessandro Tasca di Cuto, the son of an illustrious Sicilian family.
Born in 1906, he was brought up in the splendour of his forebear's baroque palaces. Sadly, his father squandered the family fortunes and died penniless in 1927.
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Sally Peterson, Classic FM
One of the highlights of the Positive News Midsummer Fair, held at Shakespeare’s Globe, was the Palm Court Orchestra, Aspidistra, playing in the garden of the neighbouring Cardinal's Wharf. Seated on a platform placed over the pond, in front of the evocative ruined folly, they played an array of Palm Court music.
The seventeen century house and garden right next door to the Globe had been opened to visitors of the fair, creating an oasis of ‘turn of the century’ calm.
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