Victoria & Pimlico

6 December 2009

St Margaret's Church  SW1P 3JX[map]

On the feast day of Saint Nicolas, City of London Sinfonia joins the choir of St Margaret's to perform Benjamin Britten's dramatic Saint Nicolas cantata, in a special concert to support the repair of the historic church of St Margaret's. Benjamin Britten: Te Deum and Jubilate in C; James Macmillan: A new song; Edgar Bainton: And I saw a new heaven; Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars; Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis.

27 January 2010 to 16 May 2010

Tate Britain SW1P 4RG[map]

In 2010 Tate Britain will present a major survey of the work of Chris Ofili. Since his emergence in the mid 1990s, Ofili has built an international reputation with his intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings that bridge the sacred and the profane, popular culture and beliefs. This will be the most substantial exhibition of his work to date, bringing together approximately 45 paintings. Covering the period from the mid 1990s to the present day, it will also include pencil drawings and watercolours, as well as new work brought directly from the artist's studio in Trinidad. Works selected for this exhibition include signature pieces from the 1990s, such as Afrodizzia (2nd version) 1996, The Holy Virgin Mary 1996, and Blossom 1997. These exuberant paintings are renowned for their rich layering and inventive use of mixed media, including balls of elephant dung that punctuate the canvas and support them at their base, as well as glitter, resin, map pins and magazine cut-outs. Among these works will be No Woman, No Cry 1998, a tender portrait of a weeping female figure, created in the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence enquiry. Brought together, these works will show how the artist's formal inventiveness and experimentation have developed into a distinctive iconography, fusing hip-hop culture, spirituality, folklore, and the natural world.

14 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Henry VIII was crowned King of England 500 years ago and, as founder of Christ Church, it is particularly fitting that tonight's programme opens with music from his sumptuous court, before setting out on a journey around Europe, to celebrate some of its most famous carols, old and new.

12 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Programme to include seasonal music, carols with audience participation and Britten Ceremony of Carols.

2 May 2007 to 30 April 2012

Tate Britain SW1P 4RG[map]

A two-room display featuring works on paper by the artist Turner, with a variety of experiments and interactive displays which demonstrate his working methods and techniques. Visitors can learn about printmaking and experience scientific experiments with colour and light which formed a background to Turner's work.

4 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

The Crypt Choir Of The King's School presents a selection of seasonal music in aid of the charity London Music Masters which supports free music tuition in London State Schools.

Daily Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day

Westminster Abbey SW1P 3PA[map]

Follow in the footsteps of Langdon and Neveu by visiting the places featured in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. These include Temple Church, Fleet Street, King's College, St James's Park and many more. These private tours cater to small or large groups, upon demand. An expert from British Tours LTD will be guiding you in a private vehicle, and can pick your group up from any requested location in London. This is a half-day tour.

1 December 2009 to 29 December 2009

Tate Britain SW1P 4RG[map]

Dew-Drenched Furze 1889-90 is regarded as one of the great achievements of John Everett Millais's later career. Showing sunlight on the gorse at the Scottish Murthly Estate, it is an uncharacteristically abstract work for Millais, who took Romantic art in a new symbolist direction with this sombre painting. Hear more at this fifteen-minute talk.

4 December 2009

PACHA [map]

Dirty Disclosure returns to the illustrious Pacha London to celebrate its second birthday. Main Room features DJs Till West, Miss Divine, Jesse James, Local Heroes, Dom Chevez, Sons of Audio and George Turner. Global Room sees DJs Twisted Twins, Rock and Coad, James Murray, Cook and Finn, Filth Fanatics and Multiplayerz.

26 November 2009

Tate Britain SW1P 4RG[map]

On the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto, join critical thinkers Terry Eagleton, Simon Critchley, Kate Soper, Eyal Weizman, and chair Alberto Toscano in exploring a century of radical thinking and the arts - and debating what lies ahead. The recent Futurism exhibition at Tate Modern reminds us of an age when politics and aesthetics were densely interwoven in an explosive rejection of the past. This distinguished panel will assess the legacy of modernism to ask how today's radical thinkers might understand the role of the arts at the dawn of the twenty first century and beyond. Booking is recommended.

Every Tue, Thu 10:30 PM - 12:00 PM Closed Christmas Day

Tate Britain SW1P 4RG[map]

Explore drawing through discussion and practical work. Students can observe, develop ideas and learn to think imaginatively. Pupils analyse artworks critically and record personal responses in their own sketchbooks.

30 November 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Wagner: Overture Rienzi; Weber: Bassoon Concerto (2nd & 3rd movts); Saint-Saëns: Septet; Holst: Second Suite in F op.28 no.2; Bedford: Sun Paints Rainbows on Vast Waves; Trad.: Songs of Africa.

15 September 2010 to 16 January 2011

Tate Britain SW1P 4RG[map]

One of photography's early pioneers, Eadweard Muybridge is be subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain. Bringing together around 150 works, this exhibition explores how British born Muybridge documented the landscape and people of America when the 'New World' was first emerging as a modern country. Focusing on the period of rapid technological and cultural change from 1870 to 1904, the exhibition will be centred around Muybridge's celebrated experimental works showing animals and humans in motion. These photographs used new mechanisms that Muybridge invented himself to freeze the image of a galloping horse or a somersaulting acrobat. This revolutionary motion-capture technique produced iconic images that have profoundly influenced generation upon generation of photographers, artists and filmmakers.

8 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Programme to include Trad.: Once in Royal David's City; A Child is Born in Bethlehem; Good King Wenceslas; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium; Leighton: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child; Whiteacre: Lux Aurumque; works by John Williams and selections from Faryl Smith's forthcoming album.

30 January 2010

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

de Hartmann: Two Nocturnes op.84; Violin Sonata op.51; de Hartmann/Gurdjieff: Asian Songs and Rhythms; Music of the Sayyids and Dervishes; Hymns, Prayers and Rituals; Hymns from a Great Temple.