6-9 Nov 2006
The Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PH
If you are interested in taking part in the festival, please send an e-mail (in English) to mail@propatrimonio.com and order your tickets.
Programme:
Monday 6 November 2006
19.00-22.00: Reception and Private View of paintings by Celia Ward of animal imagery in Moldavian and Maramuresean masks, actual masks and costumes, and Oltenian carpets by Elisabeta Murgu
Canapés and champagne will be served.
The exhibition will be open from 11.00-18.00 on 7, 8 and 9 November 2006.
Tickets: £15
Tuesday 7 November 2006
19.00: Violin and piano recital with Andrei Gocan (violin) and Daniel Adni (piano)
Brahms (1833-1897): Scherzo from the ‘FAE’ Sonata;
Schubert (1797-1828): Violin Sonata (Sonatina) in G Minor, D 408;
George Enescu (1881-1955): Third Violin Sonata Op 25 in A minor ‘dans la caractère populaire roumain’ (1926);
Henri Wienawski (1835-1880): Concert Polonaise Op 4.
Wine and canapés will be served after the concert.
Tickets: £15
Wednesday 8 November 2006
19.00: Illustrated lecture ‘Man or Mamaliga: Masks and Masquerade in North-East Romania’ by Sarah Posey
Gabriel Hanganu will make an intervention at the end of Sarah Posey’s lecture and present an excerpt from a film, still in production, on masks and masquerades in Moldavia.
Wine and canapés will be served after the lecture.
Tickets: £15
Thursday 9 November 2006
19.00: Lecture-recital ‘Music folklore and the Byzantine musical tradition: their role in shaping the Romanian school of composition’ by Ion Minoiu
Wine and canapés will be served after the lecture-recital.
Tickets: £15
Events supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute additional to the events listed above:
Oltenian carpet exhibition by Elisabeta Murgu; carpet weaving demo by peasant craft-artist Maria Dinoiu; Moldavian mask-making demo by Paul Buta. Maria Dinoiu and Paul Buta will hold demonstrations of their craft at the Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PH, on 7, 8 and 9 November 2006, between 16.00-18.00. All are welcome. Admission is free. Reservations at info.london@icr.ro or call 020 7752 0134.
Afternoon visits have been arranged on 8 November 2006 to the Horniman Museum’s Study Collection Centre to view examples of the museum’s Romanian musical instruments and anthropology collections, and on 9 November 2006 to the Victoria & Albert Museum to view the Oprescu collection of Romanian embroidery and folk dress. A minibus will leave No. 1 Belgrave Square at 13.30 on 8 and 9 November 2006. Tickets: £10/afternoon visit.
All events with the exception of the visits to the Victoria & Albert, and Horniman Museum, will be held at the Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square.
With the exception of craft-demonstration events, entry by tickets purchased in advance ONLY. Ticket numbers are limited to 100 for the evening events and to 10 for the afternoon visits on 8 and 9 November. Tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.
Please make cheques payable to Pro Patrimonio and send them to the following address: Pro Patrimonio, 54-62 Regent Street, London W1B 5RE.
For Pro Patrimonio members only: £3 reduction for each event
Pro Patrimonio, The Romanian National Heritage Trust, is an international not-for-profit, non governmental organization whose mission is to identify, preserve, and advocate for the historic heritage of Romania. Its aim is to restore, rescue and revitalize endangered buildings and sites for the benefit of future generations.
Organised by Pro Patrimonio (www.propatrimonio.org), with the support of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department for Relations with Romanians Living Abroad, and in partnership with ‘Romanca’ Society (www.romanca.co.uk) and Romanian Cultural Institute / ICR (www.icr-london.co.uk).
