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Programme notes: Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and Vaughan Williams' Bass Tuba Concerto

Jun 19, 2021

Programme notes: Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and Vaughan Williams' Bass Tuba Concerto

Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Christopher Stark Leader: John Crawford Sunday, 20th June 2021 Concerto in F Minor for Bass...

Waterloo Festival Team

May 25, 2021

“The Scene Below Can Be Imagined…”

The Shot Tower at the Festival of Britain of 1951.

Waterloo Festival Team

May 18, 2021

Claude Rogers OBE (1907-1979)

The London Group (TLG) is teaming up again with Waterloo Festival over two exhibitions at this year's edition, later in June. We both...

Waterloo Festival Team

May 11, 2021

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

The London Group (TLG) is teaming up again with Waterloo Festival over two exhibitions at this year's edition, later in June. We both...

Waterloo Festival Team

May 6, 2021

Churchyard is still buzzing

Luckily for us, plants keep growing. Whilst the garden team has been on and off furlough, the churchyard survives to bloom another day....

Waterloo Festival Team

May 4, 2021

William "Bill" Gear (1915-1997)

The London Group (TLG) is teaming up again with Waterloo Festival over two exhibitions at this year's edition, later in June. We both...

from 2020

Waterloo Festival Team

Jul 14, 2020
7 min

Artists in Waterloo #10: Colette Kelly

Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we platformed artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. And we are continuing this...

Waterloo Festival 2020: Lights (half) out!

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 28, 2020
4 min

Waterloo Festival 2020: Lights (half) out!

Euchar Gravina Artistic Director Sunset is setting at Waterloo Festival 2020. Photo: Thames River from Waterloo Bridge. What an...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 28, 2020
2 min

On this day... (28th June) Happy Pride!

On the 28th of June 1969 the revolutionary Stonewall Riots kicked off in Manhattan, launching 50 years of hard-fought progress for the...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 27, 2020
4 min

Artists in Waterloo #9: Rachel Wegh

Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. To finish off this...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 26, 2020
2 min

Our creative partners #9: Nonclassical

Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...

The churchyard in Waterloo #7: Box moth and caterpillars

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 26, 2020
4 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #7: Box moth and caterpillars

Over the last few weeks, we've been exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, its history, its plants and its kind carers. Jonathan...

The churchyard in Waterloo #6: Gardening against Adversity, thoughts on a line from Virgil

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 25, 2020
7 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #6: Gardening against Adversity, thoughts on a line from Virgil

Jonathan Trustram, a volunteer at the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, has been helping us explore the garden's history, its plants and...

The Story of Waterloo #11: The Queen's Walk Trees

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 25, 2020
5 min

The Story of Waterloo #11: The Queen's Walk Trees

Jenny O'Neill decided to investigate the history of The Queen's Walk, an avenue of trees planted in the 1970s to memorialise the Civilian...

Okusinza mu Luganda #11: Lessons on faith, fellowship and inclusion

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 24, 2020
7 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #11: Lessons on faith, fellowship and inclusion

by Shanon Shah As a gay man from Malaysia, I often feel conflicted when Malaysia makes the headlines, especially on gender or sexuality....

The story of Waterloo #10: Edward Henry House

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 23, 2020
5 min

The story of Waterloo #10: Edward Henry House

by Oisín Hetherington A historian’s dream would be a time machine – how useful it would be to hop into my Tardis and travel back to...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 23, 2020
5 min

Artists in Waterloo #7: Gillian Melling

Throughout the Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. Today, we hear...

The churchyard in Waterloo #5: about campsis and echiums

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 23, 2020
3 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #5: about campsis and echiums

We're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, its history, its plants and its kind carers. Jonathan Trustram, from the...

Windrush Day: on this day... (22nd June)

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 22, 2020
2 min

Windrush Day: on this day... (22nd June)

On the 22nd of June 1948, migrants from countries including Jamaica, Bermuda, Trinidad and British Guiana disembarked from the HMT Empire...

Okusinza mu Luganda #10: “We are all disciples”

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 22, 2020
8 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #10: “We are all disciples”

by Shanon Shah In this third and final part of our interview with Stephen Kafeero, he and Shanon Shah explore the challenges in balancing...

Fête de la Musique: Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 21, 2020
3 min

Fête de la Musique: Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3

Fête de la Musique (World Music Day) is celebrated globally on 21st June. We hear from Christopher Stark, conductor of the Ernest Read...

Remembering 'Return to Waterloo' - film review

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 21, 2020
2 min

Remembering 'Return to Waterloo' - film review

by Erin Quigley 'Return to Waterloo' (1984), Ray Davies of ‘The Kinks’ departure into directing, establishes itself as a musical drama...

The story of Waterloo #9: Eurostar, Waterloo International and Holiday in a Box

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 20, 2020
5 min

The story of Waterloo #9: Eurostar, Waterloo International and Holiday in a Box

by Oliver Ramsay Gray of Holiday in a Box On 14 November 1994, the first scheduled Eurostar train pulled out of Waterloo International...

Okusinza mu Luganda #9: “It’s about being part of people’s lives”

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 19, 2020
6 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #9: “It’s about being part of people’s lives”

by Shanon Shah In the second part of this interview, Stephen Kafeero explains how his spiritual conversion led him from his childhood...

The story of Waterloo #8: London College of Printing

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 18, 2020
3 min

The story of Waterloo #8: London College of Printing

by Jenny O'Neill In 1988 I moved into what was once called Princes Meadows – the part of Waterloo around what is now Hatfields and...

The churchyard in Waterloo #4: Jonathan tells the story of Putting Down Roots

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 18, 2020
7 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #4: Jonathan tells the story of Putting Down Roots

We're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, its history, its plants and its kind carers. Jonathan Trustram, from the...

Okusinza mu Luganda #8: Childhood village escapades and career transitions

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 17, 2020
5 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #8: Childhood village escapades and career transitions

by Shanon Shah Stephen Kafeero (courtesy of Stephen Kafeero) Our three-part interview with Stephen Kafeero closes our special series to...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 17, 2020
5 min

Artists in Waterloo #6: Sarah Gray

Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. Sarah Gray is known...

The churchyard in Waterloo #3: Remembering the volunteers at Putting Down Roots

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 16, 2020
4 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #3: Remembering the volunteers at Putting Down Roots

We're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, its history, its plants and its kind carers. Jonathan Trustram from the...

Transforming Communities: the Digital anthology is out!

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 15, 2020
1 min

Transforming Communities: the Digital anthology is out!

For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing (BHP), organised a writing competition over...

Okusinza mu Luganda #7: “The only church I know here”

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 15, 2020
6 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #7: “The only church I know here”

by Shanon Shah The second and final part of our interview with Sara Kwagala delves into her experiences as youth leader of Okusinza mu...

On the search for the 2020 ERSO Soloist of the Year #5

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 14, 2020
2 min

On the search for the 2020 ERSO Soloist of the Year #5

In an alternate universe, in this year’s Waterloo Festival ERSO would have been proudly presenting a concerto performed by the winner of...

Sarah Gray's ghostly tales: recommendations

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 14, 2020
3 min

Sarah Gray's ghostly tales: recommendations

I've read and watched hundreds of supernatural, ghostly and dark tales. There are a memorable few that occupy a special place in my...

Our creative partners #8: Morley College London

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 13, 2020
2 min

Our creative partners #8: Morley College London

Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...

The churchyard in Waterloo #2: Ideas towards a herb garden in Waterloo

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 13, 2020
10 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #2: Ideas towards a herb garden in Waterloo

Following World Environment Day, we're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, a historic green oasis in the heart of London....

Okusinza mu Luganda #6: migration, fashion and nursing

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 12, 2020
4 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #6: migration, fashion and nursing

by Shanon Shah We continue our curtain-raiser for the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of Okusinza mu Luganda (Worship in Luganda)...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 11, 2020
2 min

The Story of Waterloo #7: Leake Street

by Robert Montero Located off York Road, Leake Street wasn’t always like this. Set underneath the Waterloo Station complex, it used to...

Okusinza mu Luganda #5: music to move the soul

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 10, 2020
3 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #5: music to move the soul

by Shanon Shah Michaiah Mukiibi at St John's Waterloo (courtesy of Michaiah Mukiibi) The nationwide lockdown that started at the end of...

Our creative partners #7: Nonesuch Orchestra

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 9, 2020
2 min

Our creative partners #7: Nonesuch Orchestra

Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 9, 2020
5 min

Artists in Waterloo #5: Chris Horner

Throughout the Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. Chris Horner, a...

Meet our community #3: LERA and how the Roupells transformed Waterloo

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 8, 2020
12 min

Meet our community #3: LERA and how the Roupells transformed Waterloo

Waterloo was the last part of central London to build a community. Centuries after Westminster became the seat of government, Lambeth had...

Okusinza mu Luganda #4: from tiny plant to leafy bush

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 8, 2020
5 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #4: from tiny plant to leafy bush

by Shanon Shah The Waterloo Festival’s support for Okusinza mu Luganda’s 30th anniversary celebrations spanning 2020 and 2021 continues...

On the search for the 2020 ERSO Soloist of the Year #4

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 7, 2020
2 min

On the search for the 2020 ERSO Soloist of the Year #4

In an alternate universe, in this year’s Waterloo Festival ERSO would have been proudly presenting a concerto performed by the winner of...

The churchyard in Waterloo #1: Plant Portraits

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 6, 2020
2 min

The churchyard in Waterloo #1: Plant Portraits

Following World Environment Day, we're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, a historic green oasis in the heart of London....

Okusinza mu Laganda #3: “This is Luganda, not Yoruba”

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 5, 2020
5 min

Okusinza mu Laganda #3: “This is Luganda, not Yoruba”

by Shanon Shah Continuing the Waterloo Festival’s special series to commemorate the upcoming 30th anniversary celebrations of Okusinza mu...

Our creative partners #6: Orchestra for the Earth

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 4, 2020
2 min

Our creative partners #6: Orchestra for the Earth

Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing artists and musicians to collaborate with and showcase their wonderful...

Meet the winners of our writing competition #7

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 3, 2020
1 min

Meet the winners of our writing competition #7

For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...

Okusinza mu Luganda #2: Language, prayer and community

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 3, 2020
9 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #2: Language, prayer and community

by Shanon Shah Monument of Uganda Martyrs and their oppressors, walking towards Namugongo, erected in Munyonyo on the spot from were the...

Submit To Love Studios: Collaboration is Key

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 2, 2020
3 min

Submit To Love Studios: Collaboration is Key

Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...

Conversations on press freedom #5: Rebecca Vincent

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 2, 2020
10 min

Conversations on press freedom #5: Rebecca Vincent

Through a series of interviews and articles with journalists and activists, our Artistic Director Euchar Gravina is exploring press...

Meet the winners of our writing competition #6

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 2, 2020
2 min

Meet the winners of our writing competition #6

For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...

Meet the winners of our writing competition #5

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 1, 2020
2 min

Meet the winners of our writing competition #5

For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...

Okusinza mu Luganda #1: A unifying and inclusive Ugandan congregation

Waterloo Festival Team

Jun 1, 2020
5 min

Okusinza mu Luganda #1: A unifying and inclusive Ugandan congregation

by Shanon Shah Interior of St John's Waterloo (Drawing: David Bassadone) The Waterloo Festival is honoured this year to feature the...

On the search for the 2020 ERSO Soloist of the Year #3

Waterloo Festival Team

May 31, 2020
2 min

On the search for the 2020 ERSO Soloist of the Year #3

In an alternate universe, in this year’s Waterloo Festival ERSO would have been proudly presenting a concerto performed by the winner of...

Meet the winners of our writing competition #4

Waterloo Festival Team

May 31, 2020
2 min

Meet the winners of our writing competition #4

For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...

Meet the winners of our writing competition #3

Waterloo Festival Team

May 30, 2020
2 min

Meet the winners of our writing competition #3

For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...