What better way of spending a murky November evening than with the soloists and choir of

PETER SYMONDS COLLEGE at the final concert in the ‘HYDE900 Michaelmas Music’ season?

Come along this evening and enjoy the stars of the future perform

• music for Brass ensemble by Jean Berger, Maurer, Riccio and Josquin.
• music for upper voices by Kodaly, Alexander Campkin and Bob Chilcott.
• two madrigals by Weelkes and Morley sung by Kelso Choir.
• Cantata by Purcell: How pleasant is this flowery Plain and Grove, for soprano, bass, two flutes and continuo.
• Two anthems for vocal ensemble by Tallis.
• Verse Anthem by Gibbons for mixed voices and brass with continuo.

Tickets £6 at the door (students free) which opens at 7.00.

Performance begins at 7.30

Forming part of the 10 Days Across the City arts festival (starting this week in Winchester), Invisible Cities features work by four local artists, Susan Wood, Alex Hoare, Nicola Harlow and Sophie Cunningham Dawe who are re-uniting following last year’s highly successful contemporary visual arts exhibition, Re-imagining Treasures of Hyde Abbey.

Referencing past inhabitants’ and travellers’ tales, the four artists aim to create a conversation with current events taking place across the city of Winchester and beyond through installations which utilise glass, plastic, found objects and sound – often fragmentary – to explore how we might reconcile traces of past utility in this place – whether knowable or imagined – with its present and future possibilities.

Themes of memory, place and poetic contemplation are all investigated to form interventions within and around the historic architecture of St. Bartholomew’s and the Hyde Gateway/Chamber – almost all that remain of the Norman Hyde Abbey, once a great centre of pilgrimage and learning and the burial place of Alfred the Great.

How to visit:

Invisible Cities is situated in St Bartholomew’s and its rear grounds, in Hyde Gate & Chamber and can be self-guided 10am – 4pm daily (St Bartholomew’s open hours with services at 10am Wed and 9.30am Sun, all welcome). Works outside the Church and in Hyde Gate/Chamber can be viewed at all times.
All are welcome at the official launch event on Friday 4^th November 6.30pm at St Bartholomew’s when the artists will be present to talk about their work. The launch will feature the sole viewing of a projection that forms part of the show.  This exhibition is free and suitable for all ages.

The Hyde Writers, who meet alternate Monday nights in the Hyde Tavern, launched their anthology on Saturday 29th October at the Oxfam Bookshop on Parchment Street.

Writers whose work is featured in the anthology include poets Stephen Boyce, Brian Evans-Jones, Richard Stillman and Hugh Greasley. There are also contributions from Jon Courteney Grimwood, Jake Wallis Simons, David Owen, Paul Davies, Hanna Nina Jameson, Steve Scholey and Tim Stevenson.

The Hyde Tavern is hosting an unusually small – with the emphasis on the ‘small’ – exhibition until 6 November 2011 as part of the 10 Days Across the City event.

Organised by Sophie Cunningham Dawe as HARP/Hyde900’s contribution to the Winchester-wide festival, Hyde 9×5 celebrates the pleasure of small scale creativity concentrated into a space nine inches by five inches (or thereabouts).

“We issued an open invitation to local people to contribute their work and we have been overwhelmed by the response,” said Sophie. “Eighty artworks were submitted including drawing, painting, collage, photography, printmaking and mixed media. They came from a wide range of people aged between six and ninety-one, some of whom are practising artists while others are aspiring hobbyists. Collectively the works reflect the extraordinary range of work that can be generated within such tight constraints.”

The works are already selling at prices between £10 and £100 with visitors also being invited to vote for their favourite work as part of a People’s Choice Prize. (Three prizes will be awarded courtesy of local businesses Creative Crafts and Forte Tearooms. The prize winners will also be invited to take part in a group exhibition next year.)

HARP/Hyde900’s other contributions to 10 Days Across the City includes works for the Invisible Cities exhibition in St Bartholomew’s Church, Hyde Gate and Chamber.

The Hyde Tavern, now well established as a vibrant venue for local arts events, is open Mon -Thurs 5 -11pm incl. Thurs lunch 12.30 -2pm Fri 5 -12pm Sat 12 -12pm Sun 12 -11pm and is just a short walk from the city centre along Hyde Street. This exhibition is free and suitable for all ages.

All profits from the book go to the Oxfam Teach a Teacher appeal.

Writers whose work is featured in the anthology include poets Stephen Boyce, Brian Evans-Jones, Richard Stillman and Hugh Greasley. There are also contributions from Jon Courteney Grimwood, Jake Wallis Simons, David Owen, Paul Davies, Hanna Nina Jameson, Steve Scholey and Tim Stevenson.

The book costs £4.99 and is available from the Hyde Tavern and the Oxfam Bookshop.

 Hyde 9×5 is an open community art exhibition to be held at the Hyde Tavern 20 October – 6 November 2011 as a part of HYDE900’s King Alfred Weekend celebrations and the 10 Days Across the City arts event.

This is a HARP/HYDE900 visual arts initiative to encourage all ages and abilities to join in for a group show representing the Hyde community and beyond. Works can be of any subject and in any media but no larger than 9” x 5” in finished size whether mounted, unmounted, framed or unframed.

There’ll be a People’s Choice Prize for the three most popular works and it’s free to enter for those under 17, over 70 or those on welfare benefits, otherwise it’s £5 per person. Works will be for sale and each person can enter up to 3 works.

Works to be received at the Hyde Tavern 5.30pm til closing on either Mon 17 or Tues 18 October.

All submissions must be accompanied by an email to sophia_c_uk@yahoo.com stating the artist’s name, title of work/s, and price/s if for sale in order to be included in the room sheet. The same details should also be clearly attached to the back of each work. Submission fee of £5 cash or cheque made out to Hyde900 (unless under 17, over 70 or on benefits) should be given to staff when work is submitted.

Works to be priced by the artist between £10 and £100 with a 20% venue commission taken on all sales. Insurance if required is the responsibility of the artist.

Works will be hung in a rogue’s gallery style. The committee of artist/curators will hang one or more works by each person submitting, with any remaining works inserted into plastic sleeves and put in a flip-through box so that all works submitted will be included in the show.

Hyde 9×5 will be publicised widely as part of HYDE900 King Alfred Weekend and 10 Days Across the City. There’ll also be an opening event on Thursday 20 Oct (details to be announced) as well as a People’s Choice prize for the 3 most popular works will be awarded at an Artists’ Get-together on Mon 7 November 6.30pm onwards when any unsold works must be collected.

Any queries please call 07789 231472 or email as above.

The series of six concerts builds on the success of last year’s Hyde900 concert series which demonstrated St Bartholomew’s excellent acoustics, and its scope as a charming niche venue within the wider Winchester Music scene.

The series will feature three characteristic strands – choral music, English music and ‘youth opportunity’. What makes it outstanding, however, is that it features a series of premieres including works written by the performers themselves.

Students from both Peter Symonds College and the University of Winchester will be taking part along with Vox Angelica (an early music choir). The distinguished international clarinettist Emma Alexandra [pictured], and the Spooner Mosley Duo will both be performing works specially written for the series as will Mark Gillman, the St Bartholomew’s resident organist, who premiers his newly written work ‘St. Bartholomew’s, Hyde’.

Tickets are priced at £6 for all concerts – or you can buy a season ticket for all 6 concerts for the price of 5.  Book online now.

Children under the age of 12 can come for free – no need to book.

For further details click on the individual events below.

Hyde900 Music events

The aim of the Art of Conversation, explained Edward Fennell, the series organiser, was to give the audience a chance to understand in detail how these artists had developed and applied their practical skills and found the inspiration and the drive to fulfil their talents.  “It was a tremendous privilege,” he said, “to have the opportunity to hear in the practicalities of how these successful creative people worked and dealt with the challenges as well as the satisfactions of their professional lives.”

All the sessions attracted sell-out audiences who enjoyed the relaxed and small-scale atmosphere of the ‘Conversations’. “We have clearly found a niche event here which appeals to a lot of people in Hyde and the Winchester area,” continued Edward Fennell. “We are very encouraged by the response to our first series and have decided to organise Art of Conversation Series Two for 2012. Fortunately there is no shortage of subjects to call upon!”

The Art of Conversation comes from the HARP strand of Hyde900 activities which is designed to promote arts and cultural events of various kinds within the historic site of Hyde Abbey.