Events
Calligraphy course
Looking for an activity to chase away the Winter blues? Try calligraphy at the Confucius Institute. Our calligraphy course is running again from 20 February, every Tuesday lunchtime for five weeks. Come along and spend your lunch break doing something creative and mindful. Cost: £30 Location: The Confucius Institute building (180 Waterloo P..
Mandarin Corner (on Wednesdays)
Practice your Chinese and develop an appreciation of Chinese culture at our weekly Mandarin Corner. These are informal conversation sessions at Beginner (HSK 1-3) and Advanced (HSK 4-6) level that are designed to allow Mandarin learners to get together with fellow classmates, meet new friends and discuss Chinese language and culture in a rela..
Publishing Trade Books in History and Beyond
Have you considered writing a trade book? What are the pros and cons of presenting academic research for a general readership, and what techniques of writing do you need to employ? How do you approach a publisher with a proposal for a trade book, and how does this process differ from writing a book targeted at primarily academic audiences? Th..
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)
Weinberg Aria, Op. 9 and Capriccio, Op. 11 Weinberg Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 14 Weinberg Quartet No. 4 in E flat, Op. 20 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, here at the University in November 2009. Since then, they have taken the cycle all over the world, and while others have recorded..
WCLC: Quatuor Danels (Weinberg Cycle)
Weinberg Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 2 Weinberg Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 3 The first concert in the Danels’ 2024 Weinberg cycle shows the composer as a precocious 18-year-old in Warsaw, self-taught in composition, then two years later as a rising star in Minsk. Phenomenal debuts! The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter..
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)
Weinberg Improvisation and Romance Weinberg Quartet No. 7 in C, Op. 59 Weinberg Quartet No. 8 in C, Op. 66 Weinberg Quartet No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 80 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczys?aw Weinberg, here at the University in November 2009. Since then, they have taken the cycle all over the world,..
Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (Weinberg Cycle)
Weinberg Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 27 Weinberg Quartet No. 6 in E minor, Op. 35 The five-movement Fifth Quartet and the six-movement Sixth are products of the extraordinary flowering of Weinberg’s chamber music during his first years in Moscow, from 1944 to 1946. The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczysla..
Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert (Weinberg Cycle)
Weinberg Quartet No. 10 in A minor, Op. 85 Weinberg Quartet No. 11 in F, Op. 89 Weinberg Quartet No. 12, Op. 103 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, here at the University in November 2009. Since then, they have taken the cycle all over the world, and while others have recorded the quartets..
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)
Weinberg Quartet No. 13, Op. 118 Weinberg Quartet No. 14, Op. 122 Weinberg Quartet No. 15, Op. 124 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczys?aw Weinberg, here at the University in November 2009. Since then, they have taken the cycle all over the world, and while others have recorded the quartets, their CPO s..
Spring Open Day at the Confucius Institute
Always fancied learning a new language, but not sure what learning Mandarin is like? Interested in Chinese characters and want to try your hand at Chinese calligraphy? Come along to our Spring Open Day on 23 March and take part in a variety of fun cultural activities, language tasters, sample some Chinese tea and snacks and enter our prize dr..