October’s Last Friday – A Spagna in the Works

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

The sweetly modest, satisfying, and gentle sonority of domestic music-making in the renaissance quietly belies compositions of unsurpassed musical skill. Featuring music that may be enjoyed equally as either something pleasantly light, or more attentively as something more serious and profound, this programme of music centred around the mid 16th century is performed on a […]

$7 – $12.5

November’s Last Friday – A Second Helping of Lacuna Trio

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

Photo credit: Harvey Lloyd-Thomas We are delighted to be joined for a return visit by the charming and talented Lacuna Trio. Lacuna are made up of Jo Taylor (vocals, clarinet), Sarah Jane Rimmer (vocals, banjo) and Malcolm Thacker (vocals, guitar). Formed in the strange hiatus caused by the pandemic, Lacuna trio provide catchy, folky tunes, […]

January’s Last Friday is Aeolian Winds Quintet

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

Aeolian Winds are a London-based wind quintet who strive to create imaginative and rounded concerts through their vibrant playing and inspired programming. They were formed in September 2021 at the Royal College of Music, where they were recently awarded the distinguished Woodwind Ensemble Prize. Aeolian Winds have performed in a variety of prestigious venues across […]

February’s Last Friday is Kuma Lisa

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

Kuma Lisa has recently grown from a songwriting duo into a four-piece band, featuring vocals tinged with lyrical piano, jazz and folk-rock influences, with Bulgarian roots. Formed in Walthamstow, London, with original members from the Netherlands (Rob Stutterheim) and Bulgaria (Mariana Bogdanova), the band now play with UK-born double bassist Julia Doyle and drummer Peter […]

March’s Last Friday is a Flute and Piano Recital

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

This month's Last Friday features two young musicians called Sarah Parkes Bowen (flute) and Oliver Cuttriss (piano). Sarah Parkes Bowen studied an Mperf at the Royal College of Music, studying flute with Gitte Marcusson, Simon Channing and Rachel Brown, as well as piccolo with Kathleen Stevenson. She was a Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholar and a […]

April’s Last Friday is a Guitar and Violin Recital

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

June and Seungyeon have been together since 2022 and recently graduated from the Royal College of Music. Although they are building their careers through various stages, including St Mary le Strand, RCM Museum Concert, Croydon Minster, Bloomsbury Festival, Claremont project series and multiple Lunchtime Concerts, they present a wide range of repertoires and styles, from […]