Concert to celebrate 80th birthday of Steve Reich Steve Reich: Different Trains; Clapping Music; City Life; Proverb; Know What is Above You A concert celebrating Steve Reich’s 80th birthday and his remarkable contribution to contemporary classical music. He is one of a handful of composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history. The minimalist works Different Trains and City Life (performed with visuals) both use … Continue reading Concert to celebrate Steve Reich’s 80th Birthday

The advent of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century sent shock waves through Europe. The emerging Christian confessions had to return to fundamental questions relating to their claims to authority, their understanding of doctrine, and their collective identity. In all of these, their relationship with Jews – both biblical and contemporary – was central. … Continue reading A Relationship Revisited: The Reformation and the Jews

Holocaust Memorial Day Civic Commemoration Annual remembrance day. Bristol Keynote speaker Barbara Winton: Nicholas Winton & the Czechoslovak Kindertransport: Turning compassion into action. In 1938 thousands fled from Hitler’s advancing army into central Czechoslovakia.  A 29 year old Londoner found himself in Prague witnessing the devastation and trauma they were suffering.  His decision to get … Continue reading Holocaust Memorial Day

  The late 1920s was the heyday for film actor and comedian Max Davidson (1875 – 1950). Engaged at the famous Hal Roach Studios for a series of Jewish comedies which were set around his ‘beard’ character Max developed some of the greatest comedies of the era and yet Davidson is hardly remembered today. Standing … Continue reading An evening of silent movies starring Max Davidson