www.nadfas.org.ukNADFAS REVIEW / WINTER 2011 9EVENTSThe Brandenburg SpringChoral Festival 2012This celebration of spring returns bigger and better than last year with a host of topquality conductors brought on board. Alongwith the major performances at London's StMartin-in-the-Fields, comes a series of'satellite' concerts taking place in varied andinteresting locations. These include, in association with NADFAS,The English Choral Tradition at Lincoln's InnChapel and Pergolesi Magnificat at theQueen's Chapel of the Savoy. These chapels boast especially interestingarchitectural features as well as fascinatinghistories, and the festival offers anextraordinary opportunity to hear performancesrarely permitted in these venues. A limited number of places is also availablefor a pre-concert tour of Lincoln's Inn. To book,contact the box office at St Martin's on the details below.The English Choral TraditionWednesday 8 February 2012 at 4.00pmLincoln's Inn Chapel, Lincoln's Inn FieldsByrd - Mass for Four VoicesTallis - If Ye Love MeStanford - Three MotetsVaughan Williams - FiveEnglish Folk SongsBritten - A Hymn to the VirginPerformed by: The Choral Scholarsof St Martin-in-the-FieldsAndrew Earis DirectorTickets: £18 (unreserved)Tour ticket: £10Pergolesi MagnificatFriday 30 March 2012 at 2.00pmQueen's Chapel of the Savoy, StrandSaint-Saens - Tollite HostiasDuruflé - Ubi CaritasKodaly - Stabat MaterBruckner - Pange LinguaTavener - The LambTavener - Funeral IkosTrant - Deep RiverRoberton - Steal awayFauré - Cantique de Jean RacinePergolesi - MagnificatPerformed by: Grove SingersBrian Newman ConductorTickets: £18 (unreserved) During the interval there will be a short, informative address about theprovenance of this unique chapel given by the Reverend Professor PeterGalloway OBE. Book both events via St Martin's Box Office on 020 7766 1100;www.brandenburgchoralfestival.co.uk To contact Bob Porter, Artistic Director, please write to: 9 Queen Anne's Terrace, Leatherhead, Surrey, K22 7HRBOOKING FORMPlease complete the form below in block capitals, mark your envelope'Hepworth' or 'Diamond Jubilee' and return to Jessica Barr, NADFAS House,8 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1DA (Tel: 020 7430 0730). Please includea large SAE.Title: .... Name: ............................................................Address: .................................................................................................................................................................................. Post Code: ...............Telephone: .................. Email: ...........................Title: .... Name: ............................................................Address: .................................................................................................................................................................................. Post Code: ...............Title: .... Name: ............................................................Address: .................................................................................................................................................................................. Post Code: ...............Please notify us of any special dietary requirements.I would like the following tickets: Hepworth£30 Quantity ...............Diamond Jubilee£48Quantity ...............I enclose a cheque for £ ................... payable to NADFAS or debit myMastercard/Visa/Maestro/Delta (delete as appropriate)Card no.???????????????????Start date????Expiry date????Security code???(last three digits on back of card)For Switch/Maestro: 'Valid From' date ................................. Issue no. ..........Signature ............................................... Date ..............Cancellation policy: A refund, minus an administration charge of £5, will bemade until two weeks prior to the event booked.

Colchester's dramatic new visual art gallery, firstsite,designed by Rafael Viñoly and costing £28m, hasopened on one of the most ancient sites discovered inthe oldest English town. The centrepiece of the newgallery is the restored Berryfield Mosaic, dating fromaround AD200 and unearthed in 1923, a few feet fromwhere it now sits.Plans for the new building, settled in the curve of thetown's Roman wall, began as long ago as 1994 withthe appointment of Director Kath Wood, in a missionto connect with the local community, artists and artlovers in East Anglia, and artists the world over.Among the artists exhibited are such internationallyacclaimed names as Louise Bourgeois (1996), AntonyGormley (1999), Bridget Riley (2002), Yoko Ono(2003), and Mark Dion (2005). "So much more than a beautiful gallery attracting artlovers from all over the country," said Kath Wood, "Ibelieve firstsite will be at an important intersectionbetween the community and artists, providinginspiration and encouragement to everyone to explore,create, relax and have fun."10NADFAS REVIEW / WINTER 2011www.nadfas.org.ukARTS NEWSArts NewsArts and heritage updates from around the country. Compiled by Simon TaitColchester exhibits contemporary art on ancient siteArtists to createShakespeare'sOlympicsThousands of artists from morethan 50 arts organisations are tocreate the World ShakespeareFestival as the main event of theCultural Olympiad next year. Ledby the Royal ShakespeareCompany; the National Theatre,Shakespeare's Globe, theRoundhouse and the Barbican willalso contribute. Taking part will be1,000 professional performers, and7,200 people from 2,600 amateurcompanies. There will be 19Macbeths, 18 MidsummerNight's Dreams, 13 Tempests, 12Twelfth Nights and 12 Romeo andJuliets. The British Museum will look at the audience circa 1590 in an exhibition that examines what might have been in spectators' minds. Among the objects on display will be the model of a Danish ship of 1590; a leading news story of the time was the safe return of the heir to the English throne, James VI of Scotland, after his marriage in Denmark, in defiance of the curses of witches.V&A and BBCcombine for biggestdecorative artsseriesThe Victoria and Albert Museumand BBC Four have collaboratedon the most ambitious explorationof the decorative arts ever to beundertaken for British television.Handmade in Britainbegan inOctober and the series of featureswill be presented until nextautumn. Two 60-minutecompanion films, on Chineseporcelain and York Minster's EastWindow, have already beentelevised, but the main series willdraw on the collections andexpertise of the V&A, beginningwith ceramics and glass.Above: Berryfield Mosaic, the centrepiece atfirstsite (pictured below)Photo: Douglas Atfield