Venue profile: Kensington Palace
Wed 9 Aug 2017
Kensington Palace. It’s the official home of the Will and Kate. And Harry. And the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. And the Duke and Duchess of Kent. And Prince and Princess Michael of Kent too. God knows how they co-ordinate the washing up rota.
So what is The Night Shift doing there?
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Venue profile: Heath Street Baptist Church
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Heath Street Baptist Church (or Heath Street Baroque Church, as we’re inclined to accidentally call it in the office….) is becoming the unlikely alt-classical hub of North London.
Found half way between the bustle of Hampstead High Street and the tranquillity of Hampstead Heath, the intimate church was built in 1861 and still has regular services and community events.
Read MoreIntroducing our Night Shift summer festival
Tue 27 Jun 2017
What’s this? Three Night Shifts on three long hot summer nights?
Yes that’s right. This August we’re having a mini-Night Shift festival, with three different gigs at three different venues. Summer Night (Shifts) if you like.
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Read MoreThe Night Shift Monthly – back for 2017
Thu 2 Feb 2017
New gigs
Since the last Night Shift of 2016 wound down in Peckham last November, we’ve been busy brewing up a storm for the New Year.
Throughout 2017 (ok, with a bit of a summer break), we’ll be back monthly rotating between the three venues you packed out for The Night Shift last year. That’s The George Tavern in Whitechapel (where we’re Resident Orchestra), the Old Queen’s Head in Islington and the CLF Art Café at the taco-tastic Bussey Building in Peckham.
Read MoreBBC Embedded composer Matthew Kaner on his new piece for The Night Shift
Fri 21 Oct 2016
“On the baroque violin the open strings have a really warm sound.. ..with the gut strings, it’s really beautiful.” In his studio in east London, composer Matthew Kaner tells us about his experience writing for 4 baroque violins. His piece ‘Concerto for 4 baroque violins’ will be performed at our next Night Shift at the Old Queen’s Head, Islington on the 25th October.
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Or stay in and watch the live stream
Read MorePunto in the pub
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Last time at the George Tavern, we played all sorts of fun french horn music by little-known composers.
Here’s a polacca (a type of Polish dance) by Giovanni Punto, performed by Kati Debretzeni (violin), John Crockatt (viola), Jonny Byers (cello) and Roger Montgomery (horn).
The Night Shift is back at the George – one of East London’s great music venues – on Tuesday 27 September.
Read MoreAugust set list
Wed 31 Aug 2016
August set list – here’s what you heard at the Bussey Building yesterday:
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Live streaming
Thu 21 Jul 2016
The roar of the crowd. The smell of the greasepaint. Except the crowd at The Night Shift doesn’t roar, it laughs and cheers. And is greasepaint even a thing anymore? But there’s still something about the live experience you just can’t beat.
Read MoreThe Night Shift – 31 May 2016 Set list
Thu 2 Jun 2016
The Night Shift arrived in a brand new venue on Tuesday: CLF Art Cafe in the Bussey Building in Peckham. Lisa Beznosiuk, Colin Scobie and Luise Buchberger performed an electrifying set of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and traditional folk music.
Read MoreWhat is the Bussey Building?
Mon 23 May 2016
The Night Shift Crowdfunder
Tue 29 Mar 2016
Great classical music. In a pub. Help us make it happen monthly.
Read MoreGood news and other news
Fri 4 Mar 2016
We’ve been a bit quiet recently, because we’ve been working on things in secret. But now it’s time to come clean.
Read MoreOAE announced as Duckie Resident Orchestra
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Orchestras like to have a home base. And they preferably like it to be pretty prestigious. Even glitzy. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is no exception.
Read MorePlaylist: Kings Place, 11 September 2015
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Here’s what we’ll be playing on Friday. If you’re not that impressed, don’t worry – we’ll play it better (no offence other orchestras).
Read MoreFull set list for Cavendish Arms gig confirmed.
Wed 2 Sep 2015
Just a few days away now from our debut gig at Stockwell’s Cavendish Arms we can reveal our full set which is a feast of Baroque music ranging from solos to music for all 5 musicians on stage.
Read MoreThe Night Shift Playlist: Bank Holiday Weekend
Fri 28 Aug 2015
Something to listen to this bank holiday weekend, from the ears of The Night Shift team.
Read MoreOpinion: Does Radio 1 belong at the Proms?
Fri 28 Aug 2015
I feel that by entitling this piece ‘Opinion’ I am giving you false hope of there being a strong one contained in it. I am going to disappoint because, as you will read, I’m really not sure what to think…
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Pub profile: Cavendish Arms
Fri 28 Aug 2015
So it might not be a particularly inspiring setting – it is, after all, Stockwell. But look at this place on street view and you’ll see a sweet little pub with bunting outside and a banner advertising ‘South Lambeth Market’. The Cavendish Arms describe themselves as an ‘arts’ pub, Stockwell’s hidden gem. It’s cute.
Read MoreTweet for us?
Fri 7 Aug 2015
Are you on Twitter? Instagram? We need you.
We’re not particularly interested in your ‘influence’, we don’t really care about your follower count and we certainly don’t give a shit about your Klout score. At our gigs we’ve always got 101 things to think about – tickets, pizza for the musicians, music stands and so on – so we don’t always have time to document the whole thing on social media. But we’d really like to.
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