Rook Lane Blog

March 4, 2013

The children of a war widow living in a houseboat on the river of the title in Osaka in 1950 befriend the son of a local restaurant owner. The film is set against industrial skyline, where the young friends stand in innocent defiance of the social circumstances which bear down upon them.

March 4, 2013

Men with Horns return to Rook Lane for an early evening sprigtime concert, with a programme that includes choral and solo songs by Schumann and Schubert (Nightsong in the Forest, the Gondolier, Widerspruch), plus Weber’s popular Hunters’ chorus.

January 29, 2013

Drawn from Louis Malle’s own childhood experiences in the 1940s, this simple chronicle of childhood friendship is increasingly touched by and reactive to the events of the time in much the same way as its two protagonists encounter them.

January 29, 2013

An idiosyncratic musical set in Las Vegas in all its 4th July excess – perhaps not what might be expected of this director…

January 29, 2013

A Beijing family’s eye-view of daily life in China in the fifteen years leading up to the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The first in our latest series of Sunday night films at Rook Lane Arts.

January 3, 2013

Step out of the cold and into post-war Vienna for the Carol Read classic film starring Orson Welles. Tea and viennese confections will be served and those in film noir attire get discounted entry.

December 11, 2012

The packed programme is full of delights including Vivaldi, Bach and Grieg. This is a rare chance to hear the acclaimed Cologne-based Chamber Philharmonic Europe.

November 23, 2012

Led by Portuguese flautist, Marta Goncalves this international ensemble enjoy successful careers performing together and in other chamber groups and early music outfits such as the OAE, Florilegium and La serenissima.

November 5, 2012

We have wondered for several years how a solo cello programme would be received as part of our Coffee Concert series. In the end we felt that a pairing in which the cello is an equal partner to the violin would be more widely appreciated.

November 5, 2012

A return visit by this sensational quartet who defied illness and snowy weather to perform in our 2009 season, since when two personnel changes have strengthened and honed their taut and precise playing.