Alan Green, Author at St John on Bethnal Green

Ascension Day

Posted by Alan Green on May 23, 2022 in Arts and Events, Uncategorized, Worship | 0 comments

Mass for the Festival of the Ascension Thursday 26th May, 7pm “Throughout this time between the Lord’s resurrection and ascension … the Lord in his providence … taught one lesson: … that the Lord Jesus Christ, who was truly born, truly suffered and truly died, should be recognised as truly risen. The apostles and all the disciples had been filled with fear by his death on the cross, and their faith in the resurrection had been hesitant; but now they gained such great strength from seeing the truth, that when the Lord went up to heaven, far from feeling sadness,...

DAYLIGHT MUSIC, Noon, Saturday 7 May

Posted by Alan Green on May 5, 2022 in Arts and Events, Music | Comments Off on DAYLIGHT MUSIC, Noon, Saturday 7 May

Ted Barnes, Julia Biel + Me for Queen7 May 2022 at St John on Bethnal Green, midday to 2pm | advance tickets Postcards from the Past: What is a song if not a carefully constructed time capsule made of words, music, sounds, sensations, harmonies and history? This afternoon we enter the lives and experiences of three very different songwriters from different backgrounds. We will get to know them as they share these snapshots in song of their lives and of the musical moments they polished and perfected and now perform for us. Ted Barnes is a songwriter, composer and...

JOZEF VAN WISSAM, 10 May, 7.30pm

Posted by Alan Green on May 5, 2022 in Arts and Events, Music | Comments Off on JOZEF VAN WISSAM, 10 May, 7.30pm

Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of Only Lovers Left Alive at the Cannes Film Festival. Josef is renowned for his unusual approach to the Renaissance lute. Once the most popular of portable instruments, now a couple hundred years on, Van Wissem brings it back to life complimenting its past with a late Renaissance influence while merging his own distinct contemporary folk stamp on it. Tickets...