Events from the 01 January 2026 - 31 December 2026 Reset
This concert features four pieces of music for piano and recitation, composed by four composers based on the works of Lafcadio Hearn. The texts used range from ghost stories to dialogues with a Bodhisattva, offering both fascinating and profound content.
18 March 2026
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Teikyo University Durham, Lafcadio Hearn Centre, Millhill Lane
For their final visit of the season, RNS bring two Viennese Classical masterworks to Durham. Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, heard tonight in its well-known arrangement for string quartet, moves with reflective grace: a series of slow, searching movements inspired by the final phrases spoken by Jesus Christ on the cross.
08 May 2026
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
A lecture-concert exploring the thrilling song, dance and rhythms of South Korea’s East Coast hereditary shaman tradition, featuring two leading ritualists (officially recognised as Cultural Assets 82-1) together with Prof. Simon Mills.
27 May 2026
Department of Music, Palace Green
Music – Nature – Mental Health
21 June 2026
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Durham University Botanic Garden
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