Written by Lauren
Rating: 5
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As a London Month of the Dead regular, I was chuffed to have an event around Christmas. The performance was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect!
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £20.00
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Sat, 18th Oct 2025 @ 19:30 - 21:00
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19:30 - 21:00
Death and the Maiden”
is a centuries-old motif in Western art and folklore, capturing the
charged encounter between youthful beauty and the inescapable
presence of death. Often depicted as a young woman being seduced,
pursued or embraced by a skeletal figure, the image speaks to the
fleeting nature of life, the intimacy of mortality and the uneasy
dance between desire and doom.
Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, known as “Death
and the Maiden,” takes its name from his earlier song of the same
title, in which a terrified maiden begs Death to pass her by—only
for Death to gently reply, “Be of good courage, I am not cruel.”
Composed as Schubert’s own health was failing, the quartet is raw
and urgent, filled with trembling rhythms, sudden silences and
violent shifts in tone, a struggle between resistance and
resignation played out in four haunted movements.
Remember, you haven’t heard classical music until you’re heard it performed by candlelight in a cemetery, surrounded by 30,000 eavesdropping corpses. So enter the cemetery at sundown and proceed at your peril in a procession through the tombstones to the chapel where you can quell your quaking spirits with a Victorian punch.
The Idalia
Quartet
Initially formed at
the Royal College of Music Junior Department in 2022, the Idalia
Quartet is comprised of scholarship students currently studying at
the Royal Academy of Music. They have performed at Wigmore Hall and
gave the UK premiere of Steven Goss’ guitar quintet ‘Wynwood Walls’
in February 2023. In October 2024, they will make their debut as
part of the Academy Manson Ensemble, performing a completely
contemporary programme which will include the world premiere of
‘Substrata’ by Andrea Balency-Béarn and the UK premiere of
Abracadabra (Suncatchers) for 11 virtuosi by Augusta Read Thomas in
the prestigious Duke’s Hall.
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Tickets/Times
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Death and the Maiden
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19:30 - 21:00 | £20.00 |
Location
Address
Brompton Cemetery Chapel, North gate off Old Brompton Road, South gate off Fulham Road, London, SW5 9JE
Nearest Station
West Brompton (Tube)
Getting there
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
This year Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation will be hosting The London Month of the Dead, a series of 36 different events investigating the capital’s relationship with its deceased residents. Events will include a private view of the Museum of London’s bone archive, taxidermy workshops, macabre walking tours and private views and a programme of weekend death salons with talks on subjects ranging from public dissection and body snatching to reincarnation and funereal folklore. Each salon will feature a pair of speakers, authorities in fields such as osteology, forensic pathology and the paranormal, who will offer their own perspectives and insights on mortality in the city.
Each year the London Month of the Dead donates 20% of all ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries. In 2017 all of the death salons and concerts will be hosted at the Dissenters and Anglican chapels at Kensal Green. In previous years the month's programme has centered around Brompton Cemetery but the chapel is now undergoing important restoration work, a project the London Month of the Dead is proud to have supported.
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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