Anglo-Dutch aims to inform all who look for social, artistic, literary, educational, scientific and other events, uniting ‘Dutch’ and ‘UK’. This diary lists all manner of events, be it a Dutch painter’s show in Cornwall, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Barbican, or Dutch poetry in Edinburgh. The web-editor does not accept responsibility for errors, omissions, etcetera; information was correct at the time of inclusion; please check and confirm before incurring any expense or expending time. In case you were looking for the Anglo-Netherlands Society - often referred to as ‘the Anglo-Dutch Club’ - please follow this link. Looking for Dutch clubs and associations in the UK? Visit www.dutch.org.uk! Looking for Dutch clubs elsewhere on this planet then try www.thehollandring.com where Carla has collected links to by now some 400 Dutch clubs and associations. DutchArts was the Netherlands Embassy’s listing of Dutch UK events. On the right a Dutch language précis to allow searching with Dutch keywords. Forthcoming events: February 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . There are currently no other publicised events for February 2010. March 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - early March : NCL - Nederlandse City Lunch - The following requires an excellent understanding of Dutch as it is spoken, therefore the announcement is in Dutch! Voordracht door een prominente Nederlander. Zaal open 12.15, aanvang plm 12.30 lunch buffet geopend na afloop van de voordracht en vragen om plm 13.30, einde buffet rond 14.00 / 14.30. In de Social Hall van de Nederlandse Kerk, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA. Kosten (2008) : £8.00 per persoon. Gaarne opgeven: per e-mail: nedcitylunch@dutchchurch.org.uk of telefonisch T: 020 7588 1684, voor inlichtingen: W: www.nedcitylunch.org.uk. updated 23 jan 2010 . - 23 March 2010: -’Unilever Lecture’ + Annual event organised by the Anglo-Netherlands Society with a high-calibre Guest Speaker. In 2010: Sir Colin Budd KCMG on: “UK-Netherlands Relations since Margareth Thaycher”. Entrance limited to members ofs the Anglo-Netherlands Society. Preceded by a reception, followed by buffet dinner in a rather magnificent location overlooking the River Thames and London. www.anglo-netherlands.org.uk for details. updated 23 jan 2010 . - 29 March 2010: -”The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and his Letters” + Exhibition based on the artist’s letters many with coloured sketches of works under hand, Royal Academy, London; (from October 2009 till 3 January 2010 in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) viewing organised by the Anglo-Netherlands Society www.anglo-netherlands.org.uk for details. updated 23 jan 2010 . April 2010 - 10 and 11 April 2010: - “Liberg is madly inspired” + Hans Liberg, The Godfather of Comedy & Music brings a sell-out hit in concert halls throughout Europe. Emmy Award winning comedian Hans Liberg combines humour and extreme musical virtuosity to poke fun at the world of classical music. One assumes the texts and lyrics will be translated from the Dutch. Cadogan Hall , London. http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=1077 . updated 23 jan 2010 . - Was: 18 April 2009: Holland House + The London South Bank turns orange again as the Dutch invite the Brits to Party! On Saturday 26 April 2008 the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC) once again organised the extremely popular Holland House event in celebration of the Dutch Queen mother's birthday (Queen's Day) with support of the Dutch Embassy. In 2007 over 20,000 people visited the event on the South Bank. The orange fun actually started on Friday 25 April at 22.30 when Club Holland kicked off the activities at SeOne, London Bridge. Then on Saturday 26 April family activities started at 11:00 and finished around 21.30 at Bernie Spain Gardens, adjacent to Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank near Waterloo Bridge; it promises to be even bigger and better next. For more information: info-uk@holland.com - Was: 26 April 2009: Koninginnedag borrel, + georganiseerd door Neerlandia. Event for Dutch speakers, refer to www.neerlandia.org for details. - 30 April: Koninginnedag, + The official birthday of Her Netherlands Majesty, and reason for several ‘borrels’. We suggest you try pub ‘De Hems’ near Wardour Street in London if you have not been invited elsewhere yet, there is always a fairly sizeable Dutch Contingent, and otherwise the publican will likely know someone who knows. Het Wilhelmus - in Dutch and | in an English translation | Eerste couplet:
Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
ben ick van Duytschen Bloedt,
Den Vaderland ghetrouwe
blijf ick tot inden doet;
Een Prince van Orangien
ben ick vry onverveert,
Den Coninck van Hispangien
heb ick altijd gheeert.
Zesde couplet:
Mijn schilt ende betrouwen
zijt ghy, O Godt, mijn Heer,
Op U soo wil ick bouwen,
verlaet my nimmermeer:
Dat ick doch vroom mag blijven
U dienaar t’aller stond,
Die tyranny verdrijven,
die my mijn hert doorwondt. | First verse:
William of Nassau
of ancient Dutch descent,
I dedicate undying faith
to this land of mine;
A Prince of Orange
am I, undaunted, free,
The King of Spain
I granted lifelong loyalty.
Sixth verse:
My shield and my reliance
art thou, O God, my Lord,
I trust unto Thy guidance,
O leave me not ungirt:
That I may stay pious
servant of Thine for aye,
Drive the tyranny away,
which wounds me my heart. |
May 2010 - 4 May: Remembrance Day - Nationale Dodenherdenking at 7.30 for 8 pm, not only in the Netherlands but also in the UK. Every year, on 4 May, a commemorative service is held at the Dutch Field of Honour, Mill Hill Cemetery. Millspit Lane, entrance opposite Wise Lane, London NW7.
Programme as follows: 6.45pm: gates open, 7pm: coffee and cake served in chapel; 7.15pm: Arrival Netherlands Ambassador 7.35pm: word of welcome; 7.45: Silent Procession to Field of Honour; 7.55 pm: beginning of open air service; end of service approximately 8.20 pm. Wreaths are habitually laid by representatives of a number of Dutch Organisations in the UK, including veterans, Dutch clubs, and Dutch school children.
Transport: London Underground to Mill Hill East, then on foot along a secluded road, or First Capital Connect (used to be ‘Thameslink’) to Mill Hill Broadway, then on foot along busier streets. Car: Take the A1, at Mill Hill Circus those driving north from central London do a U-turn and proceed 50 yards - turn left just before the Esso garage (Daws Lane, B1416). Continue to the T-junction, turn right into Wise Lane; the cemetery is at the end of this lane. Please follow instructions for parking.
More information can be obtained from the Assistant Military Attaché at the Royal Netherlands Embassy, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP, 020 - 7590 3200www.netherlands-embassy.org.uk. Once every five years, Memorial Day is followed by celebrations on Liberation Day (May 5), when the Dutch remember and celebrate their liberation from occupying powers. - 5 May: Bevrijdingsdag + the Dutch Liberation Day, when liberation from occupying powers is celebrated. This is a public holiday on every fifth anniversary of the 1945 Liberation, hence will be one in 2010! The date coincides with the capitulation in 1945 of German forces at the end of the Second World War, but what is remembered are all the occupying forces and tribes, from the Romans, the Carolingians, the Viking Raids, the Austrian-Hungarian, the Spanish, the French / Napoleonic period. June 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . July 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . August 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . September 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - Looking for that Christmas Card with a difference? Each year (save for 2008 ... ) The Koning Willem Fonds -the Dutch name of the Netherlands Benevolent Society- offer for sale their card, which in 2009 depictes a winter landscape by a fine Old Master, Dutch painter Isack van Ostade (1621-1649). “Ice Scene near an Inn (1643) from the Kremer Collection at the Frans Halsmuseum in Haarlem. The cards, sold in packs of 10, cost £7.50 per pack, discounted to £6.50 when you order 10 or more packs. Available with and without pre-printed greeting inside, which reads: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. W: www.koningwillemfonds.org.uk updated 15 oct 09. - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . October 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - 1 October 2010: Viering Leiden’s Ontzet - historical supper to commemorate the lifting of the Siege of the Town of Leiden in 1573. The affairs of “Vereeniging Neerlandia”, the organising Society, are usually conducted in Dutch, a good knowledge of the spoken word is essential for enjoyment of this evening. Booking with cheque to be received by the middle of September at the latest. Details for 2009: Doors open: 18.30, meal: 19.30. Venue: Social Hall, Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London. Cost: £12.00 per non-member, applications with payment to be received by 15 September 2010. Details: www.neerlandia.org . updated 5 oct 09 . - 16 - 23 October (tentative): -’Het Haags Matrozenkoor’ + The "Haags Matrozenkoor" ("The Hague young Sailors' Choir"), consisting of boys aged 7-15, would hope to perform in London during the Autumn school break (16 -23 October 2010).
The "Haags Matrozenkoor" is a famous choir of about 55 boys. Each year they perform the St Matthew Passion in many well known churches. Their rendition in Leiden's Pieterskerk - in cooperation with the "Bach Koor Holland" is perhaps the best known.
The boys who have joined in the Matthew Passion series may join the Foreign Tour in autumn. A great experience for boys who enjoy music and fun together. The repertoire - in addition to the Matthew Passion - included a number of classic songs. This spring they will do Britten's "War Requiem", with the "Residentie Bachkoor". More information about the "Haags Matrozenkoor" can be found at www.matrozenkoor.nl. updated 8 feb 2010 . November 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - Saturday (was: 15 November 2009) - usually third Saturday in November : Intocht Sinterklaas, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford - by invitation, requires excellent knowledge of Dutch for children and parents. Organised by the Nederlands Surrey Comite. Contact information 2009: Nederlands Comité Surrey, c/o International School of London, Surrey, 182 Old Woking Road Woking, Surrey GU22 8HY Inanda Roeland, voorzitter surreycomite@hotmail.com. Old contact information: Prins Willem-Alexander School, Old Woking Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 8HY. Tel: 01483 750409. updated 23 jab 2010 - Third Monday in November (was: 16 November 2009): “Dutch Market”, your chance to buy uniquely Dutch delicacies fresh from the Netherlands in the centrally located Social Hall of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London EC2. Organised by Neerlandia, entry fee (was 20 pence in 2006), doors open 12 noon till 2 pm. Goods include speculaas (spicy baked shortbread, formed into figures akin to gingerbread men), amandelstaaf (thin layered crust filled with an almond paste), kerststol (well-filled fairly dense fruity bread), chocolade letters (letters from the alphabet in chocolate), drop (Dutch licorice), koek (cake like loaf with various spices and fruity bits) and much more. www.neerlandia.org Please not that orders can now be placed on-line from ‘end-of-October’, via the Neerlandia website listed above; the orders need to be collected on Monday 16 November during the opening hours of the market from 12 noon till 2pm. updated 23 jan 2010 . It may not be convenient to visit London on the above day; in that case consider one of the many web shops listed on the shops page here on the Anglo-Dutch website. updated 23 jan 2010 . - was: 28 November 2009: -’Oranjebal 2009’ + Each year the Dutch community in the UK organise a charity ball, proceeds to a charity with usually world-wide remit. The following information was received from the organisers, the Oranjebal Commissie :
Op zaterdag 28 november j.l. werd de 13e editie van het Oranjebal London gehouden. In het Marriott Grosvenor Square te Mayfair, London, wordt de Nederlandse gemeenschap getrakteerd op een veelbelovende avond. Het Oranjebal, met als beschermheer de Nederlandse Ambassadeur te Londen, Zijne Excellentie Mr. P.W. Waldeck, staat dit jaar in het teken van de Bart Foundation. Een stichting opgezet ter nagedachtenis aan Bart de Graaff, met als doel het verwezenlijken van de ambities van jonge mensen met een ingrijpende ziekte of handicap.
De avond gaat van start met een receptie met oer-Hollandse bitterballen en champagne. Tijdens het aansluitende drie-gangendiner wordt een veiling gehouden, waarvan alle opbrengsten naar de Bart Foundation gaan. De veiling zal worden geleid door een bekende Nederlander, maar wie dat is houden we nog even geheim.
Na het diner barst het feest los. De muziek zal worden verzorgd door de Hermes House Band en DJ en het feest zal tot in de kleine uurtjes doorgaan… Alle drankjes zijn overigens afgekocht! Kaartjes zijn te koop via de website: http://www.oranjeballondon.com. Voor vragen mail naar: info@oranjeballondon.com . updated 23 jab 2010 . - Last Saturday in November: Sinterklaas in Schotland - Sint Nicolaas in Scotland + After Guildford Sint Nikolaas travelled on to Glasgow (at least, that is what he did in 2007, where he ‘held an audience’ in St Andrews Hall, Roman Road, Bearsden, Glasgow. E: sinterklaasinschotland@yahoo.co.uk W: www.geocities.com/sinterklaasinschotland - Last Saturday in November: Dutch group in Northern Ireland: Sinterklaas viering / ‘Sinterklaas’ ‘celebration’. + Information:
//groups.msn.com/NederlandersinNoordIerland/evenementenvandeclub.msnw Last Saturday in November: Bring and Buy, + Wilhelmina House, 21 Park Hill Rise, Croydon CR0 5JF. T: 020 8760 0933 http://www.whitgiftfoundation.co.uk/carehomes/wilhelmina.html December 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - Was: Saturday 5 December 2010: Neerlandia: Sinterklaasfeest voor de kinderen - the traditional Dutch Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) celebration, when children receive -traditionally small- gifts with rhymed praise or other for their good and not so valiant deeds during the year. Please refer to www.neerlandia.org for further, and registration details. Social Hall of the Dutch Church, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2. This event requires a good understanding of the Dutch language, and active participation of parents and children alike; it is definitely not a spectator event. updated 23 jan 2010 . Sinterklaas: For more information concerning the -partly mythical- ‘Bishop of Myra’ I’d like to suggest a website built and maintained by people in Holland, Michigan, USA : www.stnicholascentre.org gives an extensive overview of Sinterklaas, St Nicholas, and Santa Claus. comprehensive collection of links at: www.sinterklaas.2link.be/ updated 28 Oct 2007. - 5 December: Official Birthday of Sinterklaas, allegedly the bishop of Myra (in Turkey), who travels by a small steamer from Spain, and whom especially young children revere. In fact, they donate carrots for his horse and sing songs near the chimney, hoping for little presents to drop into their shoes overnight. The historical bishopric of Myra lies near Bari in the south of Italy; the dress of the ‘Zwarte Pieten’ is based on the uniform worn by pages in Spain, the black face can refer either to the African descent of servants in important Spanish families, or to the fact that ‘Piet’ needs to climb down and up each chimney, which would make anyone pitch black anyhow. Come to think of it, my mother - when we still had a coal fire - told me that the chimney sweep acted as Zwarte Piet, because he had nothing to do in winter as all chimneys are in use. Information: holland.nl/uk/holland/sights/saint_nicholas and domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19981101/SAINTS/nicholas - First Sunday in December: ’Kerst Concert’ + Christmas concert in the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, after the service led by Geoff van der Weegen, a Dutchman who has been the rector of Stonesfield, Coombe Longa and the surrounding area in Oxfordshire for longer than memory serves. www.dutchchurch.org.uk . updated 23 jan 2010 . - Was: Dinsdag 16 december 2008: The following requires an excellent understanding of Dutch as it is spoken, which is why it is in Dutch! Nederlandse City Lunch - kerst soiree, in 2008 met cabaretier en schrijver Vincent Bijlo. Zaal open 18.30, aanvang 19.00, aansluitend zal een buffet worden geserveerd. In plaats van de gebruikelijke acceptatie voor de Lunches wordt u dit maal verzocht zich zo spoedig mogelijk (uiterlijk op 5 december) schriftelijk aan te melden by de City Lunch, c/o Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP. Uit de uitnodiging van de City Lunch citeer ik het volgende:
Voor nadere informatie: W: www.nedcitylunch.org.uk E : nedcitylunch@dutchchurch.org.uk ; T: 020-7590 3256, boeking alleen schriftelijk, onder bijsluiting van het verschuldigde bedrag ad £22.50 per persoon, bij Vanessa van Mildert, c/o Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP.
Traditioneel krijgen trouwe bezoekers van de ‘gewone’ city lunch bij grote belangstelling als eersten een kaartje toebedeeld. updated 23 jan 2010 - Last Sunday before Christmas - was 21 December 2008: Christmas service at the Dutch Church, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2P 2HA Followed by ‘Kerstmaaltijd’ - Christmas meal. E: info@dutchchurch.org.uk W: www.dutchchurch.org.uk T: 020 7588 1684. Please let the vergers know in advance if you intend to attend the meal after the service, how many people will be in your party, and how you would be able to help on this day. The service is bilingual, but would assume a fair understanding of the Dutch language as it is spoken. updated 23 jan 2010 . Looking for that Christmas Card with a difference? Each year (save for 2008 ... ) The Koning Willem Fonds -the Dutch name of the Netherlands Benevolent Society- offer for sale their card, which in 2009 depicted a winter landscape by a fine Old Master, Dutch painter Isack van Ostade (1621-1649). “Ice Scene near an Inn (1643) from the Kremer Collection at the Frans Halsmuseum in Haarlem. The cards, sold in packs of 10, cost £7.50 per pack, discounted to £6.50 when you order 10 or more packs. Available with and without pre-printed greeting inside, which reads: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. W: www.koningwillemfonds.org.uk updated 23 jan 2010 . 
January 2011 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - Was: 8 January 2010: ’Hallo 2010’ + Neerlandia welcomes the new year with bisschopswijn, erwtensoep, oliebollen and hollandse koffie. Please book before January. Members £6, guests £8. Door open 18.30, meal 19.30. See www.neerlandia.org.uk for application details. updated 23 jan 2010 . - Was: Wednesday 13 January 2010: UK-EU SOCIETIES New Year Concert + Last year the UK-EU Societies presented Concert with a European theme to celebrate the New Year. Taking part were specially selected students from the Royal College of Music, who are all on the threshold of their professional careers.
The programme included: The Piatti String Quartet who will play music by Haydn and others. Jonathan Parkin on the clarinet with piano, playing Vaughan Williams’ Folk Songs and the Messager Solo de Concours. Paula Poppa, the Romanian harpist, playing Parlando Rubato - The Legend of a Flight by Felicia Donceanu (a contemporary Romanian composer). Soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon and baritone Vojtech Safarik accompanied by Alisdair Hogarth on the piano performing arias from popular operas. The Elysium Quartet (four terrific saxophonists) playing jazz including Gershwin. Plus a solo pianist.
About the Britten Theatre: Its simple elegance, responsive acoustics and intimate tiered auditorium are appreciated by audiences of opera, music, theatre and ballet. One of London ’s best-kept secrets, the Britten Theatre was opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 1986 in celebration of the College’s centenary. It was designed by Sir Hugh Casson and named after Benjamin Britten, a former student of the College. With excellent technical facilities the theatre is in almost constant use as the focus of the RCM’s thriving Benjamin Britten International Opera School.
Tickets for the Concert are £20 for seats in the Stalls, Stalls Circle and Dress Circle; and £10 for seats in the Upper Circle. There will be an interval during the concert, when a glass of wine or soft drink will be served. Wednesday 13 January 2010, 7.00pm – 9.00pm The Britten Theatre Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS (Situated behind the Royal Albert Hall). Please contact the Office of the Anglo-Netherlands society for further details. updated 23 jan . February 2011 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . Month 2010 - date: -’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . - ? month 2009: NCL - Nederlandse City Lunch - The following requires an excellent understanding of Dutch as it is spoken, therefore the announcement is in Dutch! Voordracht door een prominente Nederlander. Zaal open 12.15, aanvang plm 12.30 lunch buffet geopend na afloop van de voordracht en vragen om plm 13.30, einde buffet rond 14.00 / 14.30. In de Social Hall van de Nederlandse Kerk, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA. Kosten (2010) : £8.00 per persoon. Gaarne opgeven: per e-mail: nedcitylunch@dutchchurch.org.uk of telefonisch T: 020 7588 1684, voor inlichtingen: W: www.nedcitylunch.org.uk. updated date . | 
