ADRIÁN VARELA
Musical Chats
MUSICAL CHATS is a series connecting current social issues found inside great works of classical music, to our daily lives, in an informal setting. In Musical Chats, the audience is a guest in Adrian's living room while he plays -and chats, naturally- linking the music to the world we live in, who we are and how we got here.
Following a successful Series 1 with strong audience support and engagement, Series 2 focuses on identity, gender violence, and unconscious racial bias, looking closely at the music of Mahler, Rimsky-Korsakov and Bernstein.
New and old-comers welcome.
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Season 2: Mahler, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bernstein
SEASON OPENER:
'Mahler: identity, recasting, rebirth'
ABOUT: Identity is fluid, not set in stone. Mahler’s unique, epic music reveals his own quest for effecting life changes, drawing on classical and contemporary roots, Christian and Jewish cultures, Bohemian street bands, and Eastern philosophy.

Sat 7 Nov, 15:00
St Barts, Sydenham SE26 6QR
Pay what you can £5, £10 or £15 at the door or online here.
More Season 2
Rimsky-Korsakov
Normalised gender violence in Sheherazade
Bernstein
Unconscious racial bias in West Side Story

Dates and locations tbc.
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SEASON 1 can be streamed here:


Beethoven: rage against the machine
18.7.26 St Bart's, Sydenham SE26
video coming soon
Mozart: no such thing as apolitical
7.3.26 St Hilda's, Honor Oak Park SE23
View trailer/buy
Bach: architecture, design, and the digital age
15.11.25 St Augustine's, Honor Oak Park SE23
View trailer/buy
