Jubileumprogramma/Jubilee programme
Zondag 26 juli 2026 – Save the Date!
Feestelijke viering van onze 476e Stichtingszondag met hopelijk de inhuldiging van het Jubileum raam. Meer informatie volgt.
Thursday 12 February 2026 at 7pm
Significant Austin Friars Encounters regarding Clocks!
Find out how a magician, a blacksmith, a poet, a scientist, a Duchess and a carpenter came together in significant encounters, in or near the Dutch Church, to solve the world’s most pressing problem. Don’t miss a lively and informative talk about the history of clocks and how the Dutch Church enabled these crucial encounters between Dutch and English clockmakers during three of the four Anglo-Dutch wars. Marc ter Kuile, former banker and entrepreneur who, after retirement, studied at West Dean College to become a clockmaker will inform and entertain you.
Tickets: www.dutchcentre.com
Saturday 21 February 2026 at 5.30pm
St Albans International Organ Festival – Leo van Doeselaar at the Dutch Church
Leo van Doeselaar is based in Amsterdam. He frequently appears in concerts throughout the world as a soloist and teacher at numerous important Organ and Early Music festivals. Between 1995 and 2019 he was professor of organ at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. As organist of the Netherlands Bach Society van Doeselaar is intensively involved in the prestigious video and audioproject ‘All of Bach’. He is titular organist of the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and of the famous Schnitger-organ in the Martini Church in Groningen. In the Dutch Church van Doeselaar will play organ music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dirk Sweelinck, Albert de Klerk, Jan Welmers, Gerard Bunk, Ottavio Bargnani, Bert Matter and JS Bach.
Entry is free, with a retiring collection.
Donderdag 26 Maart 2026 om 19.00 uur
Geert Mak – Een verbrijzeld Europees droombeeld?
Publiek interview met de gerenommeerde Nederlandse journalist en non-fictieschrijver Geert Mak. Dit evenement is in het Nederlands!
Tickets: www.dutchcentre.com
Thursday 4 June 2026
Significant Encounters regarding Anglo-Dutch botanical exchanges, collections and travels, 1650-1750
Although summer seems far off in these cold, dark times of the year, there is the glimmer of hope with the knowledge Spring and Summer will be coming. Please mark your diary for an informative and fun day out on Thursday 4 June when the focus will be on the many encounters between the botanical gardens and collections of Holland and England.
10am Start at Austin Friars with coffee/cake and a special talk by Dr. Brad Scott, excursion, walk, theatrical surprise and lunch.
4pm Finish in the Chelsea Physic Garden, Embankment.
Ask a friend and come along! All revenues will go to the new jubilee window. More information in next Kerknieuws.
The Jubilee Committee
Fotos en impressies van het jubileum weekend 26 en 27 juli 2025
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