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.
Significant Encounters regarding Anglo-Dutch botanical exchanges
Thursday 4 June 2026: an interesting and fun day!
I’m organising a day out as a fundraiser for the new anniversary church window.
Programme:
– 9.30am Coffee & cake in the Social Hall Austin Friars
-10.00am Talk by Dr Brad Scott sharing his knowledge about the botanical relationship between Holland and England during the past centuries
-11.00am Walk to London Bridge City Pier; boat trip to Battersea Power Station; walk Battersea Park and Albert Bridge to Chelsea
– 1.00pm Lunch in the historic Physic Gardens
– 2.00pm Informative tour with surprises
– 4.00pm Finish
Cost £125.00 all inclusive
I’m organising this myself, so please send me an email: shhillen@gmail.com if you’re interested to join, maybe with a friend, on this unique day!
Suzanne Hillen, member of the Jubilee Committee
Donderdag 24 september 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
Fotos en impressies van het jubileum weekend 26 en 27 juli 2025
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