Saturday 30 October, 6.45pm until 9.00pm, Queen's Tower Rooms, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ
Imperial College London, a science-based university with a global reputation for excellence in teaching and research, will host the Battle of Ideas 2010 reception, with music provided by the Royal College of Music, one of the world’s leading conservatoires.
18.45-21.00
Queen’s Tower Rooms, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ
19.15
Welcome speeches by Claire Fox (director, Academy of Ideas), Paul Chadderton (director, corporate affairs, Jaguar Land Rover), Ann Furedi (chief executive, bpas), Colin Lawson, (director, Royal College of Music), Natasha Martineau (head, Research Communications, Imperial College London), Jamie Walls (VP, Shell UK), and others.
19.30-19.50
Performance by Monica Bancoş, 2010 graduate and Independent Opera Scholar, International Opera School, RCM; previously studied singing, National University of Music, Bucharest (with Romanian soprano Georgeta Stoleriu); 2009 winner of second prize at Kathleen Ferrier Competition for singers
Mozart, Ach chi mi dice mai from Don Giovanni
Verdi, Pace pace mio dio from La forza del destino
Tchaikovsky, Den li carit op 47 no 6
Piano solo by Konstantin Lapshin: Adagio from Tchaikovsky (arr. Pletnev)
Sleeping Beauty
Throughout the evening:
jazz provided by the RCM Jazz Trio and Imperial Scientist Entertainers
DIRECTIONS to Imperial College London from the Battle of Ideas
Paul Chadderton director, corporate affairs, Jaguar Land Rover; advocate, car industry | |
Ann Furedi chief executive, British Pregnancy Advisory Service; author, The Moral Case for Abortion | |
Natasha Martineau head, Research Communications, Imperial College London | |
Professor Colin Lawson director, Royal College of Music; period clarinettist; author, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto and Brahms: Clarinet Quintet | |
Jamie Walls vice president, UK communications, Shell | |
Chair: | |
Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive |