The Heron-Allen Society
towards the appreciation of the life and works of Edward Heron-Allen

Symposia

Figure 149 from EHA'S book "Violin-Making, as it was and is"
Diagram from "Violin-Making, as it was and is" by Edward Heron-Allen

11th Annual Symposium 2011

"Edward Heron-Allen and Music"

10.15am Tea and Coffee.

Programme starts at 10.45am.

  • Welcome and Introduction by Chairman
  • ‘Edward Heron-Allen’s visit to Downside to see the Music Library’ by Timothy J. McCann.
  • ‘Edward Heron-Allen as a Music Critic’, by Peter Horton.
  • 'Edward Heron-Allen and his Family’ by Bill Coleby.

    Short interval

  • Benjamin Norris will play some pieces on Edward Heron-Allen’s guarneri violin

  • "The Resurrection of the Edward Heron-Allen Violin No. 2 Modeled after the Joseph Guarnerius Del Gesu 1734, Ex-Sainton", byJohn and Barbara Mahoney, with Andrew Dipper

    Annual General Meeting

    Lunch at Pierinos Italian Restaurant, 37, Thurloe Place, SW7

    [There will be an exhibition of some of the treasures from the Heron-Allen collection at the Royal College. By kind permission of John and Barbara Mahoney we are able to see one of the two violins made by Heron-Allen and to hear it being played.