Here is the link to Trevor Jones's account of the trip of the Gang of Four to Guildford:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iVOfRVkCZl9uIoGvRWf-LL9KApXvQiU2/view?usp=sharing

Sunday 20 July 2025

VIENDO VIENTO at E-Werk at 6:00 pm

Dear members,
  I would like to invite those interested to join a group of AGC members for a new forthcoming dance performance, VIENDO VIENTO at E-Werk.
This follows the successful attendance of the  members last year at the E-Werk  performance of the VAYA dance ensemble and the get-together in the E-Werk restaurant after the performance.
Click on following link for details of the forthcoming performance:
https://ewerk-freiburg.de/veranstaltungen/viendo-viento
I suggest we attend as a group on Sunday 20th July, 6 o’clock pm, as a preferred date.
Please, let me know as soon as possible by phone 015110546635 or email scafell@web.de if you would like to join us
Tickets cost €20
My bank details will follow when the group numbers have been established ( as soon as possible) so tickets and seating can be ordered together for the group.
FOLLOWING the performance, we can then have a bite and a drink in the Italian restaurant/ Pizzeria at the E-Werk.
Looking forward to seeing you there ( watch my daughter perform! )
Best wishes to all,
Bernard

Thursday 8th to Monday 12th May 2025

Proposed visit to Guildford

Wednesday 15th January 2025

Guided tour of the exhibition “Modern Times”, Museum für Neue Kunst at 10.30 am, followed by

New Year's lunch at “Gasthof Löwen” at 12.30 pm

The members of the Anglo German Club Freiburg wish to thank Penny and Ernst for the all their hard work in organising the club’s activities so successfully for yet another year. Thank you both very much.

Monday 16th December 2024

'Nine Lessons and Carols' at St. Ursula's, Rathausgasse, Freiburg at 8pm 

Thursday 12th December 2024

Christmas Dinner at Hotel Schiff, Freiburg St Georgen at 6.30pm 

Saturday 7th December 2024

The ADG production of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol at the Bürgerhaus Seepark at 6pm 

Wednesday 27th November 2024

Commemorative Service in Freiburg’s Münster at 8pm

Monday 25th November 2024

Meeting Guildford friends at Hotel Löwen, Herrenstraße, 7pm 

Anglo German Club Newsletter Invitation November 2024

Please read at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AqIVNDl43imMxFSbGgDdQl3210KrybAL/view?usp=sharing

Tuesday 8th October 2024

Baden Tapas

 A cooking class exclusively for the members of the AGC Freiburg

in the school kitchen of the "Forum ernähren, bewegen, bilden"*  *A unique and special facility.

of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district.

8 October 2024, 4 to 7 p.m. School Kitchen, Breisach, Europaplatz 1, fee 7 €,

Minimum number of participants 8, maximum 15 people.

Participants should bring their own apron (can also be rented for €1) and  tea towel.

What is cooked is predominantly vegetarian, Allergies should be communicated

in advance.

Europaplatz 1 is about 4 km from the city center, if you want to travel by public transport,

take the train to Breisach train station and from there by bus, stop next to

the event building. Parking for cars nearby.

Monday 12th August 2024

Flamenco unter Sternen mit Ensemble madrugá flamenca

At the Wallgraben Theatre at the Rathofspiele (please contact Roy Murray for more details at 

murraysingermany@gmail.com or 0761 4534396)

Sunday 4th August 2024

Dear members, 

As penny and I are in the UK at the moment,I am sending you volkers letter about a trip to waldkirch. Volker is willing to organise this event, thank you very much volker, so please get into contact with him if you would like to take part.

Our best wishes from Norfolk, 

Penny and Ernst 

“Sonntag, 4. August - "Wozu in die Ferne schweifen, sieh, das Gute liegt so nah!" -
10.45 Treffen am Elztalmuseum (Anfahrt individuell mit Auto oder Bahn), Museumspass gilt
11 Uhr Besuch der Ausstellung mit Werken von Otmar Alt
anschließend Einkehr im nahegelegenen Gasthaus "Stadtrainsee", bei schönem Wetter im Garten
14.30 Uhr wieder im Museum zur Führung (diese kostet 2 €).
Wer dann noch mehr zu und über Orgeln wissen möchte, kann dies im Orgelbauersaal  (ca. 15 Fußminuten entfernt) tun.
Dieser hat bis 18 Uhr geöffnet (und jeweils nur am ersten Sonntag im Monat!).
Anmelden kann man sich gerne bei mir, verpflichtend nur die Reservierung im Lokal, um sicher zu gehen.
Dir und Penny viele Grüße Volker

 Thursday 4th July 2024

(AKA - US Independence Day, UK General Election Day)

A night with the Bard - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Schloß Ebnet at 19:00

Saturday 8th June 2024

Walk, Vesper and Weinprobe 

Schätzle, Breisgauerstr.52, Lehen at 18:00

Sunday 21st April 2024

Händel: 

Coronation Anthems, Delalande: Te Deum - Konzert der Christuskantorei 

Christuskirche, Solist*innen und Barockorchester   

ChristusKirche Maienstraße 2, Freiburg, at 17:00

Thursday 7th March 2024

Guided tour of the Stadtarchiv

Neuer Messplatz at 11:00, followed by lunch at Die Kantina at 12:30

Wednesday 14th February 2024

Get together on St Valentine's Day

Hotel Zum Schiff, St Georgen at 18:30

Wednesday 10th January 2024

Guided tour of the Augustinermuseum at 11:00

New Year's á la carte lunch at 12:30

[Attention - the venue for lunch has changed to the GASTHAUS LÖWEN in the Herrenstrasse] 

Wednesday 25th October

Get Together

Hotel Schiff in St. Georgen at 19:00

Saturday 7th October

Wine tasting at the Franz Xaver Weingut in Buchholz

Those interested please contact Roy Murray at Gilgenmatten 12A (Tel. 0761 4534396)

26th, 27th, and 28th May

 Our member Bernard Halford’s daughter Tina, choreographer and dancer, will be performing in a piece called

 ‘A pebble falling on a silent lake’.

 Performances E-Werk Freiburg, 26th,27th,28th of May. https://bz-ticket.de/a-pebble-falling-on-a-silentlake-tickets-e-werk-freiburg-x1x 

Tuesday 23rd May

Asparagus Dinner

Invitation to the annual Asparagus Dinner of the Anglo German Club on the 23rd of May 2023.

 The Anglo German Club has great pleasure in inviting its members and friends to the Wirtshaus zur Sonne for the Annual Asparagus Dinner on Tuesday,  the 23rd of May.  An aperitif will be served on the terrace, courtesy of the club. The loyal toast will be held during the dinner. Aperitif at 5.30 p.m, dinner at 6.30 p.m.  Menu: summer salad, locally grown asparagus served with butter and hollandaise sauce, a selection of hams, ‘Kratzete’ and new potatoes, Sonne dessert. Price: 49,00 € for members, 55,00 € for guests  Drinks and coffee extra.  Dear Members, would you please let us know by email, snailmail, or phone whether you are able to attend our Annual Asparagus Dinner. We would be very grateful if you could let us have your answer as soon as possible but at the latest by the 16th May and transfer the amount for the dinner to the club’s account For our environmentally friendly members and wine drinkers, too, it is worth knowing that there is good public transport to and from the Sonne. It is possible to catch the train from Freiburg to Denzlingen and take the 7205 bus outside the station which stops directly outside the Sonne. Should you need or be able to offer transport, please, in-form us, we will do our best to arrange a lift. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Saturday 13th May

The concert from Shephard Ensemble with English music at Martinskirche on the 13th May. (Music of the Spheres, Werke für Chor a cappella und mit Orchester von Tallis, Parry, Harris, Dyson, Todd, O’Regan und Vaughan Williams). This is the link that will allow you to have a look at the programme and book your tickets. www.sheppardensemble.de

Sunday 23rd April

Sonntag, 23.04. 2023 | 19 Uhr | Spitalkirche, Breisach | Marienau 1.

Gareth Reaks Combo - A World That Swings!     

Eintritt 15,- €/ 10,- € erm./ frei für Schüler:innen der JMS (Abendkasse/Kartenvorverkauf: Tel: 07667/1846) 

 "Souverän durchschreitet sein glänzend aufgelegtes Quartett die goldene Ära genannte Zeit des Great American Songbook." (Rainer Kobe, Badische Zeitung, 17.10.17)  

"Ein fantastischer Abend mit erstklassigem Entertainment!" (Martina Schmid, SWR LIVE!)   

Auf unserem YouTube Channel  gibt es Kostproben von unseren Neuaufnahmen: 

 Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do 

Sally's Tomato/Summer Samba 

Sweet Lorraine  

 Wir würden uns freuen, Sie/euch bald zu sehen!

Many thanks and best wishes,   

Gareth Reaks und die Gareth Reaks Combo:   

Gareth Reaks (Vibraphon, Gesang)   

Olga Krasotova (Piano)   

Andres Buchholz (Kontrabass)   

Eric Karle (Schlagzeug)  

www.garethreaks.com

Thursday 16th March

ADG Europe presents TNT theatre Britain in

CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER

by Tom Franklin

Directed by Paul Stebbings Musical Director Christian Auer

Producer Grantly Marshall

GASTSPIEL IN ENGLISCHER SPRACHE

Bürgerhaus Seepark, Freiburg, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße 1

16. März 2023, 15:00 Uhr und 19:00 Uhr

Dear members,

 We have found out rather late that our Munich based theatre group will be in Freiburg on

Thursday, 16th March at the Bürgerhaus performing in English a play titled, ‘The Crooked Letter’.

Unfortunately, we cannot be with you but encourage any of you who are interested to go along

as their performances are always worthwhile. Tickets on sale at the door or beforehand from the Carl Schurz House.

We have learned that Roy Murray is planning to go, so we suggest  contacting Roy, 0761 / 4534396, if you feel like going, too!

With our best wishes to you all

Penny & Ernst  

Goodbye Lisa

We received the sad news that our dear member, Lisa van Scharrel, has died. Lisa had been a very loyal member of the club for many years, serving on the committee and as our founder member Dorothy Elchlep got older accompanied her by car to the conversation evening held in the Merian Schule, where Lisa taught until her retirement. We often teased Lisa that she was the Anglo German Club’s Queen, as she was born in the same year as the late Queen. She was fortunate to have been able to live her very long life actively and independently until shortly before her death this month. She remained an active member of the club attending many events, which towards the end of her life was made easier for her by the kindness of members who collected her and brought her home. We shall miss her and her dry sense of humour and are so very pleased that our Xmas party in December has been made that much more memorable by the fact that she was with us all. We extend our sincere condolences to her sister and her extended family. The funeral is at the Bergäcker Friedhof in Littenweiler, on Wednesday, 3rd May, at 1pm. 

Saturday 25th February

Samstag, 25. Februar 2023:  Konzert gemeinsam mit „Consonances“ aus Besançon,

             zum 60. Jahrestag des „Élysée-Vertrages:

             „Abenddämmerung der Romantik“

     Die v. A. in Frankreich sehr bekannten Künstler:

     Florence Losseau (Mezzosopran)

     Guillaume Bellom (Piano), und

     Alexis Descharmes (Violoncello)

     spielen / singen für uns verschiedene Stücke und Lieder von:

     Johannes Brahms und Gabriel Fauré

     (Programm s. Anhang) und auf der Website der DFG)

     Ort:    Humboldt-Saal, Humboldt-Str. 2, Freiburg

     Beginn:  19h00

     Eintrittspreise:  18 €; ermäßigt: 12 €

     Eine Anmeldung / Platzreservierung bei mir ist empfehlenswert!

Thursday 15th December 2022

Anglo German Club Christmas Party

At Hotel zum Schiff in St Georgen

(See invitation sent by email on 6th December)

                                                                  GTA Freiburg Quiz invitation October 2022.pdf 

Wednesday 14th September 2022

Meeting at the Kybfelsen at 18.30, preceded by a walk beforehand at 17:00 (5 o’clock) if the weather is fine

Wednesday 12th October 2022

The Annual General Meeting will take place at Hotel zum Schiff, Basler Landstrasse 35 at 7pm, preceded by a Club get-together with an aperitif courtesy of the Club at 6.30 pm. 

[Please see Notification of AGM 2022 dated 20th September 2022 - sent by email 07 October 2022]

It is with great sadness that the Anglo German Club Freiburg records the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who dedicated her whole life to the service of her subjects. May she rest in peace eternally.

God save the King.

Dates for your Diary

Friday to Sunday 24th to 26th June 2022

'Sisters Market' at the Rathausplatz in Freiburg and visit by Guildford friends

Friday 24th June 2022 at 19:30

An art exhibition of of Freiburg and Guildford artists, our member Zoja Elchlepp among them at 'Wonderlands', Urachstr.3, Straßenbahndepot, Wiehre

Saturday 25th June 2022

Platinum Jubilee dinner at the Dattler am Schloßberg with Guildford friends with an aperitif on the terrace at 19:00

[The occasion was truly memorable and unique. Many thanks to Penny and Ernst for all the hard work that was obviously involved in organising such a magificent event] 

Sunday 26th June 2022

Schluchsee outing with Guildford friends - program as per the newsletter

Tuesday 12th July 2022

An evening with the Bard - Othello - at Schloß Ebnet at 19:00 - with a drink and a bite to eat afterwards at the nearby Dreisamtalblick restaurant 

[All "Dates for your Diary" events up to 17th July have been completed]

The members of the Anglo German Club Freiburg wish to thank Penny and Ernst for the all their hard work in keeping the club 'ticking over' during the Covid-19 annus horribilis.

Thank you both very much.

Sending our dear members and friends our very best wishes

for a Merry Xmas and a healthy Happy New Year,

when we do so hope we can all meet up again.

The Committee

Anglo German Club Freiburg

Freiburg, Christmas 2020

                             Father Christmas 2020                                      

Ho, ho, ho, a very downbeat Santa, sitting here, am I.

No Anglo German party, and you all know the reason why.

That beastly, dreaded virus, a world wide ‘Pandemie’,

And it’s jolly well stopping me coming down your chim-n-ey!!

And for red, white and blue, and black, red and gold,

A break in your proud tradition, that 62 years long you have kept hold.

But mark my words, next year, with Rudolph, I’ll be back,

and with all your pressies filled to the brim in my Anglo German sack!

Till then AHA: hands, face and space you must definitely all keep,

with that BioNtech shot in your arm, we’ll put Corona back to sleep,

and then with masks off, at high volume, those carols you will sing,

And, maybe, even a dance, perhaps an Eightsome reel or even a Highland Fling?

Those crackers you will pull and with paper crowns upon your head

you’ll chat and laugh and that long Santa poem will be read!

So just hang on in there,

All you Anglo German members dear,

and your jolly old Santa will be back with you again next year.

So, with hope in our hearts, a farewell I say to you,

( those pressies will wait for the ladies pink, the gentlemen blue! )

And now this toast, as every year for you:

“To absent friends and Anglo German friendship true,

and a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to one and all of you!”

Guildford Twinning Association

Newsletter - Spring 2020

Please view at: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MlAdJAtos0W0r8lLLOKH5XjySJnwEcpZ/view?usp=sharing

GTA NEWS Roundup - Summer 2020

Please view at: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4VPyD3x24MaOZS6NbgW6dySOW_Ojlnx/view?usp=sharing

Notice - a message from Our Treasurer Ingrid Pabst

Dear members of the Anglo-German Club,

2020 so far really has been an unusual year for us all and for our club, too. Due to Covid our activities were most restricted, and consequently the club’s expenditures, also.

That’s why we thought we could cancel your membership fee for a year.

BUT since  quite a number of you - scrupulous as always - paid the fee for 2020 already and in order to avoid a terrible “Kuddelmuddel” Ernst, Penny and the rest of the committee decided to ask you all not to pay membership fees in 2021. Does that appeal to you all?

Nevertheless, having already experienced three quarters of the year 2020, may I kindly ask all of you to verify if you paid your fees for 2020?

Should you find out that this isn’t the case yet, please help me to complete my list of settled membership fees 2020 in the near future.

Just a short reminder: Anglo-German Club Freiburg, IBAN  DE20 6805 0101 0002 0099 13

40.-/55.- for Singles or Families

Thanking you very much in advance for your agreement I send you my best regards

Ingrid

Sonntag, 4.Oktober, 17:00 Uhr

katholische Kirche Oberried

Renaissanceblockflöten: Ensemble Flöten en bloc (Ellen Heydgen, Jessica Urbschat, Corinna Brünger, Margit Stoll)  Schlagwerk: David Auli Morales

Im Zentrum dieses Konzertes stehen Kompositionen von William Byrd (15431623), einem der bekanntesten und populärsten Komponisten der Renaissance. Es sind sehr unterschiedliche Stücke, teils von meditativem Charakter wie die Fantasia in a, teils sehr fröhlich und virtuos mit rhythmischen Akzenten wie Sellengers Round oder Carman's Whistle.

Eingebettet wird die Musik Byrds in die seiner englischen und italienischen Zeitgenossen Peter Phillipps, Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso u.a.

Das komplette Programm wird auf Renaissanceinstrumenten musiziert, abwechslungsreich wird es durch die Klangfarben, die sich aus den unterschiedlichen Kombinationen der Blockflöten ergeben sowie der Begleitung einiger Stücke durch den Percussionisten David Auli Morales.Freuen Sie sich auf ein sehr abwechslungsreiches, an Klangfarben variantenreiches Konzert.

Dear members

 Attention! Attention!!

Our member Francesca very kindly has forwarded the below and drawn our attention to this English Renaissance Concert taking place on our own doorstep in Oberried TOMORROW at 5 pm. Rather than selfishly keeping the information just for ourselves we have thought there might be some of you who would like to join us. There is no ticket price but Francesca thought Euro 15 euro approx. We have also booked a table for after the Concert at the Goldener Adler to enjoy a viertele and a bite afterwards. We have booked the table for between 6.30 and 7pm.

We realise that this is all very unexpected and impromptu but if you would like to join us, please let us know by 6pm this evening.

The “Evening with the Bard “was a great success even though there was such a small audience the actors were so very pleased to be performing again and one can be sure it is the same for the musicians below.

Apologies for such late notice but better late than never ….  and a big thank you to you, Francesca, for keeping us informed.

With our very best wishes to you all and with our hopes that in spite of Corona we will still be able to continue meeting up in a socially distanced and appropriate way.

Penny and Ernst

Tuesday 29th September 2020

An evening with the Bard

Othello

Schloß Ebnet at 18:00

Followed by drinks and a bite at the Italian restaurant Dreisamtablick nearby in Ebnet 

Received from the Guildford Twinning Association 

The Guildford Twinning Association has recorded on video and posted on YouTube a video of its Spring lecture. It's a 45-minute talk by Dr Ben Schofield from King's College London University on

The German Love Affair with Shakespeare

in which he considers the cultural connections between Germany and the UK through the prism of Germany's long-term love of Shakespeare

The YouTube link is:

https://youtu.be/i2ZS6YdruhU

Received from the Guildford Twinning Association 

Hallo,

I'm writing to you from the University of Southampton as a group interested in the promotion or teaching of the German language, to invite you and anyone you know who may be interested, to an online public lecture on bilingualism. In this lecture, Professor Jason Rothman, a world-leading expert in bilingualism and multilingualism, will discuss the facts and myths about bilingualism as it relates to how languages are acquired and processed, potential benefits that bilingualism might have at the cognitive (mind and brain), economic and social level, the tradeoffs of bilingualism, and the local, national and global context of bilingualism.

I thought that because, as a Anglo-German association, you have an interest in promoting language learning and you may find this lecture interesting. We're hoping to make academic research on bilingualism and its benefits accessible to all, which could be useful as you try to promote language learning and policy.

This free public lecture will be held online via a Zoom webinar and live-streamed on YouTube. You can find some more details below. If you are interested in attending the event, please make sure you pre-register so that we can send you the link beforehand.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Thomas Packer-Stucki

Research Assistant - University of Southampton

National Theatre at Home

Helen McCrory in Terence Rattigan's

The Deep Blue Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw68DjwzexU

Terfence Rattigan's devastating masterpiece, The Deep Blue Sea, contains one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama, played by Helen McCrory

A flat in Ladbroke, West london. 1952

When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

Streaming on YouTube until 19:00 on 16th July

Sunday 12th July 2020

Walk with our Guildford friends

(Cancelled)

Friday 10th July and Saturday 11th July 2020

Freiburg 900 year Celebration

(Cancelled)

At the Guildford stall during the 900 year festivities

National Theatre at Home

Les Blancs

By Lorraine Hansberry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTML9zh4sLc

An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father's funeral finds himself in the eye of a storm. 

Streaming on YouTube until 19:00 on 9th July

National Theatre at Home

Shakespeare's

A Midsummer Night's Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Punzss5sHto&feature=youtu.be

Shakespeare's romantic comedy features Gwendoline Christie and Hammed Animashaun

Streaming on YouTube until 19:00 on 2nd July

A message from the Anglo German Club Freiburg for today the 26th June 2020

Dear members,

     We would like to draw your attention to a talk by our member, Brigitte

Jarvis. You might have seen it mentioned in the Badische Zeitung yesterday,

see below:

"On Friday, June 26 at 15:00 am, Brigitte Jarvis speaks as a 92-year-old

eyewitness in the series" flight and expulsion ".

Under mortal danger, they escaped from Silesia (Breslau) in April 1945 in front of

the advancing Russian troops and then across the death strip of the Iron Curtain to

West Germany in 1947.

There are still places available for this event of

the Silesian compatriot in »Rappen« (Münsterplatz 13)

Telephone registration required under 0761 / 83647.

Admission is free. "

Hats off to you, dear Brigitte, an example to us all, as a nonagenarian as

active as ever !!

All good wishes for a successful talk.

Penny & Ernst