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24 March 2024 | |
3.30pm Cadogan Hall London SW1X 9DQ Details: Web site | Piano Quintets by Elgar and Vaughan Williams with Mark Bebbington and RPO string principals |
3.00pm Huntingdon Hall Chapel Walk Worcester Worcestershire Details: Web site | Worcester Concert Club Maggini String Quartet Julian Leaper (violin) Ciaran McCabe (violin) Martin Outram (viola) Peter Adams (cello) Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet in A major, opus 18 no 5 John Ireland - Quartet no 1 in D minor Johannes Brahms - Quartet in A minor, opus 51 no 2 See website for further details |
21 March 2024 | |
7.30pm St James's Sussex Gardens Sussex Gardens, London London W2 3UD Details: Web site £24, £20 | Bach - St John Passion Orlando Chamber Choir Lucy Goddard, director Ruairi Bowen, tenor (Evangelist) Gareth Brynmor John, baritone (Jesus) Jimmy Holliday, bass (Pilate) Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, soprano Kate Symonds-Joy, mezzo-soprano Sebastian Hill, tenor Musica Poetica Bach’s St John Passion combines the words of an ageing eyewitness of Jesus’ crucifixion, reflecting on what must have been the most influential event of his lifetime, with music by a deeply Lutheran composer to whom the Reformation will have given these words new urgency and depth. The narrative, taken from the German Luther Bible, is attributed to the apostle John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved”. Bach set his testimony to exquisite recitatives which our soloists will interpret for you, with regular interjections from the choir in the guise of various crowds. The stunning arias and reflective chorales, based on hymns familiar in Bach’s time, provide moral summaries of the events. With its colourful orchestral accompaniment, Bach’s St John Passion paints an expressive and immediate picture of Jesus’ last few days, conveying the anger, fear, resignation and joy in the various voices – and once again impressing and moving the listener with this timeless story of sacrifice and salvation. The chorus Ruht wohl, almost at the end of the passion, is famously hard to sing, not for technical but for emotional reasons. |
11 May 2024 | |
5.00pm St Cuthbert's church 50 Philbeach Gardens London sw5 9eb Details: VICTOR RUIZ Web site 02071014479 19.90 | WKMT MAY PIANO FESTIVAL https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/product/guest-at-xi-wkmt-london-piano-festival |
22 March 2024 | |
7.30pm St John's Church Smith Square London SW1P 3HA Details: Web site £36, £28, £20 | Parisian Spring Goldsmiths Choral Union Affinity Chamber Orchestra Jack Apperley Conductor Rosamond Thomas Soprano Alex Bower-Brown Baritone Lily Platts Soprano Richard Gowers Organ Fauré Requiem Boulanger Pie Jesu Duruflé Requiem The requiem masses of Fauré and Duruflé are distinctly optimistic in character. They both paint a picture of a welcoming heaven and a forgiving God. Fauré’s requiem was completed in 1890, Duruflé’s in 1947. Lili Boulanger (the sister of Nadia Boulanger) died in 1918 aged 24. She had a short but notably successful career, becoming the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome composition competition. In this concert, spanning the Parisian music scene over 60 years, Lili Boulanger’s haunting Pie Jesu is the link between the two well-loved choral works. |
17 May 2024 | |
7.30pm St Cuthbert's church 50 Philbeach Gardens London sw5 9eb Details: VICTOR RUIZ Web site 02071014479 £29 | London Piano Recital by Juan Rezzuto Juan Rezzuto Argentinian pianist trained on Scaramuzza piano technique Pupil of Bruno Gelber Haydn Piano Sonata Hob. XVI 52 Mozart Piano Sonata K 332 Chopin pieces |
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