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| 3 May 2019 | |
| 7.30pm St James' Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Details: City Music Productions Web site +44 (0)333 666 3366 £15, 22, 28 | Piccadilly Chamber Music Series: The Great Romantics [3] Martyn Jackson, violin Rowena Calvert, cello Warren Mailley-Smith, piano Beethoven: Piano Trio No 3, Op 1 No 3 in C minor Chick Corea: Addendum Schubert: Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, D 898 Chamber music series. focusing on ‘The Great Romantics’. Featuring Beethoven, Schubert and Chick Corea. |
| 11 May 2019 | |
| 7pm St Thomas' Church St Thomas Street, Lymington Hampshire SO41 9ND Details: Karen Brett Web site +44 (0)7484 230822 £15, students £7.50, accompanied children free. Includes a glass of wine or soft drink | Haydn's Creation Esther Mallet, soprano Michael Bell, tenor Timothy Edlin, bass Lymington Choral Society Lymington Classical Players Marjory King, leader Michael Moorsom, cello continuo Timothy Rice, keyboard continuo Michael Goldthorpe, conductor Joseph Haydn: The Creation |
| 7.30pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Details: Web site £15-32 | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Ciaran McCabe, violin Warren Mailley-Smith, piano Mozart: Divertimento in D, K 136 Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K 466 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons An evening of Mozart and Vivaldi chamber music by candelight. Celebrate the end of the week with The Piccadilly Sinfonietta, an exciting new orchestra featuring some of the UK’s most outstanding young professional musicians, led by the sensational violinist Ciaran McCabe. This dynamic ensemble presents a programme of some of the greatest classical music ever written including Vivaldi’s masterpiece, “The Four Seasons” in the beautiful surroundings of St James’ Church, in the heart of London’s West End by the evocative glow of candlelight. This special concert also features exceptional British pianist Warren Mailley-Smith, who has developed a large following across the UK thanks to his effortless technique and charismatic charm. One of his most extraordinary achievements is performing the complete solo works (3.5 million notes) of Frederick Chopin from memory. Mailley-Smith has performed for the Royal Family on many occasions, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall and the Wigmore Hall and has been featured as Classic FM's CD of the Week. Press quote: “Stunning” Classic FM. Tickets: £32, £28, £20 & £15 Online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/627161 Box office: 0333 666 3366 (Mondays to Fridays, 9.00AM to 7.00PM) On the door. |
| 18 May 2019 | |
| 7.30pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Details: Web site | An evening of sublime piano music by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt |
| 19 May 2019 | |
| 3pm Bushey Academy London Road Bushey WD23 3AA Details: Box Office Web site +44 (0)7467 248 258 £18, £15, £1 children (£1 discount online) | Classics for Spring Joseph Longstaff, horn Martin Smith, violin Bushey Symphony Orchestra George Vass, conductor Janacek: Suite, Op 3 Mozart: Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K 417 Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op 28 Poulenc: Sinfonietta 2018/19 Bushey Symphony Orchestra Season | Concert IV |
| 11 May 2019 until 19 May 2019 | |
| London Details: Web site | London Festival of Contemporary Church Music The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music was founded in 2002 with the aim of showcasing contemporary liturgical music in both service and concert. Based at St Pancras Parish Church, London, the LFCCM has grown to include more than 70 events in venues across London and beyond, dozens of composers, hundreds of performers and thousands of audience members, both live and online, showcasing the very best in contemporary liturgical music for choir and organ. |
| 10 May 2019 until 19 May 2019 | |
| Brixworth Northamptonshire Details: Web site | Brixworth Music Festival |
| 21 May 2019 | |
| 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall Milton Court, Silk Street London EC2Y 9BH Details: Barbican Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7638 8891 £15-35 | Britten Sinfonia - Beethoven Symphony Cycle (Nos 7 and 8) Britten Sinfonia Thomas Adès, conductor Beethoven: Symphony No 7 Gerald Barry: Dead March Beethoven: Symphony No 8 A game of musical chairs plus a short but inventive symphony all bought together with a jubilant and joyous close: Britten Sinfonia’s Beethoven Cycle continues with Symphonies Nos 7 and 8. Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia continue their journey through Beethoven’s symphonies with the brief, brilliantly inventive Symphony No 7 and the jubilant Eighth. Irish composer (and Beethoven devotee) Gerald Barry draws on melodies that he loves in Dead March, then allows them to behave as if 'everything is possible'. |
| 26 May 2019 | |
| 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall Milton Court, Silk Street London EC2Y 9BH Details: Barbican Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7638 8891 £15-35 | Britten Sinfonia - Beethoven Symphony Cycle (No. 9) Claudia Boyle, soprano Britten Sinfonia Voices Eamonn Dougan, Britten Sinfonia Voices director Britten Sinfonia Thomas Adès, conductor Gerald Barry: The Eternal Recurrence Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (choral) Britten Sinfonia’s Beethoven Symphony Cycle, conducted by Thomas Adès, concludes with Beethoven’s mighty ‘choral’ symphony and Gerald Barry’s feverish The Eternal Recurrence. Beethoven’s extraordinary Ninth Symphony is regarded by many as the finest of all symphonies, and its message of humanity, perhaps most famously encapsulated in the symphony’s Ode to Joy chorus, continues to resonate today (not least, as the anthem for the European Union). Here, Beethoven’s masterful celebration of the human race is paired with Gerald Barry’s The Eternal Recurrence, a brilliant, feverish setting of texts from Nietzsche’s philosophical novel Also sprach Zarathustra. |
| 28 May 2019 | |
| 7pm Gresham Centre St Anne & St Agnes Church, Gresham St London EC2V 7BX Details: Web site Free - all welcome | Top US Choir Strike The Right Note in the Heart of London Morgan State University Choir Eric Conway, director Baltimore-based Morgan State University Choir heads to the UK in May, with a concert at the stunning church of St Anne and St Agnes on 28 May. Previously, this top collegiate gospel choir were invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to perform at The White House for a televised music special, ‘Music in the Gospel Tradition’. The choir supported Aretha Franklin, who together sang in front of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. The evening will be a wonderful mix of spiritual classics alongside arrangements of iconic songs by The Beatles, including ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Let It Be’, in addition to excerpts from Gershwin’s ‘Porgy & Bess’ and Bernstein’s ‘Mass’. |
| 29 May 2019 | |
| 1.10pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Details: Web site | Park Lane Group Free Lunchtime Concert - Dominic Degavino, piano - Liszt, McCabe and Beethoven |
| 30 May 2019 until 2 June 2019 | |
| Worcester Details: Web site | Elgar Festival The official celebration of the life and music of Edward Elgar, based in his home town of Worcester with activities spanning Elgar Country, and held annually during the weekend closest to his birthday (2 June 1857). Combines symphonic and string orchestra concerts by the festival's orchestra-in-residence, the English Symphony Orchestra, with chamber concerts, choral concerts, recitals, outdoor concerts, plays, exhibits and talks. |
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