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| 1 February 2020 | |
| 1.30pm St John's Church 73 Waterloo Road London SE1 8TY Details: Web site £25 to include a full score | Viva l'Opera: Opera Chorus Come-and-Sing London Oriana Choir Nicholas Chalmers, conductor Purcell: When I am laid in earth,Dido and Aeneas Purcell: With Drooping Wings, Dido and Aeneas Mascagni: Easter Hymn, Cavalleria Rusticana Bizet: Habanera, Carmen Bizet: Toreador Song, Carmen Puccini: Humming Chorus, Madama Butterfly Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco Verdi: Brindisi, La Traviata Strauss: Champagne Chorus, Die Fledermaus From the passion of Purcell to the vigour of Verdi… come and join the London Oriana Choir and Nicholas Chalmers to sing-in the New Year with an energetic opportunity to enjoy the very best opera choruses. Whatever your background or choral experience, join us for a journey through the very best operatic ensemble moments. Rehearsal 1.30pm - 5.30pm Performance 6.30pm - 7.30pm |
| 5 February 2020 | |
| 6.45pm French Cultural Institute 17 Queensbury Pl London SW7 2DT Details: Web site | Critics' Question Time Critics from The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times and Opera magazine join Opera Holland Park for an event where you pose the questions. |
| 8 February 2020 | |
| 7.30pm St, Mary's Bourne Street 30, Bourne Street, Belgravia London SW1W 8JJ Details: Web site In Advance (to 5 February 7pm): £12/ £10 (concessions). Thereafter: £14/ £12 (cons.) | Vox in Rama: Lamentations by Phinot and White David Allinson, director Renaissance Singers, choir Dominique Phinot: Lamentations of Jeremiah Robert White: Lamentations of Jeremiah George Kirby: Vox in Rama Carlo Gesualdo: O Vos Omnes William Byrd: Ne irascaris Domine The Lamentations of Jeremiah inspired some of the most soulful polyphony ever written. Direct, dramatic settings of the verses alternate with lush vocal roulades. We present two of the greatest 16th century Lamentation settings, by Dominique Phinot and Robert White. White’s astonishing Lamentations a5 are advanced in style for their time and feel like a despairing commentary on the religious turbulence of Elizabethan England. Phinot’s setting is equally pioneering, for the way he manages the double choir texture, starting with block textures but gradually opening up a kaleidoscopic range of subtle scoring combinations. These two monumental pieces will be complemented by penitential motets by composers including George Kirby (Vox in Rama), Carlo Gesualdo (O vos omnes) and William Byrd (Ne irascaris) - music that crystallises sorrow and longing but also kindles humanity, hope and consolation. |
| 7.30pm St, Mary's Bourne Street 30, Bourne Street, Belgravia London SW1W 8JJ Details: Web site In Advance (to 5 February 7pm): £12/ £10 (concessions). Thereafter: £14/ £12 (cons.) | Vox in Rama: Lamentations by Phinot and White David Allinson, director Renaissance Singers, choir Dominique Phinot: Lamentations of Jeremiah Robert White: Lamentations of Jeremiah George Kirby: Vox in Rama Carlo Gesualdo: O Vos Omnes William Byrd: Ne irascaris Domine The Lamentations of Jeremiah inspired some of the most soulful polyphony ever written. Direct, dramatic settings of the verses alternate with lush vocal roulades. We present two of the greatest 16th century Lamentation settings, by Dominique Phinot and Robert White. White’s astonishing Lamentations a5 are advanced in style for their time and feel like a despairing commentary on the religious turbulence of Elizabethan England. Phinot’s setting is equally pioneering, for the way he manages the double choir texture, starting with block textures but gradually opening up a kaleidoscopic range of subtle scoring combinations. These two monumental pieces will be complemented by penitential motets by composers including George Kirby (Vox in Rama), Carlo Gesualdo (O vos omnes) and William Byrd (Ne irascaris) - music that crystallises sorrow and longing but also kindles humanity, hope and consolation. |
| 7.30pm St Johns Smith Square Smith Square, Wetsminster, London SW1 London SW1P 3HA | Mozart, Beethoven Concerto 3, Haydn Nelson Mass Arina Lazgiian, piano St George's Beckenham Choir Chameleon Arts Orchestra |
| 7.30pm St Johns Smith Square Smith Square, Wetsminster, London SW1 London SW1P 3HA Details: Marcus Wibberley 020 7222 1061 £25, £20, £15 | Viennese Triumphs Arina Lazgiian, piano St George's Beckenham Choir Chameleon Arts Orchestra Marcus Wibberley, Conductor Mozart: Overture Le Nozze di Figaro Beethoven: Piano C0ncerto 3 in c minor Haydn: Nelson Mass |
| 9 February 2020 | |
| 3.00pm St John-in-Bedwardine Church 1A Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5BS Details: Web site £12 / £10 conc. from door or Worcester Live Box Office 01905 611427. Under 18's free. | Farewell to Vienna: A New Beginning Ensemble Burletta Shelley Levy, clarinet Katalin Kertesz, violin Lucy Hewson, violin Nichola Joy Blakey, viola Cressida Nash, cello Bach-Mozart: Fugues Gal: Clarinet Quintet Horovitz: Concertante Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Part of the Insiders Outsiders arts festival: celebrating the contribution of refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture. |
| 7.45pm St Martha-on-the-Hill Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, near Guildford Surrey GU4 8PZ Details: Web site Free admission | The Lodore Trio Pam Pecko Smith, flute Heather Birt, viola Margaret Ozanne, piano To include: Graham Williams: Three Bagatelles (first performance) The Lodore Trio (flute, viola and piano) plays recently composed works for this evocative instrumental grouping. The Dark Sky Series consists of Sunday evening hilltop recitals at St Martha's, Chilworth. |
| 14 February 2020 | |
| 6.00pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Details: Zach Vanderburg Web site 0333 666 3366 £32, £25, £15 | Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight Warren Mailley-Smith, Piano Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata Gershwin’s Three Preludes Gershwin’s The Man I Love Gershwin/Wild’s Embraceable You Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue On Valentines Day, in the heart of London, join us for a romantic, candlelit evening in the stunning St James's Church Piccadilly, with an intimate concert featuring Warren Mailley-Smith, proclaimed by ClassicFM as "stunning". Enjoy selections of the world’s greatest classical music with romantic classics by Beethoven and Gershwin. Concert includes a red rose for your special Valentine. BOX OFFICE DETAILS: TICKET PRICES: £32, £25, £15 BOX OFFICE: 0333 666 3366 Mondays to Fridays, 9.00AM to 7.00PM (excluding bank holidays) and Saturdays 9.00AM to 5.00PM. tickets@citymusicpromotions.co.uk |
| 7.30pm St James' Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Details: Zach Vanderburg Web site 0333 666 3366 £32 £25 £15 | Valentine’s Vivaldi by Candlelight Warren Mailley-Smith, Piano Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Bach’s Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042 Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons On Valentine’s Day, in the heart of London, join us for a romantic, candlelit evening in the stunning St James’s Church, Piccadilly with the Piccadilly Sinfonietta and pianist and Artistic Director, Warren Mailley-Smith. The concert features timeless works by the monumental composers, Mozart, Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi. If you’re looking for a special evening with your Valentine, in need of a relaxing experience, want to learn more about classical music, or just want to hear virtuosic performances by some of the best, young performers in the UK, this concert is just for you. The Piccadilly Sinfonietta is one of the UK’s most exciting young ensembles. Founded in 2018, the ensemble has performed in halls throughout the UK including London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Manchester and further afield. The Piccadilly Sinfonia exists to perform the world’s greatest classical music in the UK’s most historic venues. The concert features breath-taking feats of virtuosity in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the “stunning” playing of pianist Warren Mailley-Smith in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major. Award-winning concert pianist and a favourite performer for the British Royal Family, Warren Mailley-Smith, recently became the first British pianist to perform Chopin’s complete works from memory. An exceptional talent and a self-deprecating sense of humour, combined with his formidable technical skill and mature musicality, makes him a favourite with audiences. So why not treat yourself to a spectacular evening and join us for a concert to remember of uplifting music. |
| 23 February 2020 | |
| 3.00pm Huntingdon Hall Crowngate, Worcester West Midlands WR1 3LD Details: Web site | Worcester Concert Club The Frith Piano Quartet Benjamin Frith - piano David Le Page - violin Robin Ireland - viola Richard Jenkinson - cello Mozart - Piano quartet in E flat major K493 no 2 Turina - Piano Quartet in A minor Op 67 Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor Op 65 no 1 Frith Piano quartet works by Mozart, Turina and Brahms |
| 29 February 2020 | |
| 6.30pm St Cuthbert's Church, Earls Court 50 Philbeach Gardens London SW5 9EB Details: WKMT Ltd Web site +44 (0)20 7101 4479 | Haydn and Mozart concertos in London Juan Rezzuto, piano Paola Delucchi, violin WKMT Strings Ensemble Mozart: Violin concerto No 1 Haydn: Piano concerto Hob XVIII:7 |
| 7.30pm St James's Church, Piccadilly 197 Piccadilly Piccadilly W1J 9LL Details: Web site | The stunning musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta perform Vivaldi's timeless classic, in a hugely |
| 4 March 2020 | |
| 7.00pm Bob Boas House 22 Mansfield St, Marylebone London W1G 9NR Details: Web site | The superfluous man and the bookish girl: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin Lada Valešová and Rosamund Bartlett talk to Anna Picard about Tchaikovsky’s life and music from his miniatures for solo piano to Eugene Onegin. |
| 11 March 2020 | |
| 7.00pm Pushkin House 5A Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2TA Details: Web site | OHP Young Artists Masterclass with Amanda Roocroft Internationally celebrated for her performances in the role of Tatyana, Amanda Roocroft makes her role debut as Tatyana’s mother, Madame Larina, in Opera Holland Park’s 2020 production of Eugene Onegin. Introduced by Donald Macleod, presenter of BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week, Amanda conducts a masterclass with singers from the 2020 Opera Holland Park Young Artists, in music including arias from Tchaikovsky’s opera. |
| 12 March 2020 | |
| 7.30pm St Andrew Holborn 5 St Andrew Street London EC4A 3AF Details: Web site £15, concessions 10, available online and on the door | Genealogy of a Genius - Bach family motets Orlando Chamber Choir Oliver John Ruthven, organ Lucy Goddard, director Johann Michael Bach: Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe Johann Michael Bach: Halt, was du hast Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht Johann Ludwig Bach: Das ist meine Freude Johann Christoph Bach: Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf Johann Christoph Bach: Herr, nun laessest du deinen Diener Johann Christoph Bach: Der Gerechte Johann Christoph Bach: Fuerchte dich nicht Johann Christoph Bach: Es ist nun aus mit deinem Leben Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach Orlando Chamber Choir invites you to an evening of copious counterpoint by Johann Sebastian Bach, his ancestors and their descendants. We reel you into the repertoire with "the" Bach's moving masterpiece "Komm, Jesu, komm" - but no sooner have you settled in your seat than we sing you off it with the double-choir jubilation of "Das ist meine Freude" by Bach's third cousin Johann Ludwig. Further down the family tree we find Johann Michael, Bach's father-in-law and uncle to his first wife. He intricately interweaves his motets' melodies to set hymns and Psalm texts simultaneously, creating a contemplative discourse between heavenly and earthly voices. Johann Michael's brother Johann Christoph contributes more intimately crafted compositions with madrigalian musicality and word-painting aplenty. We leave you with the hope and comfort of Bach's "Ich lasse dich nicht" which, true to its title, once heard stays with you forever. Come and marvel at the masterful motets of this phenomenal family! |
| 7.30pm St Andrew Holborn 5 St Andrew Street, London London EC4A 3AF Details: Web site £15, concessions £10, available online and on the door | Genealogy of a Genius - Bach family motets Orlando Chamber Choir Paul Plummer, organ Lucy Goddard, director Johann Michael Bach: Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe Johann Michael Bach: Halt, was du hast Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht Johann Ludwig Bach: Das ist meine Freude Johann Christoph Bach: Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf Johann Christoph Bach: Herr, nun laessest du deinen Diener Johann Christoph Bach: Der Gerechte Johann Christoph Bach: Fuerchte dich nicht Johann Christoph Bach: Es ist nun aus mit deinem Leben Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach Orlando Chamber Choir invites you to an evening of copious counterpoint by Johann Sebastian Bach, his ancestors and their descendants. We reel you into the repertoire with "the" Bach's moving masterpiece "Komm, Jesu, komm" - but no sooner have you settled in your seat than we sing you off it with the double-choir jubilation of "Das ist meine Freude" by Bach's third cousin Johann Ludwig. Further down the family tree we find Johann Michael, Bach's father-in-law and uncle to his first wife. He intricately interweaves his motets' melodies to set hymns and Psalm texts simultaneously, creating a contemplative discourse between heavenly and earthly voices. Johann Michael's brother Johann Christoph contributes more intimately crafted compositions with madrigalian musicality and word-painting aplenty. We leave you with the hope and comfort of Bach's "Ich lasse dich nicht" which, true to its title, once heard stays with you forever. Come and marvel at the masterful motets of this phenomenal family! |
| 14 March 2020 | |
| 7.30pm St John's Church St John's Road, Epping Essex CM16 5DN Details: Anne Jones Web site +447931972204 £12 (£10 if purchased in advance - free for children & full-time students under 25) available from www.felicitas.org.uk or www.ticketsource.co.uk | In Paradisum Felicitas Chamber Choir presents 'In Paradisum' Musical Director: Simon Winters; Organist: Roger Bluff Durufle: Requiem Allegri: Miserere Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories (Maundy Thursday) Alonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum |
| 17 March 2020 | |
| 7.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ Details: Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £9, 13, 18, 25, 29 | Prince: Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto Warren Mailley-Smith, piano Piccadilly Sinfonia Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat Barber: Adagio for Strings Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G The Piccadilly Sinfonia presents five concerts that celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. The second concert in the series, Prince, features Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto and his Fourth Symphony, works premiered in 1807 in a private concert at the home of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz. The concert is rounded out with masterful works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Samuel Barber, two composers who were influenced by the works of Beethoven. Explore the fate of a man who composed for princes and kings, who ushered in a new era in classical music becoming its hero, and is remembered today as an emperor among men, one of the greatest composers of all time. |
| 23 March 2020 | |
| 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Queen’s Park Road East Sussex BN2 9ZB Details: Zachary Vanderburg Web site 0333 666 3366 £28, £19, £15 | Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight | March | Minute Waltz & Scherzo no. 2 Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) Waltz op.64 (1847) No.1 in Db Minute Impromptu No.3 in Gbop.51 (1843) Waltz in Abop.42 (1840) Tarantelle in A-Flat, Op. 43 Polonaise op.71 No.2 in Bb Allegro de concert in A, Op. 46 Nocturne op.27 (1835) No.1 in C# minor Nocturne No. 17 in B, Op. 62, No. 1 Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat, Op. 70, No. 1 Mazurka No. 44 in G, Op. 67, No. 1 Scherzo No.2 in Bbminor op.31 (1837) Concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith recently became the first British pianist to perform the complete works of Chopin in one series of concerts, from memory. Following the hugely successful Chopin & Champagne series in 2018/19, he brings the series of programmes of Chopin's greatest masterpieces to Brighton’s St Luke’s Church in 2020. |
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