SJSS - March–April - Leaflet by St John's Smith Square

MARCH

Box Office 020 7222 1061 sjss.org.uk

Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE Tue 1 March 7.30pm

Thu 3 March 7.30pm

Mon 7 March 7.30pm

Thu 10 March 1.05pm

Sat 12 March 7.30pm

Wed 16 March 1.05pm

Thu 17 March 7.30pm

Tue 22 March 1.05pm

JOO YEON SIR

REED’S SCHOOL

Young Artists’ Series

Spring Concert 2016

LONDON CONCERT CHOIR

Reed’s School Orchestra Reed’s School Jazz Orchestra Reed’s School Choir and Chorus Reed’s School Corps of Drums The Choir of the Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth The Choir of St Andrew’s School, Woking Iain Carnegie conductor

CHARLOTTE ASHTON & JOSEPH HAVLAT

KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Park Lane Group Young Artists

Beethoven Explored

FINAL OF THE OFFICE CHOIR OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

ETCETERA CHOIR POLYPHONY & ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Joo Yeon Sir violin Irina Andrievsky piano Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 Brahms Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100 • Sonatensatz ‘Scherzo’ from F.A.E. Sonata Elgar Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano Op. 82 Milhaud Cinema Fantasie d’apres ‘Le beouf sur le toit’ Op. 58b £12 (£8), YF

Programme includes: Ellington Movements from ‘Sacred Concert’ Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells II £12, £5

Fri 4 March 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH Complete Chopin Cycle

Wed 2 March 1.05pm

MARCH APRIL 2016 ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

BOOKING INFORMATION ——

ONLINE sjss.org.uk £1.50 booking fee applies IN PERSON Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm (until 6.00pm on public concert days). The Box Office opens one hour before the start of Sunday and Bank Holiday concerts. POST Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Cheques should be made payable to St John’s Smith Square. CONCESSIONS AND REDUCTIONS Available for many of our concerts to senior citizens, full-time students, registered unemployed, school children (under 16) and people who are registered disabled. Westminster CitySave card holders are entitled to a 10% discount on a pair of tickets for any public concert. Parties of ten or more qualify for a 10% discount.

Howard Shelley piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb K595

Our Young Friends also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts and offers.

£12

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! To join today, please visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone Box Office on 020 7222 1061.

Wed 2 March 7.00pm

ELTHAM COLLEGE Concerto and Choral Concert

ACCESSIBILITY If you have access requirements, please let our Box Office staff know when booking your tickets to help us provide you with the best possible service and choice of seats. We allocate an additional seat free of charge to disabled patrons who require a carer to accompany them.

Eltham College Choirs Symphony Orchestra Upper Sixth Soloists Rachel Hindmarch conductor Kieran Hughes conductor

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Thu 3 March 1.05pm

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£30, £20, £10

Chopin Prélude Op. 45 • Fugue in A Minor • FantaisieImpromptu in C# minor Op. 66 • Variations in E “Hexameron” • Mazurka No. 26–29 Op. 41 No. 1–4 • Mazurka No. 30 in G Op. 50 No. 1 • Nocturne No. 15 in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 • Impromptu No. 1 in Ab Op. 29 • Waltz No. 2 in Ab Op. 34 No. 1 ‘Valse brillante’ • Nocturne No. 20 in C# minor Op. posth. • Impromptu No. 2 in F# Op. 36 • Polonaise No. 10 in F minor Op. 71 No. 3 • Nocturne No. 16 in Eb Op. 55 No. 2 • Impromptu No. 3 in Gb Op. 51 • Waltz in Ab Op. 42 • Tarantelle in Ab Op. 43 £20, £15

Olwen Foulkes recorder Katie Stevens violin Dominika Fehér violin Nicholas Newland conductor

Howard Shelley piano

Charlotte Ashton flute Joseph Havlat piano

Russell Keable conductor

Messiaen Le Merle Noir Handel Flute Sonata in C Edwin Roxburgh Stardrift Bartók Suite Paysanne Hongroise Pierre Boulez Sonatine

Britten Symphonic Suite from Gloriana Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50

£10, YF Sun 13 March 6.00pm

ASHLEY FRIPP Thursday Lunchtime Concerts © Studio 1B

ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL

Thu 10 March 7.00pm

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Spring Concert

Southabank Centre Series © Eric Richmond

Vivaldi Stabat Mater Rv.621 • Concerto for Two Violins in A minor Rv.522 • Recorder Concerto in C minor Rv.441 • Gloria Rv.589 Scarlatti 2 Arias for Soprano and Trumpet £20, £15, £10

Wed 9 March 7.30pm

YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA © Matthew Andrews

Finalists’ Concert £10 (£5)

CANTANDUM

CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION WINNER: SEONG-JIN CHO Aleksandar Djermanovic piano James Blair conductor

Southbank Centre’s International Piano Series

Elgar Cockaigne Op. 40 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op. 26 Elgar Variations on an original theme Op. 36 ‘Enigma’

Piano

£20 (£16), £15 (£12), £10 (£8)

Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No.1 • Fantasia in F minor Op. 49 • 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 • Polonaise in Ab Op. 53 • Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38 • Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’ • Scherzo No.2 in Bb minor Op. 31

LIGETI QUARTET Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Young Artists' Series © Gianluca de Girolamo

Thu 24 March 7.00pm

COME & SING MESSIAH

Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet Lutosławski String Quartet Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 György Kurtág Six Moments Musicaux Op. 44 £10, YF

Richard Heason © Amy Ryan

Thu 31 March 7.30pm

FRANCOISEGREEN PIANO DUO The Viennese Salon © SB Imagery

Innocence and Lust Antoine Françoise piano Robin Green piano

£35, £28, £15, £10

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£10, YF

Thu 31 March 1.05pm

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 ‘The Year 1905’

Sat 19 March 7.00pm

Brandenburg Baroque Soloists Dame Emma Kirkby soprano Katherine Aitken mezzo Oliver Johnston tenor Nicholas Mogg bass William Blake evangelist Edmund Danon christus Jeremy Jackman conductor

£50, £44, £38, £19

Charlotte Scott violin Jonathan Thorne viola Michael Thorne conductor

£15 (£10)

ENGLISH BAROQUE CHOIR

Bach St John Passion

Come & Sing: £10 (£5) Concert: £12 (£8)

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

£35, £28, £21, £15, YF

CYPRUS SINFONIA

Stuart Jackson evangelist Neal Davies christus Julia Doyle soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Gwilym Bowen tenor Roderick Williams bass Catherine Manson leader Stephen Layton director

Handel Messiah

Piano Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca • Années de pèlerinage S161 Wagner Isolde’s Liebestod arr. Liszt S447 Thomas Adès Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face

Handel Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 6 No. 10 • Motet ‘Silete Venti’ HWV242 Wassenaer Concerto in F minor from Concerti Armonici Biber Battalia a 10 Muffat Concerto No. 5 in G from Armonico Tributo

Wed 23 March 7.00pm

Smith Square Voices Chartwell Sinfonia Soloists from the Royal Academy of Music Richard Heason conductor

£14 (£10), YF

Latecomers are admitted only at a suitable pause in the concert.

ST DUNSTAN’S COLLEGE

£29, £24, £20, £15

Fri 11 March 7.30pm

Sunday at St John’s

Tallis Salvator mundi Bruckner Christus factus est Sanders The Reproaches Stainer The Crucifixion

£10, YF

Tue 22 March 7.00pm

£12 (£8) (£26 for 2 adults, 1 child)

Sophie Bevan soprano Christian Curnyn director

Michael Berkeley Wild Bells Bach O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß BWV622 Mozart Fantasia in F minor K608 Bach O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV656 Dupré Cortège et Litanie Op. 19 No. 2 Widor Moderato cantabile and Finale from Organ Symphony No. 8 in B Op. 42 No. 4

Free Admission

Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 6 and 8 Haydn Nelson Mass Hob.XXII/11

Tony Henwood conductor Jonathan Geoghegan conductor

Organ

Beethoven Mass in C Op. 86

Choral Society Symphony Orchestra Matthew Wood conductor

Spring Concert

ASHLEY GROTE

Stephen Hall conductor

Choral and Orchestral Concert

LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL

Thu 17 March 1.05pm

Stephen Layton © Keith Saunders

Bach St Matthew Passion

Sun 6 March 3.00pm

Joe Morgan tenor Rupert Derham baritone Jonathan Dods organ Gilly French conductor

EARLY OPERA COMPANY

Wed 16 March 7.30pm

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Organ Series

SOUTH EAST SCHOOLS’ CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

Fri 18 March 7.30pm

Vivaldi Spring from The Four Seasons Pergolesi Stabat Mater Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Rimsky-Korsakov Music from Scheherazade

Tue 15 March 7.00pm

Bach Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42 • Mass in G minor BWV235 • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F • Mass in G BWV236

£12

£12 (£10)

Secular and Sacred John Butt director David Blackadder trumpet Rachel Beckett recorder

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Op. 73 ‘Emperor’

Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra Senior Choir Paulina Voices Leigh O'Hara conductor Heidi Pegler conductor Hilary Sturt conductor

£10 (£8)

£50, £39, £24, £10 (Child £2.50)

£20, £15, £10

Please Note We may need to substitute artists and to vary our concert programmes from the published information without warning.

Please note that tickets may not be refunded.

Monteverdi Vespers

International Women’s Day

Piano

Members are entitled to purchase tickets to selected events at a significantly reduced price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’.

Mark Forkgen conductor QuintEssential ensemble Rachel Elliott soprano Rebecca Outram soprano Nicholas Pritchard tenor Bradley Smith tenor Giles Underwood bass Colin Campbell bass

AMADÈ PLAYERS

The Four Impromptus

The culmination of 6 months of performances, workshops, heats and the semi-final sees the final four office choirs compete for the prestigious title of Office Choir of the Year 2016 £15

Tue 8 March 7.30pm

Mozart Explored

YOUNG FRIENDS If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up for our free Young Friends scheme!

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

PHONE 020 7222 1061 Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm £2 booking fee applies

Fri 25 March 2.30pm

Mozart Sonata in F K497 Colin Alexander New Work (world premiere) Mozart Sonata in C K19d Berg Lulu suite arr. Kenneth Hesketh Schubert Allegro in A minor Lebensstürme D947 £14 (£10), YF

APRIL

YOUR VISIT ——

Box Office 020 7222 1061 sjss.org.uk

St John’s Smith Square is just off Millbank between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges, close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, and a short walk from Westminster tube station. TUBE Westminster, St James’s Park & Victoria

CAR PARKING St John’s Smith Square is within the congestion charging zone. Parking meters are in operation during the day Monday–Friday until 6.00pm. In the evenings and at weekends there are usually ample spaces locally. There is Westminster City Council car parking on Great College Street and Arneway Street.

BUS 3 and 87 to Horseferry Road C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank 88 to Horseferry Road 11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey SANTANDER CYCLES A docking station is located in Smith Square and there are also stations on Horseferry Road, Page Street and Great College Street.

St James’s Park

RAIL Victoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall & Charing Cross

Fri 1 April 7.30pm

Thu 7 April 1.05pm

Sun 10 April 3.00pm

Wed 13 April 7.30pm

PIANO AND FELDMAN ON STRING QUARTET THE AUTOBAHN

MATTHEW MARTIN

TABEA DEBUS

Principal Sound

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Organ Series

MARTINO TIRIMO JAMES ALLEN’S & MINGUET GIRLS’ SCHOOL Choral and Orchestral Concert QUARTET

Sun 3 April 5.00pm

Principal Sound explorensemble Enno Poppe Gelöschte Lieder Feldman Spring of Chosroes Romitelli Domeniche alla periferia dell'impero Grisey Talea

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£15 (£10), YF Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25)

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—— As a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, you are at the heart of our audience. Every generous donation is put towards sustaining St John’s Smith Square, as ticket sales alone do not cover our costs. As recognition, our Friends receive ticket and restaurant discounts, priority booking, and are the first to find out about what we have on. To become a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, please phone our Box Office on 020 7222 1061 or visit sjss.org.uk for more information. ALL OF OUR FRIENDS RECEIVE: • 1 0% off standard tickets booked in advance through our Box Office (two per event) • 10% off food and drink in our restaurant • Season brochure • Regular advance information about our concerts and events • Other offers and promotions throughout the season BRONZE FRIENDS (£35/£30 direct debit) receive: • 1 0 ticket vouchers for our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • Priority booking 2 days ahead of the general public • Reduced £1.50 booking fee SILVER FRIENDS (£60/£55 direct debit) receive: • A ticket for every concert in our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • Priority booking 7 days ahead of the general public • Reduced £1.50 booking fee • Acknowledgement of your generosity on our website

Anonymous, Alan Aubry, Dennis Baldry, David Ballance, P. Bowman, Sir Alan Bowness, C. Brunell, J. Carden, The Countess of Chichester, Margaret Croucher, John Daniels, T. Digman, G, Dodwell, Paul Duizend, Jill Dymock, N. Evans, Jeremy Gray & Gilly French, Don Gorman, Angela & David Harvey, Abel Herrero-Ducloux, Glenn Jessee, Jacqueline & Robert Kilgour In Memory of J.P. Legrand, Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss, Graham Lloyd-Brunt, Sophie Lowendahl, Hyancinth Lund, Philip Miles, Adrian Mumford, Margarita Nikolayeva, S. Paetke, C. Parker-Williams, Jill Prawer, K. Robbie, Chris Saunders, E.O. Siebert, B.W. Silverman, Lynne Simmons, Judy Skelton, Philip and Wendy Spink, Marilyn Stock, Ilona Storey, J. Taylor, Anthony Thornton, F.P. Tudor, Lady Vanneck, Henry Wickham, John Wright, and Daniel & Lillan Wyler YOUNG FRIENDS If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up for our free Young Friends scheme!

John Luther Adams Nunataks Cassandra Miller Philip The Wanderer Rădulescu Piano Sonata No. 3 'You Will Endure Forever' £15 (£10), YF Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25)

Principal Sound Octandre Ensemble Webern Concerto for Nine Instruments Vivier Samarkand Feldman Routine Investigations Frank Denyer After the Rain Thomas Smetryns This Could be the most beautiful piece in the world Christian Mason Layers of Love (UK Premiere) Savaskan Green Plastic Vase (for Morton Feldman) Feldman Durations III Tenney Forms IV (for Morton Feldman) £15 (£10), YF Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25)

FOR PHILIP GUSTON

Thu 7 April 7.30pm

FRANCOISEGREEN PIANO DUO

Feldman For Philip Guston £15 (£10), YF Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25)

Sat 2 April 8.00pm

SHADOW AND ECHO AND JADE Principal Sound Exaudi James Weeks director James McVinnie organ Programme includes: Feldman Principal Sound Jürg Frey Shadow and Echo and Jade (World Premiere) Clementi Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein Cassandra Miller Guide £15 (£10), YF Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25)

Wed 6 April 1.05pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Mozart Explored Howard Shelley piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb K482 £12

Wed 6 April 7.30pm

INGRID FLITER Southbank Centre's International Piano Series

Sat 2 April 9.15pm

Piano

KONDO, GIESHOFF, AND CAGE

Chopin Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. 3 • Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54 • Nocturne in Db Op. 27 No. 2 • Mazurkas: Op. 50 No. 3 in C# minor • Op. 63 No. 2 in F minor • Op. 63 No. 3 in C# minor • Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 • 24 Preludes Op. 28

Principal Sound

Our Young Friends also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts and offers.

Jo Kondo Mr Bloomfield, His spacing Arne Gieshoff Unwuchten Cage Quartet in Four Parts

Ligeti Quartet

£15 (£10), YF Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25)

£35, £28, £15, £10

£14 (£10), YF

Mon 11 April 7.00pm

Fri 8 April 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH Complete Chopin Cycle Chopin Bolero in C Op. 19 • Mazurka No. 31–32 Op. 50 No. 2–3 • Mazurka No. 33–35 in B Op. 56 No. 1–3 • Rondeau in C Op. 73 • Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 • Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38 • Largo in Eb Op. posth. • Ballade No. 3 in Ab Op. 47 • Ballade No.4 in F minor Op. 52 £20, £15

Martino Tirimo piano Minguet Quartet Suk Meditation on the Czech chorale ‘St Wenzel’ Op. 35a Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen arr. Annette Reisinger Dvořák Piano Quintet in A Op. 5 Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op. 44 £22, £17, £14, £10, YF

Thu 14 April 1.05pm

ATTARD-ZERAFA DUO Philip Attard saxophone Christine Zerafa piano

Mozart Sonata for Piano four-hands in D K381 Alissa Firsova New Work (world premiere) Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor ‘Tragic’ arr. Zemlinsky £14 (£10), YF

The Great Piano Quintets

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Park Lane Group Young Artists

Antoine Françoise piano Robin Green piano

Principal Sound Jenni Hogan flute George Barton percussion Siwan Rhys piano & celeste

Telemann Concerto in F TWV51:F1 Calliope Tsoupaki Charavgi Purcell A New Ground Hasse Cantata per Flauto in Bb Moritz Eggert Außer Atem Handel A selection of aria transcriptions Berio Gesti Telemann Cello Sonata in D TWV41:D6 Sammartini Concerto in F

The Viennese Salon

The Four Ballades

Members are entitled to purchase tickets to selected events at a significantly reduced price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’.

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! To join today, please visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone Box Office on 020 7222 1061.

£10, YF

Tabea Debus recorder Anna Curzon baroque violin Claudia Norz baroque violin Jordan Bowron baroque viola Lea Rahel Bader baroque cello Johannes Lang harpsichord

London Handel Singers London Handel Orchestra Katherine Watson soprano Sophie Junker soprano Renate Pokupic mezzo Alexander Sprague tenor Josep-Ramon Olivé bassbaritone Adrian Butterfield leader Laurence Cummings conductor Handel Alexander Balus HWV65 £60, £50, £35, £10

Schmitt Légende Op. 66 Denisov Sonata Albright Sonata: (i) Two-Part Invention, (ii) La Follia Nuova: a lament for George Cacioppo, (ivb) Mad Dance Milhaud Scaramouche: (i) Vif, (ii) Modéré, (iii) Brazileira £10, YF

Thu 14 April 7.30pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Mozart Explored 1783

THE GESUALDO SIX Young Artists' Series Mozart Rediscovered David Parry conductor

MALCOLM SARGENT FESTIVAL CHOIR

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Nicholas O’Neill I hear and am elated Elgar Benedictus Handel Messiah (Part 3) £25 (£22.50), £15, £10.

£40, £32, £25, £15

Gesualdo Felice primavera • Moro, lasso Monteverdi Sfogava con le stelle • Io mi son giovinetta • Rimante in Pace • Zefiro torna Ligeti Nonsense Madrigals Schütz O primavera • O dolcezze amarissimi d’amore • Ride la prima vera • Fuggi o mio core • Feritevi, ferite, virerete mordaci • Io moro, ecco ch’io moro Folksongs from the British Isles £12 (£8), YF

Mon 18 April 7.30pm

PLG FOCUS: JAMES MACMILLAN Park Lane Group Young Artists Spring Series Barbican String Quartet Tritium Trio James MacMillan String Quartet No. 2 John McCabe Sonata for clarinet, cello and piano Jay Capperaulde New work (world premiere) Giles Easterbrook Trio (world premiere) Benjamin Graves New work (world premiere) John Casken String Quartet No. 2 There will be a pre-concert event at 6.00pm with James Macmillan: Abigail Sin piano Imogen Hancock trumpet Jennifer Hughes piano

£16, £13, £10, £7

Tue 19 April 7.30pm

PLG FOCUS: BRETT DEAN Alke String Quartet The Hermes Experiment

Mozart L’oca del Cairo

Sky Ingram soprano Bozidar Smiljanic baritone Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir Southbank Sinfonia Nicholas O'Neill organ Simon Over conductor

£12, £10, £8

Park Lane Group Young Artists Spring Series

Tue 12 April 7.30pm

Sat 9 April 7.00pm

Farewell Concert

Verdi Pater Noster Glière Slow movement from Horn Concerto Op. 91 Plus further choral and orchestral works

James MacMillan Piano Sonata • Seraph

Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra Holst Choir Choral Society Helen Cook french horn Peter Gritton conductor

Sat 16 April 7.30pm

PUBLIC PASSIONS: TOM COURTENAY Public Passions Orchestra of St John's John Lubbock conductor Tom Courtenay guest The continuation of a series of concerts in which celebrities choose the programme and discuss their choices. This concert will feature English actor Tom Courtenay. £26, £20, £15, £10

Giles Swayne Chansons dévotes et poissonneuses György Kurtág 12 Microludes for string quartet • New work for string quartet (world premiere) Freya Waley-Cohen Oyster Kate Honey Predator Fish Josephine Stephenson tanka Stevie Wishart Work for ensemble Brett Dean String Quartet No. 1 ‘Eclipse’ There will be a pre-concert event at 6.00pm: Amy Green saxophone Abigail Sin piano Brett Dean Demons for solo saxophone • Etude, Hommage à Brahms • Hommage à Janáček • Etude: Hommage à Kurtág £16, £13, £10, £7

Wed 20 April 7.30pm

Sat 23 April 7.30pm

Thu 28 April 7.30pm

PLG FOCUS: HELEN GRIME

LONDON WOODWIND ORCHESTRA

KATIA & MARIELLE LABÈQUE

Twisted Skyscape

Southbank Centre's International Chamber Music Series

Park Lane Group Young Artists Spring Series Ferio Saxophone Quartet Imma Setiadi piano John Harbison Gatsby Matthew Kaner New work Laura Bowler New work Helen Grime Harp of the North • The Flash of Fireflies in Folds of Darkness • 10 Miniatures Gavin Bryars Alaric I or II Xenakis XAS There will be a pre-concert event at 6.00pm with Helen Grime: Albany Piano Trio Helen Grime Three Whistler Miniatures • The Brook Sings Loud £16, £13, £10, £7

Shea Lolin conductor Philip Spake Overture for Woodwinds Gary Carpenter Pantomime Christopher Hussey Dreamtide Adam Gorb Battle Symphony Christopher Hussey Twisted Skyscape

£20, £15, £10

Sun 24 April 3.00pm

Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano Programme includes works by Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Brahms, J. Strauss II, Dvořák, Bizet, Fauré, Satie, Poulenc, Milhaud, Grainger, Gershwin, Stravinsky, and Lutosławski. £35, £28, £15, £10

Thu 21 April 7.30pm

PLG FOCUS: ROBIN HOLLOWAY Park Lane Group Young Artists Spring Series Nardus Williams soprano Peter Foggitt piano Eblana String Trio Robin Holloway Killing Time Joel Rust New work Robin Holloway String Trio Othmar Schoeck Lieder Morgan Hayes Dictionary of London Lord Berners Three English Songs Schoenberg String Trio There will be a pre-concert event at 6.00pm with Robin Holloway: Amy Green saxophone Abigail Sin piano Robin Holloway Suite • Partita

Fri 29 April 1.00pm

Darragh Morgan violin Adi Tal cello Mary Dullea piano

£14 (£10), YF

Tue 26 April 7.30pm

LONDON PHOENIX ORCHESTRA Postcard From Italy Lev Parikian conductor Emmanuella Reiter viola Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Martinů Frescoes of Piero della Francesca Berlioz Harold in Italy

Fri 22 April 7.30pm

£15, £12, £9

Park Lane Group Young Artists Spring Series Lipatti Piano Quartet Belle Chen piano Sally Beamish Voices in Silence for solo piano Vasiliki Legaki New work Peter Maxwell Davies Piano Quartet Sally Beamish Piano Sonata Ligeti Etude No. 13 ‘Devil’s Staircase’ Francisco Coll Cuando el nino era nino Bax Piano Quartet There will be a pre-concert event at 6.00pm with Sally Beamish: Iosif Purits accordion Cecilia Bignall cello Imogen Hancock trumpet Jennifer Hughes piano Sally Beamish Fanfare • Takes two • Juno £16, £13, £10, £7

Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120 Peter Wiegold Piano Trio (premiere of revised version) Chausson Piano Trio in G minor Op. 3

£16, £13, £10, £7

PLG FOCUS: SALLY BEAMISH

LUNCHTIME DIALOGUE

Wed 27 April 7.30pm

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC

The Reverend Graham Buckle hosts a monthly conversation with important figures from the local area. This dialogue will feature Jeremy Jackman, choral director, composer, and former member of the internationally renowned vocal ensemble The King's Singers. Free Admission

Fri 29 April 7.30pm

An evening of diverse chamber and solo music showcasing the work of Birmingham Conservatoire. Works will include solo piano, voice, chamber music, new music and organ. £10 The Heroic Polonaise Op. 53 Thu 28 April 1.05pm

SAMSON TSOY & PAVEL KOLESNIKOV Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Samson Tsoy piano Pavel Kolesnikov piano Messiaen Visions de l’Amen for two pianos £10, YF

Chopin Polonaise No. 8 in D Minor Op. 71 No. 1 • Mazurka No. 36–38 Op. 59 No. 1–3 • Mazurka No. 39–40 Op. 63 No. 1–2 • Nocturne No. 18 in E Op. 62 No. 2 • Allegro de concert in A, Op. 46 • Souvenir de Paganini • Nocturne No. 17 in B Op. 62 No. 1 • Nocturne No. 3 in B Op. 9 No. 3 • Polonaise in G flat Op. posth. • Waltz No. 17 in Eb Op. posth. • Polonaise No. 6 in Ab Op. 53 'Heroic' £20, £15

Design: Phillip Southgate

GOLD FRIENDS (£125/£115 direct debit) receive: • Two tickets for every concert in our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • Priority booking 7 days ahead of the general public • Invitations to exclusive members’ events such as ‘Meet the Artists’ receptions • No booking fee • Best seat in the house/priority waiting list • Credit of your generosity on our website and in our brochure

THANK YOU St John’s Smith Square is deeply grateful for the support shown by our Gold Friends and 300 Club Members. Thank you to:

Eliza McCarthy piano

Patrick Gowers An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary Bach Allein Gott in der höh’ sei Ehr BWV662 • Prelude & Fugue in C BWV547 Guilain Suite du deuxième ton Widor Andante Sostenuto from Symphonie Gothique Vierne Carillon de Westminster

LAYERS OF LOVE

Mon 4 April 5.45pm

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Organ

Sunday at St John's Young Artists' Series

Sun 17 April 6.00pm