Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
SPRING 2015
SPRING 2015
Box Office 020 7222 1061 www.sjss.org.uk/whats-on
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There’s a packed programme of wonderful music at St John’s in 2015. We continue our ever popular Thursday Lunchtime Concerts, supplemented by Monthly Lunchtime Talks and Wednesday Mozart Explored concertos with the London Mozart Players and Howard Shelley. Our new Sunday at St John's series also resumes in the new year and in February there is the first full series from our new Young Artists Programme. Great orchestral music is a key feature of the St John’s programme and there are some real treats to look forward to in the coming months. Alongside the London Mozart Players we welcome back the Orchestra of St John’s playing Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Haydn
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WELCOME
Cover photos: (background) Matthew Andrews; (bottom from left) Julie Kim; Jon Dennis
and Orchestra Nova in a fascinating programme including London premieres by Matthew Taylor and David Matthews. Making their St John’s debut are The Amadè Players with a captivating programme of 18th Century music from Vienna. Other key works featured include Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, both the Elgar Symphonies, Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto, Prokofiev’s 7th Symphony, Scriabin’s Piano Concerto and Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony with our friends from the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, the Collaborative Orchestra, the Salomon Orchestra, the Royal Orchestral Society, the London Phoenix Orchestra and Kensington Symphony Orchestra. St John’s has always resounded to incredible choral music and 2015 is no exception. Both the St Matthew and St John Passions of Bach, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi’s Requiem, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Fauré’s Requiem and Monteverdi’s Vespers all feature through the season and on Palm Sunday why not join me and our newly formed Smith Square Voices for a seasonal scratch performance of Handel’s Messiah?
Don’t forget whenever you visit St John’s you can also enjoy delicious food and drink in the Smith Square Café and Restaurant and your table can be booked in advance by calling 020 7222 2779. You can also now reserve your table online when you book your concert tickets. St John’s Smith Square receives no core public subsidy and we are entirely reliant on the income we can generate from ticket sales, hall hires, catering revenues and donations from those who generously support our work. We are very grateful to all our existing friends and supporters for their generosity and help; without you we would not be able to put together this programme. Perhaps you would consider joining the Friends of St John’s Smith Square? Details of our Friends scheme can be found opposite and on our website and I hope you will consider joining. I look forward to welcoming you to St John’s in 2015.
Richard Heason Director Photo: (portrait) Matthew Andrews
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SUNDAY AT ST JOHN'S
THURSDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS MONTHLY LUNCHTIME TALKS
Come and join us for our new regular Sunday afternoon concert series. Why not enjoy Sunday lunch before the concert or afternoon tea afterwards?
All concerts begin at 13.05
All concerts start at 15.00. Book for more than one concert at the same time and receive a 20% discount* on the tickets you have purchased. January
Sun 11 ANNA MAGDALENA BACH Sun 18 FERRIER AWARD WINNERS Sun 25 REVOLUTIONARY
January Thu 8 Thu 15 Thu 22 Thu 29
February Thu 5 Thu 12 Thu 19 Thu 26
March
Sun 8 LONDON
Thu 5 Thu 12 Thu 19 Thu 26
Sun 15
April
DRAWING ROOM
February
BRIDGE ENSEMBLE WERTHER ENSEMBLE
March
Sun 1 BROOK STREET BAND Sun 8 LONDON SOLOISTS
ENSEMBLE
AUREA QUARTET JAMES O’DONNELL ALASDAIR BEATSON BERNADEL QUARTET
Thu 2
ENSEMBLE MATISSE ASHLEY RICHES FREDDIE JAMES YUKI ITO CLARE HAMMOND TRITTICO SIMON JOHNSON GILDAS QUARTET GOLDFIELD ENSEMBLE
Join us at St John's as we continue our monthly series of topical debate hosted by the Reverend Graham Buckle. Each month features a special guest speaker. Talks start at 13.05 and last approximately 40 minutes and admission is FREE.
Lunchtime talks will take place on: Fri 23 January Fri 13 February Fri 13 March
KEY You'll see the following icons in the concert listings: Under 26 Scheme Young Artists Lunchtime Concerts
DRAWING ROOM BERNADEL QUARTET
February
UNDER 26 SCHEME
Photo: Matthew Andrews
If you are under 26 years old then join our U26 Scheme to enable you to purchase a ticket at just £5 for selected events throughout the season.
U26 members also receive invitations to special events and other targeted discounts. The best thing is that it is totally FREE to join.
Whenever you see the symbol then, provided you are a member of the U26 Scheme, you can purchase best available tickets for yourself at just £5.
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Thu 5 Thu 5 Sun 8 Thu 12 Thu 12 Sun 15 Thu 19 Thu 19 Thu 26 Thu 26
March
Sun 1 Thu 5 Sun 8 Thu 12 Thu 19 Thu 26 Tue 31
April
Organ Series Photo: Matthew Andrews
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Check our website for details of guest speakers as they are announced.
Sunday Concerts *Valid on full price tickets only, and not in conjunction with any other offer
January
Thu 8 AUREA QUARTET Sun 11 ANNA MAGDALENA BACH Thu 15 JAMES O’DONNELL Sun 18 FERRIER AWARD WINNERS Thu 22 ALASDAIR BEATSON Sun 25 REVOLUTIONARY
Thu 2
ENSEMBLE MATISSE ZELKOVA QUARTET LONDON BRIDGE ENSEMBLE ASHLEY RICHES ANNA HASHIMOTO WERTHER ENSEMBLE FREDDIE JAMES AUREA QUARTET YUKI ITO LAURA SNOWDEN
BROOK STREET BAND CLARE HAMMOND LONDON SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE TRITTICO SIMON JOHNSON GILDAS QUARTET THE AMADÈ PLAYERS GOLDFIELD ENSEMBLE 5
Sat 3 January 19.30
LONDON’S NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE FESTIVAL CONCERT James Bowie High School Band Fleming Island High School Concert Band Middleton High School Orchestra Middleton High School Choir A wonderful opportunity to enjoy the versatility of performers in London’s New Year’s Day Parade. These talented young musicians from America’s top high schools present an evening of uplifting music. www.LNYDP.com Tickets: £10 Concessions: FREE
Desert Mountain Symphony Orchestra Greater Atlanta Christian School Wind Ensemble Virginia Episcopal Choir City of London Brass Band A wonderful opportunity to enjoy the versatility of performers in London’s New Year’s Day Parade. These talented young musicians from America’s top high schools present an evening of uplifting music. www.LNYDP.com Tickets: £10 Concessions: FREE
Thu 8 January 13.05 Tue 6 January 13.05
CHORAL EUCHARIST Epiphany Cantandum Gilly French director Reverend Graham Buckle celebrant Palestrina Missa: Aeterna Christi munera Howells This is the little door Free admission, all welcome. www.cantandum.westminster.org.uk
AUREA QUARTET Haydn String Quartet in A Op. 55 No. 1 Brahms String Quartet in A Minor Op. 51 No. 2
JANUARY
Tue 30 December 19.30
LONDON’S NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE FESTIVAL CONCERT
In their first concert as resident young artists at St John’s, the Aurea Quartet perform Brahms’ lyrical second quartet and the stratospheric fourth ‘Tost’ quartet by Haydn. www.aureaquartet.co.uk Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Admission: FREE
Concert promoted by Destination Events
Concert promoted by Destination Events
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Thu 15 January 13.05 Sun 11 January 15.00
Kate Semmens soprano Steven Devine harpsichord Bach 4th and 5th French Suites Schlummert Ein Bist Du Bei Mir and other famous items.
Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Offering a glimpse into domestic music-making in one of the most creative musical households in the 18th century, the notebooks contain vocal and keyboard items by JS Bach and his contemporaries. www.stevendevine.com www.katesemmens.com
Thu 15 January 19.30
ORCHESTRA NOVA
Sun 18 January 15.00
Organ
London Premieres
FERRIER AWARDS WINNERS’ RECITAL
Duruflé Prélude sur l’Introit de l’Epiphanie Op. 13 Messiaen from La Nativité du Seigneur: Les Bergers Les Anges Les Mages Nielsen Commotio Op. 58 Bach Prelude and fugue in C major BWV 547
Sara Trickey violin Sarah-Jane Bradley viola George Vass conductor
Gareth Brynmor John baritone Sarah-Jane Lewis soprano Simon Lepper piano
Nielsen Little Suite in A Minor Op. 1 Matthew Taylor Variations on a theme of Max Reger Op. 45 (London premiere) David Matthews Double Concerto for violin, viola and string orchestra Op. 122 (London premiere) Tchaikovsky Serenade in C for string orchestra Op. 48
Programme to include songs & duets by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff & Brahms
Orchestra Nova return to St John’s for a programme celebrating two much-loved British composers – Matthew Taylor and David Matthews. Both works featured were premiered at the prestigious Presteigne Festival in Wales.
www.ferrierawards.org.uk
James O’Donnell is Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey. Internationally recognised as a conductor and organ recitalist, today he performs a powerfully evocative programme in this season of Epiphany. Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
www.novamusic.org.uk
JANUARY
JANUARY
THE NOTEBOOKS OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH
JAMES O’DONNELL
Prize winners from the 2013 & 2014 Ferrier Competitions present a recital programme of songs & duets devised by pianist Simon Lepper, winner of the Ferrier Accompanists prize in 2002.
Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10 Concert co-promoted by The Kathleen Ferrier Awards & St John’s Smith Square
Tickets: £26, £20, £15, £10 Concert co-promoted by Orchestra Nova & St John’s Smith Square
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Thu 22 January 13.05
ALASDAIR BEATSON Piano
JANUARY
Wed 21 January 19.30 Tue 20 January 19.00
YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Latvian Radio Choir, Cage and Time
Martin James Bartlett piano James Blair conductor
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE LATVIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Latvian Radio Choir Elīna Kalnakārkle vocals Inga Martinsone vocals Kārlis Rūtentāls vocals Jānis Strazdiņš double-bass and vocals Kristaps Pētersons double-bass and vocals Rihards Plešanovs piano Viktors Keino video direction Dmitrijs Voloviks 3D animations Andris Ūze sound direction Mārtiņš Feldmanis lighting direction Roberts Rubīns director Sigvards Kļava musical direction Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15 Concert promoted by the Embassy of Latvia
Music by John Cage, Juris Ābols, Kristaps Pētersons. A thought and sense provoking multimedia concert by the internationally celebrated Latvian Radio Choir, performing compositions by acclaimed composers. Plus fragments of music, sound and image experiments by NSRD (Restoration Workshop of Unprecedented Feelings) and more. www.es2015.lv/en
Verdi Overture: The Sicilian Vespers Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Strauss Ein Heldenleben
György Kurtág (from Játékok) Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers Bell-fanfare for Sándor Veress Hommage à Schubert Schubert Sonata in A minor D 784 Kurtág Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé) Beethoven Sonata in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Two renowned classical sonatas, explosive Beethoven and soulful Schubert, are presented alongside exquisite, playful piano miniatures of Hungarian composer and musical guru György Kurtág. www.alasdairbeatson.com Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
The YMSO’s third concert of the season includes Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini played by the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014, Martin James Bartlett. www.ymso.org.uk Tickets: £20, £15, £10 Concessions: £16, £12, £8 Concert promoted by Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
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Sun 25 January 15.00
THE REVOLUTIONARY DRAWING ROOM Tribute to Haydn Beethoven String Quartet in F Minor Op. 95 Haydn String Quartet in Eb Op. 20 No. 1 Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 74
Thu 29 January 13.05
Fri 30 January 19.30
Bernadel Quartet Paul Silverthorne viola
Ashley Wass piano Eleanor Dennis soprano Jean Rigby mezzo soprano Peter Davoren tenor Timothy West bass Southbank Sinfonia Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Maxim Rysanov conductor Scott Price conductor
BERNADEL QUARTET
www.revolutionarydrawingroom.com
PAUL GOGGINS MEMORIAL CONCERT
George Benjamin Viola, Viola Mozart String Quintet in C K515
Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10
The up-and-coming Bernadel Quartet present this concert of repertoire that redefined the position of the viola in chamber music. George Benjamin’s dazzlingly virtuosic Viola, Viola and Mozart’s sublime Quintet in C.
Concert co-promoted by The Revolutionary Drawing Room & St John’s Smith Square
www.bernadelquartet.com Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square Photo: Maarit Kangron
Ashley Wass performs Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Maxim Rysanov; and the Mozart Requiem with fine soloists. All in memory of Paul Goggins in aid of the Cardinal Hume Centre.
JANUARY
Beethoven, unwilling to acknowledge his debt to his teacher, Haydn, as a young man wrote these two quartets just after Haydn’s death, finally acknowledging that debt. In its 25th anniversary year The Revolutionary Drawing Room explores Beethoven’s sound world on gut strings with period bows.
www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Op. 58 Mozart Requiem K626 Tickets: £40, £25, £15 Concert promoted by the Cardinal Hume Centre Photo: Patrick Allen
Photo: Susan Porter-Thomas
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YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME
SUNDAY AT ST JOHN’S
Throughout February come and hear fabulous music making from our Young Artists. We have four concerts, on Thursday evenings, featuring Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Laura Snowden (guitar) and the Aurea and Zelkova Quartets.
Our Sunday at St John’s series continues this spring with a wonderful range of chamber music including song from winners of the Ferrier Awards, a tribute to Haydn from The Revolutionary Drawing Room, an intimate look into the Bach family with Steven Devine and Kate Semmens, the St John’s debut of the London Bridge Ensemble and welcome returns for The Brook Street Band, the London Soloists Ensemble and the Werther Ensemble.
Tickets for these concerts are just £12 each (£8 for concessions or £5 for U26 members) and if you buy for more than one concert at the same time you receive a 20% discount*. Full biographies for our 2014/15 Young Artists can be found on our website at www.sjsss.org.uk If you would like to apply for the 2015/16 Young Artists Programme, application details can be found on our website. The closing date for applications is 28 February 2015.
These Sunday afternoon recitals all commence at 15.00 and you can combine your visit with Sunday lunch, served from 12.00 onwards, or afternoon tea following the concert. Tickets are £14 each (£10 for concessions or £5 for U26 members) and if you buy for more than one concert at the same time you receive a 20% discount*.
*Valid on full price tickets only, and not in conjunction with any other offer Photos: (from left) John Dennis; Opera Omnia
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Thu 5 February 13.05 Wed 4 February 13.05
Wed 4 February 19.30
ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S
Mozart Explored
John Lubbock conductor John Lill piano Magdalena Filipczak violin
Howard Shelley piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467 Mozart composed this concerto in 1785 and directed from the keyboard when the work was premiered in Vienna in the same year. Scored for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings, Howard Shelley introduces the music, illustrates the principle themes and reveals how the piece has been written. www.londonmozartplayers.com
John McCabe Beethoven Beethoven Schubert
Red Leaves Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Op. 19 Romance in F Op. 50 Symphony No. 5
The Orchestra of St John’s welcomes back its great friend John Lill and relishes the opportunity to introduce one of the members of the OSJ Young Performers Scheme, Magdalena Filipczak. www.osj.org.uk
Tickets: £10
Supported by Mr and Mrs David Barnett & Robin Holland Martin
Concert promoted by the London Mozart Players Photo: Matthew Andrews
Tickets: £26, £20, £15, £10 Concert promoted by the Orchestra Of St John’s
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Stravinsky Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet Prokofiev Five Melodies for Violin and Piano Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale Suite Liszt La lugubre gondola Thomas Adès Catch Ensemble Matisse is at the forefront of a new generation of artists championing 20th and 21st Century chamber music and is recognised for the vibrancy and precision it brings to all its performances. Their concert celebrates Thomas Adès and composers who have inspired his music; featuring Adès’s quirky ‘Catch’ and music by Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Liszt. www.ensemblematisse.com Tickets: £10
Thu 5 February 19.30
ZELKOVA QUARTET Haydn String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 54 Pavel Fischer String Quartet No. 1 Bartók String Quartet No. 1 The theme that prevails throughout this concert is folk music and who better to open a string quartet recital than the father of the genre, Joseph Haydn. Tonight’s chosen Haydn quartet is Op. 54 No. 2 in C major, where sounds of gypsy laments and peasant dances can be heard
in the middle movements. Czech composer/violinist Pavel Fischer’s Quartet No. 1 ‘Morava’, as the title suggests, is inspired by Moravian folk music and Béla Bartók’s first string quartet has the final word. Although an early work, there is no doubt that Bartók’s study of folk music had already begun to influence the style of this young composer and paves the way for the great quartets to come.
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
LONDON MOZART PLAYERS
ENSEMBLE MATISSE
www.zelkovaquartet.co.uk
Tickets: £12 Concessions: £8 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square Photo: John Dennis
Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
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Fri 6 February 19.30
FEBRUARY
YOUNG-CHOON PARK Piano Mozart Sonata No. 12 in F K332 Haydn Sonata in Eb Hob.XV1:52 Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Graduate of the Juilliard School in New York and Hochschule in Munich, South Korean born pianist Young-Choon Park brings us a solo recital of three much loved sonatas. For both Haydn and Chopin, these were the last sonatas for solo piano they wrote; a fact reflected in the complexity and maturity of the music. Tickets: £20, £15, £10 Concert promoted by Young-Choon Park
Sun 8 February 15.00
LONDON BRIDGE ENSEMBLE
Sat 7 February 19.30
MONTEVERDI: VESPERS OF 1610 Crouch End Festival Chorus English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Monteverdi String Band Grace Davidson soprano Molly Alexander soprano Matthew Long tenor Nathan Vale tenor Andrew Ashwin baritone Richard Burkhard bass David Temple conductor
Brahms and His World: Clara Monteverdi Vespers The extraordinary kaleidoscope of styles in Monteverdi’s celebrated 1610 Vespers, with its virtuosic passages of breath-taking exuberance, beautiful vocal lines, rhythmic invention and startling changes of mood, is beyond compare.
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin Krzysztof Chorzelski guest viola Kate Gould cello Daniel Tong piano Ivan Ludlow baritone
Clara Schumann Three Romances for violin and piano Op. 22 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor Op. 60 Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 Johannes Brahms was the most Classical of all the Romantics, a passionate and progressive voice steeped in the technical rigour of the great masters that preceded him.
www.cefc.org.uk
Tickets: £26, £22, £16, £12.50
Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10
Concert promoted by Crouch End Festival Chorus
Concert co-promoted by London Bridge Ensemble & St John’s Smith Square
During their four-concert residency, the London Bridge Ensemble explore the various influences that helped form his unique voice; from Bach, through his friendship with the Schumanns to the gypsy flair synonymous with his protégée and younger contemporary, Dvořák. www.lbe.org.uk
Photo: Opera Omnia
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Mon 9 February 19.30
CHRIST’S HOSPITAL SCHOLA CANTORUM AND SINFONIA Christ’s Hospital Bluecoat Concert Christ’s Hospital Schola Cantorum and Sinfonia Katherine Hawnt soprano Christopher Lowrey counter-tenor Nick Pritchard tenor Jimmy Holliday bass Andrew Cleary conductor
Concert promoted by Christ’s Hospital
The acclaimed chamber choir of Christ’s Hospital will perform Handel’s popular and much-loved Oratorio and are joined by four brilliant young soloists. www.christs-hospital.org.uk Tue 10 February 19.30
Thu 12 February 13.05
Graham Ross conductor
Baritone and Piano
Elgar Sospiri Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie Elgar Symphony No. 2
Respighi Van li effluvi de le rose Nevicata Serenata Indiana Pioggia Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 125 Liszt Tre sonetti del Petrarca S.270 Quilter Four Shakespeare Songs Op. 30
SALOMON ORCHESTRA
ASHLEY RICHES EMMA ABBATE
Elgar ‘Sighs’ amongst gathering storms of war: the symphony finds solace through rare spirits of delight. Ravel lavishly imagines fantastical stories. www.salomonorchestra.org
FEBRUARY
Tickets: £15, £8 Concessions, Friends of CH and Staff: £10
Handel Messiah
www.hazardchase.co.uk/artists/ashley-riches www.emmaabbate.com
Tickets: £15, £12 Concessions: £12
Tickets: £10
Concert promoted by the Salomon Orchestra
Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Photo: Marianne Knight
Photo: Benjamin Ealovega
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Wed 18 February 19.30
LONDON PHOENIX ORCHESTRA Thu 12 February 19.30
JS Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (arr. Anna Hashimoto) Schubert Arpeggione Sonata Tartini Devil’s Trill Sonata Bellini Casta Diva from Norma Rosenblatt Carmen Fantasy
Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Composers with Anniversaries in 2015
Valentine’s Day Concert
Simon Callaghan piano Lev Parikian conductor
ROYAL ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY The first recital since the launch of Anna’s new CD A Touch of Anna, an album celebrating ten years since her debut with the English Chamber Orchestra in 2004. Tonight she presents a collection of works demonstrating arrangements of famous masterpieces for clarinets of different sizes. www.annahashimoto.com
Tickets: £12 Concessions: £8
Sat 14 February 19.30
Timothy Hugh cello Orlando Jopling conductor
Sun 15 February 15.00
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Piano Quartets: France
Tim Hugh makes a rare solo appearance with The Royal Orchestral Society under principal conductor Orlando Jopling who will then show off their rich, revitalised sound in Rachmaninoff’s romantic masterpiece. www.royalorchestralsociety.org.uk Tickets: £18, £12, £8 Concessions: £16, £10, £6
WERTHER ENSEMBLE Fauré Piano Quartet in G minor Op. 45 Milhaud Piano Quartet Op. 417 Fauré Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 15 The Werther Ensemble’s journey through the European piano quartet repertoire
continues with the two great works by Gabriel Fauré, flanking an interesting late work by the modernist Les Six member Darius Milhaud. www.wertherensemble.com
Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10
Photo: Karen Lyndon Lewis
London Phoenix Orchestra’s first concert of 2015 celebrates three composers with anniversaries this year. Nordic greats Sibelius and Nielsen, both born in 1865, are represented by pieces that are each in their own way masterpieces of concision. Scriabin’s early piano concerto is rarely performed, so the centenary of his death is the perfect opportunity to discover this lyrical and romantic work. www.phoenixorchestra.org
Concert co-promoted by the Werther Ensemble & St John’s Smith Square
Concert promoted by the Royal Orchestral Society
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Nielsen Helios Overture Scriabin Piano Concerto Sibelius Symphony No 7
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
ANNA HASHIMOTO
Tickets: £15, £12, £9 Photo: Oliver Markham
Concert promoted by the London Phoenix Orchestra
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Fri 20 February 18.30 & 21.00
PHILIPPE GRAFFIN & FRIENDS
Thu 19 February 13.05
FREDDIE JAMES FEBRUARY
Organ Buxtehude Praeludium in G minor BuxWV 150 Bach Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot BWV 678 Bach Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 686 and 687 Widor Andante Sostenuto from Symphonie Gothique Mozart Fantasia in F minor K594 Mendelssohn Sonata No. 2 Recipient of the WT Best Scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Musicians, organist Freddie James performs a varied programme from Buxtehude to Widor. www.freddie-james.squarespace.com Tickets: £10
Thu 19 February 19.30
AUREA QUARTET Lathja String Quartet Op. 7 Tan Dun Eight Colours for String Quartet Schubert Death and the Maiden Resident Young Artists, the Aurea Quartet celebrate their rich cultural diversity with a performance of Tan Dun’s inspired Tickets: £12 Concessions: £8 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Eight Colours for String Quartet, in a programme encompassing Schubert’s profound Death and the Maiden and Lathja’s 7th string quartet. www.aureaquartet.co.uk
Philippe Graffin violin Alasdair Beatson piano Marisa Gupta piano Roger Chase viola Raphael Wallfisch cello David Waterman cello Chen Halevi clarinet Emeline Dessi flute Marcello Nisinman bandoneon David Matthews crotales Winfried Hozenkamp double bass
21.00 Enesco Sonata No 3 in A Minor Op. 25 for violin and piano Marcello Nisinman East Tango (written for Philippe Graffin) Nisinman /Leo Ferré Avec le temps (written for Philippe Graffin) Piazzolla Jeanne et Paul Piazzolla Oblivion
18.30 David Matthews White Night Elgar Piano Quintet in A Minor Op. 84 Debussy Clair de Lune for violin solo (transcribed Matthews/Graffin) Minstrels for violin and piano (transcribed Debussy) Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (transcribed Matthews)
The French violinist Philippe Graffin celebrates twenty years of residence in London. This two-part event will feature composers from both sides of the channel with whom he has been closely associated: from Elgar to Debussy, from David Matthews to Georges Enescu, to tangos with his friends from Tango Factory coming straight out of Buenos Aires. This is a very unique event by a very unique violinist. www.carolinebairdartists.co.uk
Tickets: £15, £12, £10 For both concerts: £20 Concert promoted by Caroline Baird Artists
Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square Photo: Marco Borggreve
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Thu 26 February 19.30
LAURA SNOWDEN 20th Century Masterpieces for Guitar Heitor Villa Lobos Five Preludes Benjamin Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70 Federico Mompou Suite Compostelana Federico Moreno Torroba Sonatina in A
Thu 26 February 13.05 Sun 22 February 15.30
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JUNIOR ACADEMY 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Musicians of the Junior Royal Academy of Music Howard Williams conductor Howard Ionascu conductor Gabrieli In ecclesiis Mahler Symphony No. 1 And other chamber music for strings, piano and woodwind. Tickets: £12, £10, £8 Concessions: £10, £8, £6 Concert promoted by the Junior Royal Academy Of Music
As part of Junior Academy’s 80th Anniversary celebrations, this concert will showcase the outstanding talent of current students in music for choir, chamber groups and symphony orchestra. www.ram.ac.uk
YUKI ITO OXANA SHEVCHENKO Cello and Piano Bach Prelude & Sarabande from Suite VI Piatti Caprice No. 8 Janáček Pohádka Tchaikovsky Pezzo Capriccioso Op. 62 Edmund Hartzell Essie’s Gigue Op. 23 Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73
Award-winning guitarist Laura Snowden presents four contrasting and unique pinnacles of the guitar’s 20th Century repertoire, written for two of the guitar’s greatest ambassadors: Julian Bream and Andrés Segovia. www.laurasnowden.co.uk Tickets: £12 Concessions: £8 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Yuki Ito made his début with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2011 and his début album is Strad magazine’s Recommended Disc. He is pleased to present this recital as a Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Yeoman. www.yukiitocello.com Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square Photo: Paul Duxfield
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Fri 27 February 19.00
Sat 28 February 15.00 & 18.00
International Concert Series 2015: Finland Alina Hiltunen violin Mehrad Farid conductor Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 43 Sibelius Karelia Suite Vaughan-Williams The Lark Ascending The Collaborative Orchestra, led by Mehrad Farid, kicks off its International Concert Series 2015 with the music of Finland and featuring its leader, Finnish-born violinist Alina Hiltunen. The orchestra will perform Tickets: £22, £18, £14, £10 Concert promoted by The Collaborative Orchestra
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CELEBRATION OF BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC IN MEMORY OF PHILIP JONES pieces strongly associated with Finland’s nationalistic character: Karelia Suite and Symphony No. 2 by one of Finland’s greatest composers, Jean Sibelius. Alina Hiltunen presents Vaughan-Williams’ The Lark Ascending as a counterpoint. Each concert in the Collaborative Orchestra International Concert Series explores and highlights the musical traditions of a country and features a soloist from that country. www.collaborativeorchestra.com
Best student brass ensembles of the eight major UK music colleges Royal Academy of Music London Royal College of Music London Trinity Laban Conservatoire London Guildhall School of Music London Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Northern College of Music Manchester Royal Welsh College of Music Cardiff Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow
This annual ‘Brass Spectacular’ with the finest young brass players from the eight major UK music colleges illustrates how firmly brass ensembles are now established in the world of music.
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
THE COLLABORATIVE ORCHESTRA
The programme is presented in two parts – afternoon and evening.
Tickets: £20, £15 Concessions: £10, £5 Concert promoted by The Musicians’ Company
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SUMMER STAGE 2015
LONDON INTERNATIONAL A CAPELLA CHOIR COMPETITION 2015
There will be three opportunities to take part as outlined below.
Further details on our summer participation programme will be announced later in the spring – to register your interest, please call Joey on 020 7222 2168 or email joanna@sjss.org.uk
26 July – 8 August 2015
10 – 15 August 2015
This summer we will be launching our first ever programme of participatory courses at St John's.
ST JOHN’S COMMUNITY OPERA A two week course aimed at devising, performing and staging opera at St John's Smith Square. There will be opportunities for singers, instrumentalists, stage crew, prop makers and designers and both for those with and without formal training. Two projects will run side by side; one to stage a production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen and the second to create and stage a new piece, devised in response to ideas from Purcell's work. Musical opportunities will exist for soloists, chorus members, instrumentalists and composers. There will also be opportunities for dancers, writers, directors and a technical team.
Following the enormous success of the Inaugural London International A Cappella Choir Competition at St John’s Smith Square in April 2014, applications for the second London International A Cappella Choir Competition, in conjunction with St John’s Smith Square and The Tallis Scholars, are now invited.
24 – 29 August 2015
ST JOHN’S ‘FIND YOUR VOICE’ COURSE
ST JOHN’S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA COURSE
A one week course aimed at developing confidence and experience of singing in a wide variety of styles. No prior experience is required, simply enthusiasm. The course will introduce those taking part to diverse choral traditions including gospel, classical, soul and rock and musical theatre.
A one week course aimed at young orchestral players. This course is aimed at young musicians who are already proficient on an orchestral instrument (Grade 7 standard or above). Places will be limited so register early to be sure of your place. Throughout the week coaching will be provided by professional players from the London orchestras.
This course is ideally suited to young people aged 13 to 18.
This course would be ideally suited to young people considering applying to music college or to university to study music.
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We are looking for 16 choirs to take part in 2015’s competition, with heats from Tuesday 22 – Friday 25 September 2015 and the Grand Final on Saturday 26 September 2015. Alongside this, all groups will be invited to take part in lunchtime concerts around London and in workshops to enhance their performance technique.
How to Apply Applicants will be asked to send in a recording 20 minutes in length of unaccompanied performance of contrasting styles. To apply, please email gemma@sjss.org.uk Fee to enter: £400 per choir* Deadline for entries: Tuesday 31 March 2015 *If 75% of the choir is 25 or under on 26 September 2015, the fee is reduced to £100
For the heats, each group will be asked to prepare a 20 minute programme of Renaissance (1450-1625) polyphony; a piece by Gabriel Jackson; and a piece of the group’s own choice. For the final, each group will be asked to prepare a 20 minute programme of English Renaissance (1450–1625) polyphony; a different piece by Gabriel Jackson; and a piece of the group’s own choice. Photo: Matthew Andrews
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Sun 1 March 15.00
Wed 4 March 19.30
THE BROOK STREET BAND
ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S
Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus Rachel Harris baroque violin Farran Scott baroque violin Tatty Theo baroque cello Carolyn Gibley harpsichord Trio Sonata in C BWV1037 Cello Sonata in D TWV41:D6 Trio sonata in E Minor BWV528 Trio sonata in G TWV42:G11 Violin Sonata in G BWV1019 Quadro in E Minor TWV43:E2
An imagined slice of weekly musical life in Leipzig, built around Bach and Telemann and the city’s prime musical location, Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus. Musical ideas and caffeine flow, with a chance to hear chamber works intended for such a setting. At 14.15 Tatty Theo gives an introduction to Leipzig’s famous coffeehouse culture in the 18th Century, looking at the history behind these institutions and some of the music and musicians that would have been known there. www.brookstreetband.co.uk Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square Photo: Kate Mount
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Tue 3 March 19.30
Mozart Mozart Walton Haydn
THE HALL SCHOOL Hampstead 125th Anniversary Concert The Hall School Chapel Choir The Hall School Orchestra The Hall School Music Scholars Tim Horton director of music Paul Dean assistant director of music Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36 Rutter Requiem A celebratory concert of choral and orchestral music, including solo items from present and former pupils of The Hall School, Hampstead, to mark the school’s 125th Anniversary. www.hallschool.co.uk Tickets: £20, £15, £10 Concert promoted by The Hall School
Wed 4 March 13.05
Divertimento No. 11 in D K251 Violin concerto No. 5 in A K219 Two pieces from Henry V Symphony 44 in E Minor ‘Trauer’
Mozart Explored
A concert featuring the Orchestra of St John’s leader Jan Schmolck a winner of the Greman Young Musician of the Year.
Howard Shelley piano
www.osj.org.uk
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G K453
Supported by Mr and Mrs David Barnett
LONDON MOZART PLAYERS
Mozart composed this concerto in early 1784 and it was first performed in the Viennese suburb of Döbling. According to his personal expense book Mozart purchased a pet starling for 34 kreutzer. He successfully taught it to whistle the first five bars of the finale! The orchestra consists of one flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings and the concerto is introduced and performed by Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players.
Tickets: £26, £20, £15, £10
MARCH
MARCH
Bach Telemann Bach Telemann Bach Telemann
John Lubbock conductor Jan Schmolck violin
Concert promoted by the Orchestra Of St John’s
www.londonmozartplayers.com Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by the London Mozart Players Photo: Matthew Andrews
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Thu 5 March 13.05
CLARE HAMMOND Piano Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Chopin Selection from Études Op. 25 Lyapunov Terek and Nuit d’été from 12 Études d’Exécution Transcendante Kapustin Selection from 5 Studies in Different Intervals
www.clarehammond.com Tickets: £10
JAILAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC Indian Classical Ensemble Chandrima Misra director Rajkumar Misra director The Jailal Academy of Music invites you to an evening of Indian Classical Music showcasing an ensemble of vocalists and tabla players. They have been trained by leading North Indian Classical musicians, Chandrima Misra and Rajkumar Misra. The repertoire will include Ragas presented in the Khyal style of vocal music which is based on evoking emotions through melodic improvisations. The tablas provide a rhythmic accompaniment, improvising in response to the melody. The tabla players present a mix of traditional and contemporary pieces that showcase their skill on these drums.
Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Sponsored by John Lewis Partnership
Sat 7 March 19.30
WYCOMBE ABBEY Spring Concert Wycombe Abbey Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra Renee Ma violin Beatrice Choy piano Lawrence Tubb conductor of Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Hadwen conductor of Chamber Orchestra Brahms Tragic Overture Op. 81 Saint-Saëns Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso Magnard Suite d’orchestre dans le style ancient - (i) Française, (ii) Sarabande, (v) Gigue
Tickets: £15
Tickets: £15, £10, £5 Concessions: £5
Concert promoted by Jailal Academy
Concert promoted by Wycombe Abbey
Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor (i) Allegro molto moderato Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor ‘Farewell’
MARCH
Pianist Clare Hammond performs Ravel’s poignant Tombeau de Couperin alongside pyrotechnic études by Chopin, Lyapunov and Kapustin. This exhilarating and compelling programme showcases the piano’s full potential and expressive range.
Fri 6 March 19.30
Wycombe Abbey’s annual celebration of orchestral music with performances given by the Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, joined by Senior Music Scholar soloists. www.wycombeabbey.com
Photo: Julie Kim
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Sun 8 March 15.00
LONDON SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE
Tue 10 March 19.00
MARCH
Sunday Transformations William Bennett flute Lorraine McAslan violin Karine Georgian cello John Lenehan piano Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36 (arr. Beethoven for piano trio) Schubert Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen for flute and piano D802 Handel Passacaglia from Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor (arr. Halvorsen for violin and cello) Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K466 (arr. Hummel for flute, violin, cello and piano)
The London Soloists Ensemble series this season is centred around the idea of transformation. Each programme contains familiar orchestral or large chamber works played in contemporary transcriptions for smaller forces. These are paired with music where variation is the driving force. Beethoven’s own transcriptions feature in each programme and works by Mozart are transformed by his star pupil Hummel. www.londonsoloistsensemble.co.uk
Tickets: £14 Concessions: £10 Concert co-promoted by the London Soloists Ensemble & St John’s Smith Square
SOUTH EAST SCHOOLS Chamber Music Competition The Competition was founded in 2011 by Harrow School, Wycombe Abbey and North London Collegiate with the aim to provide schools in London and the South East region with quality chamber music coaching within the framework of a competition. This concert features the best ensembles from the highly competitive qualifying rounds. Tickets: £10 Concessions: £5 Concert promoted by The North London Collegiate Schools
Wed 11 March 19.30
YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Timothy Ridout viola James Blair conductor Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Cecil Forsyth Viola Concerto Elgar Symphony No. 1 The YMSO welcomes back the young viola soloist Timothy Ridout as we are charmed by the delightful viola concerto written by Cecil Forsyth. The programme concludes with the sumptuous first symphony of Elgar. www.ymso.org.uk Tickets: £20, £15, £10 Concessions: £16, £12, £8 Concert promoted by Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra Photo: (background) Matthew Andrews
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TRITTICO
Sun 15 March 18.00
Nancy Ruffer flute John Anderson oboe Sophia Rahman piano
Spring Concert
Madeleine Dring Trio for flute, oboe & piano Malcolm Arnold Sonatina Eugene Bozza Aria John Hawkins Tatiesque Arvo Pärt Dances for a Children’s Play Arvo Pärt Für Alina Malcolm Arnold Suite Bourgeoise Trittico is a versatile trio which performs a wide range of music ranging from Telemann to the present day. Their programme today consists of ‘classics’ from the flute, oboe and piano repertoire as well as the delightful Tatiesque, written especially for them by London-based composer John Hawkins.
ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL Fri 13 March 19.30
KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Violin and Piano Brahms Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in A major Op. 100 Saint-Saëns Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D minor Op. 75 Liszt Grand Duo concertant sur la Romance de M. Lafont ‘Le Marin’ S128 for Violin and Piano Wieniawski Thème original varié Op. 15 for Violin and Piano
Vesselin Stanev, born in Bulgaria, awarded prizes at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and at the Concours Long-Thibaud, he appears in European concert halls including Salle Gaveau, Paris and Philharmonie Berlin. The young Russian violinist Ekaterina Frolova loves the trickiest pieces most – not from athletic ambition but from pure pleasure in her instrument. www.vesselin-stanev.com www.ekaterina-frolova.com
www.trittico.co.uk
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Sat 14 March 19.30
EKATERINA FROLOVA VESSELIN STANEV
Alice Farnham conductor Martin James Bartlett piano Charlotte Bray Black Rainbow Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 (original version) Kensington Symphony Orchestra returns to St John’s Smith Square to perform with guest conductor Alice Farnham. They are joined by BBC Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett. www.kso.org.uk
Celeste Chen Cooper viola Nicola-Jane Kemp soprano Janet Shell mezzo soprano Timothy Dawkins bass Hilary Sturt conductor Leigh O’Hara conductor Heidi Pegler conductor Angus Meryon conductor
MARCH
MARCH
Thu 12 March 13.05
Nigel Hess East Coast Pictures Holst Seven Part Songs Bob Chilcott Music to Hear Verdi Requiem St Paul’s Girls’ School returns to St John’s to present another array of music from its most advanced choirs and instrumental ensembles. www.spgs.org
Tickets: £10
Tickets: £30, £25, £17
Tickets: £17.50, £12.50
Tickets: £10 Concessions: £6
Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Concert promoted by Archambeau Productions
Concert promoted by Kensington Symphony Orchestra
Concert promoted by St Paul’s Girls’ School
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Thu 19 March 13.05
SIMON JOHNSON Organ Bach Prelude and Fugue in E Minor BWV 548 ‘The Wedge’ Jehan Alain Deux Danses à Agni Yavishta Huw Watkins Pièce d’Orgue Julius Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm
Mon 16 March 19.30
Magdalen Ashman mezzo soprano David Syrus piano A 2011 Susan Chilcott Scholarship winner and recipient of a Sir Reginald Goodall Scholarship from The Wagner Society of Great Britain, Magdalen Ashman brings an evening of opera and song accompanied by David Syrus, Head of Music for The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. This promises to be a sparkling night’s entertainment, guaranteed to make you smile, cry even, and including some surprises. www.magdalenashman.com Tickets: £25, £20, £15 Concessions: £10
PARLIAMENT CHOIR Renaissance Rebirth Monteverdi Beatus Vir Purcell Come ye Sons of Art Nicholas O’Neill New work (world premiere) The vibrant musical influence of a newly restored court is coupled with the writing of one of the greatest minds of the early Baroque in this combination of works by Purcell and Monteverdi.
The fresh style of 17th Century Italy brings life and light to the musical language of Restoration England in this concert of uplifting and sparkling repertoire, which also includes a specially-commissioned piece by the Parliament Choir’s composerin-residence, Nicholas O’Neill. www.parliamentchoir.org.uk
Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, Simon Johnson brings us a programme of Bach, Alain, Watkins and Reubke. Simon works as a soloist, accompanist, improviser, choir director, composer, editor and arranger and has been named “a brilliant and sensitive musician, achieving greatness through his calm demeanour” by Gramophone. Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Thu 19 March 19.30
LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL Spring Concert Orchestra and Choir of Latymer Upper School Tony Henwood director
MARCH
MARCH
AN EVENING OF OPERA & SONG
Wed 18 March 19.30
Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Fauré Requiem A concert featuring the orchestra and choir of Latymer Upper School.
Tickets: £30, £20, £10
www.latymer-upper.org
Concert promoted by the Parliament Choir Photo: Edward Webb
Tickets: £12 Concessions: £10 Concert promoted by Latymer Upper School
Concert promoted by Magdalen Ashman
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Sat 21 March 19.30
LA NUOVA MUSICA
THE FAIRY QUEEN
Lucy Crowe soprano Tim Mead counter-tenor David Bates director
English Baroque Choir Brandenburg Sinfonia
Bach Widerstehe doch der Sünde BVW 54 Locatelli Concerto Grosso 11 in C Minor Vivaldi In Furore Iustissimae Pergolesi Stabat Mater www.lanuovamusica.co.uk
“ Tim Mead securely ballasted below and thrillingly brilliant at the top… With skill and imagination every bit the equal of that of his accompanying players.” — THE TIMES
Tickets: £45, £35, £25, £15 Concert promoted by La Nuova Musica
Purcell The Fairy Queen This is magical music in all senses. Purcell’s Spirits and Demi-gods conjure up every mood, every humour in a vibrant score designed for a Restoration version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Sun 22 March 19.00
MALVERN COLLEGE 150th Anniversary Gala Concert with Thomas Trotter Ensembles and Soloists of Malvern College Thomas Trotter organ Jonathan Brown conductor Stephen McDade conductor Edward Swindell conductor Handel Organ Concerto in Bb Bach Prelude and Fugue in G
www.ebc.org.uk
And works by Elgar, Tippett, Van Igede, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams and Parry.
Tickets: £28, £23, £18, £12 Concessions: £25.20, £20.70, £16.20, £10.80
Tickets: £15
Concert promoted by the English Baroque Choir
Concert promoted by Malvern College
Malvern College presents a special concert to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of its foundation. The College’s 1st Orchestra, Concert Band, Chapel Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Band, Chamber Choir and soloists are joined by internationally renowned organist and Old Malvernian, Thomas Trotter.
MARCH
Fri 20 March 19.30
www.malverncollege.org.uk
Photos: (background) Ben Ealovega; (inset from left) Ben Ealovega; Marco Boggreve
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Wed 25 March 19.30 Tue 24 March 19.30 Mon 23 March 19.00
Choral and Orchestral Concert St Dunstan’s College Choir and Orchestra Matthew Wood conductor Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op. 46 Bob Chilcott Little Jazz Mass St Dunstan’s return to St John’s Smith Square for their annual spring concert. www.stdunstans.org.uk Tickets: £26 (two adults, one child), £12 Concessions: £8 Concert promoted by St Dunstan’s College
Southbank Sinfonia Simon Over conductor Nicholas O’Neill organ Mary Bevan soprano Lilly Papaioannou mezzo soprano David Webb tenor Richard Latham baritone Schubert Mass in G Mozart Mass in C K317 ‘Coronation Mass’ The Coronation Mass, the most popular of Mozart’s Mass settings is preceded by Schubert’s Mass in G. www.malcolmsargent.org Tickets: £20, £15, £10 Concessions: £18, £13.50 Concert promoted by the Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir
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Choral and Orchestral Concert Forest School ensembles and choirs Natasha Kenealy violin Iain McGregor conductor Donna Graham conductor Darren Bloom conductor
Thu 26 March 13.05
GILDAS QUARTET Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 74
Sibelius Finlandia Svensen Romance Arvo Pärt Our Garden (UK premiere) Arturo Marquez Danzon No. 2 Darren Bloom Bassoon Music with accompaniment (world premiere) Vivaldi Gloria
The Gildas Quartet performs a programme of ravishing colours and contrasts, with Janacek’s breathtaking ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ and Beethoven’s much loved Opus 74 ‘The Harp’.
Forest’s finest young musicians present an evening of choral and orchestral music.
Tickets: £10
Thu 26 March 19.30
THE LONDON CHORUS Ronald Corp conductor Catherine Hopper soprano Peter Authy tenor Sam Evans bass Elgar The Dream of Gerontius The London Chorus is London’s most versatile choir and here it returns to its roots. Originally called The London Choral Society it was formed to give the first London performance of The Dream of Gerontius.
BACH ST JOHN PASSION City of London Choir Music for Awhile Hilary Davan Wetton conductor Mark Wilde Evangelist Njabulo Madlala Christus Rebecca Bottone soprano Tim Mead counter-tenor Benjamin Bevan baritone Bach St John Passion
www.londonchorus.org.uk
The City of London Choir and outstanding soloists present a vivid account of Christ’s passion with acclaimed period ensemble Music for Awhile. St John’s provides the perfect baroque setting for JS Bach’s most dramatic masterpiece.
www.forest.org.uk
Tickets: £25, £20, £16, £14
www.cityoflondonchoir.org
Tickets: £10
Concert promoted by The London Chorus
Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15
Concert promoted by Forest School
“The gifted Gildas quartet” – The Times www.gildasquartet.com Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
MARCH
MARCH
ST DUNSTAN’S COLLEGE
MALCOLM SARGENT FESTIVAL CHOIR
Fri 27 March 19.30
FOREST SCHOOL
Concert promoted by the City of London Choir
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Sun 29 March 19.30
Tue 31 March 19.30
COME AND SING MESSIAH Sat 28 March 19.30
BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION
THE AMADÈ PLAYERS Forgotten Vienna
Smith Square Voices Chartwell Sinfonia Richard Heason conductor
Dominika Fehér violin George Clifford violin Nick Newland conductor
MARCH
Handel Messiah Anton Bruckner Choir The Grey Coat Hospital Chamber Choir Cöthen Baroque Ed Lyon Evangelist Jacques Imbrailo Christus Elinor Rolfe Johnson soprano James Hall counter-tenor Gwilym Bowen tenor Philip Tebb bass Christopher Dawe conductor Bach St Matthew Passion Christopher Dawe returns to St John’s with the Anton Bruckner Choir in their 20th anniversary year, and is joined by the choristers of the Grey Coat Hospital Chamber Choir and period instrumentalists Cöthen Baroque in a performance of Bach’s timeless masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion. www.antonbrucknerchoir.org Tickets: £26, £24, £20, £15 Concessions: £24, £22, £18, £13 Concert promoted by the Anton Bruckner Choir
Following the success of last year’s come and sing, a seasonal opportunity to take part in a scratch performance of Handel’s Messiah. Choral singers are invited to sign up to take part in this performance. There will be a rehearsal in the afternoon, starting at 13.30 and the performance will be accompanied by the Chartwell Sinfonia. Please register in advance by voice type by calling the Box Office on 020 7222 1061 or emailing joanna@sjss.org.uk www.sjss.org.uk/participation Audience Tickets: £12, £8 Participation Tickets: £10, £5 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Tue 31 March 13.05 Mon 30 March 19.00
SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL Spring Concert The orchestras, bands and choirs of South Hampstead High School perform an exciting programme of classical and contemporary music, from Baroque to Rock, under the leadership of Director of Music, Dr Steve Collisson. www.shhs.gdst.net Tickets: £12, £10 Concessions: £10, £8 Concert promoted by South Hampstead High School
ETCETERA CHOIR Etcetera Choir & Orchestral Concert Stephen Hall conductor Haydn Te Deum No. 2 in C Mozart Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 Mozart Mass in C K317 ‘Coronation Mass’ Etcetera made its SJSS debut in 2013, returning in 2014 to a capacity audience, so don’t delay in getting your free tickets for this special lunchtime charity concert, with Haydn’s Te Deum – a magnificent masterpiece; Mozart’s Laudate Dominum – regarded by many as the best tune ever written; and his Coronation Mass. A charity collection will be taken in aid of the Cardinal Hume Centre – turning lives around to overcome poverty and homelessness – and other charities.
Carl Ditters Concerto for Two Violins in C Johann Baptist Symphony in A Minor Waňhal Johann Baptist Requiem Mass in Eb Waňhal (world premiere) Music by Ditters and Moravian émigré Waňhal, exploring the lost repertoire of eighteenth century Vienna, accompanying the launch of the Forgotten Vienna CD recorded at St John’s for Resonus Classics. www.amadeplayers.com Tickets: £18 Concessions: £12 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square
Tickets: FREE Concert promoted by the Etcetera Choir Photo: Dominika Fehér
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Wed 1 April 13.05
LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Mozart Explored
Thu 2 April 13.05
Thu 2 April 19.30
and ecstasy of Holy Week: one of the richest sources of inspiration for many of Europe’s Renaissance composers.
Robin Holloway String Trio (world premiere) Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor Op. 115
Brandenburg Sinfonia Paul Spicer conductor
As the tension mounted in the approach to the crucifixion and resurrection, the music accompanying the liturgy would become more emotional and highly wrought. The greatest drama was found in the candlelit service of Tenebrae held at sunset; the shadows lengthening as the candles were extinguished one by one.
Brahms’ expansive and profound Clarinet Quintet is performed alongside Robin Holloway’s new String Trio, a work which effortlessly and intricately combines music from two previous 80th birthday tributes written for Hugh Wood and Alexander Goehr.
CHAPELLE DU ROI
Howard Shelley piano
Tenebrae by Candlelight
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K466 Mozart’s D minor concerto consists of a turbulent opening movement, a tender, lyrical slow movement followed by a Rondo full of irregularities. Mozart adds two trumpets and timpani to the orchestra which adds a dramatic element to the work. Howard Shelley introduces the music, illustrates the principle themes and reveals how the piece has been written, concluding triumphantly in D major!
Alistair Dixon director Palestrina Victoria Tallis Tallis Byrd Victoria Guerrero
Lamentations Lamentations In Jejunio Derelinquit Impius Emendemus in Melius Tenebrae Responds O Domine Jesu
A programme of exquisite music from the Triduum representing the agony
www.londonmozartplayers.com Tickets: £25, £20, £15, £10
Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by the London Mozart Players
GOLDFIELD ENSEMBLE
www.chapelleduroi.com
THE WHITEHALL CHOIR
Schubert Stabat Mater in F Minor D383 Mozart Mass in C Minor K427
Two wonderfully atmospheric works for Maundy Thursday: Schubert’s rarely heard, beautiful Stabat Mater and Mozart’s great unfinished C Minor Mass.
APRIL
APRIL
Wed 1 April 19.30
www.whitehallchoir.org
Tickets: £22.50, £18, £12 Concert promoted by The Whitehall Choir
www.goldfieldensemble.co.uk Tickets: £10 Concert promoted by St John’s Smith Square Photo: Josh Bowen
Concert promoted by Chapelle Du Roi
Photo: Matthew Andrews
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Sun 5 April 14.30
THE NATIONAL YOUTH WIND ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
Fri 3 April 14.30
POLYPHONY Bach St John Passion
Bach St John Passion Once again Polyphony under the baton of Stephen Layton bring their acclaimed interpretation of Bach’s St John Passion to St John’s Smith Square on Good Friday. www.polyphony.co.uk Concert promoted by Polyphony
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NYWO players and soloist David Thornton perform under the baton of Mark Heron. www.nywogb.com David Thornton sponsored by Sterling Musical Instruments Tickets: £22 Concessions & Former NYWO Players: £12
Tickets: £50, £44, £38, £19 Photo: Benjamin Ealovega
Percy Grainger Marching Song of Democracy Adam Gorb Bohemian Revelry Kit Turnbull Blue Rider Gary Carpenter Runcorn Bridge Bernard Rands Ceremonial Frank Ticheli Symphony No. 2
APRIL
Orchestra of Polyphony led by Maggie Faultless Stephen Layton conductor Stuart Jackson Evangelist Neal Davies Christ Elin Manahan Thomas soprano Iestyn Davies alto Robert Davies bass
Mark Heron conductor David Thornton euphonium
Concert promoted by The National Youth Wind Orchestra Photo: (left) Sussie Ahlburg
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YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME: LAURA SNOWDEN
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME: ANNA HASHIMOTO
I’m a little bit in love with St John’s. I first played there as part of an RCM concert of music by John Tavener, shortly after the composer’s death. There was something spiritual about the hall – a contemplative, beautiful space which encouraged listening to the sound itself and to the silence between notes. Perfect for John Tavener’s music.
Being part of this wonderful new scheme feels like the start of a great adventure, and one that we are all taking together, those on the scheme and the brilliant people supporting us.
It was with this experience in mind that I programmed my first Young Artists’ concert, a pre-concert to none other than James Galway playing with the Orchestra of St John’s. The main concert comprised music by JS Bach, so St John’s suggested that I perform Bach’s Lute Suite BWV 995. It is an incredibly profound and spiritual work, and I thought it would be perfect in this contemplative Baroque venue. The piece evokes for me such a wide range of human feeling and emotion – from Lutheran angst in the opening prelude to the dignified suffering of Christ on the cross in the Sarabande; the ‘sweet hope’ (Johann Mattheson) of the Courante to the maternal tenderness of the Allemande. I followed this with a piece based on two French folk songs – folk music being a great interest of mine – and finished with Lennox Berkeley’s Sonatina, one of countless commissions by British guitarist 52
Julian Bream in the latter half of the twentieth century. I now intend to draw on aspects of this concert when programming my remaining St John’s performances. This season I will be giving a concert entitled Twentieth Century Masterpieces for Guitar, featuring music written both for Bream and Andrés Segovia. And in May, I will put together a concert of folk-inspired music, to include a collaboration with formidable percussionist Ruairi Glasheen, my bandmate in folk group Tir Eolas. Supported by St John’s, throughout the residency I will also be developing my presentation, marketing and outreach skills. I’ll be experimenting with how I interact with audiences both verbally and physically; how I can best promote my performances; and how to create meaningful education and outreach projects which work in tandem with my concerts and musical values. This opportunity to programme five recitals across the year at such a fantastic London venue is a pretty unique one for a young artist. New music and a collaborative spirit are encouraged, with commissioning being a key part of the scheme. It allows for creative dreaming, a degree of risk-taking and innovation, and artistic development. I am grateful and honoured to be a part of it.
Our first one-day meeting with everyone was an event where I expected to be sitting back and listening to information and advice as an ‘observer’, but the day panned out to be anything but sitting back! We plunged into creating workshops together, improvising and creating pieces in various combinations, and discussing wacky ideas from some paragraphs on onions. As well as getting to know the rest of the Young Artists, we soaked in a lot of great advice on marketing, programming, and other aspects of the music industry. Sitting on a bench by the Thames afterwards with Laura Snowden (fellow Young Artist), we both felt our eyes had been opened and excited for the year to come, and what we could create with it.
For my three main concerts, I will be focussing on and exploring three different themes. The first, in spring, will be ‘arrangements and transcriptions’, dedicated to my love of arranging masterpieces for clarinets of different sizes. The second concert in early summer will be about acoustics, and explore the magnificent space of the hall, not only from the stage! The final focus will be on friendship and chamber music, and hearing the clarinet combined in different textures. As the final concert on the scheme my wish is to celebrate diversity and return to the reason why we do what we do – to bring people together through this shared joy which knows no borders. www.annahashimoto.com
Since this day I could look at my own programming in a new light, and with the generous amount of concerts offered to us through this scheme I felt free to explore all my interests without limits!
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YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME: AUREA QUARTET We really enjoyed our time at the SJSS planning day, and it was great to have the chance to get to know the other young artists, both socially and musically. Working with everyone through collaboration and invention of educational projects using a set piece of art as a musical stimulus was very interesting: we got to see how other musicians approach improvisation, and how art and colour translate for each individual, as well as being able to explore and develop
our own improvisation skills – which we often neglect as classical musicians. We also got valuable feedback on our concepts for an educational project, which set us in good stead for any outreach work we will deliver as part of our residency and in the future. We were given the chance to speak with the Marketing Manager, and were shown
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME: ZELKOVA QUARTET the process behind the production of a season brochure, and the types of photos and language that are most likely to attract an audience. All this was very useful as we can apply it to our own websites, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds! Also emphasised was the importance of having a unique selling point, and marketing ourselves in accordance with that – audiences want to see something new and different. We finished the day by creating a John Cage ‘happening’ – where many of his solo songs and pieces are performed simultaneously and throughout the entire performance space. It was great fun and really took us outside our comfort zones as many of us had to sing and make strange noises! It was also an excellent exercise as we had to develop an individual understanding of (sometimes confusing) performance instructions within the short amount of time we were given to prepare our pieces. We each gave very short performances twice within a twelve minute overall time, so we all had the chance to be audience members as well as performers; gaining both these perspectives was very interesting and made us feel a lot more familiar with the space of SJSS – where we are all looking forward to performing throughout the year!
We were really thrilled when we were asked to be one of the inaugural ensembles of the St John’s Smith Square Young Artists Programme. The scheme was fairly open ended when we applied but having performed at the venue a couple of times in the past, we were already really excited to embark on a more official relationship with the team. Since the year has been planned out in more detail this excitement has only grown. Aside from the four concerts we’ll be giving in this wonderful venue this year, we’ve also been given the opportunity to tackle areas of what we do that don’t involve concerts. One of these is commissioning new works for the quartet and we’re really looking forward to exploring possibilities with composers and fellow musicians who inspire us to step out of our comfort zone a little. Who knows what we’ll end up doing! We had a really interesting and productive session at the start of the year with Richard Heason the Director at SJSS, exploring the outer limits of what a concert could be. We also worked on the delivery of workshops to organisations in the community, expanding our horizons in that area as well.
We’re looking forward to using what we learned that day to hopefully inspire others as much as we were inspired. Of course the public face of what we’ll be doing is our series of concerts and from the start we’ve been encouraged to be creative and adventurous in our choice of programmes. This was a challenge to which we were very eager to respond, and one which we're not granted for every concert!
Along with our special commissions and collaborations with fellow Young Artists, it’s all set to be a really enjoyable year of music making. www.zelkovaquartet.co.uk
We’ll be sharing works which are very close to our heart and that span a variety of styles. Bartók’s youthful and passionate First Quartet makes an appearance in February, a concert which also includes the folk-drenched First Quartet by the violinist Pavel Fischer which we have great fun with! This concert expands upon our exploration of the central European repertoire that started last December with our lunchtime performance of Janáček’s ‘Intimate Letters’ quartet.
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SMITH SQUARE CAFÉ & RESTAURANT
Book a ticket for selected evening concerts and enjoy a three-course meal in our à la carte restaurant for just £25, including a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Housed beneath the Hall under the vaulted ceiling of the crypt, this brick-walled space provides an elegant and cosy place in which to enjoy a range of snacks, light meals or more formal lunches and dinners.
Book online or take advantage of our pre-concert offer when you call the Box Office on 020 7222 1061
All our food is prepared freshly by our chefs from locally-sourced seasonal ingredients, and we offer a range of fine teas and roasted coffees, and an extensive wine and cold drinks selection. To book a table, please call us on 020 7222 2779 or send an email to stjohns@leafi.co.uk Reservations for á la carte tables only. Buffet tables can be reserved for large parties upon enquiry.
Breakfast, Coffee and Pastries
Pre-concert Dining and Interval Drinks
Breakfast Daily from 9.00 – 11.30 Enjoy a proper start to your day with a selection of daily favorites, from porridge toscrambled eggs with smoked salmon.
Pre-concert From 17.30 on concert days On concert evenings, our café and restaurant is open for dinner before and for drinks until after the performance.
Lunchtime, Afternoon Tea and Cake
On Saturdays and public holidays we open an hour and a half before the start of the concert.
Lunch Daily from 12.00 – 14.45 On weekdays, the café & restaurant serves a selection of herb infused teas, London roasted coffee, delicious homemade cakes and à la carte lunch. The menu is created using traditional British and popular European dishes. For those with less time to linger over lunch, we offer an assisted service buffet with a daily changing menu.
On Sundays, the restaurant opens from 12.00, serving Sunday roasts and brunch. Why not enjoy your dessert in the interval? Just ask one of our servers who will happily arrange this for you before the concert. Interval Drinks We have two bars from which we serve interval drinks and a selection of nibbles. Pre-ordering of drinks before the start of the concert is strongly advised.
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BOOKING TICKETS Phone 020 7222 1061 (£2 booking fee applies; £1.50 to Friends) Online www.sjss.org.uk (£1.50 booking fee) 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. In person Monday to Saturday 10.00 – 17.00 (until 18.00 on public concert days) The Box Office opens one hour before the start of Sunday and Bank Holiday concerts. 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 10 or more qualify for a 10% discount.
BOOKING OPENS Accessibility Our building is accessible to wheelchair and mobility scooter users. We have a lift that serves the Box Office and Restaurant level, and the Hall, and there is an adapted lavatory in the crypt. Assistance dogs are welcome in all our public spaces. There are two parking bays in Smith Square reserved for disabled badge-holders.
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