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that quiet square is an event. J Allen W Halon P Privitera C J Apperley Angela and David Harvey Kenneth Robbie To enter it, to enjoy its spaces, Michael Archer Hay Kenelm Robert Alain Aubry A Herrero-Ducloux The RVW Trust to listen to fine music within its Anonymous Dr S Hill Chris Saunders Dr J Baker Prof Sean Hilton Donna Schofield walls is an experience not to be Dennis Baldry The Hinrischen Foundation Philip Searl Hannah Baldwin A L Hoile Baroness Sharples matched in conventional concert David Ballance Colin Howard E Siebert Mr and Mrs Dickie S Hughes B W Silverman halls and is a lasting tribute to Bannenberg Ingenious Lynne Simmons M Barrell J A James B Singleton the man who designed it.” Dr Desmond Bermingham G Jenkins Judy Skelton B Bezant Glenn Jessee L A Skilton Sir Hugh Casson Michel-Yves Bolloré M Joekes Sarah-Jane Sklaroff Antoine Bommelaer Christopher Jones Dr Martin Smith Michael Bowen Jacqueline Kilgour Philip and Wendy Spink P Bowman Jocelyn Knight Steinway & Sons Sir Alan and Lady Bowness R Lab Daniel Stephens Clare Bowring Andrew Langley Samuel D P Stewart Joanna Brendon Jane Law Marilyn Stock Ian Brown In memory of J.P Legrand Ilona Storey C Brunell Alan Leibowitz D Sugden Burberry Adrian Lewis John Taylor

Inside cover & page 1 images © Matthew Andrews K J Burke G Lilley Susan Taylor M P Callaghan Dr Martin Lissmann Barry Taylor J Carden Sophie Loewendahl John Taylor The Countess of Chichester Hyacinth V Lund Windsor Thomas L Collins Nancy & Humphrey Marten Anthony Thornton Creative Europe Fund of Matthew Thomas Maxwell I Tompkinson the European Commission Sir C McCullough Eric Tracey M Croucher Grant McIntyre Dr F P Tudor J F Daniels Patrick McKenna John Turner Lady Prue Davies Philip Miles Lady C Vanneck Lady P Deben W Monroe Richard Vincent Dr T Digman Adrian Mumford Ian Walsh Graham Dodwell K Murphy Andrew Ward Dr Andrew Drummond Caroline Myddelton Tina Welsh P Duizend Margarita Nikolayeva John Whitehead Explore 300 years of history Jill Dymock Elizabeth Norris Henry Wickham Designed by Thomas Archer in the N Evans V Nyong J Wilde early eighteenth century, St John’s was Dr M T A Evans C Overd Philip Williams completed in 1728 at a cost of £40,875. Dr Andrew Evans Dr S Paetke E Witts Extensive damage from the Blitz was M E Falshaw R Page Mark Woloshyn fully restored by Marshall Sisson, with Gilly French and Dr J Gray Dr Jean Parker John Wright the church re-opening as a concert hall A L Gabites C L Parker-Williams Danny and Lillan Wyler in 1969. With its superb acoustic restored, Alexandra Ganter Geoff Pero St John’s quickly became a favourite of Don Gorman Clarissa Pierburg luminaries Pierre Boulez and Daniel N Graham Jill Prawer Barenboim. Discover more on Page 116. Andrew Greaves R M Prebble J Hall Sophie Prett St John’s Smith Square © Matthew Andrews

THANK YOU! ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE St John’s Smith Square is very grateful to all the Friends, —— Companies and Trusts and Foundations who have generously supported our work during the 2015/16 Season. “Just to come across it in —— that quiet square is an event. J Allen W Halon P Privitera C J Apperley Angela and David Harvey Kenneth Robbie To enter it, to enjoy its spaces, Michael Archer Hay Kenelm Robert Alain Aubry A Herrero-Ducloux The RVW Trust to listen to fine music within its Anonymous Dr S Hill Chris Saunders Dr J Baker Prof Sean Hilton Donna Schofield walls is an experience not to be Dennis Baldry The Hinrischen Foundation Philip Searl Hannah Baldwin A L Hoile Baroness Sharples matched in conventional concert David Ballance Colin Howard E Siebert Mr and Mrs Dickie S Hughes B W Silverman halls and is a lasting tribute to Bannenberg Ingenious Lynne Simmons M Barrell J A James B Singleton the man who designed it.” Dr Desmond Bermingham G Jenkins Judy Skelton B Bezant Glenn Jessee L A Skilton Sir Hugh Casson Michel-Yves Bolloré M Joekes Sarah-Jane Sklaroff Antoine Bommelaer Christopher Jones Dr Martin Smith Michael Bowen Jacqueline Kilgour Philip and Wendy Spink P Bowman Jocelyn Knight Steinway & Sons Sir Alan and Lady Bowness R Lab Daniel Stephens Clare Bowring Andrew Langley Samuel D P Stewart Joanna Brendon Jane Law Marilyn Stock Ian Brown In memory of J.P Legrand Ilona Storey C Brunell Alan Leibowitz D Sugden Burberry Adrian Lewis John Taylor

Inside cover & page 1 images © Matthew Andrews K J Burke G Lilley Susan Taylor M P Callaghan Dr Martin Lissmann Barry Taylor J Carden Sophie Loewendahl John Taylor The Countess of Chichester Hyacinth V Lund Windsor Thomas L Collins Nancy & Humphrey Marten Anthony Thornton Creative Europe Fund of Matthew Thomas Maxwell I Tompkinson the European Commission Sir C McCullough Eric Tracey M Croucher Grant McIntyre Dr F P Tudor J F Daniels Patrick McKenna John Turner Lady Prue Davies Philip Miles Lady C Vanneck Lady P Deben W Monroe Richard Vincent Dr T Digman Adrian Mumford Ian Walsh Graham Dodwell K Murphy Andrew Ward Dr Andrew Drummond Caroline Myddelton Tina Welsh P Duizend Margarita Nikolayeva John Whitehead Explore 300 years of history Jill Dymock Elizabeth Norris Henry Wickham Designed by Thomas Archer in the N Evans V Nyong J Wilde early eighteenth century, St John’s was Dr M T A Evans C Overd Philip Williams completed in 1728 at a cost of £40,875. Dr Andrew Evans Dr S Paetke E Witts Extensive damage from the Blitz was M E Falshaw R Page Mark Woloshyn fully restored by Marshall Sisson, with Gilly French and Dr J Gray Dr Jean Parker John Wright the church re-opening as a concert hall A L Gabites C L Parker-Williams Danny and Lillan Wyler in 1969. With its superb acoustic restored, Alexandra Ganter Geoff Pero St John’s quickly became a favourite of Don Gorman Clarissa Pierburg luminaries Pierre Boulez and Daniel N Graham Jill Prawer Barenboim. Discover more on Page 116. Andrew Greaves R M Prebble J Hall Sophie Prett 2016/17 SEASON

WELCOME TO ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE —— With a packed season of concerts and Whilst there is already an enormous events, including many debut artists as range of events to choose from, we do well as close friends, I hope you will find take late bookings from time to time as this brochure attractive and enticing. space allows and there are some projects Visiting St John’s Smith Square for a later in the season where the final details concert is a fabulous experience. You are yet to be confirmed. To ensure you can combine fine food and drink from are up to date with all the latest news, the Footstool Restaurant with enriching please do subscribe to our mailing list and stimulating music of the highest or, better still, become a Friend or Patron quality, whilst surrounded by the of St John’s Smith Square. Our supporters historic majesty of the UK’s only receive exclusive invitations to special Baroque concert hall. events as well as discounts on tickets and in the restaurant. There are over 300 events in the coming season, with dynamic performances of We are proud to be recognised for the Baroque and early music as well as great warmth of our welcome at St John’s orchestral, choral, opera and chamber Smith Square as well as, of course, for music favourites all nestling alongside the quality we represent and we welcome over 30 world premieres. An astonishing your thoughts and observations. If you array of musicians present more than do have any comments regarding any 1,000 works over the course of the season aspect of your visit then do please with new talent featured alongside many get in touch. favourite groups and individuals. I look forward to welcoming you We are delighted to continue our to St John’s Smith Square. collaboration with Southbank Centre during their period of refurbishment and you will find a wonderful variety of concerts from the London Sinfonietta, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Aurora Orchestra, the International Chamber Music Series Richard Heason and the International Piano Series. Director

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sunday at st john’s THE BROOK Pelléas Ensemble © Alessandra Tear BAMPTON STREET BAND CLASSICAL LA SERENISSIMA The Grand Tour Halle, Hanover and Hamburg OPERA – what influenced and inspired Vivaldi The Four Seasons the young Handel? Divine Comedies St John's Smith Square © Matthew Andrews Adrian Chandler violin Handel Trio Sonata in F Barbara Cole Walton soprano & director HWV392 Aoife O’Sullivan soprano Telemann Trio Sonata in G Catherine Backhouse mezzo Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni TWV42:G11 soprano (The Four Seasons, Manchester Buxtehude Trio Sonata in C Christopher Turner tenor version: 4 Concertos for Violin, BuxWV266 Robert Anthony Gardiner Strings and Continuo from Il Keiser Kuckruck Suite in G tenor Cimento dell’Armonica e Pachelbel Partie V in C from SHAKESPEARE Robert Gildon baritone Inventione Op. 8 No. 1 – 4) thursday lunchtime concerts Musicalische Ergötzung Paul Wingfield conductor IN MUSIC The Four Seasons remains Handel Trio Sonata in D Op. 5 Jeremy Gray director Southbank Sinfonia one of the most popular No. 2 PELLÉAS CHROMA Simon Over conductor pieces of classical music of all Bach Trio Sonata in D minor Special guest actors ENSEMBLE Gluck Philemon and Baucis time. In this their 21st year, BWV527 Luba Tunnicliffe viola Arne The Judgment of Paris La Serenissima present these Vaughan Williams Richard II Handel was a complex Henry Roberts flute fabulous concertos, using a OPEN HOUSE Berkeley The Winter’s Tale Bampton Classical Opera’s character, his early Oliver Wass harp new edition made by violinist Jonathan Dove A Midsummer autumn visit to St John’s & MUSIC compositions shaped by Adrian Chandler from parts Night's Dream Dubois Terzettino Smith Square is always an Lutheran tradition, the power which were in the hand of MARATHON Wooldridge The Tempest Bennett Sonata after Syrinx opportunity to encounter of opera and his own unique Vivaldi’s father, Giovanni 24 hours of non-stop Williamson The Merry Wives Joe Steele from different forgotten operatic treasures voice. ‘Halle, Hanover and Battista; this source is housed performance, open rehearsal, of Windsor countries (world premiere) from the eighteenth century, Hamburg’ explores music in the Henry Watson Library, workshops and more from Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola staged with imagination and (touching on the popular dance Four hundred years since his Manchester, and represents 10.00am on Saturday 17 and Harp charm. ‘Divine Comedies’ pairs idiom) that Handel would have death, Shakespeare continues the only surviving manuscript September until 10.00am Arne’s witty account of a known as a young student, to inspire and beguile The award-winning Pelléas version of these pieces. The on Sunday 18 September. celestial beauty contest with alongside that composed musicians. Alongside a cast of Ensemble will be celebrating performance will incorporate the supremely lyrical Philemon St John’s Smith Square opens by colleagues, and his own special guest actors, Southbank this unusual combination of Adrian’s latest research into and Baucis, continuing its doors for Open House chamber compositions as Sinfonia delves into music instruments with a greatly the genre of The Four Seasons Bampton’s enterprising London 2016, inviting visitors Handel emerged from the violin written by noted British contrasting programme of made popular by Theocritus exploration of Gluck’s little- to experience the stunning desks, beginning his career as a composers for classic works from three different and Virgil, whose pastoral known shorter operas. An Baroque architecture while composer. We explore how this productions by the Royal periods. As well as Debussy’s and Arcadian writings had outstanding cast of emerging listening to and participating musical tradition continued to Shakespeare Company which, well-known Sonata, they will be such a major influence on the artists is accompanied by one of in musical activities. develop in Germany, via until now, have remained bringing to life two newer neo-Platonists at the court of London’s most dynamic Handel’s great friend Telemann, unperformed beyond the works; Richard Rodney the Medici; this movement in For further details about taking ensembles. and JS Bach. Stratford-upon-Avon stage. Bennett’s Sonata after Syrinx turn influenced Vivaldi’s own part in the Music Marathon, and the world premiere of Joe There will be a pre-concert talk sonnets written to accompany please visit sjss.org.uk to There will be a pre-concert talk There will be a pre-concert talk Steele’s from different countries. at 6.00pm the concertos. download the registration form. at 2.15pm at 6.30pm. pelleasensemble.co.uk bamptonopera.org laserenissima.co.uk openhouselondon.org.uk brookstreetband.co.uk southbanksinfonia.co.uk

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Thu 8 September 1.05pm Tue 13 September 7.00pm Wed 14 September 1.05pm Sat 17 September from 10.00am Sun 18 September 3.00pm Tue 20 September 7.30pm £10, YF £30, £22, £15 £15 (£12) Free admission £14 (£10), YF £30, £24, £18, £12

Become a supporter of St John’s and Bampton Classical Opera returns on 15 The Grand Tour continues on 14 October For further details about Save on our Sunday series Our Vaughan Williams and Friends enjoy free admission to this series November with Shakespearean works with The Great Sonatas of Venice our participation programme Book multiple concerts and save 20% festival takes place 7–9 October See page 114 See page 30 See page 16 See page 107 See page 105 See page 14–15

2 Box Office020 7222 1061 Book online sjss.org.uk 3 Bampton Classical Opera BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA SEPTEMBER “Bampton Classical Opera brought their open-air summer Howard Shelley © Eric Richmond production of this piece (never previously performed in Britain) to St John’s Smith Square and gave an enthusiastic audience much pleasure.” Daily Telegraph Tue 13 September 2016 7.00pm MARTINO TIRIMO Gluck and Arne ‘Divine Comedies’ Great Piano Quintets Martino Tirimo piano Tue 15 November 2016 7.30pm Fitzwilliam Quartet Benda and Linley ‘For who can wield like Shostakovich String Quartet Shakespeare’s skilful hand?’ No. 4 in D Op. 83 • Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 thursday lunchtime concerts in F minor Op. 21 JENNIFER BATE Prior to the composition of String Quartet No. 4 in 1949, Organ Series Shostakovich was out of favour Mendelssohn Sonata No. 4 in Bb with Stalin’s regime and LONDON Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C performances of his works were minor BWV537 MOZART virtually banned. Wesley Voluntary in D PLAYERS In this most characterful Jennifer Bate Variations on a Mozart Explored quartet, which helped establish Gregorian Theme his ‘rehabilitation’, he employs Messiaen Méditation VI from London Mozart Players Jewish musical idioms to great Méditations sur le mystère de la Howard Shelley piano effect. The arrangement of Sainte Trinité & director Chopin’s youthful but inspired Jennifer Bate is in the top rank and poetic Concerto No. 2 for Mozart Audience Choice of international organists and piano and string quartet is the has long been a favourite at all The 2016/17 season will open composer’s own, which allowed the world’s great festivals. with a performance of the more performances since audience’s choice from 3 orchestral opportunities were She is recognised as one of the Mozart piano concertos: few. Shostakovich’s great Piano world’s authorities on the organ Quintet was composed swiftly works of Olivier Messiaen, and No. 17 in G K453 in the summer of 1940 and today performs his Méditation No. 20 in D minor K466 was an instant success, with VI, the only movement from No. 21 in C K467 the composer at the piano the full work which Messiaen To cast your vote, please visit winning the Stalin Prize. allowed to be performed lmp.org/choose-your-concerto separately. martinotirimo.com lmp.org fitzwilliamquartet.org classical-artists.com/jbate

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BACH THE ART CHRISTINA OF FUGUE MCMASTER Young Artists’ Series Kimiko Ishizaka piano Elemental Rhythm Bach Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) BWV1080 Christina McMaster piano Sarah Gabriel actor & singer YOUNG The pianist who undertakes with young pianists performing Bach’s final MUSICIANS masterpiece, The Art of Fugue, Debussy 12 Preludes Book 1 • SYMPHONY not only braves one of the Étude Pour les huit doigts • most challenging and intense Étude Pour les Octaves ORCHESTRA keyboard works of all time, Stravinsky Five easy pieces Ke Ma piano but also confronts the ultimate for piano duet James Blair conductor tragedy of music history; that Scarlatti Sonata in F K445 Wagner Meistersinger Overture Bach died before finishing his Ligeti Étude No. 4 and 7 Dohnányi Variations on a most ambitious work. For Satie Gymopedie No. 3 • Nursery Song centuries, pianists have Sports et Divertissements Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D pondered what Bach had in Bartók No. 2 and No. 4 from minor Op. 70 mind when he began the final Bulgarian Dances for Piano triple fugue based on the Wagner’s Meistersinger Christina McMaster opens with YOUNG MUSICIANS musical spelling of his name: Overture opens the concert. Debussy’s distinctive sounds of B-A-C-H. Pianist Kimiko Ke Ma, a Yeoman of The SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA nature in the Preludes Book 1 Ishizaka will present a new Musicians’ Company, plays and also explores works “The Young Musicians Symphony interpretation of this work, Dohnányi’s Variations on a including the highly innovative complete with her own Nursery Song, which is rarely Orchestra played with assuredness, and often witty Piano Études. realisation of the final performed these days. strength and a full understanding These are interspersed by the triple fugue. of the music, responding to every rhythmic and percussive The ever popular Dvořák demand of their conductor, James There will be a pre-concert talk brilliance of Ligeti, Scarlatti, Symphony No. 7 concludes Blair, with a delight in the act of at 6.30pm with Robert Hugill. Stravinsky and Bartók. the evening. making music. A marvelous and kimiko-piano.com christinamcmaster.com ymso.org.uk most satisfying show.” Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by Young Musicians Open Goldberg St John’s Smith Square Symphony Orchestra Seen and Heard Fri 23 September 7.30pm Sun 25 September 3.00pm Wed 28 September 7.30pm Wed 28 September 2016 7.30pm £20, £15 £14 (£10), YF £20, £15, £10 (conc. 20%) Wed 23 November 2016 7.30pm

Wed 25 January 2017 7.30pm The Ferio Saxophone Quartet perform Christina McMaster continues her Young YMSO return on 23 November with Wed 8 March 2017 7.00pm music by Bach on 8 December Artist residency on 2 March Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 Wed 14 June 2017 7.30pm See page 42 See page 68 See page 36

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Dame Ann Murray DBE © Sian Trenberth TENEBRAE Music of the Spheres Tenebrae Nigel Short conductor Holst The Evening-Watch Parry Songs of Farewell Elgar Oh! Wild West Wind Op. 53 No. 3 Murrill Two Shakespeare Songs Harvey Song of June Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs Bob Chilcott Marriage to my LA NUOVA Lady Poverty • The Modern MUSICA Man I Sing Judith Bingham The Drowned Dame Ann Murray DBE dido Lovers George Humphreys aeneas Stanford The Bluebird Sophie Junker belinda thursday lunchtime concerts Rupert Enticknap sorceress “Of this programme’s type, I Nicholas Scott sailor can’t envisage hearing anything LEON BOSCH & Augusta Hebbert second lady better.” BBC Music Magazine Martha McLorinan second Tenebrae bring you a century SUNG-SUK KANG witch of the glories of the partsong, Leon Bosch double bass Anna Finkel dancer encompassing exquisite Sung-Suk Kang piano Fionn Cox-Davies dancer miniatures about the natural Zack Winokur choreographer Mozart arr. Carl Hinde. Violin world and human experience, David Peter Bates director Sonata No. 21 in E minor K304 to masterly marriages of choral Paul Hanmer Scratch-Pad-and- Purcell Dido and Aeneas invention with the finest Six (world premiere) authors. Shakespeare, Shelley, “wonderfully democratic music Schubert Arpeggione Sonata Byron, Tennyson and Milton are making on the highest level” enveloped in the inspiration of Two transcriptions and a ­— The Guardian some renowned composers world premiere: Beethoven’s Ann Murray, one of the great alongside some more recent Piano and Horn Sonata and singers of her generation, settings of English texts. Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, brings magisterial artistry to LA NUOVA MUSICA heard nowadays on various Tenebrae and Nigel Short the role of Dido and is adeptly instruments but written for will lead a workshop between “Charm and invention accompanied by La Nuova a kind of bowed guitar that 10.30am – 1.30pm. For further Musica with its rigourous brought buoyantly to life” quickly became obsolete. details, please see page 106. yet sparkling approach to The Telegraph Scratch-Pad-and-Six, by the Baroque, and further tenebrae-choir.com South African jazz pianist illuminated by Zack Winokur’s Paul Hanmer, was composed Promoted by “If anyone can be relied on to evocative choreography. Tenebrae make Baroque music sound for Leon Bosch after a recent chance reunion. lanuovamusica.co.uk newly hatched, it's the aptly Sat 1 October 7.30pm Promoted by Co-promoted by La Nuova Musica Concert: named La Nuova Musica” St John’s Smith Square and St John’s Smith Square £28, £22, £16, £10 (conc. 10%) The Times Thu 29 September 1.05pm Thu 29 September 7.30pm Workshop & Concert: Thu 29 September 2016 7.30pm £10, YF £45, £35, £25, £15 £40, £34, £28, £22 (conc. 10%) Purcell Dido and Aeneas Leon Bosch returns with I Musicanti La Nuova Musica return on 19 December Tenebrae return on 18 December as part Mon 19 December 2016 7.30pm on 8 January as part of our 31st Christmas Festival of our 31st Christmas Festival Bach, Mozart, and Haydn See page 48 See page 46 See page 46

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BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Southbank Centre’s Russell Keable © Sim Canetty-Clarke International Piano Series Piano Mozart Sonata in Bb K333 Sonata No. 2 in Bb sunday at st john’s Chopin minor Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’ THE Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G# minor Op. 19 ‘Sonata-fantasy’ REVOLUTIONARY Granados Goyescas No. 1 ‘Los DRAWING ROOM Requiebros’ • Goyescas No. 3 ‘El Fandango de candil’ Haydn and Beethoven Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole S254 String Quartets for The Independent has hailed Prince Lobkowitz KENSINGTON young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor as “one in a million Adrian Butterfield violin SYMPHONY – several million”. Kathryn Parry violin ORCHESTRA Rachel Stott viola He continues to build a Season Opening Concert Ruth Alford cello magnificent international Richard Watkins horn career; when he performed at Beethoven String Quartet in D Russell Keable conductor the Last Night of the Proms in Op. 18 No. 3 • String Quartet in F 2015, The Telegraph marvelled Op. 18 No. 1 John Adams Slonimsky’s at his “unimaginable brilliance”. Haydn String Quartet in G Earbox Op. 77 No. 1 Colin Matthews Horn Concerto Benjamin opens this concert Bartók Concerto for Orchestra with the filigree delicacy of The Revolutionary Drawing Mozart in Sonata in Bb K333, Room embark on a complete A concert celebrating the then presents Chopin’s cycle of Beethoven’s String seventieth birthdays of Sonata No. 2, a visionary Quartets with two of the Op. 18 two distinguished modern work celebrated for its famous set dedicated to Prince composers: the American Funeral March. The second half Lobkowitz. No. 3 in D major is minimalist John Adams and embarks on colourful travels: one of his gentlest early works the superb craftsman Colin first to Russia with Scriabin’s whilst the F major work is a Matthews. Bartók’s Concerto heady and atmospheric Sonata powerful statement of intent. for Orchestra was one of his THE REVOLUTIONARY No. 2, into the vivid Spanish Haydn’s last set, also dedicated last works and is a stunning soundworld of Granados and, DRAWING ROOM to Lobkowitz, is represented showpiece, the summation of

to close, the Rhapsodie The Revolutionary Drawing Room © Susan Porter-Thomas by the joyous G major quartet a lifetime’s experience of “...a formidable quartet, espagnole by Liszt, which Op. 77 No. 1. orchestration. whose virtuosity is matched reaches supreme heights revolutionarydrawingroom.com kso.org.uk of pianistic display. by their exemplary balance,

Co-promoted by The Revolutionary Promoted by Co-promoted by Southbank Centre fine characterisation of light Drawing Room and St John’s Smith Square Kensington Symphony Orchestra and HarrisonParrott shade, and their insightful attention to every detail” Sun 2 October 3.00pm Mon 3 October 7.30pm Tue 4 October 7.30pm £14 (£10), YF £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50 £38, £28, £15, £10 Early Music Review

The Revolutionary Drawing Room KSO return with French masterpieces IPS & ICMS Series Offers: Sun 2 October 2016 3.00pm return on 6 November on 21 November Book 3–4 Concerts and save 10% Sun 6 November 2016 3.00pm See page 26 See page 35 Book 5 or more concerts and save 20% Sun 26 February 2017 3.00pm

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thursday lunchtime concerts BENJAMIN LEWIS, ISABELLA GAGE & EDA SEPPAR Benjamin Lewis baritone Isabella Gage soprano Eda Seppar piano Rubinstein Cloud Op. 48 No. 8 • Carefree Bird Op. 48 No. 9 ORCHESTRA Medtner Winter Evening Op. 13 No. 1 • I have endured my desire VITAE Op. 3 No. 2 NICHOLAS Michael Cobb conductor Rachmaninoff Do not sing, my WALKER beauty Op. 4 No. 4 Dani Howard Arches Piano Mussorgsky Night • Talkative (world premiere) Magpies Mozart Sonata in Eb K282 Bernstein Symphonic Dances Tchaikovsky The Nightingale • Liszt Sonata in B minor from West Side Story Zemfira’s Song Beethoven Sonata in F Op. 54 Prokofiev Suite No. 2 Op. 64ter Rimsky-Korsakov The Upas Balakirev Mazurka No. 5 in C# from Romeo and Juliet Tree Op. 49 No. 1 • The Prophet (1884 version, completed by Commemorating the 400th Op. 42 No. 2 • The flying chain Nicholas Walker) • Piece in F# anniversary of Shakespeare’s of clouds is thinning Op. 42 No. 3 minor (completed by Nicholas death, Orchestra Vitae present Taneyev 2 Duets No. 1 ‘Pine’ and Walker) • Nocturne in G# minor a concert inspired by the Bard. No. 2 ‘Mountain Peaks’ • Waltz No. 5 in D# • Opening with a commission Fantasiestücke • Humoreske Although considered a German by Dani Howard; Arches draws phenomenon, 19th-century The launch of Nicholas Walker’s on the themes from Romeo Romanticism swept across third CD of the complete and Juliet. Europe and no other nation Balakirev piano music offers Staying with the star-crossed embraced it quite as eagerly as a rare chance to hear this lovers the orchestra will Russia. Benjamin Lewis, Isabella Russian romantic composer perform Bernstein’s rousing Gage, and Eda Seppar bring you played live in a programme Symphonic Dances and an afternoon in Russia’s vast which also includes three Prokofiev’s Suite No. 2 Op. 64ter countryside with such works as great piano sonatas. from Romeo and Juliet. Rubinstein’s Cloud and Carefree ORCHESTRA VITAE Nicholas is a noted interpreter Bird from his 12 Lieders Op. 48, There will be a pre-concert talk not only of Balakirev but also Featuring twice in our 2016/17 season, Orchestra and Rimsky-Korsakov’s The at 6.30pm. of Beethoven and Liszt. th Upas Tree from his 2 Romances Vitae commemorate the 400 anniversary of orchestravitae.co.uk Op. 49. nicholaswalkerpiano.com William Shakespeare’s death with adaptations of

Co-promoted by Orchestra Vitae Promoted by Promoted by Romeo and Juliet by Bernstein and Prokofiev and St John's Smith Square St John's Smith Square Nicholas Walker alongside a world premiere from Dani Howard. Their second date celebrates the sea Wed 5 October 7.30pm Thu 6 October 1.05pm Thu 6 October 7.30pm in many musical forms, with music by Britten, £26, £18, £14, £10 £10, YF £20, £15, £10 Maxwell Davies, Diana Burrell and Debussy. Orchestra Vitae and Michael Cobb Become a supporter of St John's and Our next solo piano recital features return on 3 March enjoy free admission to this series Geoffrey Saba on 17 October Wed 5 October 2016 7.30pm See page 69 See page 114 See page 17 Fri 3 March 2017 7.30pm

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MUSIC & TALKS HOLST SINGERS Ensemble Elata © Nobby Clarke James Gilchrist tenor Vaughan Williams Anna Tilbrook piano and Friends Tom Norris violin Ellie Fagg violin Benjamin Nicholas conductor Philip Dukes viola Parry I was Glad Louisa Tuck cello Stanford Beati quorum via Graham Mitchell double bass W Lloyd Webber Gloria from A glorious three-day celebration Missa Santae Mariae of British Music. Following the Magdalenae huge success of weekends at St Howells Requiem John’s Smith Square devoted to Holst Nunc Dimittis Schubert and Schumann, Anna Vaughan Williams sunday at st john’s Tilbrook curates a fascinating Lord, thou hast been our refuge exploration of music by Ralph • Mass in G minor CONCERT 6: Vaughan Williams and his holstsingers.com THE SHADOW contemporaries. CONCERT 4: OF WAR – PART II Featuring James Gilchrist, the Fri 7 October 7.30pm Holst Singers, Philip Dukes and £16 (£12) THE SPIRITUAL Vaughan Williams members of Ensemble Elata, the REALM and Friends six concerts feature Vaughan CONCERT 3: The Soldier • Blow out, Williams’ masterpieces including Vaughan Williams Ireland you Bugles • Spring Sorrow On Wenlock Edge, Songs of THE FOLK and Friends CONCERT 2: Elgar Sospiri Travel, Four Hymns, Piano CONNECTION Vaughan Williams Rhosymedre Gurney Severn Meadows • Quintet and Mass in G minor SONGS OF • Four Hymns • Orpheus with Lights Out • Sleep • In Flanders alongside such impassioned Vaughan Williams TRAVEL his Lute • Sky above the roof • CONCERT 5: • By a Bierside works as Parry’s I was Glad, and Friends Silent Noon • Piano Quintet Howells Elegy Howells’ Requiem, Elgar’s Vaughan Williams THE SHADOW Quilter I will go with my Father Finzi Till Earth Outwears Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Piano Quintet, Butterworth’s and Friends a-ploughing Elgar Chanson de matin • OF WAR – PART I Edge A Shropshire Lad and Gurney's Songs of Molly on the Shore Chanson de nuit rarely heard but deeply moving Vaughan Williams Grainger Vaughan Williams Travel Vaughan Williams Along the PRE-CONCERT TALK: Ludlow and Teme. and Friends Elgar Salut d’amour Field • Six studies in English PRE-CONCERT TALK: There will be a pre-concert annatilbrook.co.uk Bridge Oh that it were so Folksong • Winter’s Willow • There will be a pre-concert talk Bliss Elegiac Sonnet talk with James Gilchrist and jamesgilchrist.co.uk Rebecca Clarke Passacaglia Linden Lea with Richard Morrison, Chief Ireland The Darkened Valley Richard Morrison, Chief Music philipdukes.com Quilter Go lovely Rose Rebecca Clarke I’ll bid my Music Critic of The Times, on Butterworth Six Songs from Critic of The Times, on ‘First Promoted by Bantock Hebrew Melody heart be still ‘Vaughan Williams: A Surprising A Shropshire Lad World War Poets and St John’s Smith Square Gurney Ludlow and Teme Grainger Handel in the Strand Englishman’ at 6.30pm. Elgar Piano Quintet Composers’ at 2.15pm.

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Simon Callaghan & Friends © Oliver Markham Ensemble L'imaginaire © Jean-Etienne Moldo

LA SERENISSIMA LONDON The Grand Tour SINFONIETTA Great Sonatas of Venice Adrian Chandler violin & Southbank Centre at director St John’s Smith Square Vivaldi Sonata for 2 violins and Anna Radziejewska mezzo continuo in G minor Rv.74 • COME & SING soprano Sonata for 2 violins and BRAHMS thursday lunchtime concerts Marco Angius conductor continuo in C Rv.60 Albinoni Sonata No. 1 for 2 REQUIEM Daniela Terranova Notturno in violins and continuo in D minor Three Choirs Festival SIMON forma di rosa (UK premiere) Op. 1 • Sonata No. 9 for 2 violins Come and Sing Choir Francesco Filidei Ballata No. 2 CALLAGHAN and continuo in D Op. 1 Members of the (UK premiere) Caldara Chiacona for 2 violins Philharmonia Orchestra & FRIENDS Salvatore Sciarrino Immaginare and continuo in Bb Op. 2/12 • Mary Pope soprano David Campbell clarinet il Deserto (UK premiere) • ….da sunday at st john’s Sonata for violin and continuo Alex Ashworth baritone Jamie Campbell violin un Divertimento in F minor Adrian Partington conductor James Barralet cello Berio Folksong Suite ENSEMBLE Simon Callaghan piano It was not by accident that Brahms A German Requiem Each time Salvatore Sciarrino many composers of the late L’IMAGINAIRE Messiaen Quartet for the begins a new composition, he Conductor and choral trainer seventeenth and early Richard Barrett The light End of Time finds himself “staring into a Adrian Partington leads a eighteenth centuries chose the gleams an instant • Interference black hole”, uncertain which Come & Sing of Brahms’ Having been captured trio sonata as the vehicle for • Fold • Dying words I • Lost • way to turn. This teetering monumental masterpiece. and taken to a German their initial exposure to a wider What remains sensation is what makes his concentration camp in 1940, public. Albinoni, Bonporti, Philharmonia Orchestra music so compelling live, as we Ensemble L’imaginaire, a young Messiaen premiered Quartet Caldara, Corelli, Gentili, Torelli, members play alongside hover on the edge of the abyss ensemble based in France, is GEOFFREY SABA for the End of Time along Valentini and Vivaldi all wrote young professionals in the with him. Now the elder committed to delivering strong Piano with three fellow prisoners, for this medium. evening’s performance. statesman of Italian music, musical experiences through reportedly to an audience Beethoven Sonata in E Op. 109 • Sciarrino has just been awarded This programme features a Come & Sing participant their collaborations with of over 400! Sonata in Ab Op. 110 • Six the Venice Biennale’s Golden collection of fine sonatas for passes are available from composers. This concert, Bagatelles Op. 126 • Sonata in C The Book of Revelation Lion. He has paved the way for two violins and continuo by an the Three Choirs Festival which features the powerfully minor Op. 111 inspired the work; “In homage a new generation of composers, upcoming group of Venetian website for £20 (Early Bird captivating music of composer to the Angel of the Apocalypse, whose music is paired here with composers. Also included is a tickets cost £18 if you book Richard Barrett, is supported Geoffrey Saba returns to play who lifts his hand toward that of Luciano Berio – the virtuoso sonata for solo violin before 26 September). £5 tickets by Diaphonique, the Institut Beethoven’s sublime late piano heaven, saying, ‘There shall grandfather of the Italian and continuo by Antonio are also available to students français du Royaume-Uni’s sonatas and Bagatelles, a feast be time no longer.’” avant-garde. Caldara. who wish to participate. new music fund. of classical pianism. simoncallaghan.com londonsinfonietta.org.uk laserenissima.co.uk 3choirs.org limaginaire.org geoffreysaba.com

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Thu 13 October 1.05pm Thu 13 October 7.30pm Fri 14 October 7.30pm Sat 15 October 7.00pm Sun 16 October 3.00pm Mon 17 October 7.30pm £10, YF £15 unreserved £32, £25, £18, £12 £15, £12, £10 £14 (£10), YF £25, £20, £15

Become a supporter of St John’s and London Sinfonietta return The Grand Tour continues on 9 Come and Sing Fauré’s Requiem with the Save on our Sunday series More Beethoven with The Revolutionary enjoy free admission to this series on 22 October November with Bologna and Verona Smith Square Voices on 5 November Book multiple concerts and save 20% Drawing Room on 6 November See page 114 See page 20 See page 29 See page 26 See page 105 See page 26

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The Strad Magazine Southbank Centre’s Federico Colli © Sarah Ferrara International Chamber The Grand Tour Music Series Roger Sayer © Chris Christodoulou Wed 14 September 2016 1.05pm Wed 18 January 2017 7.30pm Music from Tous Vivaldi The Four Seasons ‘Naples’ les matins du monde Fri 14 October 2016 7.30pm Wed 15 February 2017 7.30pm Jordi Savall director & ‘Great Sonatas of Venice’ ‘The Italian Job’ bass viol Manfredo Kraemer violin Wed 9 November 2016 7.30pm Series offer: Philippe Pierlot bass viol ‘Bologna and Verona’ Book 3 or more concerts Rolf Lislevand theorbo FEDERICO COLLI Sun 4 December 2016 7.30pm at once and save 20% Michael Behringer ‘A Roman Christmas’ harpsichord Southbank Centre’s International de Caurroy Une jeune fillette Piano Series de Sainte-Colombe (father) Les pleurs • Gavotte du tendre Piano

La Serenissima © Eric Richmond Lully Marche pour la cérémonie thursday lunchtime concerts Mozart Variations in F on des Turcs • Selections from Le Paisiello’s ‘Salve tu, Domine’ bourgeois gentilhomme ROGER SAYER K398 de Sainte-Colombe (son) Organ Series Beethoven Sonata in F Op. 54 Prelude in E minor Schumann Faschingsschwank Marais Tombeau de Monsieur Rheinberger Sonata No. 4 aus Wien (Fantasiebilder) Op. 26 de Sainte-Colombe • Sonnerie de Langlais Triptyque Mussorgsky Pictures At An Sainte Geneviève du Mont-de- Brahms Choral prelude Exhibition Paris • Couplets de Folies ‘Herzlich tut mich verlangen’ Couperin Chaconne in C • Op. 122 No. 10 • Choral prelude ‘O Federico Colli’s debut recital Plaintes pour les violes Welt ich muss dich lassen’ in Southbank Centre’s de Visée Les Sylvains de Op. 122 No. 3 International Piano Series drew François Couperin Alain Litanies numerous five-star reviews Leclair Trio Sonata in D Op. 2 Duruflé Prélude et Fugue sur le and since winning the 2012 No. 8 nom d'Alain Op. 7 Leeds International Piano Competition, the young Italian Atmospheric early music from a Roger Sayer is Organist and pianist has been thrilling movie starring Gérard Director of Music at The audiences worldwide. Colli’s Depardieu. Savall has been Temple Church and Deputy programme opens with the described by the New York Chorus Director to the London graceful charm of Mozart’s Times as “close to... an early Symphony Chorus. Roger is Variations on a theme by music superstar”. This concert the organ soloist on the Paisiello. is part of Southbank Centre’s soundtrack of the blockbuster Film Scores Live series. film Interstellar which was There will be a pre-concert talk released in November 2014. at 6.15pm. There will be a pre-concert talk at 6.15pm. rogersayer.org federicocolli.eu

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Wed 19 October 7.30pm Thu 20 October 1.05pm Thu 20 October 7.30pm £38, £28, £15, £10 £10, YF £38, £28, £15, £10

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Howard Shelley © Matthew Andrews sunday at st john’s MINERVA LONDON PIANO TRIO SINFONIETTA Young Artists’ Series Southbank Centre at The Genesis of Minerva: St John’s Smith Square Schumann and the Young Brahms CONNECT – The Audience as Artist Michał Ćwiżewicz violin LONDON Richard Birchall cello Christian Mason In the Midst MOZART Annie Yim piano of the Sonorous Islands PLAYERS (UK premiere) Schumann Piano Trio in D LONDON Huang Ruo The Sonic Great minor Mozart Explored Wall (UK premiere) Op. 63 PHOENIX Howard Shelley piano Richard Birchall Contours CONNECT is a pan-European & director ORCHESTRA Brahms Piano Trio in B Op. 8a MINERVA PIANO TRIO initiative creating a dynamic Hiroaki Takenouchi piano (original version) Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13 new relationship between Lev Parikian conductor 2016/17 YOUNG ARTISTS in C K415 ensemble, composer and After Robert Schumann Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 “the most beautiful sounds” audience. Two ground-breaking declared the young Brahms as a Continuing the popular Mozart Catoire Piano Concerto Op. 21 public participation pieces are composer “fully formed like Explored series, Howard Shelley The Times (UK premiere) premiered across Europe in Minerva”, Brahms responded presents a live analysis of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 autumn 2016, allowing with the original version of his Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 13. Following their debut at Southbank in C minor Op. 17 audiences with curious ears the Piano Trio in B Op. 8 in 1854, Composed when Mozart was 26, Centre’s Purcell Room in 2014 as Park opportunity to become part of aged 20. The Trio’s revival of the concerto is full of life and London Phoenix Orchestra Lane Group Young Artists, the Minerva the sound world on stage. this rarely performed work ideas, allowing the soloist plays the UK premiere of Piano Trio have established themselves as This evening’s performance reflects long-term research greater scope to display the Georgy Catoire’s Piano is preceded by a daylong through a new interpretation. instrument than in earlier Concerto, as well as one of the UK’s most exciting young trios. conference at Southbank Cellist and composer Richard works. Join the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2, The Minerva Piano Trio will present an Centre exploring how new Birchall’s Contours was the discovering the work in this whilst Arturo Márquez’s music can be made accessible Minerva Piano Trio’s first informal but informative Danzón No. 2 offers contrasting innovative series of concerts this season to wider audiences. commissioned work. concert. folk-inspired accompaniment. by joining forces with a new generation of composers, and collaborating with londonsinfonietta.org.uk minervapianotrio.com lmp.org londonphoenixorchestra.com different art forms, including dance. Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by London Mozart Players Promoted by London Sinfonietta St John’s Smith Square and St John’s Smith Square London Phoenix Orchestra Sun 23 October 2016 3.00pm Sat 22 October 7.30pm Sun 23 October 3.00pm Wed 26 October 1.05pm Wed 26 October 7.30pm ‘The Genesis of Minerva’ £10 unreserved £14 (£10), YF £14 £15, £12 (£9) Thu 9 March 2017 7.30pm ‘Dance and Poetic Fantasy’ London Sinfonietta return with The Minvera Piano Trio return Mozart Explored continues London Phoenix Orchestra and Lev Beat Furrer on 11 November on 9 March on 16 November Parikian return on 23 March Thu 1 June 2017 1.05pm See page 29 See page 71 See page 30 See page 75 ‘Haunting Visions’

20 Box Office020 7222 1061 Orchestra of St John’s OCTOBER ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S Timothy West The OSJ continue their My Music series, where special guests make a selection of their favourite pieces which are then performed live by John Lubbock and his orchestra. You can also join them in welcoming in the New Year with their Strauss Gala on 31 December and their annual performance of Handel’s Messiah on 8 December.

Thu 27 October 2016 7.30pm Thu 9 February 2017 7.30pm ORCHESTRA Timothy West Prue Leith OF ST JOHN’S Johannes Brahms Thu 24 November 2016 7.30pm Thu 16 March 2017 7.30pm Nicholas Parsons Libby Purves My Music Thu 8 December 2016 7.30pm Thu 20 April 2017 7.30pm Timothy West guest Handel’s Messiah John Julius Norwich Ducasse Trio © Anne Bloom Paul Blezard interviewer John Lubbock conductor Sat 31 December 2016 2.00pm Thu 25 May 2017 7.30pm Strauss Gala Concert Sir Roy Strong Programme includes excerpts from larger works: Elgar Sospiri Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 5 and No. 5 ‘Polka’ Haydn Finale: Allegro di molto from Symphony No. 94 in G thursday lunchtime concerts Mendelssohn Nocturne from BRAHMS A Midsummer Night’s Dream REQUIEM DUCASSE TRIO Mozart ‘Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben’ from Zaide • Rondo from The Tony Lynes William Duncombe clarinet Bassoon Concerto K191 Memorial Orchestra Charlotte Maclet violin Walton When Sir Beelzebub Stroud Choral Society Fiachra Garvey piano from Façade Kirsty Hopkins soprano Khachaturian Trio for clarinet, Beethoven Andante con moto Stuart Young bass violin and piano from Bagatelle Op. 126 Huw Williams conductor Poulenc L’invitation au chateau In this concert series, special Brahms A German Requiem Bartók Contrasts guests discuss the music that One of the oldest community The Ducasse Trio present has meant the most to them choirs in Britain, the Stroud a varied selection of their before the OSJ perform the Choral Society, under the baton repertoire. The sensual and chosen works. of Huw Williams, Director of expressive Khachaturian trio Timothy West is interviewed Music, Her Majesty’s Chapel is followed by the comedic by Paul Blezard. Timothy is a Royal St James’s Palace, will L’invitation au chateau, versatile British actor noted for perform the rousing Brahms a chamber suite composed his great power and command A German Requiem, with by Poulenc for the satirical on the classical stage as well as full orchestra. play by Jean Anouilh and the several other media, notably concert finishes with one of This concert is in memory of radio, film and television. the ensembles’ major works, Tony Lynes (1928–2014), scholar Bartók’s Contrasts. osj.org.uk and social campaigner.

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Thu 27 October 1.05pm Thu 27 October 7.30pm Sat 29 October 6.00pm £10, YF £26, £20, £15, £10 £25, £20, £10

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Book online sjss.org.uk 23 ENSEMBLE MIRAGE OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2016/17 YOUNG ARTISTS Danny Driver Winners of the Royal Academy of Music Harold Craxton Prize and also the 2015/16 Chamber Music Fellowship, Ensemble Mirage join us as part of this season’s Young Artists’ Series ORCHESTRA and have put together an exciting OF THE AGE OF and innovative programme embracing ENLIGHTENMENT the different dynamics that come with a flexi-ensemble. Southbank Centre at St John’s Smith Square Thu 24 November 2016 1.05pm Bach: A Family Affair ‘Three-in-One’ DANNY DRIVER Ottavio Dantone harpsichord Thu 19 January 2017 7.30pm & director Southbank Centre’s ‘War and Eternity’ CPE Bach Symphony in C International Sun 11 June 2017 3.00pm ‘Variations’ Wq182/3 • Symphony in B minor Piano Series Wq182/5 Piano JS Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV1052 Bach French Suite No. 5 in G

JCF Bach Symphony in D minor BWV816 Ensemble Mirage © Timothy Ellis WF Bach Harpsichord Concerto Schumann Études symphonique in F minor Op. 13 vers. without Op.posth. variations Discover the incredibly talented thursday lunchtime concerts Balakirev Nocturne No. 2 in Bach family at this event. B minor Though a tight-knit group, NATHALIE Rachmaninoff Selection from the Bach family managed to CHALKLEY & Études-tableaux Op. 39 compose wildly different styles Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in Bb of music to lasting international CHRIS HOPKINS Op. 83 acclaim, from the bounce and Nathalie Chalkley soprano Danny Driver has been thrust of Johann Sebastian to Chris Hopkins piano praised by Gramophone for the slow, song-like structures of Poulenc La Courte Paille his “irreproachably eager Wilhelm Friedemann. This de Séverac Les hiboux and stylish pianism”. concert presents a range of Sauguet Le chat their works. His international reputation Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 has been growing apace, not It considers how, as a father, Soprano Nathalie Chalkley least through his much-praised you balance a burgeoning music and pianist Chris Hopkins recordings on the Hyperion career with educating a huge present a concert of French label. This concert is his family, and how, as a son, you animal songs by Poulenc, debut in Southbank Centre’s acknowledge your roots while de Séverac and Sauguet. International Piano Series. embracing the new sounds of a Coupled with these works are changing world. There will be a pre-concert talk Schumann’s Liederkreis Op. 39, at 6.15pm. There will be a pre-concert talk a lusciously romantic setting at 5.45pm. of Eichendorff’s song cycle. dannydriver.com

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Sun 30 October 7.00pm Thu 3 November 1.05pm Thu 3 November 7.30pm £60, £40, £25, £10 £10, YF £38, £28, £15 £10

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Smith Square Voices © Amy Ryan REVOLUTIONARY DRAWING ROOM INTRODUCING Haydn and Beethoven MR BACH String Quartets for Prince Lobkowitz Bachfest Adrian Butterfield violin Steinitz Bach Players Kathryn Parry violin Rodolfo Richter director Rachel Stott viola & violin Ruth Alford cello Bach Konzertsatz in D BWV1045 Beethoven String Quartet in A • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in Op. 18 No. 5 • String Quartet in G OLIVER WASS G BWV1048 • Concerto for 3 Op. 18 No. 2 2016/17 YOUNG ARTIST violins in D BWV1064R • Cantata COME & SING Haydn String Quartet in F ‘Schleicht, spielende Wellen, und Op. 77 No. 2 As the first harpist to be selected for our murmelt gelinde’ BWV206 FAURÉ REQUIEM The Revolutionary Drawing Young Artists’ Scheme, Oliver has created an Smith Square Voices Bach’s rich powers of creativity Room continues its complete exciting and original programme exploring the Chartwell Sinfonia and imagination flowed from cycle of Beethoven’s String Richard Heason conductor wonderful music written for the harp. Having his pen as fulsomely as the Quartets with two more from graduated from the University of York with waters of the four rivers that Fauré Requiem (1893 version) the Op. 18 set dedicated to a First Class Honours degree, achieving the feature in the congratulatory Prince Lobkowitz. No. 5 in A Choral singers are invited to cantata 206 for King August III, major is remarkable for its highest mark ever awarded for his final recital, join us for a performance of complete with trumpets and elegance and refinement whilst Oliver recently was awarded the 2016 Gold Fauré’s masterpiece. drums. This and the electrifying the G major is perhaps closest Medal from the Guildhall School of Music & Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Further information, including to Haydn in its wit and humour. Drama, the School’s most prestigious prize. lights up a Bachfest to celebrate details on how to register as Haydn’s final completed quartet th the London Bach Society’s 70 a participant, can be found in F major features arguably his Thu 8 September 2016 1.05pm anniversary. on page 107. most beautiful slow movement. with the Pelléas Ensemble bachlive.co.uk sjss.org.uk revolutionarydrawingroom.com Wed 23 November 2016 7.30pm Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by The Revolutionary with Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra London Bach Society St John’s Smith Square Drawing Room and St John’s Smith Square Thu 12 January 2017 1.05pm Fri 4 November 7.30pm Sat 5 November 7.30pm Sun 6 November 3.00pm ‘Poetry and Music’ £35, £28, £20, £15 £12 (£8). Participants £10 (£5) £14 (£10), YF Sun 21 May 2017 3.00pm ‘French Friends and Rivals’ London Bach Society’s Bachfest Come & Sing returns on 13 April The Revolutionary Drawing Room continues on 8 November with Handel’s Messiah continues their series on 26 February Thu 15 June 2017 7.30pm See page 29 See page 81 See page 66 ‘Dance’

26 Box Office020 7222 1061 PALISANDER NOVEMBER 2016/17 YOUNG ARTISTS “Palisander's imaginative London Sinfonietta © Hildegard Titus performance really helped them THE SOCIETY to stand out from the crowd; they carefully thought through their... OF STRANGE seamless entertaining programme, AND ANCIENT LA SERENISSIMA which they delivered with great INSTRUMENTS panache and which resulted in The Grand Tour Bachfest tremendous enthusiasm and Bologna & Verona Clare Salaman director cheers from the crowd.” Adrian Chandler violin & & hurdy-gurdy LONDON director Clare Norburn Bojan Cicic viola d’amore SINFONIETTA Brighton Early Music Festival Alison McGillivray viola da gamba Bononcini Sinfonia Decima for Terence Charlston harpsichord 2 trumpets in D Op. 3 • Sonata Southbank Centre at Thu 16 February 2017 7.30pm Terza in D Op. 3 • Sinfonia Sesta St John’s Smith Square Rameau Suite from Pieces de ‘Antidotum Arachne’ in A minor Clavecins Beat Furrer conductor Torelli Concerto for 4 violins in Sun 2 April 2017 3.00pm Bach Works for harpsichord • A minor • Sinfonia in D G23 • Beat Furrer FAMA for speaker, ‘Journey to the New World’ Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Concerto for 2 trumpets in D G1 8 voices and ensemble (UK Harpsichord • Siciliana from Thu 15 June 2017 1.05pm Dall’Abaco Concerto da Chiesa premiere) Sonata No. 1 BWV1001 ‘Recorder Revolution!’ XI for cello in G • Concerto da Ariosti Lezione VI A performance of Beat Furrer’s Chiesa IV à 4 in A Op. 2 Vivaldi/Chédeville Adagio from FAMA which was hailed as “a Spring Bologna was a major musical miracle” on its premiere in Chédeville Suite in C hub during the second half of Germany in 2005. Now, after a Palisander © Esteban Lalinde Dandrieu Le Gemissante • the seventeenth century with decade of performances across Les Tourbillons the Basilica of San Petronio at Europe, this masterpiece of Waefelghem Soir d’Automne its centre. This was for a long sound theatre finally arrives in Couperin Movements from period the largest church in the UK. Based on the novella Concerts Royaux • Les goûts- Christendom and was home to Fräulein Else by Arthur réunis a virtuosic centre of trumpet Schnitzler, FAMA follows the playing, presented here through story of a distressed young An early pioneer of period the works of the great Torelli woman forced into prostitution instruments, the London Bach and Giovanni Bononcini. in order to pay her father's Society is delighted to welcome debts. But in Furrer’s music, SSAI in an engaging programme Bononcini’s Op. 3 was published nothing is as it first appears: that features some less familiar when he was only 15 in 1685 and linear time seems to dissolve instruments from their exotic shows a remarkable musical and a momentary snapshot collection. Viola d’amore, viola talent. The sole surviving print becomes the subject of an da gamba and other less of this work is housed in intense narrative, as Furrer familiar instruments feature in Bologna and lacks the first gives audible expression to a many of Bach’s works and will violin part. The editions for series of shocking events. be included in this concert with this concert have been prepared delicious musical miniatures to through a rare manuscript Please note there will be no entertain you. copy from the Bibliothèque interval; the concert will end at Nationale in Paris. approximately 8.45pm. strangeandancientinstruments. com laserenissima.co.uk londonsinfonietta.org.uk

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Tue 8 November 7.30pm Wed 9 November 7.30pm Fri 11 November 7.30pm £25, £20 £32, £25, £18, £12 £20 unreserved

Hear more music from the 17th century The Grand Tour continues on London Sinfonietta perform a world tomorrow evening with La Serenissima 4 December with A Roman Christmas premiere by Morgan Hayes on 6 December See page 29 See page 40 See page 41

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BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA “For who can wield like Shakespeare’s skilful hand?” Rosalind Coad soprano London Mozart Players © Jennifer Brady Caroline Kennedy soprano Thomas Herford tenor James Harrison baritone Cantandum Bampton Classical Players Gilly French conductor Benda Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Linley Ode on the Spirits ISLINGTON of Shakespearee The quatercentenary of CHORAL Shakespeare’s death in 1616 SOCIETY AND is marked by rarely-heard LONDON ORCHESTRA music celebrating the enduring MOZART LONDON MOZART PLAYERS impact of the greatest English MOZART EXPLORED Michael Bowden conductor playwright. Settings by two of PLAYERS the most expressive composers Programme to include music “City workers, Londoners and of the age of Mozart are Mozart Explored and readings for Remembrance day-trippers – you are warmly performed on period Howard Shelley piano John Rutter Requiem instruments by Bampton urged to go and see this fantastic & director Classical Opera, renowned series. At the cost of less than a Celebrating more than forty specialists in rare operatic Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 years of music-making in round of drinks it will be the best repertory of the late-eighteenth in Eb K449 London, the now 150-strong lunch-break you’ve ever had.” century. Islington Choral Society has Howard Shelley presents a International Piano Magazine also toured in France, Belgium, Bampton Classical Opera gave live analysis of Mozart’s Piano Portugal, Hungary, the Czech the UK premiere of Benda’s Concerto No. 14. In this short Wed 21 September 2016 1.05pm Republic, Italy and Spain. This remarkable opera in 2007 and exploratory concert, the Wed 26 October 2016 1.05pm concert marks their second now presents an appealing audience unravel the work Wed 16 November 2016 1.05pm performance here at St John's selection of its glorious and regarded as the first of Mozart’s Wed 7 December 2016 1.05pm Smith Square. sensuous music. mature series of concertos. Wed 18 January 2017 1.05pm islingtonchoralsociety.co.uk bamptonopera.org lmp.org Wed 15 February 2017 1.05pm Wed 22 March 2017 1.05pm* Promoted by Co-promoted by Bampton Classical Opera Co-promoted by London Mozart Players Islington Choral Society and St John’s Smith Square and St John’s Smith Square Book 3–4 concerts at once and save 10% Sat 12 November 7.30pm Tue 15 November 7.30pm Wed 16 November 1.05pm £20, £15, £10 £25, £20, £15 £14 Book 5 or more concerts at once and save 15%

Come and Sing Mozart’s Requiem Cantandum returns with music in honour Mozart Explored continues with us on 17 June of the Virgin Mary on 21 February on 7 December *Please note this last concert is part See page 97 See page 65 See page 41 of the Beethoven Explored series.

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MARTINO TIRIMO Great Piano Quintets Martino Tirimo piano EARLY OPERA Carducci Quartet thursday lunchtime concerts Mozart String Quartet in Bb COMPANY K458 ‘Hunt’ PETER STEVENS Anna Stéphany serse Fauré Piano Quintet No. 1 in Organ Series Rupert Enticknap arsamene D minor Op. 89 Callum Thorpe ariodate Dvořák Piano Quintet in A Schmidt Prelude and Fugue in D Claire Booth romilda Op. 81 Bach Passacaglia in C minor Keri Fuge atalanta BWV 582 Edward Grint elviro Winners of the Royal Duruflé Suite Op. 5 Christian Curnyn director Philharmonic Society Music Awards 2016 ‘Chamber Music Peter Stevens is Assistant Handel Serse HWV40 and Song’ category, the Carducci Master of Music at Westminster Early Opera Company’s Quartet open the programme Cathedral. In addition to CD recording of Handel’s with Mozart’s ‘Hunt’ Quartet, working with the Cathedral tragicomedy received 5-star featuring its strong ‘chasse’ Choir, he curates the Cathedral’s reviews and a Gramophone elements of dance. Martino organ series and performs Award nomination. Hear their Tirimo joins the Quartet for regularly throughout the year. all-star cast live in a concert Fauré’s atmospheric, dreamy He played for the Festival of performance of Handel’s and beautifully lyrical first Nine Lessons and Carols as an glorious music, full of Piano Quintet and finally organ scholar at King’s College, humour and social satire, Dvořák’s Piano Quintet, Cambridge, which was with sumptuous arias abounding with Czech folk broadcast live on Christmas including the famous ‘Largo’, elements and creating a Eve to millions worldwide. also known as ‘Ombra mai fu’. delightful blend of rhythms Since 2013, Peter has been EARLY OPERA COMPANY and melodies. Please note the early start time Director of the Schola to this concert. “Find anything exciting happening martinotirimo.com Cantorum of Edington Festival carducciquartet.com of Music Within the Lituryg. earlyopera.com in period opera in the UK and Curnyn will be involved, whether Co-promoted by Martino Tirimo Promoted by Promoted by and St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square it’s conducting at the Wanamaker or ENO, recording Handel or Wed 16 November 7.30pm Thu 17 November 1.05pm Fri 18 November 7.00pm directing his own projects.” £22, £17, £14, £10, YF £10, YF £45, £35, £25, £15 The Spectator You may enjoy I Musicanti’s programme Our Organ Series continues with David Hear ‘Handel in Italy’ with Gabrieli of chamber music on 8 January Titterington on 15 December and Paul McCreesh on 28 March Fri 18 November 2016 7.00pm See page 48 See page 45 See page 47 Handel Serse

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exploring Mozart’s most beautiful Ingolf Wunder © Patrick Walter chamber works.

Sun 20 November 2016 3.00pm

Sun 12 February 2017 3.00pm Russell Keable © Sim Canetty-Clarke Sun 7 May 2017 3.00pm

INGOLF WUNDER Southbank Centre’s International Deniz Arman Gelenbe © James Keates Piano Series Piano sunday at st john’s Schubert Sonata in Bb D960 Mozart Fantasia in D minor ALL ABOUT K397 • Adagio in B minor K540 KENSINGTON Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in MOZART SYMPHONY • Ab Op. 61 Polonaise in Ab Mozart Focus Series Op. 53 ORCHESTRA Deniz Arman Gelenbe piano Debussy, Dutilleux and Berlioz Ingolf Wunder performs Michael Bochmann violin Schubert's haunting, other- Russell Keable conductor Rivka Golani viola worldly last sonata and works Joan Enric Lluna clarinet Debussy Prélude à l’après midi by Mozart and Chopin. d’un faune Mozart Sonata in G K379 for When he first performed Dutilleux Métaboles Piano and Violin • Grande at Southbank Centre’s Berlioz Selections from Roméo Sonate for Clarinet and Piano • International Piano Series, et Juliette Clarinet Quintet in A K581 • Duo The Guardian’s critic declared, in G K423 for Violin and Viola • A programme of three French “It’s a long time since I’ve heard Trio in Eb ‘Kegelstatt Trio’ K498 masterpieces. Debussy captures a young pianist make such an for Piano, Clarinet and Viola the heat and torpor of a impression on his debut”. The summer afternoon in his young Austrian scooped second Deniz Arman Gelenbe, Michael perfectly formed Impressionist prize at the 2010 International Bochmann and Rivka Golani tone-poem whilst Dutilleux Chopin Competition in Warsaw explore Mozart’s chamber creates a dazzling and and went on to record for music during a three concert fascinating modern orchestral Deutsche Grammophon. residency. Joan Enric Lluna showpiece and Berlioz depicts

Rivka Golani © Peter Beal joins for the Grande Sonate, and There will be a pre-concert talk the doomed lovers in music for the popular Kegelstatt Trio Michael Bochmann at 6.15pm. both tender and passionate. which has the unusual scoring ingolfwunder.at for clarinet, viola and piano. kso.org.uk

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Sat 19 November 7.30pm Sun 20 November 3.00pm Mon 21 November 7.30pm £38, £28, £15, £10 £14 (£10), YF £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50

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YOUNG ENSEMBLE WHITEHALL MUSICIANS MIRAGE CHOIR SYMPHONY Young Artists’ Series Mirror of Perfection ORCHESTRA Three-in-One Brandenburg Sinfonia Matthew Scott clarinet Oliver Wass harp Eve Daniell soprano Júlia Pusker violin James Blair conductor Olivia Warburton mezzo Ugnė Tiškutė viola soprano Suppé Poet and Peasant Tatiana Chernyshova cello William Blake tenor Overture Alexandra Vaduva piano Henry Neill baritone Ginastera Harp Concerto Stravinsky Suite from L’Histoire Paul Spicer conductor Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 du Soldat in E minor Op. 64 Mozart Divertimento in F K138 • Rota Trio Coronation Mass in C K137 The rousing but seldom played Françaix Trio Richard Blackford Mirror of Poet and Peasant Overture by Rarely performed alongside Perfection Franz von Suppé heralds the each other, flexi-ensemble virtuosic, amusing and sensual Whitehall Choir presents Ensemble Mirage presents Ginastera Harp Concerto, with a another irresistible programme Three-in-One, an exciting battery of all conceivable which includes Mozart’s programme showcasing the percussion instruments. sublime Coronation Mass and three core clarinet trios and Richard Blackford’s beautiful The concert ends with the variety of sounds these KENSINGTON Mirror of Perfection inspired by Tchaikovsky’s uplifting different instrument a visit to Assisi. Symphony No. 5. groupings create. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA whitehallchoir.org.uk ymso.org.uk ensemblemirage.co.uk

Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by “unforced exuberance and fine Russell Keable © Sim Canetty-Clarke Whitehall Choir Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra St John’s Smith Square attention to phrasing”

Tue 22 November 7.30pm Wed 23 November 7.30pm Thu 24 November 1.05pm Classical Source £25, £22.50, £18, £10 £20, £15, £10 (conc. 20%) £10, YF Mon 3 October 2016 7.30pm

Come & Sing Mozart’s Requiem YMSO return with Rachmaninoff’s Piano Ensemble Mirage continue their Mon 21 November 2016 7.30pm with us on 17 June Concerto No. 3 on 25 January Young Artist residency on 19 January Sat 4 March 2017 7.30pm See page 97 See page 55 See page 51 Mon 3 July 2017 7.30pm

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ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S TAIT My Music WINTER PROM Nicholas Parsons guest Memories of Summer Paul Blezard interviewer John Lubbock conductor Tait Chamber Orchestra Alexandra Isted violin Programme includes excerpts Christopher Dawe © Philip Pratt Lisa Bucknell viola from larger works: Waynne Kwon cello Oscar Peterson Night Train Benjamin Mellefont clarinet sunday at st john’s Chopin Waltz in Db Op. 64 No. 1 Jayson Gillham piano ‘Minute Waltz’ James Guan piano Fitzgerald Just one of those LONDON Chad Vindin piano things Alexandra Hutton soprano PIANO TRIO Opera Danube Vivaldi The Four Seasons Katrina Sheppeard soprano Viva España Gershwin Summertime Ashlyn Skye Tymms mezzo Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Robert Atchison violin soprano Beethoven Andante molto David Jones cello Jessica Cottis conductor mosso from Symphony No. 6 in ANTON Olga Dudnik piano Vivaldi Concerto No. 2 in G F ‘Pastoral’ Op. 68 thursday lunchtime concerts BRUCKNER Turina Trio No. 2 Op. 76 minor Rv.315 ‘Summer’ Shostakovich Andante from Bretón 4 Spanish pieces Gershwin ‘Summertime’ from Piano Concerto No. 2 in F CHOIR Cassadó Piano Trio in C Porgy and Bess LAURA Op. 102 London Mozart Players Granados Trio Enescu Konzertstück Stephen Sondheim Children Rowan Pierce soprano SNOWDEN Shostakovich Cello Concerto will listen Sinéad O'Kelly soprano Following their successful Guitar No. 1 in Eb Op. 107 Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the James Hall countertenor Beethoven Cycle last season, Wagner ‘Vorspiel and Liebestod’ Dowland A Fancy Bumblebee Joel Williams tenor the London Piano Trio return from Tristan und Isolde arr. Regondi Reverie Cole Unforgettable Morgan Pearse baritone for their first concert at James Ledger (UK premiere) Wally Gunn New Work Christopher Dawe conductor St John’s Smith Square this In this concert series, special Copland Clarinet Concerto commissioned by St John’s OPERA DANUBE season with a programme guests discuss the music that Handel Dixit Dominus HWV232 Luke Styles How They Creep Smith Square (world premiere) Daniel Cobb presents that celebrates and pays has meant the most to them Mozart Mass in C Minor K427 Barber ‘Must the winter come so Rodrigo En Los Trigales • The First Day of Christmas tribute to music from the before the OSJ perform the soon?’ from Vanessa • Adagio Invocación y Danza Christopher Dawe returns to Iberian Peninsula. Daniel Cobb Estate Agents chosen works. for Strings St John’s Smith Square with Award-winning guitarist and Opera Danube join together The long history of Spanish Bernstein Glitter and be Gay Born in Grantham, Nicholas the Anton Bruckner Choir in Laura Snowden gives the to bring the Christmas spirit music has played an important Parsons, 92, first appeared on their 21st anniversary year, and The Tait Memorial Trust world premiere of an exciting to Westminster. A feast of role in the development of television in the 1960s with the is joined by the internationally presents an evening of Summer new work by New York-based Christmas classics, opera and Western music, and is also comedians Arthur Haynes and acclaimed London Mozart Imaginings in the grey of composer Wally Gunn, operetta arias will feature, the main basis of most Latin Benny Hill. He went on to Players and a team of London’s winter. A programme commissioned by St John’s performed by Opera Danube’s American music. present the game show Sale Of outstanding young soloists of sunshine, wide open spaces Smith Square’s 2014/15 emerging opera stars of the The Century, which ran for 12 in performances of Handel’s This concert is a rare and big starry skies performed Young Artists’ Scheme, future, alongside a dash of years. Since 1967, he has hosted Dixit Dominus and Mozart's opportunity to hear Spanish by some of Australia’s most alongside solo guitar music audience participation! BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute. Great Mass in C Minor. music in a chamber setting. talented emerging musicians. by Dowland and Rodrigo. operadanube.co.uk osj.org.uk antonbrucknerchoir.org londonpianotrio.com taitmemorialtrust.org laurasnowden.co.uk danielcobb.co.uk

Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by London Piano Trio Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by Orchestra of St John’s Anton Bruckner Choir and St John’s Smith Square Tait Memorial Trust St John’s Smith Square Opera Danube

Thu 24 November 7.30pm Sat 26 November 7.30pm Sun 27 November 3.00pm Wed 30 November 7.30pm Thu 1 December 1.05pm Thu 1 December 7.30pm £26, £20, £15, £10 £26, £24, £20, £15 £14 (£10), YF £35, £28, £22, £15 £10, YF £30, £25, £20, £15 (£24, £22, £18, £13) The OSJ’s My Music series continues You may enjoy Stephen Layton and London Piano Trio return If you enjoy Shostakovich, you may enjoy Laura Snowden returns as a Park Lane Our 31st Christmas Festival with Prue Leith on 9 February Polyphony's Messiah on 23 December on 26 March Ensemble Mirage's concert on 19 January Group Young Artist on 25 April begins on 9 December See page 59 See page 48 See page 76 See page 51 See page 84 See page 43

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LOUIS THE GLORY SCHWIZGEBEL OF CHRISTMAS Southbank Centre’s Choir of Christ’s College, International Cambridge Piano Series Thames Chamber Orchestra Keith Marshall conductor Piano David Rowland director Mozart Sonata in D K576 Bach Christians be Joyful • In Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 LA SERENISSIMA Dulce Jubilo (organ voluntary) Beethoven 32 Variations on an The Grand Tour Vivaldi Winter from The Four Original Theme in C minor Seasons WoO.80 A Roman Christmas Britten Selection from A Schubert Sonata in C minor Ceremony of Carols LONDON Julia Doyle amor divino D958 Handel Hallelujah from Messiah Hilary Summers natura umana SINFONIETTA Howard Blake Walking in the Air Swiss pianist Louis Schwizgebel Catherine Hopper giustitia John Rutter Born on a New Day Southbank Centre at won second prize at the 2012 Adrian Chandler violin • Shepherd’s Pipe Carol St John’s Smith Square Leeds International Piano & director Wood Ding! Dong! Merrily on Competition and soon Schnee (Snow) Corelli Concerto Grosso No. 8 High afterwards became a BBC New for 2 violins, cello, strings and Trad. arrangements The Holly Michael Cox piccolo Generation Artist. continuo Op. 6 and The Ivy • See, Amid the Thierry Fischer conductor Louis makes his debut in this Vivaldi Concerto per la Winter’s Snow • Hark! The Morgan Hayes new work series with music by some of Santissima Natale for violin, Herald Angels Sing • Silent (world premiere) the piano repertoire’s greatest strings in E Rv.270 Night • The Twelve Days of Simon Holt Piccolo Concerto composers – opening with the THE Locatelli Concerto Grosso No. 8 Christmas • We wish you a ‘Fool is Hurt’ (UK premiere) LONDON poised brilliance of Mozart’s for 2 violins, cello, strings and Merry Christmas NUTCRACKER Hans Abrahamsen Schnee last piano sonata, then turning continuo in F minor Op. 1 Vaughan Williams O Little Town MOZART Fulham Symphony Orchestra (Snow) to Schumann’s much-loved Caldara Cantata per la Notte of Bethlehem Fulham Camerata PLAYERS Kinderszenen which depicts a del SS.mo Natale – Vo’ Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee – Marc Dooley conductor Now in its 11th year, ‘The Glory of series of tender childhood piangendo e sospirando regarded already as a modern Mozart Explored Christmas’ concert is a joyful images. Beethoven’s intense, Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (modern day premiere) masterpiece – is a series of evening of festive music, Howard Shelley piano volcanic Variations in C minor (complete ballet) beautiful, contemplative During the Novenna of readings and carols, held in & director launches the second half, and haunting musical canons An early Christmas treat, this Christmas it was customary appreciation of the work done concluding with Schubert’s inspired by Bach, creating Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 complete performance of for the shepherds from the hills by Oracle Cancer Trust. Sonata in C minor which picks aural images of snow. in Bb K450 Tchaikovsky’s magical ballet outside Rome to come into the Returning to perform is the up on Beethoven’s high drama, score tells the story of a city and play their rustic Choir of Christ’s College, The loneliness and quietude Howard Shelley presents a live mingles it with Schubert’s nutcracker in the form of a instruments at the cribs outside Cambridge, one of the UK’s of this frozen landscape finds analysis of Mozart’s Piano deeply personal, songful soldier that comes to life, and many of the churches. This finest mixed voice ensembles resonance in Simon Holt’s Concerto No. 15, considered to writing, and closes with a features well-known favourites practice spawned a flood of along with the Thames Piccolo Concerto ‘Fool is Hurt’, be one of the more challenging demoniac tarantella. including Waltz of the Flowers, compositions composed in Chamber Orchestra, conducted a work inspired by the isolation concertos by the composer. Join There will be a pre-concert talk Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy imitation of bagpipes and by the internationally of the central character in the orchestra in exploring the at 6.15pm. and a magnificent finale. hurdy-gurdies. acclaimed Keith Marshall. Federico Fellini’s film La Strada. intricacies of this grand work. louisschwizgebelpiano.com fso.org.uk laserenissima.co.uk oraclecancertrust.org londonsinfonietta.org.uk lmp.org

Co-promoted by Southbank Centre Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by London Mozart Players and HarrisonParrott Fulham Symphony Orchestra St John’s Smith Square Oracle Cancer Trust London Sinfonietta and St John’s Smith Square

Fri 2 December 7.30pm Sat 3 December 7.30pm Sun 4 December 7.30pm Mon 5 December 7.30pm Tue 6 December 7.30pm Wed 7 December 1.05pm £38, £28, £15, £10 £12 (£10) £32, £25, £18, £12 £45, £30, £15, £10 £15 unreserved £14

IPS & ICMS Series Offers More Tchaikovsky with the The Grand Tour visits Naples with Our 31st Christmas Festival London Sinfonietta return Mozart Explored Series Offers Book 3–4 concerts and save 10% Royal Orchestral Society on 25 February Scarlatti & Durante on 18 January begins on 9 December on 6 June Book 3–4 concerts at once & save 10% Book 5 or more concerts and save 20% See page 66 See page 51 See page 43 See page 93 Book 5 or more concerts at once & save 15%

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THE GESUALDO SIX CITY OF LONDON CHOIR 31st Christmas Festival 31st Christmas Festival

Simon Over © Christine O’Connor Owain Park director Carols by Candlelight Praetorius Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland à 6 Lucy Wakeford harp Palestrina O magnum Stephen Farr organ Orchestra of St John's mysterium Hilary Davan Wetton Hassler Verbum caro factum est conductor thursday lunchtime concerts Praetorius arr. Bach In dulci Warlock Benedicamus Domino jubilo Trad. arr. Willcocks O come, o FERIO Trad. German, harm. Praetorius come, Emmanuel • God rest you Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen SAXOPHONE merry, gentlemen Canale Quem vidistis Ord Adam lay y bounden QUARTET Anon. There is no rose Head The little road to Trad. Coventry Carol Young Artists’ Series Bethlehem Taverner Audivi vocem John Rutter The shepherd’s pipe Huw Wiggin soprano sax Tallis Audivi vocem • Videte carol • Angel’s carol • Star carol Ellie McMurray alto sax Miraculum Malcolm Hawkins Four carols Jose Bañuls tenor sax Byrd Vigilate for chorus with harp Shevaughan Beere Trad. arr. Brian Kay Gaudete Sargent Mary had a baby baritone sax Holst Lullay my liking THE CHOIR OF Howard Goodall Romance of HANDEL Trad. arr. Vaughan Williams Bach arr. Ferio Saxophone the Epiphany KING’S COLLEGE This is the truth Quartet Prelude and Fugue in G MESSIAH Britten Selection from A John Rutter There is a flower minor BWV535 Orchestra of St John’s LONDON Ceremony of Carols Howells Here is the little door Grieg Holberg Suite OSJ Voices Trad. arr. Jacques Good King 31st Christmas Festival Owain Park On the Infancy of Pergolesi Stabat Mater Hannah Davey soprano Wenceslas our Saviour Bach Italian Concerto BWV971 Roderick Morris countertenor Joseph Fort conductor Gardner O little town of Harvey The Annunciation Christopher Turner tenor Bethlehem THE PARLIAMENT This concert brings together Tavener Ikon of the Nativity Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen Julien van Mellaerts baritone Peter Gritton Follow that star familiar works arranged for Rachmaninoff Vespers, Matin Tavener The Lamb CHOIR John Lubbock conductor Fletcher Ring out wild bells saxophone quartet. and Prime from All-Night Vigil Kirkpatrick arr. Lawson Away A Westminster Christmas Handel Messiah Op. 37 in a manger The City of London Choir’s The programme includes the Simon Over conductor Trad. arr. Lawson Veni, veni, annual celebration of ever popular Holberg Suite The OSJ return for this yuletide The Choir of King’s College Emmanuel Christmas with classic carols, Join The Parliament Choir for with two of Bach’s most performance of Handel’s London returns to St John’s new favourites, and audience its annual, fun evening of popular works: Prelude and mighty oratorio, Messiah. Smith Square, this time to “The Gesualdo Six have participation – a highlight of festive choral works, seasonal Fugue in G minor, originally for With its place firmly in every celebrate the musical traditions everything going for them the year for adults and children readings and audience carols. organ, and the Italian Concerto choral society’s repertoire, John of the Orthodox Church. – talent, youth, stamina, alike and an unmissable start The programme will include originally for piano. Pergolesi’s Lubbock brings the dramatic The choir will perform John confidence and years of to the festive season. traditional carols, instrumental Stabat Mater completes the story of Christ to life with the Tavener’s Ikon of the Nativity experience of singing the pieces, and readings, involving programme with one of his Orchestra of St John’s and the and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s most difficult vocal polyphony The recommended minimum choir, orchestra and audience. most celebrated sacred works. OSJ Voices. All-Night Vigil. in the repertoire.” — The Tablet age for audience members is six. parliamentchoir.org.uk feriosax.co.uk osj.org.uk kcl.ac.uk thegesualdosix.co.uk cityoflondonchoir.org

Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by The Gesualdo Six Promoted by The Parliament Choir St John’s Smith Square Orchestra of St John’s The Choir of King’s College London and St John’s Smith Square City of London Choir

Wed 7 December 7.30pm Thu 8 December 1.05pm Thu 8 December 7.30pm Fri 9 December 7.30pm Sat 10 December 7.30pm Sun 11 December 6.30pm £25, £17, £10 £10, YF £26, £20, £15, £10 £20, £16, £14, £10 £25, £20, £15, £10 £30, £25, £20, £15 (conc. 20%, child 50%) You may enjoy the OSJ’s Ferio Saxophone Quartet continue their The OSJ and John Lubbock return Check out the 2017 London International You may enjoy The Elysian Singers’ You may enjoy Islington Choral Society’s New Years’ Eve concert on 31 December Young Artist residency on 23 April on 31 December A Cappella Choral Competition concert on 28 January concert on 11 February See page 48 See page 83 See page 48 See page 100 See page 57 See page 60

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Choir of Merton College, Oxford © John Cairns David Titterington © Leo Cinicolo CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR OF CATHEDRAL CLARE COLLEGE, CHOIR, OXFORD CAMBRIDGE st 31 Christmas Festival THE CARDINALL’S st Ex Cathedra © Neigh Pugh 31 Christmas Festival Stephen Darlington director MUSICK Lullaby my Jesus Howard Goodall presenter 31st Christmas Festival Graham Ross conductor Trad. arr. Woodward Ding, CHOIR OF In Honour of the Virgin dong, ding MERTON The programme, interspersed Trad. arr. Pearsall In dulci jubilo Andrew Carwood director with plainsong ‘O’ antiphons, Trad. arr. 16th century E la don COLLEGE, includes: Lassus Osculetur me • Missa don OXFORD Osculetur me Trad. arr. Graham Ross O come, Trad. arr. Wood Past three Plainsong Salve sancta parens O come, Emmanuel • Still, Still, o'clock 31st Christmas Festival Victoria Ave Maria • Quam Still Darke In the bleak midwinter O Holy Night! pulchri sunt gressus tui Ramsey O Sapientia Cornelius The three kings Padilla Ave regina caelorum Roderick Williams O Adonai et John Rutter Shepherd’s pipe Benjamin Nicholas director Anchieta Salve regina Dux domus Israel carol Praetorius Magnificat quinti Guerrero Regina caeli Praetorius arr. Jan Sandström Williamson Ding, dong, merrily toni Byrd Propers for the Nativity EX CATHEDRA Det är en ros utsprungen on high Victoria Missa Pro Victoria of the Virgin Mary Gabriel Jackson O Clavis David Warlock Bethlehem Down 31st Christmas Festival Poulenc Quatre motets pour le Palestrina Magnificat primi toni Mendelssohn When Jesus our Trad. arr. Poston As I sat on a temps de Noël Christmas Music Lord was born in Bethlehem sunny bank The Virgin Mary has long thursday lunchtime concerts Trad. arr. Pearsall In dulci jubilo by Candlelight John Rutter Christ is the Trad. arr. Stephen Darlington inspired great music from great Robin Holloway The angel morning star Jacob’s ladder musicians. This programme Jeffrey Skidmore conductor Gabriel DAVID Bob Chilcott O Emmanuel Howells A Spotless Rose features music from four of the Alexander Mason organ Adam O holy night! Howells Magnificat from Gardner Tomorrow shall be my greatest Renaissance composers TITTERINGTON Hadley I sing of a maiden Programme includes a wide Collegium Regale Service dancing day – Lassus, Victoria, Byrd and st Darke In the bleak midwinter 31 Christmas Festival range of Christmas music, from Sweelinck Hodie Christus Trad. arr. Ralph Allwood Jingle Palestrina. The sumptuous John Rutter Shepherd’s pipe Organ Series Away in a Manger to music by natus est Bells erotically-titled Missa Osculetur carol Sir James MacMillan. Maxwell Davies Nowell (Out me (Kiss me!) takes its Messiaen La Nativité du What better way to get into Gruber arr. Rutter Silent night of your sleep arise) inspiration from the Song of Seigneur Aimed at the heart of the festive spirit than with Torme and Wells arr. Rutter Simon Preston There is no rose Songs (a book often used for Christmas, these atmospheric this programme of some of The Christmas Song La Nativité du Seigneur is Bach O Jesulein süß texts in honour of the Virgin) concerts have become a popular the most loved and beautiful one of Olivier Messiaen’s most Warlock arr. Andrew Carter The Choir of Merton College’s and Lassus relishes the annual tradition at St John’s Christmas music ever written, evocative and beautiful cycles Lullaby my Jesus programme contrasts two sonorities of eight voices Smith Square. A seamless performed by one of the tracing the nativity of Jesus. polychoral masterpieces from talking in dialogue. Italian giant stream of music brings old The Choir of Clare College, greatest cathedral choirs Written in 1935, the first the Renaissance period with Palestrina has the last word favourites, stunning new Cambridge return to present in the world. Christmas story is recounted Poulenc’s popular Christmas and is seen at his most ebullient music, and hidden gems, all festive choral favourites from in nine exquisite meditations The concert is presented by motets, and a sequence of in his eight-voice Magnificat interspersed with readings their acclaimed series of in which the Shepherds, Howard Goodall in informative well-known carols by Darke primi toni obviously designed that capture the meaning – recordings for the church year Angels and Wise Men are and entertaining festive form. and Rutter amongst others. for a grand celebration. and humour – of the season. on Harmonia Mundi. centre-stage in this vivid chchchoir.org merton.ox.ac.uk cardinallsmusick.com and awesome masterpiece. excathedra.co.uk clarecollegechoir.com

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Mon 12 December 7.30pm Tue 13 December 7.30pm Wed 14 December 7.30pm Thu 15 December 1.05pm Thu 15 December 7.30pm Fri 16 December 7.30pm £25, £20, £15, £10 £25, £20, £15, £10 £25, £20, £15, £10 (conc. 10%) £10, YF £35, £28, £22, £14 £30, £25, £20, £10

The National Youth Music Theatre give You may enjoy Victoria’s setting of the More music inspired by the Virgin Mary Our Organ Series You may enjoy Tenebrae and Nigel Short’s Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and their Christmas concert on 17 December Magnificat primi toni on 21 December with Cantandum on 21 February. continues on 26 January concert on 18 December Graham Ross return on 30 March See page 46 See page 47 See page 65 See page 55 See page 46 See page 78

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TENEBRAE National Youth Music Theatre © Konrad Bartelski 31st Christmas Festival A Very English Christmas THE TALLIS Nigel Short conductor SCHOLARS Adrian Peacock Venite, Gaudete! Ledger Adam Lay Ybounden 31st Christmas Festival Simon Preston There Is No Rose Peter Phillips director Wishart Alleluya Byrd O Magnum Mysterium HOLST SINGERS Desprez Praeter rerum seriem Pygott Quid petis, O fili? LA NUOVA & CITY OF de Rore Missa Praeter rerum Anon. Angelus ad Virginem MUSICA seriem • Hodie Christus Warlock I Saw a Fair Maiden • LONDON natus est Benedicamus Domino 31st Christmas Festival SINFONIA Victoria Magnificat Primi Toni Vaughan Williams Wassail Song de Sermisy Salve Regina Lucy Crowe soprano Alex Redshaw I Sing of a 31st Christmas Festival Franco Salve Regina David Blackadder trumpet Maiden Taverner O splendor gloriae David Peter Bates director An English Folk Christmas BACH MASS Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen by Candlelight Every piece in this programme Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Bach Nun komm, der Heiden IN B MINOR celebrates Christmas, more or Christopher Robinson Rejoice Heiland BWV62 • Jauchzet Gott Michael Collins conductor less directly. The Hodie Christus 31st Christmas Festival and be Merry in allen Landen BWV51 Jeremy Cole conductor natus est (Today Christ is born) Richard Lloyd Love Came Down Mozart Exsultate Jubilate K165 The Choir of Trinity Vaughan Williams Fantasia of de Rore’s motet is self at Christmas Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai College Cambridge on Christmas Carols • This is explanatory. Less obvious is the Will Todd My Lord Has Come Orchestra of the Age NATIONAL “Dazzling” soprano, Lucy Crowe the Truth Sent from above explicit reference to Christ's Trad. arr. Humphris Twelve of Enlightenment joins La Nuova Musica for Bolton A Garland of Carols birth in Praeter rerum seriem, YOUTH MUSIC Days of Christmas Katherine Watson soprano two of the most celebrated Warlock Bethlehem Down and the more general praise of Trad. arr. Nigel Short Away in Iestyn Davies countertenor THEATRE soprano cantatas in the Stephen Cleobury Shropshire the Virgin in the words of the a manger Gwilym Bowen tenor repertoire: Bach’s Jauchzet Carol Magnificat, Salve Regina and 31st Christmas Festival Neal Davies bass “Sumptuous performances, and Gott in allen Landen, and O splendor gloriae. Holst Singers and the City Stephen Layton conductor In their 40th anniversary year, perfectly judged sound” Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate. of London Sinfonia celebrate This programme features a the award-winning National — BBC Music Magazine Bach Mass in B minor These joyous, festive cantatas Christmas with a concert major Renaissance mass- Youth Music Theatre presents Celebrate the yuletide season will be bookended by Nun inspired by this country’s setting, which not only pays The Choir of Trinity College their popular concert of with a selection of a cappella komm, der Heiden Heiland, folk-songs and traditional homage to Mary, but also to the Cambridge has established seasonal readings, music choral arrangements providing a brooding Advent cantata Yuletide tales. Featuring choral Duke of Ferrara, Hercules, itself as one of the leading and staged extracts. a musical breath of fresh air at by Bach, full of darkness and pieces from around the country whose name is continuously mixed-voice choirs in the world. NYMT represents the very best Christmas. This programme longing for the illuminating with seasonal readings from woven into the counterpoint. Following the sell-out success in work with young people heralds the unrivalled talents birth of Christ, and Haydn’s Dickens and other great Hernando Franco, whose of recent Christmas Festival through musical theatre which of English composers, featuring Missa Sancti Nicolai, dedicated story-tellers. Sing along in beautiful Salve Regina is also performances the Choir again has led Andrew Lloyd Webber lesser-known gems, traditional to the Saint’s namesake and carols chosen by the audience featured in this concert, was a joins forces with the Orchestra to praise it “the best youth carols and heart-warming his patron, Prince Nicolaus to ensure you don’t miss out on Guatamalan and Mexican of the Age of Enlightenment music theatre in the world”. festive favourites. of Esterhazy. your own Christmas favourites! composer who died in 1585. for Bach’s Mass in B minor.

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Sat 17 December 7.30pm Sun 18 December 7.00pm Mon 19 December 7.30pm Tue 20 December 7.30pm Wed 21 December 7.30pm Thu 22 December 7.30pm £27, £22, £17, £12 £32, £26, £20, £12 (conc. 10%) £40, £32, £25, £15 £40, £32, £25, £15 £35, £28, £22, £14 £30, £25, £20, £10 (conc. 10%)

Come and hear Vaughan Williams’ Our Holy Week Festival, co-promoted More Bach on 22 December Holst Singers return on 20 May The Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips The 31st Christmas Festival concludes Fantasia on Christmas Carols with Tenebrae, begins on 9 April with his Mass in B minor with Handel’s Jephtha return on 30 June tomorrow with Handel’s Messiah See page 47 See page 80 See page 47 See page 90 See page 101 See page 48

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A series featuring great chamber music by Mozart and Schubert, alongside new works from South Africa. Sun 8 January 2017 3.00pm Sun 5 March 2017 3.00pm Sun 28 May 2017 3.00pm HANDEL MESSIAH 31st Christmas Festival Polyphony Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Katherine Watson soprano sunday at st john’s Iestyn Davies countertenor Gwilym Bowen tenor I MUSICANTI Neal Davies bass Martin Roscoe piano Stephen Layton conductor Tamás András violin Handel Messiah ORCHESTRA Robert Smissen viola Richard Harwood cello A very special performance of OF ST JOHN’S Leon Bosch double bass Handel’s Messiah on Stephen Strauss Gala Layton’s 50th birthday: the Mozart Piano Quartet in Mathilde Milwidsky violin perfect way to begin your Eb K493 John Lubbock conductor Christmas celebrations. Peter Klatzow Piano Quintet J Strauss II Selection of (world premiere) The virtuoso players of the Waltzes and Polkas Schubert Piano Quintet in A Orchestra of the Age of Mozart Excerpt from Violin D667 ‘Trout’ Enlightenment join Polyphony Concerto No. 5 in A K219 and a stunning line-up of Virtuoso double bassist Leon ‘The Turkish’ soloists for “the best Bosch brings his ensemble Kreisler Selection of violin performance of Handel’s great I Musicanti for the first concert works work that we have ever heard”. in a series featuring new music — musicOMH Wonderful waltzes and polkas, from South Africa and chamber mostly by Johann Strauss II, works by Mozart and Schubert. Post-concert celebrations: alongside well-known melodies Peter Klatzow’s quintet for the Join us for a festive celebration by Strauss and Lehár, including ‘Trout’ line-up is performed of Stephen Layton’s 50th arias from Die Fledermaus, as alongside Schubert’s original, birthday at our post-concert well as brilliant violin music with Mozart’s second piano mulled wine and mince pies performed by young violin quartet completing the reception! Tickets £20. sensation Mathilde Milwidsky. programme. stephenlayton.com/polyphony osj.org.uk imusicanti.co.uk

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Fri 23 December 7.30pm Sat 31 December 2.00pm Sun 8 January 3.00pm £59, £49, £39, £19 £26, £20, £15, £10 £14 (£10), YF

Polyphony, the OAE, and Stephen Layton The OSJ’s My Music series continues with I Musicanti perform music by Mozart, return on Good Friday Prue Leith on 9 February Schubert, Paganini and more on 5 March See page 81 See page 59 See page 69

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LA SERENISSIMA Ensemble Mirage © Timothy Ellis The Grand Tour Naples sunday at st john’s Tabea Debus recorder Simon Munday trumpet HUW WIGGIN Howard Shelley © Matthew Andrews Vladimir Waltham cello Adrian Chandler violin & SOMI KIM & director Huw Wiggin saxophone Durante Concerto No. 2 for Somi Kim piano strings and continuo in G minor Demersseman Fantaisie • Concerto No. 8 La Pazzia for Marcello arr. Joosen Concerto strings and continuo in A in D minor ScarlattiSinfonia in A • Sinfonia ENSEMBLE Messiaen L’Alouette Calandrelle di Concerto Grosso No. 2 for from Catalogue d’Oiseaux recorder, trumpet, strings and MIRAGE Takashi Yoshimatsu Sing Bird continuo in D Young Artists’ Series from Fuzzy Bird Sonata Porpora Concerto for cello in G thursday lunchtime concerts Maurice Tableaux de Provence Leo Concerto for 4 violins and War and Eternity Denisov Sonata continuo in D ANNA PATALONG Matthew Scott clarinet Schumann arr. Liszt Widmung LONDON Alessandro Scarlatti was one Júlia Pusker violin Bach arr. Harle Sonata in G & ELIZABETH of the most ground-breaking Ugnė Tiškutė viola minor BWV1020 MOZART thursday lunchtime concerts composers of the late- ROSSITER Tatiana Chernyshova cello Pedro Iturralde Pequena PLAYERS seventeenth and early- Anna Patalong soprano Alexandra Vaduva piano Czarda OLIVER WASS eighteenth centuries who went Elizabeth Rossiter piano Mozart Explored Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 Carefully crafted by the on to influence a younger Young Artists’ Series Wagner Wesendonck Lieder in E minor Op. 67 acclaimed British saxophonist Howard Shelley piano generation of composers who, George Crumb Three Early Rawsthorne Clarinet Quartet Poetry in Music Huw Wiggin, this concert offers & director with the application of the bel Songs Messiaen Quartet for the End a fabulous range of music. canto style, would change the Hindemith Sonata for Harp Mozart Piano Concerto No. 16 Berg Sieben frühe Lieder of Time Highlighting the versatility of musical world forever. In stark Julian Philips Winter Music in D K451 the instrument and embracing contrast to northern Italy, the Anna Patalong and Elizabeth This concert explores works (world premiere) the many different musical Howard Shelley presents a role of instrumental music was Rossiter perform a programme composed during and Renie Legende styles it can offer, it will take live analysis of Mozart’s not deemed as important, yet of melancholic and sensual immediately following WWII. Poetry has always inspired you to Provence with Paule Piano Concerto No. 16, the many composers still produced songs variously contemplating Both the Messiaen and composers, and this lunchtime Maurice and across the last concerto in a succession of some extremely fine examples. a journey from love, eroticism, Shostakovich were composed concert presents works for solo spectrum from Bach to Desinov three composed for his own use. The eight concertos of Durante intoxication to bliss; loss, in the height of the war, the harp with music based on the and Takashi Yoshimatsu. The With a demanding solo role and are staggering in their range of anguish, melancholy and Rawsthorne (a rarely performed poetry of Dylan Thomas, Paul concert closes with a flourish: exuberant scoring including affect and compositional longing; and solitude, the but powerful English work) Verlaine, Charles Marie René Iturralde’s Pequena Czarda trumpets and timpani, we techniques whilst Porpora nature of the passing of time, in the aftermath when the Leconte de Lisle, and Ludwig explore Mozart’s developing and Leo produced some mortality and eternity. memories and wounds of war huwwiggin.com Christoph Heinrich Hölty. maturity in his writing. impressive solo concertos. were still fresh. somikim.com annapatalong.com oliverwass.co.uk tashmina.co.uk lmp.org laserenissima.co.uk elizabethrossiter.com ensemblemirage.co.uk

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Thu 12 January 1.05pm Sun 15 January 3.00pm Wed 18 January 1.05pm Wed 18 January 7.30pm Thu 19 January 1.05pm Thu 19 January 7.30pm £10, YF £14 (£10), YF £14 £32, £25, £18, £12 £10, YF £12 (£8), YF

Oliver Wass continues his Young Artist Huw Wiggin returns with the Ferio Mozart Explored continues The Grand Tour concludes with ‘The Become a supporter of St John’s and Ensemble Mirage continue their Young residency on 21 May Saxophone Quartet on 20 April on 15 February Italian Job’ on 15 February enjoy free admission to this series Artist residency on 11 June See page 90 See page 83 See page 63 See page 63 See page 114 See page 95

50 Box Office020 7222 1061 Book online sjss.org.uk 51 Sam Lee © Frederic Aranda JANUARY SAM LEE (NOTES INÉGALES) Martyn Jackson © Kaupo Kikkas “You will be dumbfounded by Sam Lee with duck-egg eyes, a horseshoe smile and an honest, confiding baritone” The Guardian PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD & Sat 21 January 2017 7.30pm TAMARA STEFANOVICH Southbank Centre’s sunday at st john’s International Piano MARTYN Series and International JACKSON & Chamber Music Series PETER LIMONOV Piano duo VAN DIEMEN’S Brahms Sonata in F minor for Martyn Jackson violin two pianos Op. 34b LAND Peter Limonov piano Messiaen Visions de l’Amen Sam Lee singer Beethoven Violin Sonata Notes Inégales The “masterly” Aimard and No. 10 in G Op. 96 Martin Butler piano ”staggeringly brilliant“ Suk Four pieces Op. 17 Max Baillie violin Stefanovich (New York Times) Szymanowski Myths Op. 30 Fraser Fifield saxophone present Messiaen’s mystical Saint-Saëns Introduction and & pipes evocation of the cosmos Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Peter Wiegold director alongside Brahms’ richly Op. 28 sublime Sonata for two pianos. Notes Inégales launch their British violinist Martyn Composed in 1943, soon after his new CD Van Diemen’s Land Jackson (described by the release from a German prison with Sam Lee, the wonderful legendary violinist Ida camp, Messiaen’s Visions de Mercury Prize-nominated folk Haendel as “one of the most l’Amen is a musical outpouring singer, and a 10-piece band. exceptionally gifted violinists of Catholic faith and spiritual A journey ‘down-under’ to I have ever encountered”) ecstasy incorporating tolling distant places, this magical and Russian pianist Peter bells and rapturous birdsong. new music emerges out of Limonov are both noted for Brahms’ Sonata for two pianos traditional folk-songs. their impassioned and is better known in its later There will be a pre-concert compelling playing. They incarnation as his Piano talk at 6.00pm with Sam Lee, present a wonderfully varied Quintet in F minor. This concert Peter Wiegold and Martin programme of music for violin is part of ‘The Search for the Butler on creating their journey and piano, including what is Meaning of Life’ segment of back to Van Diemen’s Land. often said to be Beethoven’s Southbank Centre’s festival loveliest sonata. Belief and Beyond Belief. samleesong.co.uk peterwiegold.com peterlimonov.com pierrelaurentaimard.com instituteofcomposing.org tashmina.co.uk tamara-stefanovich.com

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Sat 21 January 7.30pm Sun 22 January 3.00pm Tue 24 January 7.30pm £20, £15, £10 £14 (£10), YF £38, £28, £15, £10

You may enjoy The Musicall Compass’ The Delta Piano Trio with more IPS & ICMS Series Offers performance on 1 February Beethoven on 9 February Book 3–4 concerts and save 10% See page 57 See page 59 Book 5 or more concerts and save 20%

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EUROPEAN UNION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA Heaven’s sweetness YOUNG Singers from Barock Vokal thursday lunchtime concerts Aira Maria Lehtipuu MUSICIANS concertmaster SYMPHONY ORGAN, Alfredo Bernardini director ORCHESTRA HARMONIUM & oboe Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Piers Lane piano & STRINGS FROM BWV1069a (original version) • Scott Wilson conductor THE ROYAL Cantata ‘Liebster Immanuel, Carl Vine Celebrare Celeberrime Herzog der Frommen’ BWV123 Grainger arr. Stokowski ACADEMY OF for the Feast of Epiphany • A Medley of Three Short Pieces MUSIC Cantata ‘Süßer Trost, mein Antill ‘Orchestral Suite’ from Jesus kömmt’ BWV151 for the 3rd Corroboree Organ Series Sunday of Christmas • Cantata Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto ‘Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Guilmant Sonata No. 4 for No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 Gut’ BWV117 harmonium and organ In celebration of Australia Day, Franck Prelude, Fugue and EUBO is joined by eight young YMSO and guest conductor Variation for harmonium and singers from the Barock Vokal Scott Wilson present a piano project of Mainz University for programme of Carl Vine, Dvořák Bagatelles for a selection of Bach’s Cantatas, Percy Grainger and John Antill. harmonium and string trio directed by baroque oboe Piers Lane is the soloist in Strauss arr. Schoenberg Rosen virtuoso Alfredo Bernardini in Rachmaninoff’s Piano aus dem Süden for harmonium, what will be an evening of EUROPEAN UNION Concerto No. 3. piano and string quartet. exquisite music-making. BAROQUE ORCHESTRA ymso.org.uk ram.ac.uk eubo.eu Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by European Union Baroque

“These young musicians are the Alfredo Bernardini © Arnold Ritter Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra St John’s Smith Square Orchestra and St John’s Smith Square future of baroque music.” Wed 25 January 7.30pm Thu 26 January 1.05pm Fri 27 January 7.30pm Andrew Benson-Wilson £20, £15, £10 (conc. 20%) £10, YF £28, £22, £16, £10

Fri 27 January 2017 7.30pm YMSO return with music by Rossini, Our Organ Series continues with More Bach Cantatas with the Choir of ’Heaven’s sweetness‘ Brahms, and Elgar on 8 March Graham Barber on 23 February Clare College, Cambridge on 30 March Bach Suites and Cantatas See page 70 See page 66 See page 78

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lovely sonorities and terrific ensemble, not Sam Laughton © Linda Dawson to mention moments of terrific spontaneity.” The Classical Reviewer Moira Smiley © Alexandra DeFurio

“Masterly performances”

Gramophone Magazine sunday at st john’s Handel in Germany, Italy and England THE BROOK Sun 18 September 2016 3.00pm STREET BAND Sun 29 January 2017 3.00pm Sun 4 June 2017 3.00pm Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian legacy Book for 2 or more concerts at once and receive a 15% discount Corelli Trio Sonata in A Op. 3 THE ELYSIAN No. 12 • Trio Sonata in D minor SINGERS Op. 4 No. 8 Handel Sinfonia in Bb HWV339 Symphonies of Psalms THE MUSICALL • Gloria HWV deest The Brook Street Band © Dan Bridge The Elysian Festival Orchestra Vivaldi Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 8 COMPASS Sam Laughton conductor Rv.65 in A • Cantata ‘Lungi dal Lamentations vago volto’ Rv.680 Elgar Give unto the Lord • Moira Smiley singer Scarlatti Cantata ‘La Fenice’ Great is the Lord Crispin Lewis director

Bruckner Offertorium 3 years, 3 cities and a complete Lassus Lamentations of Judith Weir Psalm 148 change of direction. Italy Jeremiah Bernstein Chichester Psalms inspired Handel with the music Anon. Solo unaccompanied Vaughan Williams O clap and rite of the Catholic church, Eastern European folk laments your hands not to mention the glamorous Holst Psalm 86 world of opera, giving him an California-based singer Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms early taste of stardom. In his Moira Smiley combines with early 20s, Handel was beguiled, early music ensemble The This final concert of Psalmfest swept up in a world of palaces, Musicall Compass in the 2016, The Elysian Singers’ Cardinals and divas. ‘Rome, premiere of a remarkable new year-long celebration of their Venice and Naples’ explores collaborative project combining 30th anniversary, celebrates repertoire by Handel and his Renaissance polyphony with the greatest psalm settings Italian contemporaries, sacred ancient folk-song. of the 20th century. Bernstein’s and secular, always dramatic, Chichester Psalms sit alongside Interspersed with, and which established these grand English works by Elgar, overlapping, a performance composers as titans of the Holst and Vaughan Williams: of Lassus’ Lamentations of Italian music scene. and what better than to Jeremiah, Moira also performs conclude with Stravinsky’s There will be a pre-concert talk unaccompanied solo laments.

Symphony of Psalms. at 2.15pm themusicallcompass.com elysiansingers.com brookstreetband.co.uk moirasmiley.com

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Sat 28 January 7.30pm Sun 29 January 3.00pm Wed 1 February 7.30pm £25, £18, £12 £14 (£10), YF £20, £16, £14, £10

You may enjoy the London Choral The Brook Street Band return You may enjoy Ensemble Variances with Sinfonia on 11 March on 4 June Thierry Pécou on 22 February See page 71 See page 93 See page 65

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Corinthian Orchestra © Alex Lamont ALISA ORCHESTRA thursday lunchtime concerts WEILERSTEIN OF ST JOHN’S ROSALIND Southbank Centre‘s My Music International Chamber Prue Leith guest VENTRIS & Music Series Delta Piano Trio © Sarah Wijzenbeek Paul Blezard interviewer John Lubbock conductor TIMOTHY END Cello Romance oubliée Programme includes excerpts Bach Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009 • from larger works: Rosalind Ventris viola Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 • Timothy End piano Suite No. 4 in Eb BWV1010 • Gershwin Summertime Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008 • Fitzgerald Skylark • Cry Weiner Sonata Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007 • me a river Kodály Adagio Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 Previn Beware of young girls György Kurtág In Nomine – Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 All’ongherese from Signs, Alisa Weilerstein performs a thursday lunchtime concerts in Eb K495 • Eine kleine Games, and Messages complete cycle of Bach’s cello Nachtmusik Dohnányi arr. Rosalind Ventris suites. The first virtuosic pieces DELTA Elgar Cello Concerto Violin Sonata in C# minor Op. 21 ever written for solo cello, the Chopin Nocturne No. 32 Liszt Romance oubliée S132 suites balance mathematical PIANO TRIO Haydn Cello Concerto Brahms arr. Watson Forbes precision with human passion. Gerard Spronk violin Schubert Der Lindenbaum Hungarian Dance No. 1 Over the course of a relatively Irene Enzlin cello CORINTHIAN Fauré Requiem AISA IJIRI low-profile career, Bach’s Vera Kooper piano Hungarian Jewish composer Piano ORCHESTRA formal puzzle-solving created In this concert series, special László Weiner was a brilliant Beethoven Trio Op. 1 No. 1 in Eb Russian Masterpieces principles of harmony and guests discuss the music that young pupil of Zoltán Kodály, Liszt Les Cloches de Genève Lera Auerbach Piano Trio No. 2 counterpoint which has meant the most to them creator of the Kodály method. – Années de Pélerinage: Suisse Michael Seal conductor Tryptych ‘The mirror with revolutionised music. Written before the OSJ perform the Weiner was tragically murdered Bach/Liszt Prelude and Fugue three faces’ Rachmaninoff Isle of the for the glory of God, his work chosen works. in the Holocaust, despite efforts in A minor BWV543 Dead Op. 29 • Piano Concerto was an attempt to understand A contrasting programme made by his former teacher to Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16 Prue Leith OBE is a No. 2 Op. 18 the infinite, and its structural with Beethoven’s Piano Trio save him. György Kurtág is the Prokofiev 10 pieces for piano restaurateur, caterer, TV cook, Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 beauty has arguably never been Op. 1 No. 1 combined with the most eminent Hungarian ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Op. 75 broadcaster and cookery writer. in Bb Op. 100 surpassed. This concert is an second piano trio of emerging composer today. The great de Falla Fantasia Baetica In 1969, she opened Leith’s, her opportunity to experience the Russian composer, poet, writer, violist Lionel Tertis saw the Following a successful St John's famous Michelin starred After her acclaimed debut driving momentum and melodic painter and pianist Lera potential of Ernő Dohnányi’s Smith Square debut last season, restaurant. In 1975 she founded at the Tokyo Opera City fluidity of the complete suites. Auerbach performed by the lyrical Sonata in C# minor and the Corinthian Orchestra Leiths School of Food and Wine Concert Hall, Aisa Ijiri has The Telegraph describes Alisa Delta Piano Trio. performed it frequently. return with Michael Seal to which trains amateur and established herself as one of Weilerstein as a “spine-tingling” Romance oubliée is one of Franz perform three masterpieces This young piano trio has professional chefs. She has the award-winning pianists performer, “Weilerstein is truly Liszt’s two works for the viola. from the Russian orchestral performed worldwide since its been a cookery editor and food of her generation. a phenomenon.” Much of German composer repertoire – Rachmaninoff's founding in 2013, winning columnist for the Daily Mail, Johannes Brahms’ music was “A special talent whose haunting symphonic poem This concert takes place as part several first prizes in Sunday Express, The Guardian inspired by Hungarian folk European sophistication, fierce Isle of the Dead, his ever of the ‘Should Science depose international competitions and The Mirror. Now in her 70th music, and our programme ends passion and poetic sentiment popular Piano Concerto No. 2 Religion?’ segment of and working with Rainer year, Leith is a judge on the BBC with one of his much-loved create an artistic atmosphere...” and Prokofiev’s energetic Southbank Centre’s Belief Schmidt, Stephen Kovacevich television programme Great Hungarian Dances. — The Record Geijutsu, Tokyo Symphony No. 5. and Beyond Belief festival. and Hatto Beyerle. British Menu. rosalindventris.com aisaijiri.com corinthianorchestra.org.uk alisaweilerstein.com deltapianotrio.com osj.org.uk

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Thu 2 February 1.05pm Fri 3 February 7.30pm Mon 6 February 7.30pm Wed 8 February 7.00pm Thu 9 February 1.05pm Thu 9 February 7.30pm £10, YF £15, £10 £20, £15, £10 £38, £28, £15, £10 £10, YF £26, £20, £15, £10

Rosalind Ventris returns as a Park Lane More piano music with our Young Artist Simon Callaghan perform Tchaikovsky’s IPS & ICMS Series Offers More Beethoven with The Revolutionary The OSJ’s My Music series continues Group Young Artist on 25 April Christina McMaster on 2 March Piano Concerto No. 1 on 23 March Book 3–4 concerts and save 10% Drawing Room on 26 February with Libby Purves on 16 March See page 84 See page 68 See page 75 Book 5 or more concerts and save 20% See page 66 See page 73

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Deniz Arman Gelenbe © James Keates JK Photography “One to watch” International Piano Magazine

ORCHESTRA Sun 25 September 2016 3.00pm OF THE AGE OF ‘Elemental Rhythm’ ENLIGHTENMENT Sat 4 February 2017 10.00am – 5.00pm ‘Look, Listen and Learn’ Workshop Day Southbank Centre at Thu 2 March 2017 7.30pm St John’s Smith Square ‘From Britten to America’ Méhul: The First Romantic Thu 4 May 2017 1.05pm Jonathan Cohen conductor ‘Fantasies on Form’ Michael Spyres tenor Méhul Overture from Les sunday at st john’s Amazones • A selection of arias from Mélidore et Phrosine, ALL ABOUT Uthal, Une Folie, Euphrosine et MOZART Coradin, and Ariodant • Symphony No. 5 (unfinished) Mozart Focus Series Programme also includes music Deniz Arman Gelenbe piano by Gluck, Beethoven, Mozart, Michael Bochmann violin Kreutzer and Salieri. Rivka Golani viola Vanessa Lucas-Smith cello A concert celebrating the work of the great French composer ISLINGTON Mozart Sonata in E minor for Étienne Méhul. The French CHORAL SOCIETY Piano and Violin K304 • Trio in Romantics are often eclipsed Bb for Piano, Violin and Cello by their bigger name Germanic AND ORCHESTRA K502 • Sonata in Bb for Piano cousins but Méhul opened the Michael Bowden conductor and Violin K378 • Piano Quartet door to the romantic period in No. 1 in G minor for Piano, Haydn The Creation a distinctly French way. Hear Violin, Viola and Cello K478 his experimentations with Celebrating more than forty The Mozart Focus Series drama and high emotions years of music-making in continues with several chamber through extracts from his London, the now 150-strong music masterpieces, including operas, including the game Islington Choral Society has his brilliant Piano Trio K502, changing orchestration of Uthal also toured in France, Belgium, his sublime Piano Quartet in and the passionate Ariodant, Portugal, Hungary, the Czech G minor K478 both written in along with music by Gluck, Republic, Italy and Spain. This Vienna, and the early Sonata in Beethoven, Mozart and Salieri. is their third appearance here at E minor K304, written after his St John’s Smith Square. There will be a pre-concert talk mother’s passing, expressing at 5.45pm. islingtonchoralsociety.co.uk his deep sorrow.

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Fri 10 February 7.00pm Sat 11 February 7.30pm Sun 12 February 3.00pm £60, £40, £25, £10 £20, £15, £10 £14 (£10), YF

Classica Opera and Ian Page perform You may enjoy The Camden Choir’s Our Mozart Focus Series Mozart on 21–22 March performance on 18 March continues on 7 May See pages 74–75 See page 73 See page 88

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LA SERENISSIMA The Grand Tour The Italian Job thursday lunchtime concerts Adrian Chandler violin & director SUZANNE Caldara Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 FISCHER & bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, PANARETOS violin, strings and continuo in C Corelli Sinfonia to S. Beatrice KYRIATZIDIS d’Este in D minor Oxford Lieder Albinoni Sinfonia to La Statira Young Artists for 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, strings and continuo • Concerto for 2 Soprano and Piano oboes in F Op. 9 No. 3 Berlioz Les Nuits d’Été Vivaldi Concerto for bassoon in Mendelssohn Frühlingslied C Rv.467 • Concerto alla rustica Op. 47 No. 3 • for 2 oboes in G Rv.151 An die Entfernte Op. 71 No. 3 • Tartini Concerto for violin in Schilflied Op. 71 No. 4 E D51 Liszt Tre Sonetti di Petrarca Torelli Sinfonia for 4 trumpets, LONDON S270 timpani, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, MOZART trombone, strings and Journey with us into the PLAYERS continuo G33 world of the early romantics with sublime songs such Italy was famed for the Mozart Explored as Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets, standard of its string playing. Mendelssohn’s Frühlingslied Howard Shelley piano For important occasions, winds and the Berlioz classic – Nuits & director and brass could also be added d’Été, all composed in the early and this programme reflects Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 1840s. Berlioz’s original piano this tradition with richly scored in D K537 score of his beloved Les Nuits sinfonias by Caldara and Torelli d’Été was completed in 1841. Howard Shelley presents a as well as more simple scorings, live analysis of Mozart’s such as the beautiful Concerto Oxford Lieder exists to promote Piano Concerto No. 26. It was for Violin in E by Tartini. The the art of song. The annual nicknamed the ‘Coronation’ well-known jubilant double Oxford Lieder Festival in Concerto after Mozart’s Oboe Concerto of Albinoni and October is complemented performance at the coronation the jaunty Concerto alla rustica by other projects such as of Leopold II as Holy Roman of Vivaldi rub shoulders with the Young Artist Platform, Emperor in October 1790 in lesser-known pieces such as the sponsoring the finest young Frankfurt. Join the orchestra Corelli and Caldara sinfonias, singers and pianists to give in exploring the intricacies in the latter of which – to our recitals across the UK. this work with an unfinished knowledge – has never been suzannefischer.co.uk solo piano part. performed in modern times. panaretoskyriatzidis.com GABRIELI lmp.org laserenissima.co.uk oxfordlieder.co.uk Co-promoted by London Mozart Players Promoted by Promoted by “Listening to them is an and St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square experience you just never

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PALISANDER Young Artists’ Series Antidotum Arachne BOXWOOD Hannah Fisher recorder AND BRASS Lydia Gosnell recorder The Harmonie in A SPOTLESS ROSE: Miriam Nerval recorder Beethoven’s Vienna ENSEMBLE Caoimhe de Paor recorder MUSIC FOR THE Rachel Chaplin oboe Toby Carr baroque guitar VARIANCES Nicola Barbagli oboe VIRGIN MARY & theorbo Outre-mémoire Emily Worthington clarinet Cantandum with Thierry Pécou Merula Canzon ‘La Lusignola’ Fiona Mitchell clarinet Gilly French director Holborne The Night Watch • Anneke Scott natural horn Anne Cartel flute Palestrina Missa Assumpta The Image of Melancholy Kate Goldsmith natural horn David Louwerse cello BRASS est Maria Vivaldi The Nightmare Robert Percival bassoon Carjez Gerretsen clarinet Victoria Marian antiphons Concerto SPECTACULAR sunday at st john’s Takako Kunugi bassoon Thierry Pécou piano Casulana Il Vostro Dipartir Celebration of Brass Jacqueline Dossor double bass The programme also includes Villa-Lobos Le Cygne noir Johnson The Temporiser Chamber Music in memory music by Britten, Bruckner PARNASSIUS Boieldieu arr. Anon Overture Thierry Pécou Outre-mémoire Dick Koomans The Jogger of Philip Jones and Howells. from Jean de Paris Trad. Italian arr. Miriam Nerval PIANO DUO In this great work often Featuring brass ensembles of: Triebensee Partita in Eb Palestrina’s enduring Tarantella Napoletana • Simon Callaghan piano compared to Messiaen’s Beethoven arr. Anon Symphony reputation as a giant of the Medicinal Tarantellas Royal Academy of Music Hiroaki Takenouchi piano Quatuor pour la fin du temps, No. 7 in A Op. 92 Renaissance choral tradition Ishii Black Intention IV Royal College of Music Thierry Pécou leads us once Parry Grosses Duo in E minor is evident in his sensuous Byrd In Fields Abroad Trinity Laban Conservatoire A rare chance to hear this again into an overwhelming Copland arr. Bernstein El Salón masterpiece Missa Assumpta Dowland The Frog Galliard • Guildhall School of Music extraordinary harmonie version musical experience that invokes México est Maria, one of the best- Lachrimae Pavan Birmingham Conservatoire of Beethoven’s symphony on a state of meditative Rachmaninoff arr. Takenouchi known and most powerful of Micah Clarke Hollow Shout Royal Northern College instruments of the early-19th contemplation. A pause for and Callaghan Symphony No. 2 his hundred-plus mass settings. of Music century, exactly 200 years after memory, a ceremony of quiet 16th and 17th-century victims Op. 27 The acclaimed Westminster Royal Welsh College of Music it was issued by the composer’s contemplation, a suspension of of venomous spider bites chamber choir Cantandum, Royal Conservatoire A fascinating programme of publisher. Leading specialists the mind which lends itself to were offered no medicinal under its conductor Gilly of Scotland music played on two pianos. Boxwood and Brass place this feeling and reflection, such cure or relief. Instead the local French, intersperses this Revel in the intricate Baroque tour-de-force in context would be the meaning of this musicians would work together This biennial concert celebrates six-part setting with an and contrapuntal influences in alongside contemporary works piece where the piano part is to find the correct melody, brass chamber music and engaging selection of music in Parry’s Grosses Duo; enjoy for wind ensemble. conceived as a centre of gravity known as a ‘tarantella’, which presents a showcase for the top honour of the Queen of Heaven. Copland’s vibrant El Salón surrounded by satellites, the could cure them of their brass ensembles of the eight There will be a pre-concert talk Palestrina’s great Spanish México, a musical depiction flute, the clarinet and the cello. otherwise fatal symptoms. major UK music colleges. It is at 6.30pm with Professor David counterpart Tomás Luis de of an imaginary dance hall in Recorder ensemble Palisander organised in memory of Philip Wyn Jones from the University Victoria is represented by a Ensemble Variances are grateful Mexico City, bursting with explores a victim’s ordeal Jones who pioneered brass of Cardiff as well as members of sequence of glorious Marian for the support of ODIA strong Latin American rhythms through the numerous chamber music worldwide with Boxwood and Brass to discuss antiphons, along with spiritual Normandie (Artistic and full of Mexican folk tunes; symptoms and side effects his Philip Jones Brass Ensemble the role of the harmonie in treasures by later composers Development Office of witness one of Rachmaninoff’s of a tarantula’s bite. in the 70s and 80s. Viennese musical life. for the church. Normandy). most loved symphonies palisanderrecorders.com pjbe.org arranged for two pianos. boxwoodandbrass.co.uk cantandum.westminster.org.uk ensemblevariances.com

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Thu 16 February 7.30pm Sat 18 February 5.00pm Sun 19 February 3.00pm Mon 20 February 7.30pm Tue 21 February 7.30pm Wed 22 February 7.30pm £12 (£8), YF £15 unreserved, Free for students £14 (£10), YF £16 (£10) £14 unreserved £16 (£10), YF

Palisander continue their More virtuosic trumpet playing You may enjoy Rachmaninoff’s Vespers The Clarinet Collective perform Our Holy Week Festival begins with You may enjoy Ensemble x.y’s Young Artist residency on 2 April on 24 April with Matilda Lloyd on 22 April a lunchtime recital on 9 March Tenebrae and Nigel Short on 9 April performance on 6 April See page 78 See page 84 See page 82 See page 70 See page 80 See page 79

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thursday lunchtime concerts sunday at st john’s GRAHAM THE BARBER REVOLUTIONARY Organ Series DRAWING ROOM Bach Ein feste Burg ist unser Haydn and Beethoven Gott BWV720• Vater unser im String Quartets for • Himmelreich BWV636 Prelude Prince Lobkowitz and Fugue in D BWV532 • Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot Adrian Butterfield violin BWV635 • Prelude and Fugue in Kathryn Parry violin G minor BWV535 Rachel Stott viola Reger Ein feste Burg ist unser Ruth Alford cello Gott Op. 67 No. 6• Vater unser Beethoven String Quartet in C im Himmelreich Op. 67 No. 39 • minor Op. 18 No. 4 • String Es ist das Heil uns kommen her Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6 Op. 67 No. 10 • Ein feste Burg ist Haydn String Quartet in D unser Gott Op. 135a No. 5• minor Op. 103 Fantasia on ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’ Op. 27 The Revolutionary Drawing Room concludes its complete Graham Barber is one of the ROYAL cycle of Beethoven’s String foremost British concert Quartets with the two organists of his generation. ORCHESTRAL remaining works from the Since 2015, he has embarked on SOCIETY Op. 18 set dedicated to Prince performing the complete cycle Masa Tayama piano Lobkowitz. String Quartet No. 4 of Max Reger’s organ works in Adrian Brown conductor in C minor is the most dramatic 36 concerts around the world, of the set whilst the Bb major of which this concert is one. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 is most notable for the in D minor Op. 15 He made his debut in London at extraordinary slow Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 the Royal Festival Hall in 1979. introduction, La Malinconia, to in E minor Op. 64 Reviewing his first recording its Finale. Haydn only LES TALENS LYRIQUES the Sunday Times described Brahms’ dramatic Piano completed the middle him as “a technically brilliant, Concerto No. 1, his first movements of what turned out “Christophe Rousset makes music musically mature organist”; orchestral work, is followed by to be his last efforts in the genre so devotedly, finely colourful and and Gramophone described Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and wrote at the end of his natural, the dance-like gestures him as “one of the organ with its famous motto theme manuscript: “Old and weak am world's finest recording artists”. and waltz movement. I, all my strength is gone.” of the music so smooth and vital, that the historical distance grahambarber.org.uk royalorchestralsociety.org.uk revolutionarydrawingroom.com between the times of the Sun Promoted by Promoted by Co-promoted by The Revolutionary st St John’s Smith Square Royal Orchestral Society Drawing Room and St John’s Smith Square King and our 21 -century ears accustomed to dissonance Thu 23 February 1.05pm Sat 25 February 7.00pm Sun 26 February 3.00pm seems to be non-existent.” £10, YF £18, £12, £8 £14 (£10), YF Concerti.de

Our Organ Series continues with The Royal Orchestral Society perform The London Mozart Players perform Robert Sholl on 23 March Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 6 on 10 June Beethoven on 22 March Wed 7 June 2017 7.30pm See page 75 See page 75 See page 74 ‘Zefiro Torna’

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Orchestra Vitae © Michał Obuchowski & Monika Weyer Mishka Rushdie Momen © Benjamin Ealovega CHRISTINA MCMASTER Young Artists’ Series From Britten to America ENGLISH Christina McMaster piano SYMPHONY String Orchestra Ligeti Quartet ORCHESTRA Pupils from The Hall School Sawyers: Birth of a Symphony Jessica Cottis conductor sunday at st john’s Clare Hammond piano Dowland arr. Joanna April Fredrick soprano thursday lunchtime concerts MacGregor Can she excuse • ORCHESTRA I MUSICANTI Kenneth Woods conductor Forlorn Hope Fancy • Mr Craig Ogden guitar Dowland’s Midnight VITAE KENSINGTON Philip Sawyers Fanfare (world MISHKA Karen Jones flute Sir Harrison Birtwistle Michael Cobb conductor premiere) • Songs of Loss and SYMPHONY Tamás András violin RUSHDIE Oockooing Bird Regret (London premiere) • Maxwell Davies An Orkney Robert Smissen viola Richard Bullen Scenes from a ORCHESTRA Symphony No. 3 (world MOMEN Wedding, with Sunrise Richard Harwood cello deserted jazz club • New Work Beethoven, Brett Dean premiere) Piano Britten Four Sea Interludes Op. (world premiere) • Water from & Korngold Mozart Flute Quartet in D K285 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 33a from Peter Grimes Op. 33 Mozart Rondo in A minor K511 Elemental Songs and Dances Paganini Terzetto for Violin, in D minor K466 Diana Burrell Das Meer, das so Holly Mathieson conductor Schumann Sonata No. 1 in Ayanna Witter-Johnson Cello and Guitar gross und weit ist da wimmelt’s The English Symphony F# minor Op. 11 New Work (world premiere) Beethoven Coriolan Overture Werner Bosch New Work ohne Zahl, grosse und kleine Tiere Orchestra embark on a Albeniz ‘El Puerto’ from Iberia Britten Reveille • Young Apollo Op. 62 (world premiere) Debussy Le Mer, trois esquisses multi-year celebration of Book 1 No. 3 • ‘Triana’ from Op. 16 Brett Dean Testament for Schubert Quartet in G D96 for symphoniques pour orchestre the enduring place of the Iberia Book 2 No. 3 Ives Unanswered Question • Orchestra guitar, flute, viola and cello symphony in today’s musical The Alcotts Orchestra Vitae pay tribute to Korngold Symphony in F# This programme begins in I Musicanti return for the life with the world premiere of Crawford Seeger Preludes No. 1 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Op. 40 darkness with Mozart’s Rondo second concert in their series Philip Sawyers’ Symphony No. 3. and No. 5 • Study of Mixed Benjamin Britten, performing in A minor before proceeding Korngold’s opulent full-blooded featuring new works by South Emerging piano superstar Clare accents • Selection of folk tunes An Orkney Wedding, with with Schumann’s Sonata No. 1 symphony, with its glittering African composers alongside Hammond performs Mozart’s Sunrise and Four Sea Interludes. in F# minor. He dedicated this An eclectic programme with orchestration and abundance of chamber music by Mozart and fiery Concerto in D minor, and They continue the maritime to his beloved Clara and premieres by British composers generous melody, is preceded by Schubert. Renowned soloist soprano April Fredrick gives theme with Das Meer by Diana described it to her as “a cry from Richard Bullen and Ayanna Beethoven's taut and intense Craig Ogden joins them in the London premiere of Burrell and conclude with my heart to yours”. Finally we Witter-Johnson, the latter of Coriolan Overture plus an Schubert’s arrangement for Songs of Loss and Regret. Debussy’s La Mer. have two evocative pieces by whom pays homage to one of exciting recent work by the flute, viola, cello and guitar There will be a pre-concert talk Albeniz from Iberia – El Puerto her heroines in recognition of There will be a pre-concert talk award-winning Australian of a trio by the Bohemian at 6.30pm. and Triana. International Women’s Day. at 6.30pm. composer, Brett Dean. guitarist Wenzel Matiegka. eso.co.uk mishkarushdiemomen.com christinamcmaster.com orchestravitae.co.uk kso.org.uk imusicanti.co.uk

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Tue 28 February 7.30pm Thu 2 March 1.05pm Thu 2 March 7.30pm Fri 3 March 7.30pm Sat 4 March 7.30pm Sun 5 March 3.00pm £25, £20, £15, £10 £10, YF £12 (£8), YF £26, £18, £14, £10 £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50 £14 (£10), YF

Orchestra Nova celebrate More Schumann with This concert follows a series of You may enjoy music by Rossini, Brahms, KSO perform Arnold, Nielsen, I Musicanti return with music by Mozart, George Vass’ birthday on 10 May the Minerva Piano Trio on 9 March interactive workshops on 4 February and Elgar with YMSO on 8 March and Luke Bedford on 3 July Schubert and David Earl on 28 May See page 88 See page 71 See page 108 See page 69 See page 102 See page 91

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Bob Chilcott MINERVA PIANO TRIO THE Young Artists’ Series LONDON Dance and Poetic Fantasy CHORAL Michał Ćwiżewicz violin SINFONIA Richard Birchall cello Duruflé Requiem: Annie Yim piano Visions of Life & Death With special guest YOUNG thursday lunchtime concerts KODÁLY MUSICIANS choreographer and dancers Michael Waldron conductor CELEBRATION SYMPHONY THE CLARINET Schumann Fantasiestücke Britten Te Deum in C (version COLLECTIVE Op. 88 for choir and orchestra) CONCERT ORCHESTRA Ravel transcr. Charlotte Bray Oliver Rudland New Work Tony Lamb clarinet Scenes from Daphnis and Chloe (world premiere) Dr László Norbert Nemes Luca Blasio violin Alex Allen clarinet transcribed for piano trio with Poulenc Quatre motets pour un conductor James Blair conductor Vicky Medcalf clarinet dance choreography temps de pénitence Dr Douglas Coombes MBE Rossini Overture from The Paul Sanders clarinet (world premiere) Tarik O'Regan Care Charminge conductor Thieving Magpie Cheryl Frances-Hoad My Sleepe School Choirs from JC Bach Quartet No 2 in Eb Brahms Violin Concerto Fleeting Angel Bainton arr. Owain Park And I around the UK Paul Harvey Quartet in D Op. 77 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Saw a New Heaven Tomasi Trois Divertissements Bob Chilcott A Tree of Song Elgar In the South ‘Alassio’ OFFICE CHOIR Duruflé Requiem Mozart Adagio K580 Inspired by dance and poetic (world premiere) This evening's programme Gershwin 3 piece Suite fantasy, the Minerva Piano Trio OF THE YEAR The London Choral Sinfonia A concert marking the 50th (which has no interval, and Trad. arr. Rye/Easlan European present an adaptation of COMPETITION presents a concert of reflective anniversary of Zoltán Kodály's starts at 7.00pm) begins with Folk Song Suite Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe – and uplifting music for the Final death and 50 years since his Rossini’s captivating overture, the legendary Ballets Russes lenten season. Featuring The Clarinet Collective is a approach to music education The Thieving Magpie. We commission – with a newly The culmination of workplace Poulenc’s stunning Lenten flexible ensemble of musicians, was brought to this country by welcome the Italian violinist commissioned piano trio choirs competing for the title Motets and a world premiere who between them play at his pupil, Cecilia Vajda. School Luca Blasio who will play the transcription by Charlotte Bray of Office Choir of the Year 2017. by the LCS Composer-in- least 8 different sizes of choirs will perform individually, sumptuous Brahms concerto. plus dance choreography, From the world of media, Residence, Oliver Rudland, clarinet, allowing them to and join together in the world The programme concludes with supported by St John’s Smith banking and law, the talented the programme culminates explore an exceptionally premiere of Bob Chilcott’s Elgar’s atmospheric concert Square in association with singers battle it out with with a performance of Duruflé’s wide range of repertoire. A Tree of Song. overture In the South ‘Alassio’. MusicArt London. their performances. intensely beautiful Requiem. The members are all leading kodaly.org.uk ymso.org.uk performers and teachers. minervapianotrio.com musicinoffices.com thelcs.org

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Mon 6 March 7.00pm Wed 8 March 7.00pm Thu 9 March 1.05pm Thu 9 March 7.30pm Fri 10 March 7.30pm Sat 11 March 7.30pm £15 (£10), £10 £20, £15, £10 (conc. 20%) £10, YF £12 (£8), YF £15 £35, £25, £20, £10

You may enjoy music by Kodály and his YMSO return with works by Kodály, Become a supporter of St John’s and Minerva Piano Trio continue their The London International A Cappella Our Holy Week Festival, co-promoted contemporaries on 2 February Rachmaninoff, and Brahms on 14 June enjoy free admission to this series Young Artist residency on 1 June Choral Competition begins on 25 June with Tenebrae, begins on 9 April See page 58 See page 96 See page 114 See page 91 See page 100 See page 80

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Thu 16 March 1.05pm Thu 16 March 7.30pm Sat 18 March 7.30pm £10, YF £26, £20, £15, £10 £20, £15, £10

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CLASSICAL OPERA The Orchestra of Classical Opera Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra Thomas Guthrie director CLASSICAL Ian Page conductor Mozart The First thursday lunchtime concerts OPERA Commandment (Die The Orchestra of Classical Opera Schuldigkeit des ersten ROBERT SHOLL London Phoenix Orchestra Thomas Guthrie director Gebots) K35 Ian Page conductor Organ Series This concert is the second Mozart The First of Classical Opera’s two Alain Première Fantaisie Commandment (Die performances of Mozart’s Guilain Tierce en taille and STONELEIGH Schuldigkeit des ersten The First Commandment at Dialogue from Suite du Gebots) K35 LONDON St John’s Smith Square. deuxième ton YOUTH Bach Erbarm dich mein, o As part of Ian Page’s ground- MOZART As part of Ian Page’s ground- Herre Gott BWV721 ORCHESTRA breaking MOZART 250, Classical breaking MOZART 250, Classical PLAYERS Florentz Laudes ‘Kidân Spring Concert Opera presents a rare staging Opera presents a rare staging za-Nageh’ Op. 5 of Mozart’s first musical drama Beethoven Explored of Mozart’s first musical drama LONDON Andrew Zolinsky piano Grieg Bryllupsdag på 250 years after its premiere. 250 years after its premiere. Dan Shilladay assistant Howard Shelley piano Troldhaugen ‘Wedding Day PHOENIX This remarkable work, full of This remarkable work, full of conductor & director at Troldhaugen’ tender beauty and dynamism, tender beauty and dynamism, ORCHESTRA Robert Hodge musical director was composed when the Beethoven Piano Concerto was composed when the Robert Sholl teaches at the Slavic Masterpieces Suppé Overture from Poet and composer was only eleven years in D minor Op. 61a (Beethoven’s composer was only eleven years Royal Academy of Music and Simon Callaghan piano Peasant old, but his innate sense of arrangement of his old, but his innate sense of The University of West London. Lev Parikian conductor Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 understanding and sympathy Violin Concerto) understanding and sympathy He is also currently translating in G minor Op. 16 for the human condition for the human condition the writings of Jean-Louis Glinka Overture from Ruslan Howard Shelley presents a live Borodin Symphony No. 2 in already shines through. The already shines through. The Florentz. Robert studied with and Lyudmila analysis of Beethoven’s Piano B minor work will be sung in Nigel work will be sung in Nigel Olivier Latry, and has given Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Concerto Op. 61a, a revised Lewis’ irreverently witty and Lewis’ irreverently witty and recitals at the Madeleine, No. 1 in Bb minor Op. 23 Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra version of his Violin Concerto virtuosic English translation. virtuosic English translation. Notre-Dame de Paris, Dvořák Symphony No. 5 in F returns to St John’s Smith for Piano and Orchestra. The Westminster Abbey, and Op. 76 Square with a programme As a young drifter sleeps off his last concert in the London As a young drifter sleeps off his at St Paul’s Cathedral. that features the acclaimed latest bout of hedonism, the Mozart Players’ lunchtime latest bout of hedonism, the Simon Callaghan joins London pianist Andrew Zolinsky Spirit of Christianity pleads series offers the audience an Spirit of Christianity pleads He is currently performing Phoenix Orchestra for performing Prokofiev’s with Justice and Compassion to informative and relaxed with Justice and Compassion to all of Olivier Messiaen’s organ Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto exciting and fiendish Piano save his soul and help him find exploration of Beethoven’s save his soul and help him find works at Arundel Cathedral. No. 1 which is followed by Concerto No. 2. deeper meaning in his life. rescored concerto. deeper meaning in his life. Dvořák’s Symphony No. 5. The programme will also stoneleighyouthorchestra.org.uk classicalopera.co.uk lmp.org classicalopera.co.uk include improvisations. londonphoenixorchestra.com

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Sun 19 March 6.30pm Tue 21 March 7.30pm Wed 22 March 1.05pm Wed 22 March 7.30pm Thu 23 March 1.05pm Thu 23 March 7.30pm £10 (£5) £48, £38, £28, £18 £14 £48, £38, £28, £18 £10, YF £15, £12 (£9)

You may enjoy YMSO’s This performance will be repeated Orchestra Nova celebrate Classical Opera return Our Organ Series continues Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon performance on 14 June tomorrow evening, 22 March George Vass’ birthday on 10 May on 12–13 June with more Mozart with Tom Bell on 20 April perform Brahms from memory on 3 June See page 96 See page 75 See page 88 See page 95 – 96 See page 82 See page 92

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YULIANNA AVDEEVA Southbank Centre’s International Piano Series Piano DARKNESS TO Beethoven Sonata in E minor LIGHT: CHORAL Op. 90 • 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor thursday lunchtime concerts MUSIC FROM WoO.80 • Sonata in Eb Op. 81a ALLEGRI TO THE ‘Les Adieux’ LORENA PAZ PRESENT DAY Liszt La lugubre gondola S200 (version 1) • Unstern! sinistre, NIETO & JOHAN Vasari Singers disastro S208 • R.W. – Venezia, Chamber Choir Of sunday at st john’s S201 • Sonata in B minor BARNOIN Burntwood School “This Russian pianist is a Oxford Lieder Jeremy Backhouse LONDON revelation. She plays brilliantly Young Artists music director with emotion and a magical Debbie Lammin music director ENGLISH PIANO TRIO Soprano and Piano touch. Her audience are caught Paul Stoneman percussion Great British Piano Trios BAROQUE CHOIR under her spell.” — Le Journal Strauss Drei Lieder der Ophelia Allegri Miserere Great Composers Armstrong Gibbs Trio No. 1 du Médoc. Op. 67 Parry Songs of Farewell Bowen Piano Trio in E minor Rachmaninoff Dreams • Brandenburg Sinfonia For this recital, Yulianna opens Will Todd Inside my heart Op. 118 GABRIELI How fair the spot Jeremy Jackman conductor with Beethoven: first, the Judith Weir I carry your Rawsthorne Piano Trio Handel in Italy Villa-Lobos Amor y Perfidia • two-movement Sonata Op. 90, heart with me Vivaldi Magnificat Rv.610 Ireland Piano Trio No. 3 in Lundú da marquesa de Santos Paul McCreesh conductor which moves from tension Antony le Fleming Matilda Haydn Salve Regina in G minor E minor and Cantilena from Modinhas and turbulence to peaceful Hob.XXIIIb Corelli Concerto Grosso in D Op. e Cançoes The award-winning Vasari Welcome in spring in a reconciliation; next, the 32 Mozart Misericordias Domini 6 No. 4 Turina Canto a Sevilla Singers and the Burntwood colourful and uplifting vein Variations in C minor, a Bach Mass in G minor BWV235 Handel Donna che in ciel Chamber Choir present the with the London Piano Trio’s roller-coaster ride of pianistic Oxford Lieder exists to promote HWV233 • Dixit Dominus timeless beauty of Allegri’s Join us for a joyful exploration second concert of their season invention. The second half is the art of song. The annual HWV232 Miserere, the emotion of Parry’s of fine pieces by four of the at St John’s Smith Square, devoted to works by Liszt, Oxford Lieder Festival in Songs of Farewell, the warmth world's favourite composers. featuring four works by English Gabrieli present a programme whose haunting vision of October is complemented by of Will Todd’s Inside my Heart The beautiful acoustic of composers. Cecil Armstrong dating from Handel’s four years Venice, La lugubre gondola, other projects such as the and the humour of cautionary St John’s Smith Square will Gibbs’ only piano trio, recorded in Italy – a cantata thanking the contrasts with the brighter Young Artist Platform, tales in Antony le Fleming’s ring to vivacious Vivaldi, by the trio and available at the Virgin Mary for her protection Venezia, filled with joie de sponsoring the finest young Matilda, plus a small gem by harmonious Haydn, melodious concert, plus other trios by York of Rome from an earthquake vivre. The concert ends with singers and pianists to give Judith Weir. Mozart and brilliant Bach in Bowen, Alan Rawsthorne, and and the virtuosic choral tour the intense dramatic span of recitals across the UK. a feast of choral gems. John Ireland. de force, Dixit Dominus. his mighty Sonata in B minor. vasarisingers.org lorenapaznieto.com burntwoodschool.com ebc.org.uk londonpianotrio.com gabrieli.com avdeevapiano.com oxfordlieder.co.uk

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Our Holy Week Festival, co-promoted Armonico Consort present Bach’s The London Piano Trio return with Gabrieli return with a new commission IPS & ICMS Series Offers Become a supporter of St John’s and with Tenebrae, begins on 9 April St Matthew Passion on 5 April Russian chamber music on 18 June by Matthew Martin on 8 June Book 3–4 concerts and save 10% enjoy free admission to this series See page 80 See page 79 See page 97 See page 94 Book 5 or more concerts and save 20% See page 114

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thursday lunchtime concerts ENSEMBLE x.y CHOIR OF Christine Buras soprano Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo CLARE COLLEGE, ARMONICO soprano CAMBRIDGE CONSORT Alyson Frazier flute Frank Capoferri saxophone Reformation 500 Project Ian Bostridge evangelist Ben Caplin clarinet & Christopher Monks conductor Clare Baroque saxophone Margaret Faultless leader Bach St Matthew Passion Mayah Kadish violin Graham Ross conductor Cecilia Bignall cello International star Ian Bostridge Joseph Havlat piano Bach Gott der Herr ist Sonn joins the finest period Oliver Pooley percussion und Schild BWV79 • Ein feste instrumentalists and singers Toby Thatcher conductor Burg ist unser Gott BWV80 CROUCH of Armonico Consort to bring Vaughan Williams Bach’s masterpiece to life. Sara Cubarsi (x.y composer) Lord, thou hast been our refuge END FESTIVAL A work of genius, combining New Work Brahms Warum ist das Licht CHORUS the most perfectly formed Salvatore Sciarrino String Trio gegeben recitative interpolated with No. 2 Bach Camerata Luther Ein feste Burg ist sunday at st john’s Bach’s most beautiful arias, the Agata Zubel Cascando David Temple conductor unser Gott St Matthew Passion reflects on Alex Mincek Color – Form – Line Bach St John Passion PALISANDER the emotional drama from the Graham Ross conducts Ensemble x.y presents a concert story of the Passion of Christ. the Choir of Clare College, The essence of Bach’s Young Artists’ Series of four entwined modern Cambridge and Clare Baroque extraordinary St John Passion Whatever your own spiritual works. From Agata Zubel’s Journey to the New World (led by violinist Margaret is its communication of a beliefs, everyone should hear exquisite setting of Samuel Faultless) in a celebration human story – perfect for Inspired by the first voyages it at least once, and there’s Beckett’s poem Cascando, to of the 500th anniversary of Crouch End Festival Chorus, a to the New World, this no more immediate way to the modern master Salvatore the Reformation, with Bach's choir repeatedly commended programme, whilst stemming experience it than in this Sciarrino’s highly dramatic celebrated Reformation for its communicative power. from the Age of Exploration, performance by Armonico Piano Trio No. 2, each work Cantatas book-ending a Performing the work in English, is not restricted to a single Consort, the Warwickshire- balances finely the demands programme that includes alongside first-rate soloists, time frame and features music based period ensemble highly of sensuous beauty and two of the great chorale-based ensures that the visceral energy spanning over 500 years: regarded worldwide for the compositional rigour, discipline motets by Vaughan Williams of this Baroque masterpiece from Tallis to Vivaldi to freshness and drama with fancy, modern technique and Brahms. will be unforgettable. Vaughan Williams. of its interpretations. with musical engagement. clare.cam.ac.uk cefc.org.uk palisanderrecorders.com armonico.org.uk ensemblexy.com

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Thu 30 March 7.30pm Sat 1 April 7.30pm Sun 2 April 3.00pm Wed 5 April 7.00pm Thu 6 April 1.05pm £30, £25, £20, £10 £28, £24, £18, £12.50 (5 for 4) £14 (£10), YF £35, £28, £22, £14 £10, YF (Students Under 21 50%) Our Holy Week Festival, co-promoted Come & Sing Handel’s Messiah with the Palisander continue their Young Artist Join us on Good Friday for Bach’s St John The Park Lane Group Young Artists with Tenebrae, begins on 9 April Smith Square Voices on 13 April residency on 15 June Passion with Polyphony and the OAE Spring Series begins on 24 April See page 80 See page 81 See page 96 See page 81 See page 84

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TENEBRAE & AURORA ORCHESTRA Holy Week Festival COME & SING Emma Walshe soprano MESSIAH Stephen Kennedy baritone HOLY WEEK Aurora Orchestra Holy Week Festival Nigel Short conductor FESTIVAL Smith Square Voices BACH ST JOHN Fauré Requiem Chartwell Sinfonia New to this season is our PASSION Bach Partita No. 2 • Tenebrae Associate Artists Holy Week Festival, held in Selection of Chorales Richard Heason conductor Holy Week Festival conjunction with Tenebrae ETCETERA CIVIL and their Artistic Director, SERVICE CHOIR Described as “devastingly Handel Messiah Polyphony beautiful” (Gramophone Orchestra of the Age of Nigel Short. Come and join the Smith & ORCHESTRAL Magazine) and “simply Enlightenment From Palm Sunday to Good Square Voices for their annual mind-blowing” (The Scotsman), Nicholas Pritchard evangelist Friday, St John’s Smith Square CONSORT scratch performance of what Tenebrae is delighted to be Neal Davies christus will host workshops, lunchtime is probably the most popular Holy Week Festival performing its interpretation Julia Doyle soprano concerts, evening concerts and of all choral works – Handel’s of Fauré’s Requiem with the Iestyn Davies countertenor late-night liturgical events, Stephen Hall conductor Messiah. Accompanied by the exquisite Aurora Orchestra. Gwilym Bowen tenor exploring a vast range of sacred Chartwell Sinfonia, and with Mozart Great Mass in C minor Preceded by a selection of Ashley Riches bass music for Holy Week. Tenebrae’s Associate Artists as K427 Bach’s chorales interspersed Stephen Layton director soloists, choral singers are with his Partitia in D minor, the In addition to the concerts, This outstanding Civil Service invited to come together to Bach St John Passion performance will be presented Nigel Short and Tenebrae choir returns for a fifth year to celebrate and perform as part in true Tenebrae style: set by For many people, for many Consort will perform a range give a lunchtime performance of our Holy Week Festival. candlelight and making full years now, Polyphony’s Good of devotional Tenebrae of something special in Holy use of the performance space. There is not a more appropriate Friday performance of Bach’s settings and responses on Spy Week, and it is a rare chance to work at this time of year than sublime St John Passion has Wednesday, Maundy Thursday attend a concert for free. Tenebrae will create an Handel’s supremely powerful been a highlight of their and Good Friday. The festival immersive audience experience Yes, a performance of Mozart’s oratorio which tells the story of concert season. With the top will also include opportunities in what promises to be an Great Mass at St John’s Smith Christ’s foretelling, His passion period instrument players of to participate in a workshop unmissable event in the choir’s Square, and the tickets are free! and the mystery of mankind’s the Orchestra of the Age of with Tenebrae, and Come & inaugural Holy Week Festival. Messiah redemption through His Enlightenment, and the pick Sing Handel’s with Please register for tickets at the Please note this concert will suffering. of the rising generation of the Smith Square Voices. Box Office. last approximately 75 mins singers amongst the soloists For further details on this and Please visit sjss.org.uk for Don’t miss out! without an interval. this is simply not to be missed. full details on our Holy our other Come & Sing events Week Festival, which will civilservicechoir.org.uk tenebrae-choir.com please see page 106. stephenlayton.com/polyphony be published on Saturday Promoted by Co-promoted by Tenebrae Promoted by Promoted by 1 October 2016. ETCetera Choir and St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square Associated Musical Services Ltd

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80 Box Office020 7222 1061 Book online sjss.org.uk 81 APRIL Ferio Saxophone Quartet © James McCormick sunday at st john’s thursday lunchtime concerts ORCHESTRA TOM BELL OF ST JOHN’S FERIO SAXOPHONE Organ Series My Music QUARTET Alain Première Fantaisie • John Julius Norwich guest Deuxième Fantaisie • Paul Blezard interviewer Young Artists' Series Trois pièces John Lubbock conductor Best of British Hagen Shalom Programme includes excerpts Bach A selection from Das Huw Wiggin soprano sax from larger works: Orgelbüchlein: Herr Christ, der Ellie McMurray alto sax ein'ge Gottessohn BWV601• Wir Schubert Allegro ma non Jose Bañuls tenor sax Christenleut BWV612 • Das alte troppo from Quintet in C Op. 163 Shevaughan Beere Jahr vergangen ist BWV614 • In • Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen baritone sax dir ist Freude BWV615 • Dies Schumann Kinderszenen No. 1 Byrd Ave Verum Corpus sind die heilgen zehn Gebot in G Op. 15 Elgar Serenade for Strings BWV635 • Ach wie nichtig, ach Strauss Morgen Gavin Bryars Alaric I or II wie flüchtig BWV644 Mozart ‘Porgi amor’ from La Gary Carpenter Une Semaine de van Oortmerssen Nun ruhen Nozze di Figaro Bonté alle Wälder Haydn Poco adagio from Michael Nyman arr. David Quartet No. 62 in C Op. 76 No. 3 Tom Bell’s playing has been Roach 4 movements from String ‘Emperor’ described as “invigorating” Quartet No. 2 Gershwin Someone to watch by the Sunday Times, and Will Gregory Hoe Down over me “compelling” by Organists’ Mendelssohn Andante from This programme, which Review. Octet in Eb Op. 20 HERTFORDSHIRE showcases works by prominent Tom is Artistic Director of British composers, starts with In this concert series, special the London Organ Day, and CHORUS Ave Verum Corpus by William guests discuss the music that FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET also teaches the organ at the David Temple conductor Byrd before a new arrangement has meant the most to them 2016/17 YOUNG ARTISTS Royal College of Organists and of Serenade for Strings by before the OSJ perform the Rachmnaninoff Vespers the Royal Hospital School in Edward Elgar. Originally chosen works. (All-Night Vigil) The multi-award-winning Suffolk. Tom also serves as Ferio Saxophone Quartet recently composed in 1989 Alaric I or II nd Organist and Choir Master at John Julius, 2 Viscount Hertfordshire Chorus, under performed at the Brighton and was scored for two sopranos, St Michael’s Church, Chester Norwich, is the son of the David Temple, performs alto and baritone saxophones, Square in central London. He statesman and diplomat Alfred Rachmaninoff’s Vespers Newbury festivals, and have an a choice which mirrors the writes occasionally, and his Duff Cooper (1st Viscount) and (All-Night Vigil), containing exciting schedule for 2016/17. instrumentation and pitch work has been published in the Lady Diana Cooper. He was some of the most deeply ranges of the more familiar BBC Music Magazine, Organists’ educated in the Royal Navy moving, reflective choral music Their engagements include string quartet. Popular Review and others. Tom studied before taking a degree in French ever written. Composed over performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, composers Gary Carpenter at the RNCM in Manchester and Russian at New College, two weeks in 1915, with Russia Machynlleth, North Norfolk, and and Michael Nyman complete with Kevin Bowyer, in London Oxford. He then spent twelve at war and on the brink of Petworth Festivals as well as their the programme before ending with Ann Elise Smoot and in years in H.M. Foreign Service. In disintegration, this work is one Wigmore Hall debut. The quartet’s with Hoe Down by Goldfrapp Amsterdam with Jacques 1964 he resigned to become a of the most popular of all time. keyboardist and producer van Oortmerssen. writer. prizes include the Philharmonia Will Gregory. hertfordshirechorus.org.uk Orchestra’s Martins Musical tombell-organist.net osj.org.uk feriosax.co.uk Promoted by Scholarship Fund award and Tunnell Promoted by Promoted by Hertfordshire Chorus Promoted by St John’s Smith Square Orchestra of St John’s Trust Award. They were also selected St John’s Smith Square Sat 22 April 7.30pm as 2015/16 Park Lane Group Artists Thu 20 April 1.05pm Thu 20 April 7.30pm £25, £20, £14, £12 and have won the Royal Over-Seas Sun 23 April 3.00pm £10, YF £26, £20, £15, £10 (50% for Under 18S, conc. 10%) League’s Ensemble Competition. £14 (£10), YF

Our Organ Series continues with The OSJ’s My Music series continues London International A Cappella Choral Thu 8 December 1.05pm Ferio Saxophone Quartet continue Ben Bloor on 25 May with Sir Roy Strong on 25 May Competition 2017 begins on 25 June Sun 23 April 3.00pm their Young Artist residency on 11 May See page 98 See page 91 See page 100 Thu 11 May 7.30pm See page 89

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Gordon Crosse Misha Mullov-Abbado PARK LANE Judith Weir GROUP YOUNG ARITSTS SPRING SERIES 2017 The Future Starts Here! “For one glorious week, youthful idealism is placed in PLG Young Artists perfect equilibrium with PLG Young Artists professional opportunity” Spring Series 2017 Spring Series 2017 —­ The Times 6.00pm 6.00pm A week of events and concerts Key Composer: PLG Young Artists in which the Park Lane Group Key Composer: PLG Young Artists Gordon Crosse in conversation PLG Young Artists in its 61st Season presents 15 sets Spring Series 2017 Giles Swayne in conversation Spring Series 2017 with John Turner Spring Series 2017 of highly talented Young with John Wallace 6.00pm Matthew Scott clarinet Artists. The wide-ranging and 6.00pm 6.00pm imaginative programmes have Matilda Lloyd trumpet Christine Zerafa piano Alastair Penman saxophone Cameron Richardson-Eames Rosalind Ventris viola Guitar Duo Edward Liddall piano three threads: Gordon Crosse New Work piano Julian Vickers guitar Edwin Roxburgh Monologue (world premiere) Bennett Sonata (i) Remembering Sir Richard Daniel Bovey guitar angre viva Moto Fantasie Gate Rodney Bennett Giles Swayne S Howard Skempton Jorg Widmann Graham Fitkin Trumpet Sonata perpetuo The Sleep of Everyday Music New Work (ii) Key Composers taking part Maxwell Davies Philip Grange Joe Cutler Alastair Penman Seven Halts Partita Reason brings forth Demons Sérénade pour Deux (world premiere) in lively conversations Deborah Pritchard Janet Owen Thomas Jolivet on the Somme 1916 Gala (after Goya) Guitares Diversions on a (iii) A carefully-selected number Joe Cutler David Blake Tre notturni Ballad in Memory of Pastourelle theme of Hanns Eisler of Young Artists who are also Salvatore Sciarrino Bennett Stephen Dodgson brillante Shirley Horn Gary Ryan Generator Françaix Cinq Dances Exotiques talented composers who will 7.30pm Marking Time give imaginative introductions Gary Carpenter Joy Lisney solo cello for basset clarinet and piano to their new works. 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Laefer Saxophone Quartet The result is an explosive Elizabeth Karani soprano Jacquin Trio clarinet, viola, Pelléas Ensemble flute, viola Ligeti Sonata 7.30pm mixture of ideas, connections Edmund Whitehead piano & piano & harp Jan Vriend Symphonic Dances and influences with a sweeping Laura Snowden guitar Solem String Quartet Eunsley Park violin Philip Strange piano (world premiere) breadth of language, style and Nas Duo percussion & clarinet Aleksandar Djermanović piano Saxophone Quartet Try me, good King Syrinx personality. A week of colourful Bennett Libby Larsen Debussy New Work I hate music String Quartet Op. 28 Four Intermezzi Sonata after syrinx music, sometimes new, often Charlotte Harding Bernstein Berg David Blake Bennett for Saxophone Quartet (world Five Impromptus String Quartet Music for 247 New Work little-known, performed here Bennett Gordon Crosse Judith Weir Benjamin Graves premiere) Black Venus No. 5 strings (world premiere) by dazzling debut-artists. PLG, Philip Cashian New Work for solo New Work Enyato IV The Devil’s Box Five confident from all its many Joy Lisney Laura Snowden Ross Edwards Philip Cashian Jonathan Woolgar cello (world premiere) (world premiere) Preparations New Work Anatomical Sketches previous seasons, is equally Robert Nasvels Charlotte Bray Sonata for solo Elegy for coma (world premiere) Shadowlines confident that these Young George Crumb Rawsthorne George Benjamin cello Catalan Three Pieces after Four Nocturnes Petite Suite Artists also will make their Julian Anderson Philip Grange George Crumb Jolivet New Work for Peasant with Guitar Drawings by Escher A Violin Sonata Three mark on the musical world. Giles Swayne Wolfgang Rihm Misha Mullov-Abbado saxophone quartet (world Berners Lieder Album Donatoni Bok Colin Matthews Three Meditation Songs parklanegroup.co.uk premiere) Julian Phillips Love Songs of Colin Matthews Quartet No. 5 Interludes Stevenson From A 20th-Century Promoted by Mendelssohn Capriccio No. 3 Amy Lowell Camden Reeves String Quartet Simon Rowland-Jones Trio Music Diary Park Lane Group Op. 81 Adam Gorb Wedding Breakfast No. 1 Jacquin Ligeti Three Études

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ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK Christina McMaster © Carlos Lumiere ORCHESTRA Southbank Centre’s OF THE AGE OF International ENLIGHTENMENT Piano Series DAVID COHEN Rolf Hind © Paul Frank Rogers & CARDUCCI Southbank Centre at Bach transcr. Busoni Toccata St John’s Smith Square and Fugue in D minor BWV565 QUARTET Haydn Sonata in B minor David Cohen cello The Brandenburgs Hob.XVI/32 Cremeloque Trio © Miguel Ribeiro Carducci Quartet Chopin Étude in E Op. 10 No. 3 • Lisa Beznosiuk flute Étude in F Op. 10 No. 8 • Étude in Haydn String Quartet in D Katharina Spreckelsen oboe F minor Op. 10 No. 9 • Étude in Op. 20 No. 4 Roger Montgomery horn Ab Op. 10 No. 10 • Étude in Eb Gordon Crosse Sonata for Cello David Blackadder trumpet Op. 10 No. 11 • Étude in C minor Alone ‘Little Bu’ Steven Devine harpsichord Op. 10 No. 12 • Polonaise in thursday lunchtime concerts Gavin Higgins Fourth Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. Ab Op. 53 movement from Gursky 1 in F BWV1046 • Brandenburg Rachmaninoff Étude-tableau in CHRISTINA Landscape (world premiere) Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 • A minor Op. 39 No. 2 • Étude- Schubert String Quintet in C Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in tableau in Eb minor Op. 39 No. 5 MCMASTER D956 OCCUPY D BWV1050 • Brandenburg • Étude-tableau in C minor Op. Young Artists’ Series The Belgian born cellist, THE PIANOS Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049 • 39 No. 7 • Étude-tableau in D David Cohen, gives the London This year’s event will be a Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Op. 39 No. 9 • Sonata No. 2 in Bb Fantasies on Form premieres of two works he has taster day, acting as a prelude Bb BWV1051 • Brandenburg minor Op. 36 (rev. ver. 1931) Christina McMaster piano commissioned. Gordon Crosse, to a full Occupy the Pianos CREMELOQUE Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047 De Telegraaf calls Alexander Kristine Balanas violin who celebrates his 80th birthday extravaganza in 2018 which will TRIO Hear all of the Brandenburg Gavrylyuk “one of the great Margerita Balanas cello in 2017, has written a Bach- be curated by Rolf Hind. Walk on the Classic Side Concertos – six Baroque discoveries of the past decade”. inspired sonata for solo cello. Handel Trio Sonata in G minor The growing stable of pianistic masterpieces that need no Luis Marques oboe The winner of the 2005 Arthur HWV393 Gavin Higgins’ Gursky trailblazers will be joined by introduction – at this concert. Franz-Jürgen Dörsam bassoon Rubinstein Competition makes Arvo Pärt Musik für Landscapes for solo cello percussion, voice, film and Each concerto has its own Savka Konjikusic piano his debut in Southbank Centre’s Kindertheater • Für Alina and string quartet is the elements of theatre in an unique structure and International Piano Series. His Schumann Piano Trio in D final movement of a larger exploration of the two Mozart Trio in Eb K498 personality, but all are programme includes Haydn’s minor Op. 63 work to be premiered at the broad subjects of Nature ‘Kegelstatt’ technically impressive and Sonata in B minor which Cheltenham Festival in 2018 and Technology. Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3 emotionally raw. A dynamic programme mingles pure classical lines with and is a musical response Lalliet Terzetto featuring composers Arvo Pärt Music by Messiaen, Radulescu, The Brandenburgs have been shadowy, mysterious to the photography of Shostakovich Trio No. 1 Op. 8 and Robert Schumann – both Tansy Davies, Simon Steen an important part of the OAE’s atmospheres, Chopin pieces Andreas Gursky. composers have been strongly Andersen; composers old and Cremeloque Trio is building history since a landmark that include some of the influenced by their past The Carducci Quartet join new for whom these two areas their reputation throughout recording 25 years ago. composer’s most brilliant and including by Handel, however David Cohen and the are a source of inspiration and European halls by presenting poetic études, and a selection This concert provides a rare they also had brilliant programme concludes with enquiry, as well as new pieces new chamber music works for of Rachmaninoff’s Études- chance to hear them revived imaginations and created new Schubert’s sublime String by student composers and their group as well as giving a tableaux where the most in their entirety. sounds through their inventive Quintet in C. composers-in-association. fresh approach to well-known demanding technical tasks and at times fantastical writing. piano trios arranged for There will be a pre-concert talk are present in the form of carducciquartet.com We look forward to seeing the ensemble. at 5.45pm. expressive character pieces. christinamcmaster.com davidcohen.be you there!

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Alexandra Vaduva © John Batten A 60TH BIRTHDAY FERIO SAXOPHONE CELEBRATION QUARTET FOR GEORGE VASS Young Artists’ Series Huw Wiggin soprano sax Orchestra Nova Ellie McMurray alto sax Gillian Keith soprano LONDON Jose Bañuls tenor sax Sadie Fields violin Shevaughan Beere baritone sax FESTIVAL OF sunday at st john’s Sarah-Jane Bradley viola Timothy End piano Jonny Byers cello thursday lunchtime concerts BAROQUE MUSIC ALL ABOUT George Vass conductor Rivier Grave et Presto 2017 Shostakovich arr. Ferio thursday lunchtime concerts MOZART Vaughan Williams Fantasia on MARTYNAS Baroque at the Edge Saxophone Quartet Jazz Suite a theme of Thomas Tallis Mozart Focus Series LEVICKIS No. 1 Friday 12 – Saturday 20 May 2017 David Matthews Three ALEXANDRA Accordion Pedro Iturralde Memorias Deniz Arman Gelenbe piano Housman Songs Op. 69 Britain’s foremost Baroque Ida Gotkovsky Quatour de VADUVA Michael Bochmann violin (London premiere) Sofia Gubaidulina De Profundis music festival returns with Saxophones Piano Rivka Golani viola James Francis Brown Trio Soler Sonata in C minor K84 • another imaginative Guillermo Lago New Work • Vanessa Lucas-Smith cello Concertante (London premiere) Sonata in B minor K87 programme featuring the very Schubert Sonata in A D537 Cordoba, Sarajevo, and Addis Britten Les Illuminations Op. 18 Bach Prelude from English Suite best UK and international Brahms Intermezzi Op. 117 Mozart Sonata in G K301 for Ababa from Ciudades Tippett Concerto for double No. 2 in A minor BWV807 performing talent. Inspired by Enescu Suite Op. 3 in G minor Piano and Violin • Sonata in Bb string orchestra Mendelssohn First movement This final concert from the the anniversaries of Monteverdi ‘Dans le style ancien’ K454 for Piano and Violin • from Sonata No. 6 in D minor Ferio Saxophone Quartet and Telemann, this year’s theme Sonata in F K376 • Piano Respected British conductor The effervescent and exciting Cage Dream brings together original and of ‘Baroque at the Edge’ Quartet No. 2 in Eb K493 George Vass celebrates his early Schubert Sonata in A D537 contemporary works for explores the places where the sixtieth birthday with a Martynas Levickis is a is a wonderful contrast to the The final concert features three saxophone quartet, and new Baroque pushes at its programme of much-loved captivating performer whose Intermezzi Op. 117 by Brahms, sonatas for piano and violin. arrangements of works for boundaries, either backwards English string music. Widely virtuosity has transformed the which the composer described Although called ‘accompanied’ quartet and piano. towards the Renaissance and acknowledged for his support way we hear the accordion. This as “lullabies for my sorrows”. sonatas, K301, K454 and K376 forwards to the Classical era, or of living British composers and recital explores the timeless The quartet have had a long Mentored by the latter while differ from his early sonatas. into ‘edgier’ and more extreme well-known for his work as clarity of Bach and Soler lasting relationship with studying in Vienna, Enescu In particular, K454 is a forms of expression. Composers director of the Presteigne alongside Mendelssohn, gently composer Guillermo Lago and takes us back in the Suite Op. 3 monumental and mature work include Monteverdi, Telemann, Festival, Vass typically includes melodic John Cage and have commissioned him to to the German Baroque Era, which has eloquent dialogue Pergolesi, Biber and Handel. London premieres of works by Gubaidulina’s astonishingly write a new work played with its highly flourished and between the two instruments. David Matthews and James complex and transcendent alongside his Ciudades for Festival programmes will be virtuosic characteristics. Mozart’s happy and lyrical Francis Brown. De Profundis. saxophone quartet. published online in Spring 2017. second piano quartet K493 alexandravaduva.wordpress. ends the series. novamusic.org.uk martynasmusic.com feriosax.co.uk lfbm.org.uk com

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thursday lunchtime concerts Holst Singers © Kate Mount BEN BLOOR I Musicanti © Clemmie Curd Organ Series Tournemire Triptyque, No. 26 from L’orgue mystique Alain Variations sur un theme de Clement Jannequin Vierne Symphonie No. 4 in ORCHESTRA G minor OF ST JOHN’S sunday at st john's Ben Bloor began his musical My Music education as a chorister in OLIVER WASS Derby Cathedral where he also Orchestra of St John's Young Artists’ Series became the organ scholar. Sir Roy Strong guest In 2010, he achieved the Paul Blezard interviewer thursday lunchtime concerts French Friends and Rivals prestigious organ scholarship John Lubbock conductor sunday at st john’s at St George's Chapel, Windsor Oliver Wass harp Programme includes excerpts MINERVA Castle, where he resided and Pelléas Ensemble from larger works: worked for the year, playing I MUSICANTI PIANO TRIO And special guests (on occasion for royalty) and Elgar Enigma Variations Leon Bosch clarinet Young Artists’ Series Debussy Cello Sonata • Danses teaching the young choristers. Novello ‘We'll gather lilacs’ from Julie Price bassoon Sacrée et Profane Recently, Ben graduated with a Perchance to Dream Hannah Sieber horn Haunting Visions Couperin Music for Solo Harp First Class Honours degree in Rota The Leopard Tamás András violin Michał Ćwiżewicz violin Ravel Tombeau de Couperin • Music from the University of Puccini La bohème Fenella Humphreys violin Richard Birchall cello Sonatine • Introduction and Oxford, where he was also Walton Crown Imperial Robert Smissen viola Annie Yim piano Allegro organ scholar at New College. Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Richard Harwood cello HOLST SINGERS Caplet Conte Fantastique Thereafter, Ben spent a year Beauty Leon Bosch double bass Shostakovich Piano Trio in C Jolivet Sonatine for Flute and as the organ scholar at minor Op. 8 In this concert series, special Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A London Festival Clarinet Westminster Cathedral and Gavin Higgins The Ruins of guests discuss the music that K581 of Baroque Music 2017 subsequently as the Assistant Detroit This concert explores the has meant the most to them David Earl Sonata for viola and Sub-Organist at Rochester Beethoven Piano Trio in D Op. Stephen Layton conductor complex relationships, before the OSJ perform the double bass (world premiere) Cathedral. Ben was the winner 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ influences and rivalries chosen works. Schubert Octet in F D803 Handel Jephtha of the 2012 Northern Ireland between French composers From the foreboding sounds International Organ Sir Roy Strong is interviewed In the final concert of I Stephen Layton and the over 300 years, from Couperin of Shostakovich’s early piano Competition, and holds the by Paul Blezard about his life Musicanti’s series featuring new Holst Singers continue their to Jolivet. trio to Gavin Higgins’ The Ruins Limpus prize for highest marks and musical influences. Sir Roy music from South Africa epic journey through Handel’s of Detroit inspired by the The programme features two of in the 2013 FRCO examinations. Colin Strong, CH, FRSL is an alongside works by Mozart and oratorios with the fourth powerful photography of the most famous and well-loved In 2014, he was awarded the English art historian, museum Schubert, director and double concert in the series. the eponymous artwork, this chamber works for the harp: Silver Medal of the Worshipful curator, writer, broadcaster bass virtuoso Leon Bosch concert invites the listener to A rollercoaster ride of triumph, Debussy’s Danses, and Ravel’s Company of Musicians for his and landscape designer. He has co-premieres David Earl’s enter a visual world. terror, inner turmoil and divine Introduction and Allegro. These contribution to organ-playing. served as director of both the addition to the viola-double intervention, Jephtha promises two pieces were commissioned At present, he studies with National Portrait Gallery and bass repertoire. A second Leon The slow movement of to be an evening of drama by rival harp companies to Henry Fairs, as part of a the Victoria and Albert Museum Bosch joins the group, playing Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ Trio featuring some of Handel’s showcase their new Personal Study Programme at in London. He was knighted in clarinet in two chamber music suggests Hamlet’s ghost, an finest music. instruments to the public. Birmingham Conservatoire. 1982. favourites. enduringly haunting vision. holstsingers.com oliverwass.co.uk benbloor.com osj.org.uk imusicanti.co.uk minervapianotrio.com

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LES TALENS LYRIQUES PAVEL HAAS Mary Bevan © Victoria Cadisch Zefiro Torna Stradivaria QUARTET & DENIS Anders J. Dahlin tenor sunday at st john’s LONDON Emiliano Gonzalez Toro tenor KOZHUKHIN SINFONIETTA Christophe Rousset THE BROOK conductor, harpsichord Southbank Centre’s Southbank Centre at & organ International Chamber STERET BAND St John’s Smith Square Monteverdi ‘Chiome d’oro’ and Music Series Handel – friends, foes Nordic Nights ‘O come sei gentile’ from Settimo and flattery Pavel Haas Quartet libro de madrigali • ‘O sia Peter Heressthal violin Denis Kozhukhin piano Handel Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 tranquillo il mar’, ‘Ardo e Guro Kleven Hagen violin in Bb scoprir’, and ‘Mentre vaga STRADIVARIA Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad Arne Trio Sonata Op. 3 in Eb angioletta’ from Madrigali Rebel-Rameau Op. 127 viola Boyce Trio Sonata No. 4 in guerrieri et amorosi Book 8 • Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Kian Soltani cello Daniel Cuiller violin & director AURORA G minor ‘Zefiro Torna’ from Madrigali e Op. 81 Pierre-André Valade Veracini Violin Sonata Op. 2 canzonette Book 9• Ouverture Rebel La Terpsicore • Les ORCHESTRA conductor Young Russian star Denis No. 5 in G minor from Venice, ‘Chi va li? Chi va Plaisirs Champêtres • Les Kozhukhin joins the Pavel Haas Southbank Centre at Cervetto Trio Sonata Op. 1 in Bb Eivind Buene New Work (UK li?’, Ouverture from Naples, and Caractères de la Danse Quartet for timeless chamber St John’s Smith Square Bononcini Trio Sonata No. 2 in premiere) ‘Or che Seneca è morto’ from Rameau From Concerts in classics. They present Dvořák’s G minor from 12 Sonatas for the Kaija Saariaho Violin Concerto L’Incoronazione di Poppea Sextet: Concert No. 1 • Concert Brahms from Memory passionate 19th-century Chamber ‘Graal théâtre’ Castello ‘Second Sonata’ from Il No. 3 • Concert No. 5 masterpiece, which brilliantly Mary Bevan soprano Geminiani Trio Sonata No. 3 in F Rolf Wallin New Work (UK primo libro de sonate concertate The music of two of the intermingles moments of Nicholas Collon conductor premiere) in stilo moderno Today Handel dominates any towering figures of French poignancy and drama. The Rossi First Sonata and Tenth Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C conversation about English Once the preserve of musical life in the first half composer’s musical loyalty to Sonata la Romanesca from Il minor Op. 68 musical life in the eighteenth melancholic films and bare of the eighteenth century is his homeland can be heard in quarto libro de varie sonate Richard Ayres No. 42 ‘In the Alps’ century. But it wasn’t always tonal landscapes, in recent brought to life by the French the second and third the case. During his lifetime, years Scandinavian artists have The rich diversity of the works baroque ensemble of Nantes led movements, strongly influenced Aurora Orchestra marks its first Handel’s music was often revealed another side to their presented in this programme by their Founder and Director, by Czech folk music. The piano solo performance at overshadowed by that of native vibrant heritage – one that is underlines Monteverdi’s the violinist Daniel Cuiller. quintet is performed alongside St John’s Smith Square with its English composers, as well as rich in life and colour. This decisive contribution to the another enduringly popular most ambitious project to date: Since their formation in 1987, fellow musical immigrants. concert showcases the best of history of music: thanks to his chamber work, Beethoven’s Brahms’ monumental first Stradivaria have enjoyed a Royal patronage and political contemporary music from Kaija works, and especially to his Quartet in Eb Op. 127. symphony performed entirely prestigious reputation for their sensitivities all played their Saariaho’s enigmatic Violin Books of Madrigals and operas, Considered the pinnacle of from memory. The symphony’s interpretations of music from part in determining what was Concerto, which revels in the a new aesthetic and rhetoric writing for the form, famous ‘alphorn’ theme the 17th and 18th centuries. They popular, as well as the need to delicate interactions of the based on the imitation of Beethoven’s late string quartets introduces an alpine journey have produced many acclaimed write music for profit and for violin and orchestra, to a new passions in music emerged, offer an irresistible which continues in Richard recordings and have toured the the burgeoning domestic commission from Rolf Wallin – which influenced all composers combination of formal Ayres’ In the Alps, a playful, world, appearing at concert music scene. a composer whose fascination during four centuries. Zefiro complexity and heartfelt beautiful and zany ‘animated halls and festivals across with nature and the human Torna represents the duality so expression. concert’ evoking an unlikely There will be a pre-concert talk America, Asia and Europe. This body manifests itself in cherished by Monteverdi, the mountain love story. at 2.15pm concert marks their debut here pavelhaasquartet.com shimmering harmonies and opposition between life’s at St John’s Smith Square. deniskozhukhin.com auroraorchestra.com brookstreetband.co.uk transparent orchestral textures. beauties and death’s violence.

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sunday at st john’s LONGING, LOSS ENSEMBLE GABRIELI AND LAMENT MIRAGE thursday lunchtime concerts Paul McCreesh conductor Music of Schubert, Young Artists' Series Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli Cooke, Britten and Mahler Variations FRANZ are renowned for a cappella CLASSICAL Susan Platts mezzo soprano consort programming that Matthew Scott clarinet SCHUBERT: Neil Kimel horn OPERA sheds new light on repertoire Júlia Pusker violin Libby Burgess piano The Orchestra of Classical Opera MUSIC FROM both familiar and unfamiliar, Ugnė Tiškutė viola Thomas Guthrie director by combining works of Schubert Auf der Strom ROYAL Tatiana Chernyshova cello THE FINAL YEARS Ian Page conductor disparate periods by seemingly Britten Folksongs Alexandra Vaduva piano Ammiel Bushakevitz piano ORCHESTRAL unrelated composers. Arnold Cooke Nocturnes Mozart Symphony in G Beethoven Trio in Bb Op. 11 Schubert 4 Impromptus Op. 90 Mahler Kindertotenlieder SOCIETY ‘Lambach’ K45 • Grabmusik K42 In this exploration of repertoire Enescu Piano Quartet No. 2 in D D899 • Drei Klavierstücke D946 • Mahler’s Tragic Symphony • Apollo et Hyacinthus K38 dedicated to and celebrating the This diverse recital melds the minor Op. 30 12 Gräzer Waltzer D924 Blessed Virgin Mary, Gabrieli colourful elements of the voice, Orlando Jopling conductor Bartók Contrasts Sz.111 Classical Opera’s ground- During 1827–1828, Schubert will perform two of the greatest French horn and piano into a Krzysztof Penderecki Clarinet breaking MOZART 250 project Mahler Symphony No. 6 wrote a number of works, sixteenth-century Marian rich tapestry of human Quartet arrives at Mozart’s astonishing which have a special antiphons – Thomas Tallis’ emotions. The programme Symphony No. 6 by Gustav first opera, Apollo et Programme also includes significance within his oeuvre. Gaude Gloriosa and William includes an arrangement of Mahler is a symphony in four Hyacinthus, based on a a new transcription of an Lonely and suffering from a Mundy’s Vox Patris Caelestis Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, movements, composed between colourful story from Ovid’s orchestral masterpiece. humiliating disease, he poured – alongside the world premiere within which intense beauty is 1903 and 1904. Sometimes Metamorphoses and written forth his soul in some of his of a new work by British drawn from deepest loss. referred to with the nickname ‘Variations’ embraces the core when the composer was just most luminous music. South composer Matthew Martin, Mahler’s deft writing for the ‘Tragische’ (Tragic), both Alban ideal of Ensemble Mirage as a eleven years old. The opera is African-Israeli pianist Ammiel a setting of the Magnificat horn complements one of Berg and Anton Webern praised flexi-ensemble; showcasing a preceded by a staging of the Bushakevitz presents a with interpolations from the today’s renowned Mahlerian the work when they first heard whole breadth of works in equally remarkable and programme consisting of pieces beautiful medieval poem vocal interpreters. it. This is one of Mahler’s different flexes alongside a new dramatic cantata Grabmusik, from these final two years. There is no rose. greatest works. commission for the ensemble. which also dates from 1767. susanplatts.com bushakevitz.com gabrieli.com libbyburgess.com royalorchestralsociety.org.uk ensemblemirage.co.uk classicalopera.co.uk

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OLIVER WASS Young Artists’ Series CLASSICAL sunday at st john’s YOUNG Dance OPERA Oliver Wass harp LONDON The Orchestra of Classical Opera MUSICIANS Scarlatti 3 Sonatas PIANO TRIO Thomas Guthrie director SYMPHONY Britten Suite for Harp Russian Nights in the Afternoon Ian Page conductor Prokofiev Prelude in C • Romeo ORCHESTRA Shostakovich Trio No. 1 in C Mozart Symphony in G thursday lunchtime concerts and Juliet Scott MacIsaac piano COME & SING Op. 8 ‘Lambach’ K45 • Grabmusik K42 Debussy Valse Romantique James Blair conductor Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque • Apollo et Hyacinthus K38 PALISANDER Tarrega Recuerdos de la MOZART No. 1 Kodály Dances of Galanta Alhambra Classical Opera’s ground- Young Artists' Series REQUIEM Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Trio Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Guridi Viejo Zortzico breaking MOZART 250 project Smith Square Voices in C minor No. 2 Recorder Revolution! Granados Spanish Dance No. 5 arrives at Mozart’s astonishing Chartwell Sinfonia Brahms Symphony No. 4 in De Falla Spanish Dance No. 1 The London Piano Trio’s final first opera, Apollo et Did you know 3,500,000 plastic Richard Heason conductor E minor Op. 98 Posse Carnival of Venice concert this season at St John’s Hyacinthus, based on a recorders are produced every Mozart Requiem in D minor Smith Square pays homage to colourful story from Ovid’s Kodály's exciting Dances year, and the earliest designs A programme of solo harp K626 a culture very close to their Metamorphoses and written of Galanta begin YMSO’s melted in direct sunlight? Or music that explores dance. hearts. While Shostakovich when the composer was just programme. Scott MacIsaac that King Henry VIII had over From Baroque dances of the 17th Choral singers are invited to and Rachmaninoff are familiar eleven years old. The opera is plays the ever-popular 70 recorders? Palisander bring century to the Spanish dances join us for a performance of names amongst London preceded by a staging of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto to life the recorder’s rich history of Granados and De Falla. Also Mozart’s masterpiece. There audiences, the trio concludes equally remarkable dramatic No. 2, and Brahms’ Symphony in Recorder Revolution! An including new transcriptions by will be a choir rehearsal in the the programme with a rarely cantata Grabmusik, which No. 4 concludes the last interactive concert featuring Oliver Wass of Prokofiev’s ballet morning, followed by a full performed, yet truly wonderful, also dates from 1767. concert of the season. recorders 6 inches to 6 feet tall! music from Romeo and Juliet. rehearsal in the afternoon. masterpiece by the Russian classicaopera.co.uk ymso.org.uk palisanderrecorders.com oliverwass.co.uk sjss.org.uk composer Rimsky-Korsakov.

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ZUBIN KANGA Mastery and Melancholy: Ancient and Modern English Keyboard Music Piano

Dowland Melancholy Galliard David Gorton Farnaby’s Maske thursday lunchtime concerts (world premiere) Gibbons Italian Ground ROBERT Michael Finnissy Z/K Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible QUINNEY Tallis Felix Namque Organ Series Adam de la Cour New Work (world premiere) Bach Fantasia super Komm, Byrd Sellinger’s Grounde LONDON heiliger Geist BWV651 • Prelude George Benjamin Shadowlines and Fugue in C BWV547 HANDEL Pianist Zubin Kanga performs Byrd Ut re mi fa sol la BK64 English music for the keyboard ORCHESTRA Messiaen Selections from Les separated by three centuries: Charles Daniels evangelist Corps glorieux: No. 1 Les eaux de works by great composers of Peter Harvey jesus la Grâce • No. 6 Joie et clarté des the Elizabethan age alongside Adrian Butterfield director Corps glorieux GOLDSMITHS works by contemporary English Pott Toccata Bach St John Passion CHORAL UNION composers who have been Robert Quinney is Organist Arranged Brahms inspired by music of past eras. In 2015 Adrian Butterfield’s of New College, Oxford. In direction of the St Matthew Brian Wright conductor Many living composers draw on addition to the daily direction Passion at St John’s Smith the music of earlier centuries: of New College’s world-famous Schubert Mirjams Siegesgesang Square was described as Thomas Adès scatters Dowland choir, his work comprises (Song of Victory) “the most perfectly performed across the keyboard in teaching, lecturing, examining Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of musical experience in many Darknesse Visible, David Gorton as a Tutorial Fellow of the Destiny) years”. In 2017 the same forces imagines discovering a missing college and an Associate Schubert arr. Brahms bring Bach’s dramatic St John work by Giles Farnaby, Michael Professor at the University Mass in Eb Passion in a performance with Finnissy draws his inspiration Faculty of Music. He also just 8 singers, allowing the Two of these three beautiful from the earliest experiments maintains a parallel career as a audience to experience the Romantic choral works feature with the symphony, Adam de la solo organist, and he is a prolific work with the sonorities fascinating arrangements made Cour creates a wild mashup of recording artist: his discs – in which Bach had in mind. by Brahms for piano duet. 17th-century music and George particular those of organ music Charles Daniels and Peter Leading London choir, Benjamin takes the traditional by JS Bach – have been widely Harvey lead an international Goldsmiths Choral Union, is form of the canon and uses it to acclaimed. His first CD with cast of singers with the joined by top duettists and up explore extremes of expression New College Choir, of London Handel Orchestra. and coming vocal soloists. and virtuosity. symphony anthems by John tilbach.org.uk Blow, will be released in June. goldsmithschoral.org.uk zubinkanga.com

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Tue 20 June 7.30pm Thu 22 June 1.05pm Thu 22 June 7.30pm Fri 23 June 7.30pm ZUBIN KANGA £30, £24, £18, £14 £10, YF £24, £20, £16, £12 £16 (£10) “Effortlessly virtuosic”

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THE TALLIS SCHOLARS 3rd London International A Cappella Choral In this special programme, rd 3 LONDON INTERNATIONAL A Competition The Tallis Scholars celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Peter Phillips director CAPPELLA CHORAL COMPETITION death of Heinrich Isaac with The London International A Cappella Choral Competition is back! Arvo Pärt Nunc Dimittis• his six voice mass, Missa De Held under the direction of Peter Phillips of The Tallis Scholars, St Triodion Apostolis and his triumphant John’s Smith Square will resound with a week of a cappella choral Isaac Missa De Apostolis • motet Virgo prudentissima singing with choirs and vocal consorts from around the globe. Virgo prudentissima written for a big international Allegri Miserere peace conference in 1507. This year’s featured composer is one of the giants of choral music, the Estonian Arvo Pärt, and we get underway on Sunday 25 June thetallisscholars.co.uk The programme also features 2017 with a Gala Concert of Pärt’s music including a performance of Promoted by two major choral works by Passio by the Holst Singers directed by Stephen Layton. St John’s Smith Square the featured composer of this year’s London International Four days of competitive heats follow (Sunday 25 – Saturday 1 July Fri 30 June 7.30pm A Cappella Choral Competition, 2017), which will be complemented by open workshops and £35, £28, £22, £15 Arvo Pärt. lunchtime concerts by all competing choirs at various churches across London. Lastly, back by popular demand The Tallis Scholars perform in our is the Miserere by Domenico On Friday 30 June 2017, as the finalists prepare themselves, the 31st Christmas Festival on 21 December Allegri, penned a century after spotlight turns to The Tallis Scholars themselves before we reach See page 47 the death of Isaac in Italy. Saturday’s Grand Final with the winning choirs from each of the heats battling it out for the jury’s vote as they aim to be crowned this year’s overall winners. The Tallis Scholars © Eric Richmond Applications for the London International A Cappella Choral Competition close on Thursday 15 December 2016. The full schedule for the week’s activities, along with details of all the participating choirs, will be published online on Wednesday 15 March 2017. In the meantime, please visit liaccc.org.uk for further details.

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ORCHESTRA Hana from LGSO © Justin David OF THE AGE OF

ENLIGHTENMENT Magnus Lindberg © Benjamin Ealovega Southbank Centre at NEIL CHAFFEY’S St John’s Smith Square BIRTHDAY Bach goes to Paris CONCERT William Christie conductor The Musicke Companye Campra Suite from Les fêtes Trio Vivo vénitiennes Alicia Chaffey piano Fischer Suite No. 7 in G minor Emma Lewis mezzo soprano from Le Journal du Printemps TH Fujita Piano Trio Op. 1 29 ST ALBANS Purcell Sound the Trumpet • Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D INTERNATIONAL Cupid, the slyest rogue alive • BWV1069 • Orchestral Suite Hark! the echoing air • No. 3 in D BWV1068 ORGAN FESTIVAL Oh! the Sweet Delights of Love • Rameau Suite from Les indes LONDON FINAL My Dearest, My Fairest galantes PHILHARMONIC CONCERTO Blow Ah, Heav’n, what is't I hear Hear a concert of works by ORCHESTRA Jacchini Cello Sonata in A minor Bach and his contemporaries ROUND & Handel Fronda leggiera e mobile LONDON GAY Debut Sounds Rameau, JCF Fischer and PRESENTATION • ‘Tacero’ from Agrippina SYMPHONY KENSINGTON Campra. It's well known that LPO Foyle Future Firsts Monteverdi 'Pur ti miro' from ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY Bach never left Germany, but Magnus Lindberg conductor OF PRIZES L’Incoronazione di Poppea what would have happened if McCabe Sonata for Clarinet, 21st Anniversary Concert Programme to include world St Albans International ORCHESTRA he had visited Paris during his Cello and Piano (commissioned premieres from Leverhulme Organ Festival Christopher Braime conductor Russell Keable conductor lifetime? Would he have met by Neil Chaffey in 1969 for the Arts Scholars as part of the LPO Jean-Phillippe Rameau? Royal Academy of Music Macclesfield Arts Festival) Michael Finnissy New Luke Bedford Wreathe Young Composers Programme. Chamber Orchestra Bridge Rosemary Commission Arnold Rinaldo and Armida Rameau is often credited as Join us to hear five world Sian Edwards conductor Gershwin Three Preludes Stravinsky Petrushka Nielsen Symphony No. 6 FS116 being as great a Baroque premieres by Leverhulme Arts Joseph Horovitz Lady Macbeth Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 influence as Bach, but remains Poulenc Concerto for Organ, Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Scholars on the LPO Young Delius It was a lover and his lass in E minor Op. 27 relatively unknown in Timpani and Strings gripping final symphony stands Composers Programme – the Armstrong Gibbs Titania comparison. Johann-Caspar CPE Bach Concerto for Organ The London Gay Symphony out from his others because of freshest talent on the Maconchy Ophelia’s Song Fischer was heavily influenced in Eb Wq35 Orchestra returns to St John’s its boldness and bitter comic contemporary classical scene. Mendelssohn Piano Trio by his Parisian contemporaries Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik Smith Square to celebrate 21 irony. It is preceded by Luke These new works will be in C minor Op. 66 – despite never studying in Elgar Introduction and Allegro years of LGBT music making Bedford's intriguing Wreathe conducted by LPO Composer in Paris – and his music is full for Strings A concert featuring musicians with an exciting programme of which received a British Residence Magnus Lindberg, of French influence, which represented by Neil Chaffey Russian classics and a brand Composer Award in 2007, and and performed by members of Three Interpretation finalists can be heard beautifully in his Concert Promotions, including new work by winner of two a rare performance of Malcolm the London Philharmonic compete for the coveted First Le Journal du Printemps. The Musicke Companye, the 2015 British Composer Awards, Arnold’s score for the magical Orchestra and its Foyle Future Prize and Gold Medal of this Fujita Piano Trio, and Neil’s Michael Finnissy, commissioned yet tragic one-act ballet, There will be a pre-concert talk Firsts Development world-famous organ daughter – pianist Alicia specially to mark the occasion. Rinaldo and Armida. at 5.45pm. Programme. competition. Chaffey, with proceeds in lgso.org.uk kso.org.uk oae.co.uk lpo.org.uk organfestival.com aid of Leukaemia Research.

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Sun 2 July 7.00pm Mon 3 July 7.30pm Tue 4 July 7.00pm Wed 12 July 7.30pm Sat 22 July 7.30pm Sun 23 July 3.00pm £15, £10 £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50 £60, £40, £25, £10 £9 (£4) £15, £10 £20 (£10), £15 (£7.50)

You may enjoy Rachmaninoff’s Symphony Magnus Lindberg conducts the LPO You may enjoy the OAE’s revival of For further details on the Southbank Find out more about the Organ Series Our 2017/18 Season will be No. 2 arranged for 2 pianos on 19 February on 12 July Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos on 2 May Centre at St John’s Smith Square series at St John’s Smith Square announced on 19 June 2017 See page 64 See page 103 See page 86 See page 109 See page 108

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THURSDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS AT 1.05PM SUNDAY AT ST JOHN'S AT 3.00PM —— —— Our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts are a 8 Sep Pelléas Ensemble We are very proud to present our Sunday 18 Sep The Brook Street Band key feature of our season and offer a 22 Sep Jennifer Bate at St John’s series this season, bringing you 25 Sep Christina McMaster fantastically wide range of music from 29 Sep Leon Bosch & Sung-Suk Kang the best and brightest in chamber music 2 Oct The Revolutionary Drawing Room organ recitals to saxophone quartets and 6 Oct Benjamin Lewis, Isabella Gage, today. Alongside our six Young Artists, 9 Oct James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook so much more. The series also gives a & Eda Seppar familiar favourites The Brook Street Band & Ensemble Elata chance for emerging artists to be sharing 13 Oct Simon Callaghan & Friends return with their Handel cycle, and The 16 Oct Ensemble L’imaginaire the same platform as internationally 20 Oct Roger Sayer Revolutionary Drawing Room with concerts 23 Oct Minerva Piano Trio renowned performers such as Jennifer 27 Oct Ducasse Trio of the Haydn and Beethoven String 6 Nov The Revolutionary Drawing Room Bate and Leon Bosch, providing invaluable 3 Nov Nathalie Chalkey & Chris Hopkins Quartets for Prince Lobkowitz. We also 20 Nov All About Mozart experience and opportunities. 17 Nov Peter Stevens welcome our friends from the continent, 27 Nov London Piano Trio 24 Nov Ensemble Mirage the French contemporary chamber group 8 Jan I Musicanti Alongside our ever popular Young Artists’ 1 Dec Laura Snowden Ensemble L’imaginaire, and are taken on an 15 Jan Huw Wiggin & Somi Kim Series, now with 6 artists featured in 8 Dec Ferio Saxophone Quartet international tour with the London Piano 22 Jan Martyn Jackson & Peter Limonov the scheme, we have Yeomen from The 15 Dec David Titterington Trio beginning with Viva España! 29 Jan The Brook Street Band Musicians’ Company, prize winners from 12 Jan Oliver Wass 12 Feb All About Mozart the Oxford Lieder Festival, and artists from Complete your Sunday afternoon with a 19 Jan Anna Patalong & Elizabeth Rossiter 19 Feb Parnassius Piano Duo Dartington International Summer School traditional Sunday roast or afternoon tea 26 Jan Organ, Harmonium & Strings from 26 Feb The Revolutionary Drawing Room making appearances throughout our before your concert in our Footstool the Royal Academy of Music 5 Mar I Musicanti Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series. Restaurant located in the crypt (see page 2 Feb Rosalind Ventris & Timothy End 26 Mar London Piano Trio 120 for details). We welcome back David Titterington, 9 Feb Delta Piano Trio 2 Apr Palisander as curator of our Organ Series, which 16 Feb Suzanne Fischer Enjoy the series? Book for two or more 23 Apr Ferio Saxophone Quartet feature monthly on Thursday Lunchtimes, & Panaretos Kyriatzidis concerts at the same time and receive a 20% 7 May All About Mozart with another enthralling selection of the 23 Feb Graham Barber discount. 21 May Oliver Wass country’s best organists from concert halls 2 Mar Mishka Rushdie Momen 28 May I Musicanti All concerts start at 3.00pm. and cathedrals alike such as The Temple 9 Mar The Clarinet Collective 4 Jun The Brook Street Band Church and Westminster Cathedral. 16 Mar Louise Kemény & Chad Vindin Visit sjss.org.uk for more information. 11 Jun Ensemble Mirage 23 Mar Robert Sholl 18 Jun London Piano Trio At St John’s Smith Square we value the 30 Mar Lorena Paz Nieto & Johan Barnoin loyalty and support of our audience and 6 Apr Ensemble x.y in return our Friends and Patrons receive 20 Apr Tom Bell free tickets to the Thursday Lunchtime 4 May Christina McMaster St John’s Smith Square © Matthew Andrews Concerts throughout the whole series. 11 May Martynas Levickis We are also passionate about engaging 18 May Alexandra Vaduva young audiences with half price tickets 25 May Ben Bloor for our Young Friends (free to join, see 1 Jun Minerva Piano Trio page 114 for details). 8 Jun Ammiel Bushakevitz All concerts start at 1.05pm. 15 Jun Palisander 22 Jun Robert Quinney Visit sjss.org.uk for more information.

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COME & SING AT ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE GET INVOLVED —— —— SMITH SQUARE VOICES in the Footstool Restaurant between the Tickets: LOOK, LISTEN AND LEARN: We regularly host Come & Sing events at rehearsals. We will be performing the Workshop and concert (see page 9): WOMEN WITH THE WOW FACTOR St John’s Smith Square, including a season Süssmayr completion of the Requiem £40, £34, £28, £22 This day of workshops, led by Ayanna with our very own Smith Square Voices published by Bärenreiter. Vocal scores Witter-Johnson, Jessica Cottis, 2016/17 Tenebrae will also host a workshop on conducted by the Director of St John’s will be available for hire from St John’s Young Artist Christina McMaster, and Olivia Sunday 9 April 2017. Details of this event Smith Square, Richard Heason. These are Smith Square for £5 each. Jageurs, will take place on Saturday 4 will be published on Saturday 1 October informal opportunities for choral singers February 2017 10.00am – 5.00pm, and will be Tickets 2016, alongside concert listings for our to come together and tackle great pieces of open to all aspiring composers, song writers, Participant tickets for these three Come Holy Week Festival. repertoire, sometimes from scratch and conductors, non-musicians, and observers. & Sing events listed above cost £10 (£5). sometimes with a prior rehearsal period. Further details will be published online Tickets for audience members are £12 (£8). Each concert with Smith Square Voices is YOUNG ARTISTS’ SCHEME on Monday 5 December 2016. Please register by voice type with the Box accompanied by the Chartwell Sinfonia, We are proud to feature our third season Office or online at sjss.org.uk a professional orchestra specially formed of Young Artists throughout this brochure. OPEN HOUSE MUSIC MARATHON for these events. If you enjoy choral singing, you may also Our Young Artists each get the opportunity From 10.00am on Saturday 17 September enjoy the Come & Sing Brahms’ Requiem on In the coming season we look forward to perform a series of concerts across the 2016, St John’s Smith Square will resound Saturday 15 October 2016, directed by Adrian to the following Come & Sing events: season as well as gaining experience off with music-making for 24 hours as part Partington as part of the Three Choirs the concert platform in community and of Open House London 2016, featuring Saturday 5 November 2016 7.30pm Festival (see page 17 for details). outreach work, receiving professional performances from soloists, duos, chamber Come & Sing Fauré’s Requiem advice and investment in the marketing ensembles, choirs and orchestras, as well as There will be rehearsals as follows: THE TENEBRAE EFFECT and development of their career and being open workshops. Details will be published Tuesday 18 October 7.00pm – 9.00pm Find out what it takes to be a Tenebrae enabled to commission new work for their on sjss.org.uk in mid August 2016. Tuesday 25 October 7.00pm – 9.00pm singer by joining the award-winning choir performances. Tuesday 1 November 7.00pm – 9.00pm and their Artistic Director Nigel Short for We will be recruiting for the 2017/18 Young SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CONCERTS, Saturday 5 November 3.00pm – 6.00pm two engaging choral workshops! Artists in the Autumn of 2017. The deadline AND WORKSHOPS We will be performing the 1893 version Saturday 1 October 10.30am – 1.30pm for applications will be 1.00pm on Tuesday Alongside our general public concert published by Boosey & Hawkes, and The Tenebrae Effect: Music of the Spheres 31 January 2017. Auditions will be held at programme, many of the artists featured at arranged by John Rutter. Vocal scores St John’s Smith Square on Monday 13 March St John’s Smith Square (including all our Parry My Soul, There is a Country will be available for hire from St John’s 2017 and Tuesday 14 March 2017. These own Young Artists) offer creative music Stanford The Bluebird Smith Square for £5 each. auditions will be open to the public and workshops in performance, composition Vaughan Williams Rest admission is free. Further details and a full and general musicianship, and enjoy Thursday 13 April 2017 7.00pm Tenebrae’s inspirational workshop method, schedule will be published on sjss.org.uk on presenting informal concerts and leading Come & Sing Handel’s Messiah ‘The Tenebrae Effect’, provides an insight Wednesday 22 February 2017. workshops for those who may find it more This will be a ‘scratch’ performance. into the choir’s unique sound and musical difficult to attend a formal concert. If you There will be a choir ‘warm-up’ between interpretation. The selection of part songs are a teacher or a community worker, and COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP 1.00pm – 2.00pm, followed by a full rehearsal from the British Isles will be featured on you would be interested in finding out more WITH THE GESUALDO SIX with orchestra between 2.30pm – 5.30pm. Tenebrae’s new CD release in October 2016. about these opportunities please email Sam Following the enormous success of the We will be performing the Watkins Shaw Olivier on [email protected] We advise that most value is brought to Composition Competition run by The edition published by Novello. Vocal scores those with prior choral experience who wish Gesualdo Six (2015/16 Young Artists), their will be available for hire from St John’s to improve within smaller, focussed groups, Founder and Director Owain Park will lead LONDON INTERNATIONAL A CAPPELLA Smith Square for £5 each. and suggest participants should either be a composition workshop for those with an CHORAL COMPETITION Saturday 17 June 2017 7.30pm familiar with the scores or be confident interest in writing for vocal ensembles on Please visit liaccc.org.uk for details on our Come & Sing Mozart’s Requiem sight-readers. Scores will be provided by Monday 24 October. Admission is free. third London International A Cappella There will be a choir rehearsal between Tenebrae on the day. Minimum age 16. Details will be pubished on sjss.org.uk on Choral Competition (Sunday 25 June – 10.30am – 1.30pm, followed by a full Friends and family are invited to join the Monday 5 September 2016. Saturday 1 July 2017). The final deadline for rehearsal with orchestra between workshop participants at 1.15pm for a free applications is Thursday 15 December 2016. 3.00pm – 6.00pm. Lunch will be available informal showcase of the morning’s work.

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A SERIES OF MONTHLY LUNCHTIME RECITALS SOUTHBANK CENTRE AT ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE —— —— Katharina Spreckelsen of the OAE © Eric Richmond The present organ was built by This monthly series of Thursday organ We are delighted to be extending Orgelbau Klais Bonn to a specification recitals at 1.05pm is curated by St John’s this exciting collaboration with our by Philipp Klais and the distinguished Smith Square’s Organ Curator and highly colleagues from across the river. During organist Simon Preston, who was esteemed organist David Titterington. their continued period of refurbishment, consultant to the project. David is also the Artistic Director of St John’s Smith Square will once again the St Albans International Organ welcome artists from Southbank Centre’s The main organ case was built by Festival and Head of Organ at the Royal International Piano Series and Jordan Byfield and Bridges in 1734 Academy of Music. International Chamber Music Series, and was acquired from the redundant whilst becoming a second home to a church of St George’s, Great Yarmouth. number of their resident groups. Thu 22 Sep Jennifer Bate The tonal design of the organ was Thu 20 Oct Roger Sayer Concerts to look forward to as part formulated to create an instrument Thu 17 Nov Peter Stevens of this residency include Jordi Savall of enormous musical versatility able Thu 15 Dec David Titterington with Le Concert des Nations; London to perform repertoire from the German Thu 26 Jan Organ, Harmonium & Sinfonietta performing new works by Baroque to the French symphonic Strings from the Royal Morgan Hayes, Christian Mason, and and contemporary. Academy of Music Huang Ruo; Orchestra of the Age of The organ was inaugurated in 1993, Thu 23 Feb Graham Barber Enlightenment reviving the complete the same year in which the 250th Thu 23 Mar Robert Sholl Bach Brandenburg Concertos; Aurora anniversary of the death of the Thu 20 Apr Tom Bell Orchestra and Nicholas Collon presenting architect of St John’s Smith Square, Thu 25 May Ben Bloor Brahms from Memory; and recitals from Thomas Archer, was commemorated. Thu 22 Jun Robert Quinney award-winning pianists including Benjamin Grosvenor, Federico Colli, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Louis Schwizgebel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara

St John’s Smith Square’s Klais Organ © Graham Salter Stefanovich, and Yulianna Avdeeva.

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108 Box Office020 7222 1061 Book online sjss.org.uk 109 SCHOOL CONCERTS Reigate Grammar School Pupil © Max Grizzard Westminster School © Chris Christodoulou SOUTH EAST SCHOOLS’ CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION Finals Concert The South East Schools’ REIGATE Chamber Music Competition GRAMMAR was founded over six years ago by Harrow, North London SCHOOL Collegiate and Wycombe Abbey Toby Carden conductor Schools to suit the needs of our Fauré Requiem Op. 48 talented young musicians and Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 thriving chamber music playing through high quality coaching A programme highlighting within a competitive structure. Reigate Grammar School’s

Promoted by ambitious and varied musical North London Collegiate School activities, featuring Arturo URSULINE Márquez’s vivacious Danzón Tue 7 March 7.00pm No. 2. The majority of the HIGH SCHOOL £10 (£5) school community will combine & WIMBLEDON for Fauré’s beguiling Requiem. COLLEGE reigategrammar.org SOUTH Promoted by th ST PAUL’S 125 Anniversary Concert Reigate Grammar School HAMPSTEAD Combined Choirs and GIRLS’ SCHOOL Wed 15 March 7.30pm HIGH SCHOOL Orchestras of Ursuline High Symphony Orchestra £20, £15 (£15, £12.50) Spring Concert School and Wimbledon College Chamber Orchestra DULWICH Senior Choir Chamber Choir A selection of iconic pieces of Middle School Choir Symphony Orchestra WESTMINSTER COLLEGE music from the last 125 years Paulina Voices Chamber Orchestra Symphony Orchestra including the suite from The SCHOOL Colet Choral Society LATYMER Concert Band Chamber Orchestra Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and Symphony Orchestra Leigh O’Hara conductor Symphonic Wind Band Symphonic Wind Band Pomp and Circumstance March UPPER SCHOOL Tim Garrard conductor Heidi Pegler conductor Big Band Madrigal Choir No. 1 by Elgar. Programme to Spring Concert Salsera Respighi La boutique fantasque, Concert Choir also include arrangements of Eric Whitacre Cloudburst Choir and Orchestra of Steve Collisson music director ballet after Rossini Mr Richard Mayo conductor swing hits, musical theatre Bernard Hughes New Work Latymer Upper School Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Miss Lesley Larkum conductor numbers and film music. Orff Carmina Burana South Hampstead High School’s Tony Henwood conductor minor Op. 67 Mr David Eno conductor annual visit to St John’s Smith Join us for the 125th anniversary St Paul’s Girls’ School return Jonathan Geoghegan Mr Robin Smith conductor Square will feature many of The Westminster School joint concert for the Ursuline with choirs and orchestra to conductor their large instrumental and Symphony Orchestra returns Dulwich College returns to High School and Wimbledon perform Orff’s monumental Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez vocal ensembles performing for its annual concert, with St John’s Smith Square for its Concert. The concert is in Carmina Burana, Eric music by Eric Whitacre, Respighi’s ballet after Rossini, annual Winter Concert when honour of St Cecilia, the patron Whitacre’s magical Cloudburst, A concert of instrumental and Poulenc, Porter, Brahms, La boutique fantasque, and 350 boys aged 8–18 will perform saint of musicians. and a new work by composer- choral music by the musicians and Mozart, as well as the Beethoven Symphony No. 5. in orchestras and choirs. in-residence Bernard Hughes. of Latymer Upper School wimbledoncollege.org.uk Year 13 scholars in their westminster.org.uk dulwich.org.uk ursulinehigh.merton.sch.uk spgs.org latymer-upper.org valedictory concert.

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Mon 7 November 7.00pm Fri 25 November 7.00pm Mon 28 November 7.30pm Sun 12 March 6.00pm Fri 17 March 7.30pm Mon 20 March 7.00pm £10, £7.50, £5 £16 (£12), £12 £10 (£7.50) £10 (£8) £12 (£10) £12 (£8 for seniors and Under 18s)

110 Box Office020 7222 1061 Book online sjss.org.uk 111 SCHOOL CONCERTS DISCOVER MORE Alleyn’s School Chamber Choir © Ned Bennett CITY OF LONDON CHORAL EUCHARISTS & LUNCHTIME DIALOGUES SCHOOL FOR —— GIRLS & CITY Although primarily a concert hall, the Alongside our regular lunchtime concerts OF LONDON Church of St John the Evangelist in Smith we have recently launched a partner series Square is still a consecrated church and to of lunchtime dialogues, on Fridays at FREEMAN’S celebrate this we hold three special services 1.00pm, where the Reverend Graham Buckle SCHOOL of Choral Eucharist each year. These are talks with notable people of interest from led by the Reverend Graham Buckle as the community. Please see our website at Chamber Music Concert ALLEYN’S celebrant (from our sister church of sjss.org.uk for further details of who will A variety of ensembles from St Stephen’s, Rochester Row) and he is be talking at each dialogue. both schools will provide a SCHOOL joined by the wonderful Westminster vocal programme of chamber music Our Lunchtime Dialogues will take Symphony Orchestra ensemble Floreat, directed by Gilly French. including items performed by place on the following Fridays: Chamber Orchestra These services are, of course, free to attend musicians from both schools. Chamber Choir and take place at 1.00pm. Choral Eucharist 23 September Promoted by Jazz Band 18 November City of London School for Girls in 2016/17 will be celebrated as follows: Chris Dearmer conductor 9 December Jo Doley conductor ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 20 January Mon 27 March 7.30pm Ned Bennett conductor £10 unreserved Victoria O quam gloriosum (mass and motet) 24 March Barry Graham conductor Wed 12 October 1.00pm 9 June JAMES ALLEN’S Alleyn’s School is one of the GIRLS’ SCHOOL leading co-educational schools CARDINAL in London, with a huge EPIPHANY Symphony Orchestra programme of musical activity Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera VAUGHAN Chamber Orchestra throughout the year. This Handl Ab oriente venerunt magi Wind Orchestra MEMORIAL annual concert has become a Mon 9 January 1.00pm String Orchestras highlight of the school’s year. SCHOOL Holst Choir and Choral Society Myfanwy Dew oboe alleyns.org.uk Easter Concert THE FEAST OF ST JOHN Peter Gritton conductor Promoted by BEFORE THE LATIN GATE The Choirs of Cardinal Alleyn's School Joseph Horovitz Oboe Concerto Mozart Missa Brevis in D K194 Vaughan Memorial School Tchaikovksy Capriccio Italien The Cantus Ensemble Mon 1 May 6.00pm Elgar Ave verum corpus Op. 45 Belgravia Chamber Orchestra £9, £7, £5 (£5) Mon 8 May 1.00pm Monteverdi Beatus Vir Owen Saldanha piano Scott Price conductor JAGS presents an evening’s musical entertainment Ravel Piano Concerto in G featuring a range of styles from Vaughan Williams A Sea THE HALL across the centuries. From the Symphony SCHOOL Baroque choral nugget Beatus Floreat © Rupert Derham Vaughan Williams’ wonderful Vir by Monteverdi to Romantic Gala Concert 2017 evocation of the sea in all its and 20th-century orchestral Willem Steyn music director guises forms the main work in pieces, featuring Tchaikovsky’s this year’s concert, preceded by Capriccio Italien and Oboe A concert celebrating music the brilliantly jazzy Piano Concerto by Joseph Horovitz, at The Hall School featuring Concerto in G by Vaughan this is an ambitious, varied and various soloists, ensembles, Williams’ teacher, Ravel. most thrilling programme. and orchestras. cvms.co.uk jags.org.uk hallschool.co.uk

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Sat 8 April 7.30pm Sun 30 April 6.00pm Wed 24 May 6.00pm £12 (£6) £15, £12 £20, £15, £10

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BECOME A SUPPORTER OF ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE BECOME A CORPORATE SUPPORTER —— —— As a supporter of St John’s Smith Square, PATRON OF ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE We offer many opportunities for corporate Opportunities include: you are at the heart of our audience. £150, or £140 annual direct debit, sponsors to support the vital work of • Supporting our Young Artists’ Scheme or only £12.50 monthly direct debit: St John’s Smith Square by creating bespoke St John’s Smith Square receives no public • Sponsoring a concert • 2 tickets for every concert in our packages that are designed to meet each subsidy and so the generosity of our • Sponsoring a concert series Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series company’s business objectives. supporters is crucial to our success. • Contributing towards the running costs • 10% off food and drink in our Every generous donation is put towards St John’s Smith Square, in the heart of of our Grade I listed building restaurant (for Patron and one guest) sustaining St John’s Smith Square, as Westminster, is the perfect location to • Invitations to at least 4 exclusive post- To find out more about corporate ticket sales alone do not cover our costs. host pre and post-concert receptions concert ‘Meet the Artists’ receptions opportunities, please contact Richard As recognition, our supporters receive and dinners. Your guests are sure to be • The opportunity to attend an exclusive Heason, Director of St John’s Smith Square ticket and restaurant discounts, priority impressed by this magnificent building post-concert dinner on Thursday on 020 7222 2168 or [email protected] booking, and are the first to find out in historic Smith Square. 16 February 2017 with Palisander about our exclusive events. and the Director of St John’s To become a supporter of St John’s Smith • Invitations to regular Breakfast at St John’s Smith Square © Matthew Andrews Square, please phone our Box Office on St John’s exclusive events 020 7222 1061 or visit sjss.org.uk • One complimentary programme for each concert in the Sunday at St John’s series • Priority booking 7 days ahead of ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS RECEIVE: the general public • 10% off standard tickets booked in advance • No booking fee through our Box Office (two per event) • Best seat in the house/priority waiting list • Season brochure • Credit of your generosity on our • An exclusive invitation to the Annual website and in our brochure Friends Post-Concert Reception on Thursday 15 June 2017 • Regular advance information about YOUNG FRIENDS SCHEME our concerts and events If you’re aged 30 or under, make sure you • Other offers and promotions sign up for our FREE Young Friends Scheme! throughout the season Young Friends are entitled to purchase £5 tickets to concerts in our Thursday FRIEND OF ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE Lunchtime Concerts, Sunday at St John’s £45, or £40 annual direct debit, series, and Young Artists’ Series. or only £3.75 monthly direct debit: Our Young Friends also receive: • 10 ticket vouchers for our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • £5 tickets for selected concerts throughout • 10% off food and drink in our the season – you’ll find these marked restaurant (only applicable to Friends of alongside the ticket information in the St John's Smith Square) brochure with the code ‘YF’ • Priority booking 2 days ahead of • Exclusive invitations to special events the general public • Young Friends newsletter • Reduced £1.50 booking fee • Targeted discounts

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EXPLORE OVER 300 YEARS OF HISTORY —— The magnificent church of St John the Perhaps heralding the future musical life Our grand opening concert was given by We’ve also hosted the Menuhin School Evangelist was designed by architect of St John’s, in September 1901 Edith Hockey Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Concert, featuring students Nigel Kennedy Thomas Archer as part of the ‘Commission and Robert Britten were married here. (who returned in 1989 for our 20th birthday and Melvin Tan; a 21-year-old Simon Rattle for Building Fifty New Churches’ of 1710. Twelve years later, they had a son, Benjamin, gala). There have been many other with the Salomon Orchestra; Plácido St John’s was the most elaborate of all, who as an adult would record here with the highlights over the years – the UK premiere Domingo, Teresa Berganza and Ileana with construction lasting 14 years, from Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung Cotrubaş recording Bizet’s Carmen with 1714 to 1728, and costing the princely sum (with Stockhausen himself on sound Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Perhaps the most dramatic night in of £40,875 (approximately £5.2m today). projection); world premieres of works by Orchestra; Philip Glass giving a chamber St John’s history was 10 May 1941, the final Boulez, Birtwistle, Copland and Tippett organ recital, and Lutosławski conducting For over 200 years, St John’s served as a night of the Blitz, when a direct hit from by the London Sinfonietta; William Walton the Philharmonia in the London premiere parish church, though not without incident. an incendiary bomb gutted the church. conducting his own 70th birthday concert; of his second Symphony. In 1742 a major fire led to extensive After the war it lay as a ruin and there Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim restoration and modification to Archer’s was talk of turning the site into a car park. Now in our 302nd year, St John’s Smith conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra; design. In 1815 the church was struck by This galvanised local people, under the Square continues to grow and thrive as a an 84-year-old Sir Adrian Boult conducting lightning, causing subsidence to the towers, leadership of Lady Parker of Waddington, busy concert hall – a majestic building the English National Orchestra; and Morton and in the early twentieth century it was to raise the funds to buy the site and resounding to beautiful music in a serene Feldman performing alongside Harrison the target of a Suffragette bomb plot. commission Marshall Sisson to lead city setting. Birtwistle and John Tilbury for BBC Radio. Ironically, in 1928, the church held Emmeline the restoration to Archer’s original designs. Pankhurst’s funeral. When the work was completed in 1969, St John’s Smith Square was re-born as one of the finest concert halls in London.

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3 4 1. Thomas Archer, Architect 2. Archer’s original design 3. Upon completion, in 1728 4. The interior of St John’s Smith Square as a church 5. St John’s Smith Square re-born as a concert hall in 1969 6. Joanna Brendon, St John’s Smith Square's first Director, with staff

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BUYING TICKETS YOUR VISIT —— —— PHONE CONCESSIONS AND REDUCTIONS St John’s Smith Square is just off Millbank between Westminster and 020 7222 1061 Available for many of our concerts to Lambeth Bridges, close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Monday to Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm senior citizens, full-time students, Abbey, and a short walk from Westminster tube station. £2 booking fee applies registered unemployed, school children (under 16) and people who are registered TUBE CAR PARKING disabled. Westminster CitySave card Westminster, St James’s Park & Victoria St John’s Smith Square is within the ONLINE holders are entitled to a 10% discount on congestion charging zone. Parking meters sjss.org.uk a pair of tickets for any public concert. are in operation during the day Monday – £1.50 booking fee applies BUS Friday until 6.30pm. In the evenings and Parties of ten or more qualify for a 3 and 87 to Horseferry Road at weekends there are usually ample 10% discount. C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank IN PERSON spaces locally. There is Westminster City 88 to Horseferry Road Monday to Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm Council car parking on Great College 11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey (until 6.00pm on public concert days). ACCESSIBILITY Street and Arneway Street. The Box Office opens one hour before the If you have access requirements, please let start of Sunday and Bank Holiday concerts. our Box Office staff know when booking SANTANDER CYCLES RAIL your tickets to help us provide you with the A docking station is located in Smith Square Victoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall best possible service and choice of seats. and there are also stations on Horseferry POST & Charing Cross We allocate an additional seat free of charge Road, Page Street and Great College Street. Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, to disabled patrons who require a carer to London SW1P 3HA accompany them. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Cheques should be made e k ssr payable to St John’s Smith Square. PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH US ONLINE k r rg org Join the conversation! ssr r g @ StJohnsSmithSq r . o © Matthew Andrews ssr roo /StJohnsSmithSquare oe o /StJohnsSmithSquare lien /StJohnsSmithSquare oill ssr eine e /StJohnsSmithSquare ss rk or

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118 Box Office020 7222 1061 Book online sjss.org.uk 119 FOOTSTOOL RESTAURANT

EXPERIENCE FINE DINING & PRE-ORDER INTERVAL DRINKS —— Nestled beneath the Hall under the Legend has it the church was dubbed vaulted ceiling of the crypt, the Footstool ‘Queen Anne’s Footstool’ after architect Restaurant is an elegant and cosy place to Thomas Archer asked Queen Anne for enjoy everything from a delicious snack her view on how it should look. Kicking or light meal, to a sumptuous lunch or over her footstool she replied “like that!” dinner. All our food is freshly prepared by The four towers are said to mimic the our talented chefs using locally-sourced, upturned footstool. The restaurant seasonal ingredients. keeps this charming nickname alive. Indulge in fine loose leaf tea and Avoid the rush by pre-ordering your homemade cake, choose from our pre-show, interval and post-show enticing daily buffet menu, dine à la carte refreshments. We will ensure that your before a concert, or enjoy a glass of wine order is available for collection at a and a grazing board during the interval. convenient location in the crypt. Our friendly staff will be on hand, The Footstool Restaurant takes à la carte whatever you choose. reservations for lunchtime and evening service, buffet bookings for groups of ten or more, and caters for private events. To book, or to find out more, call us on 020 7222 2779 or email [email protected] Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews

Pre-order your interval drinks before 6.00pm on the day via our smartphone preoday app and get 20% off your first three orders! Simply search ‘Footstool Restaurant at Smith Square’ in the Apple App Store or Google Play to download the app for free. Prices are exactly the same and there are no extra charges. Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews Explore 300 years of history Unlike most churches of the time, the crypt at St John’s Smith Square was never used for burials. Its main use over the years was actually as a cellar for storing wine and beer. Untouched by the bombing that destroyed much of the building, the crypt was excavated and survives complete with its original brickwork. Discover more on page 116.

120 Box Office020 7222 1061 St John’s Smith Square © Matthew Andrews

THANK YOU! ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE St John’s Smith Square is very grateful to all the Friends, —— Companies and Trusts and Foundations who have generously supported our work during the 2015/16 Season. “Just to come across it in —— that quiet square is an event. J Allen W Halon P Privitera C J Apperley Angela and David Harvey Kenneth Robbie To enter it, to enjoy its spaces, Michael Archer Hay Kenelm Robert Alain Aubry A Herrero-Ducloux The RVW Trust to listen to fine music within its Anonymous Dr S Hill Chris Saunders Dr J Baker Prof Sean Hilton Donna Schofield walls is an experience not to be Dennis Baldry The Hinrischen Foundation Philip Searl Hannah Baldwin A L Hoile Baroness Sharples matched in conventional concert David Ballance Colin Howard E Siebert Mr and Mrs Dickie S Hughes B W Silverman halls and is a lasting tribute to Bannenberg Ingenious Lynne Simmons M Barrell J A James B Singleton the man who designed it.” Dr Desmond Bermingham G Jenkins Judy Skelton B Bezant Glenn Jessee L A Skilton Sir Hugh Casson Michel-Yves Bolloré M Joekes Sarah-Jane Sklaroff Antoine Bommelaer Christopher Jones Dr Martin Smith Michael Bowen Jacqueline Kilgour Philip and Wendy Spink P Bowman Jocelyn Knight Steinway & Sons Sir Alan and Lady Bowness R Lab Daniel Stephens Clare Bowring Andrew Langley Samuel D P Stewart Joanna Brendon Jane Law Marilyn Stock Ian Brown In memory of J.P Legrand Ilona Storey C Brunell Alan Leibowitz D Sugden Burberry Adrian Lewis John Taylor

Inside cover & page 1 images © Matthew Andrews K J Burke G Lilley Susan Taylor M P Callaghan Dr Martin Lissmann Barry Taylor J Carden Sophie Loewendahl John Taylor The Countess of Chichester Hyacinth V Lund Windsor Thomas L Collins Nancy & Humphrey Marten Anthony Thornton Creative Europe Fund of Matthew Thomas Maxwell I Tompkinson the European Commission Sir C McCullough Eric Tracey M Croucher Grant McIntyre Dr F P Tudor J F Daniels Patrick McKenna John Turner Lady Prue Davies Philip Miles Lady C Vanneck Lady P Deben W Monroe Richard Vincent Dr T Digman Adrian Mumford Ian Walsh Graham Dodwell K Murphy Andrew Ward Dr Andrew Drummond Caroline Myddelton Tina Welsh P Duizend Margarita Nikolayeva John Whitehead Explore 300 years of history Jill Dymock Elizabeth Norris Henry Wickham Designed by Thomas Archer in the N Evans V Nyong J Wilde early eighteenth century, St John’s was Dr M T A Evans C Overd Philip Williams completed in 1728 at a cost of £40,875. Dr Andrew Evans Dr S Paetke E Witts Extensive damage from the Blitz was M E Falshaw R Page Mark Woloshyn fully restored by Marshall Sisson, with Gilly French and Dr J Gray Dr Jean Parker John Wright the church re-opening as a concert hall A L Gabites C L Parker-Williams Danny and Lillan Wyler in 1969. With its superb acoustic restored, Alexandra Ganter Geoff Pero St John’s quickly became a favourite of Don Gorman Clarissa Pierburg luminaries Pierre Boulez and Daniel N Graham Jill Prawer Barenboim. Discover more on Page 116. Andrew Greaves R M Prebble J Hall Sophie Prett St John’s Smith Square © Matthew Andrews

THANK YOU! ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE St John’s Smith Square is very grateful to all the Friends, —— Companies and Trusts and Foundations who have generously supported our work during the 2015/16 Season. “Just to come across it in —— that quiet square is an event. J Allen W Halon P Privitera C J Apperley Angela and David Harvey Kenneth Robbie To enter it, to enjoy its spaces, Michael Archer Hay Kenelm Robert Alain Aubry A Herrero-Ducloux The RVW Trust to listen to fine music within its Anonymous Dr S Hill Chris Saunders Dr J Baker Prof Sean Hilton Donna Schofield walls is an experience not to be Dennis Baldry The Hinrischen Foundation Philip Searl Hannah Baldwin A L Hoile Baroness Sharples matched in conventional concert David Ballance Colin Howard E Siebert Mr and Mrs Dickie S Hughes B W Silverman halls and is a lasting tribute to Bannenberg Ingenious Lynne Simmons M Barrell J A James B Singleton the man who designed it.” Dr Desmond Bermingham G Jenkins Judy Skelton B Bezant Glenn Jessee L A Skilton Sir Hugh Casson Michel-Yves Bolloré M Joekes Sarah-Jane Sklaroff Antoine Bommelaer Christopher Jones Dr Martin Smith Michael Bowen Jacqueline Kilgour Philip and Wendy Spink P Bowman Jocelyn Knight Steinway & Sons Sir Alan and Lady Bowness R Lab Daniel Stephens Clare Bowring Andrew Langley Samuel D P Stewart Joanna Brendon Jane Law Marilyn Stock Ian Brown In memory of J.P Legrand Ilona Storey C Brunell Alan Leibowitz D Sugden Burberry Adrian Lewis John Taylor

Inside cover & page 1 images © Matthew Andrews K J Burke G Lilley Susan Taylor M P Callaghan Dr Martin Lissmann Barry Taylor J Carden Sophie Loewendahl John Taylor The Countess of Chichester Hyacinth V Lund Windsor Thomas L Collins Nancy & Humphrey Marten Anthony Thornton Creative Europe Fund of Matthew Thomas Maxwell I Tompkinson the European Commission Sir C McCullough Eric Tracey M Croucher Grant McIntyre Dr F P Tudor J F Daniels Patrick McKenna John Turner Lady Prue Davies Philip Miles Lady C Vanneck Lady P Deben W Monroe Richard Vincent Dr T Digman Adrian Mumford Ian Walsh Graham Dodwell K Murphy Andrew Ward Dr Andrew Drummond Caroline Myddelton Tina Welsh P Duizend Margarita Nikolayeva John Whitehead Explore 300 years of history Jill Dymock Elizabeth Norris Henry Wickham Designed by Thomas Archer in the N Evans V Nyong J Wilde early eighteenth century, St John’s was Dr M T A Evans C Overd Philip Williams completed in 1728 at a cost of £40,875. Dr Andrew Evans Dr S Paetke E Witts Extensive damage from the Blitz was M E Falshaw R Page Mark Woloshyn fully restored by Marshall Sisson, with Gilly French and Dr J Gray Dr Jean Parker John Wright the church re-opening as a concert hall A L Gabites C L Parker-Williams Danny and Lillan Wyler in 1969. With its superb acoustic restored, Alexandra Ganter Geoff Pero St John’s quickly became a favourite of Don Gorman Clarissa Pierburg luminaries Pierre Boulez and Daniel N Graham Jill Prawer Barenboim. Discover more on Page 116. Andrew Greaves R M Prebble J Hall Sophie Prett