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Tue 1 March 7.30pm Thu 3 March 7.30pm Mon 7 March 7.30pm Thu 10 March 1.05pm Sat 12 March 7.30pm Wed 16 March 1.05pm Thu 17 March 7.30pm Tue 22 March 1.05pm Fri 25 March 2.30pm JOO YEON SIR REED’S SCHOOL LONDON CHARLOTTE KENSINGTON LONDON FINAL OF THE ETCETERA CHOIR POLYPHONY & Young Artists’ Series Spring Concert 2016 CONCERT CHOIR ASHTON & SYMPHONY MOZART OFFICE CHOIR ORCHESTRA OF © Benjamin Harte Reed’s School Orchestra © Father Martin Breski JOSEPH HAVLAT ORCHESTRA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR THE AGE OF Reed’s School Jazz Orchestra Thursday Lunchtime Concerts © Sim Canetty-Clarke Beethoven Explored Reed’s School Choir and Chorus COMPETITION ENLIGHTENMENT Park Lane Group Young Artists Reed’s School Corps of Drums © Eric Richmond The culmination of 6 months of Stephen Layton © Keith Saunders The Choir of the Royal Masonic © Vanessa Haines performances, workshops, School, Rickmansworth heats and the semi-final sees The Choir of St Andrew’s the final four office choirs School, Woking compete for the prestigious title Stephen Hall conductor Iain Carnegie conductor of Office Choir of the Year 2016 Beethoven Mass in C Op. 86 Joo Yeon Sir violin Programme includes: £15

Irina Andrievsky piano Ellington Movements from Free Admission

‘Sacred Concert’ Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in D 2016 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells II Howard Shelley piano Stuart Jackson evangelist Op. 12

Mark Forkgen conductor Charlotte Ashton flute Fri 18 March 7.30pm Neal Davies christus Brahms Sonata No. 2 in A Op. £12, £5 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5

QuintEssential ensemble Joseph Havlat piano Tue 22 March 7.00pm Julia Doyle soprano 100 • Sonatensatz ‘Scherzo’ from Russell Keable conductor in Eb Op. 73 ‘Emperor’ APRIL Rachel Elliottsoprano Iestyn Davies countertenor

F.A.E. Sonata Messiaen Le Merle Noir EARLY OPERA Rebecca Outram soprano BrittenSymphonic Suite from £12 Gwilym Bowen tenor

Elgar Sonata in E minor for Handel Flute Sonata in C ST DUNSTAN’S Nicholas Pritchard tenor Gloriana COMPANY Roderick Williams bass MARCH Violin and Piano Op. 82 Fri 4 March 7.30pm Edwin Roxburgh Stardrift Bradley Smith tenor Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 © Sussie Ahlburg COLLEGE Catherine Manson leader Milhaud Cinema Fantasie Bartók Suite Paysanne Giles Underwood bass Choral and Orchestral Concert Stephen Layton director d’apres ‘Le beouf sur le toit’ Hongroise £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50 WARREN Colin Campbell bass Wed 16 March 7.30pm Op. 58b Pierre Boulez Sonatine Choral Society Bach St John Passion MAILLEY-SMITH Monteverdi Vespers Symphony Orchestra £12 (£8), YF £10, YF £50, £44, £38, £19 Complete Chopin Cycle LATYMER UPPER Matthew Woodconductor

£30, £20, £10

Sun 13 March 6.00pm SCHOOL ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE SMITH JOHN’S ST © Ben Ealovega Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op. 46 Spring Concert No. 6 and 8 Wed 2 March 1.05pm ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ Haydn Nelson Mass Hob.XXII/11 Thu 31 March 1.05pm Thu 10 March 7.00pm Tony Henwood conductor Tue 8 March 7.30pm SCHOOL LONDON Jonathan Geoghegan £12 (£8) (£26 for 2 adults, 1 child) LIGETI QUARTET ORCHESTRA OF Spring Concert conductor AMADÈ PLAYERS Thursday Lunchtime Concerts MOZART Symphony Orchestra £12 (£10) International Women’s Day THE AGE OF Young Artists' Series Chamber Orchestra PLAYERS Sophie Bevan soprano Wed 23 March 7.00pm Olwen Foulkes recorder ENLIGHTENMENT Senior Choir Mozart Explored Christian Curnyn director © Gianluca de Girolamo Katie Stevens violin Southabank Centre Series Paulina Voices © Eric Richmond CYPRUS The Four Impromptus Dominika Fehér violin © Eric Richmond Leigh O'Hara conductor Thu 17 March 1.05pm Handel Concerto Grosso in D Nicholas Newland conductor Heidi Pegler conductor minor Op. 6 No. 10 • Motet ‘Silete SINFONIA Piano Hilary Sturt conductor Venti’ HWV242 Vivaldi Stabat Mater Rv.621 • ASHLEY GROTE Charlotte Scott violin Wassenaer Concerto in F minor Chopin Prélude Op. 45 • Fugue Concerto for Two Violins in A Vivaldi Spring from The Four Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Jonathan Thorne viola from Concerti Armonici in A Minor • Fantaisie- minor Rv.522 • Recorder Seasons Organ Series Michael Thorne conductor Biber Battalia a 10 Impromptu in C# minor Op. 66 • Concerto in C minor Rv.441 • Pergolesi Stabat Mater Organ MuffatConcerto No. 5 in G from Variations in E “Hexameron” • Gloria Rv.589 Britten Four Sea Interludes Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Armonico Tributo BOOKING INFORMATION Mazurka No. 26–29 Op. 41 No. 1–4 Scarlatti2 Arias for Soprano from Peter Grimes Michael Berkeley Wild Bells Eb K364 • Mazurka No. 30 in G Op. 50 No. and Trumpet Rimsky-Korsakov Music from Bach O Mensch, bewein dein £35, £28, £21, £15, YF Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 —— 1 • Nocturne No. 15 in F minor Scheherazade Sünde groß BWV622 ‘The Year 1905’ £20, £15, £10 Op. 55 No. 1 • Impromptu No. 1 in Mozart Fantasia in F minor PHONE YOUNG FRIENDS £10 (£8) £15 (£10) Ab Op. 29 • Waltz No. 2 in Ab Op. K608 020 7222 1061 If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up Stravinsky Three Pieces for 34 No. 1 ‘Valse brillante’ • Bach O Lamm Gottes, Sat 19 March 7.00pm Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm for our free Young Friends scheme! String Quartet Howard Shelley piano Nocturne No. 20 in C# minor Op. Secular and Sacred unschuldig BWV656 £2 booking fee applies Wed 9 March 7.30pm Lutosławski String Quartet Members are entitled to purchase tickets to posth. • Dupré Cortège et Litanie Op. 19 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in Tue 15 March 7.00pm ENGLISH Thu 24 March 7.00pm Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 selected events at a significantly reduced Impromptu No. 2 in F# Op. 36 • John Buttdirector No. 2 Bb K595 György Kurtág Six Moments ONLINE price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’. Polonaise No. 10 in F minor Op. YOUNG David Blackadder trumpet Widor Moderato cantabile and BAROQUE CHOIR sjss.org.uk SOUTH EAST COME & SING Musicaux Op. 44 Our Young Friends also receive invitations to £12 71 No. 3 • Nocturne No. 16 in Eb MUSICIANS Rachel Beckett recorder Finale from Organ Symphony Brandenburg Baroque Soloists £1.50 booking fee applies Op. 55 No. 2 • Impromptu No. 3 No. 8 in B Op. 42 No. 4 Dame Emma Kirkby soprano £10, YF special events throughout the year, as well Bach Sinfonia from Cantata No. SCHOOLS’ MESSIAH in Gb Op. 51 • Waltz in Ab Op. 42 SYMPHONY Katherine Aitken mezzo as other targeted discounts and offers. 42 • Mass in G minor BWV235 • CHAMBER MUSIC £10, YF Richard Heason © Amy Ryan IN PERSON • Tarantelle in Ab Op. 43 ORCHESTRA Oliver Johnston tenor There’s no catch and it’s entirely Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm Wed 2 March 7.00pm © Matthew Andrews COMPETITION Nicholas Mogg bass FREE to join! To join today, please visit £20, £15 F • Mass in G BWV236 (until 6.00pm on public concert days). William Blake evangelist Thu 31 March 7.30pm sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone Finalists’ Concert The Box Office opens one hour before the ELTHAM £50, £39, £24, £10 (Child £2.50) Edmund Danon christus Box Office on020 7222 1061. start of Sunday and Bank Holiday concerts. COLLEGE £10 (£5) Jeremy Jackman conductor FRANCOISE- Sun 6 March 3.00pm Bach St Matthew Passion Concerto and Choral Concert GREEN PIANO POST ACCESSIBILITY Eltham College Choirs Fri 11 March 7.30pm £29, £24, £20, £15 DUO Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, CANTANDUM If you have access requirements, please Symphony Orchestra London SW1P 3HA The Viennese Salon let our Box Office staff know when booking Upper Sixth Soloists Sunday at St John’s CHOPIN PIANO Smith Square Voices Please enclose a stamped addressed your tickets to help us provide you with the Rachel Hindmarch conductor Chartwell Sinfonia © SB Imagery envelope. Cheques should be made COMPETITION best possible service and choice of seats. Kieran Hughes conductor Soloists from the Royal payable to St John’s Smith Square. We allocate an additional seat free of charge WINNER: Academy of Music £20, £15, £10 to disabled patrons who require a carer to SEONG-JIN CHO Richard Heason conductor CONCESSIONS AND REDUCTIONS accompany them. Handel Messiah Available for many of our concerts to Aleksandar Djermanovic piano Southbank Centre’s senior citizens, full-time students, James Blair conductor International Piano Series Come & Sing: £10 (£5) PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH US ONLINE Thu 3 March 1.05pm registered unemployed, school children Concert: £12 (£8) Join the conversation! Elgar Cockaigne Op. 40 Piano (under 16) and people who are registered ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3 @ ASHLEY FRIPP Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No.1 disabled. Westminster CitySave card StJohnsSmithSq Joe Morgan tenor in C Op. 26 • Fantasia in F minor Op. 49 • 4 holders are entitled to a 10% discount on /StJohnsSmithSquare Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Rupert Derham baritone Elgar Variations on an original Mazurkas Op. 33 • Polonaise in a pair of tickets for any public concert. /StJohnsSmithSquare Jonathan Dods organ theme Op. 36 ‘Enigma’ © Studio 1B Ab Op. 53 • Ballade No. 2 in F Op. /StJohnsSmithSquare Gilly French conductor Parties of ten or more qualify for a /StJohnsSmithSquare £20 (£16), £15 (£12), £10 (£8) 38 • Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor 10% discount. Tallis Salvator mundi Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’ • Innocence and Lust Bruckner Christus factus est Scherzo No.2 in Bb minor Op. 31 Antoine Françoise piano Please Note Sanders The Reproaches We may need to substitute artists and to vary £35, £28, £15, £10 Robin Green piano our concert programmes from the published Stainer The Crucifixion information without warning. Mozart Sonata in F K497 £14 (£10), YF Latecomers are admitted only at a suitable Colin Alexander New Work pause in the concert. (world premiere) Please note that tickets may not be refunded. Mozart Sonata in C K19d Piano © Matthew Andrews Berg Lulu suite arr. Kenneth Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca• Hesketh Années de pèlerinage S161 Schubert Allegro in A minor Wagner Isolde’s Liebestod arr. Lebensstürme D947 Liszt S447 £14 (£10), YF Thomas Adès Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE £10, YF YOUR VISIT Box Office 020 7222 1061 sjss.org.uk —— APRIL St John’s Smith Square is just off Millbank between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges, close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, and a short walk from Westminster tube station.

TUBE CAR PARKING Westminster, St James’s Park & Victoria St John’s Smith Square is within the ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE congestion charging zone. Parking meters are in operation during the day BUS Monday–Friday until 6.00pm. In the 3 and 87 to Horseferry Road evenings and at weekends there are C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank Fri 1 April 7.30pm Sun 3 April 5.00pm Thu 7 April 1.05pm Sun 10 April 3.00pm Wed 13 April 7.30pm Sun 17 April 6.00pm Wed 20 April 7.30pm Sat 23 April 7.30pm Thu 28 April 7.30pm usually ample spaces locally. There is 88 to Horseferry Road Westminster City Council car parking on 11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey PIANO AND FELDMAN ON MATTHEW TABEA DEBUS MARTINO TIRIMO JAMES ALLEN’S PLG FOCUS: LONDON KATIA & Great College Street and Arneway Street. STRING QUARTET THE AUTOBAHN MARTIN Sunday at St John's & MINGUET GIRLS’ SCHOOL HELEN GRIME WOODWIND MARIELLE Young Artists' Series SANTANDER CYCLES Choral and Orchestral Concert RAIL Principal Sound Principal Sound Thursday Lunchtime Concerts QUARTET Park Lane Group Young Artists ORCHESTRA LABÈQUE A docking station is located in Smith Square Organ Series Tabea Debus recorder Spring Series Victoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall & Charing Cross explorensemble The Great Piano Quintets Symphony Orchestra Twisted Skyscape Southbank Centre's and there are also stations on Horseferry © Rob Bogaerts / Anefo Anna Curzon baroque violin Organ Chamber Orchestra Ferio Saxophone Quartet International Chamber Music Road, Page Street and Great College Street. Enno Poppe Gelöschte Lieder Claudia Norz baroque violin © Francesco Tirimo Shea Lolin conductor Holst Choir Imma Setiadi piano Series Feldman Spring of Chosroes Patrick Gowers An Occasional baroque viola Jordan Bowron Choral Society Philip Spake Overture for Romitelli Domeniche alla Trumpet Voluntary baroque cello John Harbison Gatsby © Umberto Nicoletti Lea Rahel Bader Helen Cook french horn Woodwinds periferia dell'impero Bach Allein Gott in der höh’ sei harpsichord Matthew KanerNew work Johannes Lang Peter Gritton conductor Gary Carpenter Pantomime Grisey Talea Ehr BWV662 • Prelude & Fugue Laura Bowler New work Telemann Concerto in F Christopher Hussey Dreamtide in C BWV547 Helen Grime Harp of the North £15 (£10), YF TWV51:F1 Verdi Pater Noster Adam Gorb Battle Symphony St James’s Park Westminster • lk Gr Guilain Suite du deuxième ton The Flash of Fireflies in Folds Birdcage Wa eat George St Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25) Calliope Tsoupaki Charavgi Glière Slow movement from Christopher Hussey Twisted Widor Andante Sostenuto from of Darkness • 10 Miniatures Westminster Brid ge Purcell A New Ground Horn Concerto Op. 91 Skyscape Symphonie Gothique Gavin Bryars Alaric I or II Parliament Sq. Toward Hasse Cantata per Flauto in Bb Plus further choral and Westminster Abbey Waterloo Vierne Carillon de Westminster Xenakis XAS £20, £15, £10 , Moritz Eggert Außer Atem Martino Tirimo piano orchestral works Houses of Sun 3 April 8.00pm £10, YF Handel A selection of aria Minguet Quartet There will be a pre-concert Parliament £12, £10, £8 Tothill St transcriptions event at 6.00pm with Helen Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Suk Meditation on the Czech Katia Labèque piano , The Smith Quartet LAYERS OF LOVE Berio Gesti Grime: St James’s chorale ‘St Wenzel’ Op. 35a Sun 24 April 3.00pm Marielle Labèque piano Park t John Tilbury piano Telemann Cello Sonata in D S Principal Sound Webern Six Bagatelles Op. 9 Albany Piano Trio oria Thu 7 April 7.30pm TWV41:D6 Programme includes works by Vict Feldman Piano and String Mahler Ich bin der Welt Mon 18 April 7.30pm

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Zemlinsky lament for George Cacioppo, Dictionary of FOR PHILIP event at 6.00pm with James Morgan Hayes (ivb) Mad Dance London —— £14 (£10), YF London Handel Singers Macmillan: Eliza McCarthy piano GUSTON Milhaud Scaramouche: (i) Vif, Lord Berners Three English London Handel Orchestra As a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, you are at the heart of our audience. Every Principal Sound (ii) Modéré, (iii) Brazileira Abigail Sin piano Songs Tue 26 April 7.30pm John Luther Adams Nunataks Katherine Watson soprano The Reverend Graham Buckle generous donation is put towards sustaining St John’s Smith Square, as ticket sales Imogen Hancock trumpet Schoenberg String Trio Cassandra Miller Philip The flute soprano £10, YF hosts a monthly conversation alone do not cover our costs. As recognition, our Friends receive ticket and restaurant Jenni Hogan Sophie Junker Jennifer Hughes piano LONDON discounts, priority booking, and are the first to find out about what we have on. Wanderer George Barton percussion Fri 8 April 7.30pm Renate Pokupic mezzo There will be a pre-concert with important figures from Rădulescu Piano Sonata No. 3 Siwan Rhys piano & celeste Alexander Sprague tenor James MacMillan Piano Sonata event at 6.00pm with Robin PHOENIX the local area. This dialogue To become a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, please phone our Box Office 'You Will Endure Forever' Josep-Ramon Olivé bass- • Seraph Holloway: will feature Jeremy Jackman, Feldman For Philip Guston WARREN ORCHESTRA on 020 7222 1061 or visit sjss.org.uk for more information. baritone Thu 14 April 7.30pm choral director, composer, and £15 (£10), YF £16, £13, £10, £7 £15 (£10), YF MAILLEY-SMITH Adrian Butterfield leader Amy Green saxophone Postcard From Italy former member of the ALL OF OUR FRIENDS RECEIVE: THANK YOU Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25) Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25) Complete Chopin Cycle Laurence Cummings LONDON Abigail Sin piano Lev Parikian conductor internationally renowned vocal • 10% off standard tickets booked in advance St John’s Smith Square is deeply grateful conductor Emmanuella Reiter viola ensemble The King's Singers. through our Box Office (two per event) for the support shown by our Gold Friends The Four Ballades MOZART Robin Holloway Suite • Partita Handel Alexander Balus HWV65 Tue 19 April 7.30pm Free Admission • 10% off food and drink in our restaurant and 300 Club Members. Thank you to: Chopin Bolero in C Op. 19 • PLAYERS £16, £13, £10, £7 Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien • Season brochure Sat 2 April 8.00pm Martinů Frescoes of Piero della Anonymous, Alan Aubry, Dennis Baldry, Wed 6 April 1.05pm Mazurka No. 31–32 Op. 50 No. £60, £50, £35, £10 • Regular advance information about Mozart Explored 1783 PLG FOCUS: Francesca David Ballance, P. Bowman, 2–3 • Mazurka No. 33–35 in B Op. our concerts and events SHADOW AND 56 No. 1–3 • Rondeau in C Op. 73 © Jennifer Brady BRETT DEAN Berlioz Harold in Italy Sir Alan Bowness, C. Brunell, J. Carden, LONDON Fri 29 April 7.30pm • Other offers and promotions • The Countess of Chichester, Margaret ECHO AND JADE Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 Park Lane Group Young Artists Fri 22 April 7.30pm £15, £12, £9 throughout the season MOZART • Ballade No. 2 in F Op. 38 • Tue 12 April 7.30pm Croucher, John Daniels, T. Digman, Principal Sound Spring Series WARREN G, Dodwell, Paul Duizend, Jill Dymock, PLAYERS Largo in Eb Op. posth. • Ballade PLG FOCUS: Exaudi No. 3 in Ab Op. 47 • Ballade No.4 Alke String Quartet BRONZE FRIENDS N. Evans, Jeremy Gray & Gilly French, Mozart Explored THE GESUALDO MAILLEY-SMITH James Weeks director in F minor Op. 52 The Hermes Experiment SALLY BEAMISH (£35/£30 direct debit) receive: Don Gorman, Angela & David Harvey, Wed 27 April 7.30pm Complete Chopin Cycle James McVinnie organ Howard Shelley piano SIX Park Lane Group Young Artists • 10 ticket vouchers for our Abel Herrero-Ducloux, Glenn Jessee, £20, £15 Giles Swayne Chansons dévotes Young Artists' Series Spring Series © Ben Ealovega Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series Jacqueline & Robert Kilgour Programme includes: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in et poissonneuses BIRMINGHAM • Priority booking 2 days ahead of In Memory of J.P. Legrand, Feldman Principal Sound Eb K482 © Hannah King György Kurtág 12 Microludes Lipatti Piano Quartet Mozart Rediscovered CONSERVATOIRE the general public Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss, Jürg Frey Shadow and Echo and for string quartet • New work Belle Chen piano £12 • Reduced £1.50 booking fee Graham Lloyd-Brunt, Sophie Lowendahl, Jade (World Premiere) Sat 9 April 7.00pm David Parry conductor for string quartet (world OF MUSIC Sally Beamish Voices in Silence Hyancinth Lund, Philip Miles, Clementi Im Frieden dein, o premiere) Mozart L’oca del Cairo for solo piano An evening of diverse chamber Adrian Mumford, Margarita Nikolayeva, Herre mein Freya Waley-Cohen Oyster SILVER FRIENDS MALCOLM Vasiliki Legaki New work and solo music showcasing the S. Paetke, C. Parker-Williams, Jill Prawer, Cassandra Miller Guide £40, £32, £25, £15 Kate Honey Predator Fish (£60/£55 direct debit) receive: Piano work of Birmingham K. Robbie, Chris Saunders, E.O. Siebert, Wed 6 April 7.30pm SARGENT Josephine Stephenson tanka Peter Maxwell Davies • A ticket for every concert in our ( ) Quartet Conservatoire. Works will B.W. Silverman, Lynne Simmons, £15 £10 , YF Stevie Wishart Work for Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series ( ) ( ) FESTIVAL CHOIR include solo piano, voice, Judy Skelton, Philip and Wendy Spink, Festival Pass £40 £25 , YF £25 INGRID FLITER ensemble Sally Beamish Piano Sonata • Priority booking 7 days ahead of Farewell Concert Ligeti Etude No. 13 ‘Devil’s chamber music, new music and Marilyn Stock, Ilona Storey, J. Taylor, Southbank Centre's Sat 16 April 7.30pm Brett Dean String Quartet No. 1 the general public Gesualdo Felice primavera • Staircase’ organ. Anthony Thornton, F.P. Tudor, International Piano Series Sky Ingram soprano ‘Eclipse’ • Reduced £1.50 booking fee Moro, lasso Francisco Coll Cuando el nino Lady Vanneck, Henry Wickham, Bozidar Smiljanic baritone £10 • Acknowledgement of your generosity Sat 2 April 9.15pm Piano Monteverdi Sfogava con le stelle PUBLIC There will be a pre-concert era nino John Wright, and Daniel & Lillan Wyler Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir The Heroic Polonaise Op. 53 on our website • Io mi son giovinetta • Rimante event at 6.00pm: Bax Piano Quartet Chopin Nocturne in B Op. 9 No. Southbank Sinfonia PASSIONS: TOM in Pace • Zefiro torna Chopin Polonaise No. 8 in D KONDO, 3 • Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54 • Nicholas O'Neill organ Amy Green saxophone There will be a pre-concert YOUNG FRIENDS Ligeti Nonsense Madrigals COURTENAY Minor Op. 71 No. 1 • Mazurka No. GOLD FRIENDS Nocturne in Db Op. 27 No. 2 • Simon Over conductor Abigail Sin piano event at 6.00pm with Sally Thu 28 April 1.05pm If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up GIESHOFF, AND Schütz O primavera • O Public Passions 36–38 Op. 59 No. 1–3 • Mazurka (£125/£115 direct debit) receive: Mazurkas: Op. 50 No. 3 in C# Beamish: for our free Young Friends scheme! Parry Blest Pair of Sirens dolcezze amarissimi d’amore • Brett Dean Demons for solo No. 39–40 Op. 63 No. 1–2 • • Two tickets for every concert in our CAGE minor • Op. 63 No. 2 in F minor • Orchestra of St John's SAMSON TSOY & Vaughan Williams Serenade to Ride la prima vera • Fuggi o mio saxophone • Etude, Hommage à Iosif Purits accordion Nocturne No. 18 in E Op. 62 No. 2 Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series Members are entitled to purchase tickets to Principal Sound Op. 63 No. 3 in C# minor • John Lubbock conductor Music core • Feritevi, ferite, virerete Brahms • Hommage à Janáček • Cecilia Bignall cello PAVEL • Allegro de concert in A, Op. 46 • • Priority booking 7 days ahead of selected events at a significantly reduced Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 • Tom Courtenay guest Ligeti Quartet Nicholas O’Neill I hear and am mordaci • Io moro, ecco ch’io Etude: Hommage à Kurtág Imogen Hancock trumpet Souvenir de Paganini • the general public price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’. 24 Preludes Op. 28 KOLESNIKOV elated moro The continuation of a series of Jennifer Hughes piano Nocturne No. 17 in B Op. 62 No. 1 • Invitations to exclusive members’ events Jo Kondo Mr Bloomfield, His £16, £13, £10, £7 Our Young Friends also receive invitations to £35, £28, £15, £10 Elgar Benedictus Folksongs from the British Isles concerts in which celebrities Sally Beamish Fanfare • Takes Thursday Lunchtime Concerts • Nocturne No. 3 in B Op. 9 No. 3 such as ‘Meet the Artists’ receptions spacing special events throughout the year, as well Handel Messiah (Part 3) choose the programme and two • Juno • Polonaise in G flat Op. posth.• • No booking fee Arne GieshoffUnwuchten £12 (£8), YF Samson Tsoy piano as other targeted discounts and offers. • • Best seat in the house/priority waiting list ( ) discuss their choices. This Pavel Kolesnikov piano Waltz No. 17 in Eb Op. posth. Cage Quartet in Four Parts £25 £22.50 , £15, £10. £16, £13, £10, £7 Design: Phillip Southgate • Credit of your generosity on our website There’s no catch and it’s entirely concert will feature English Polonaise No. 6 in Ab Op. 53 Messiaen Visions de l’Amen for and in our brochure FREE to join! To join today, please visit £15 (£10), YF actor Tom Courtenay. 'Heroic' Festival Pass £40 (£25), YF (£25) two pianos sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone £26, £20, £15, £10 £20, £15 Box Office on020 7222 1061. £10, YF