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The Guild Church of St Margaret
Pattens
Music at St Margaret Pattens
St Margaret Pattens has a great musical tradition. The Choir, the St Margaret Pattens Choir, is always in attendance at Choral Eucharist held on the first Thursday in the month, and occasionally at other special luchtime and evening services.
Concerts
As well as using music in its Christian worship, the Church holds regular concerts and recitals of classical music (instrumental and choral) and jazz. For further details of any concert advertised on our website contact our Organist and Choirmaster, Rupert Perkins, on 07957 461677, also at South London Music (Sheet Music Specialists); Website: http://www.slmusic.co.uk.
If you would like to be contacted by email regarding future events at St Margaret Pattens, please contact us at st.m.pattens@btinternet.com.
Programme to be announced in due course
Thursday, 1st July at 6 p.m.
by
ST FRANCIS SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
from New York, USA
Choir directed by Rosie Pignatoro
Orchestra directed by Mark Krolikowski
Programme includes
John Leavitt - Festival Sanctus
Anthony Holborne, arr. Andrew Dabczynski - I. Noel's Galliard
Maurice Duruflé - Ubi caritas
Richard Meyer - Echoalia
Michael McGlynn - Dulaman
Traditional, arr. Larry Moore - Shenandoah
René Clausen - Set me as a seal
Claude Gervaise, arr. Andrew Dabczynski - III. English Pavan
Reynaldo Hahn, arr. Rosie Pignatoro - A Chloris
Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Harry A. Alshin - Thermes from Vivaldi's "Gloria"
Thomas Ravenscroft, arr. Andrew Dabczynski - IV. Martin Said to the Man
Morten Lauridsen - O Nata Lux
Kirt N. Mosier - Dance of Iscariot
Jeff Funk - Out of the Rolling Ocean
John Dowland, arr. Andrew Dabczynski - V. The King's Galliard
Felix Mendelssohn - "Blessed are the Men" (from Elijah)
Eric Whitacre - October
Randall Thompson - The Last Word of David
John Philip Sousa, arr. Andrew Dabczynski - The Stars and Stripes Forever
Admission free
Wednesday, 30th June at 1 p.m.
by
NØRREVANGKIRKENS PIGEKOR
The Nørrevangs Church Girls’ Choir, Slagelse, Denmark
The programme includes music by Fauré, Holst and the Danish composers,
C.E.F. Weyse (1774-1842) and Morten Nyord (b.1944)
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as part of the City of London Festival Tuesday, 29th June at 6 p.m. with Mahan Esfahani
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Mahan Esfahani has received numerous awards for his keyboard artistry and scholarship. In this programme he explores the golden age of Portuguese music-making, including works by the Italian-born Domenico Scarlatti, who was court composer to the ruling Portuguese family and one of the first innovators and pioneers in the history of keyboard music.
Bernardo Storace - Passagagli
D Scarlatti - Variazioni sulla Folliadi Spagna
Seixas - Toccata e Minuete in re menor; Sonata e Minuete in sol menor
João de Sousa Carvalho - Toccata in sol menor
D Scarlatti - Fuga in Fa maior K 82; Fuga in sol menor K 30; Sonata in Re maior K 29
Juan Bautista José Cabanilles - Passacalles; Tiento de Batalla de 8o Tono
Tickets £10 unreserved (Subs discount)
To go to the City of London Festival Home Page click here.
To listen to the concert and read the programme notes click here.
Friday, 18th June at 1 p.m.
with Jae Hun Lee, flute, Kota Odashima, saxophone and Yukie Koyama, piano
Programme:
F. Doppler - Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy
C. Debussy - Estampes
P. Sancan - Sonatine for Flute and Piano
J. Ibert - Contertino da Camera
T. Muramatsu - Far away
Admission Free
in aid of
Conservation Lower Zambezi
Thursday, 10th June at 7 p.m.
FEATURING
THE
STELLAR QUARTET
Programme to include
Beethoven - String Quartet Op.18 No.1
Shostakovich - String Quartet No.8
First Violin - Steven Payne,
Second Violin - Steven Polydorou,
Viola - Tim Woodall,
Cello - John Woodall
Admission £5, including a glass of wine from 6.30 p.m., plus retiring collection
Conservation Lower Zambezi is a registered Zambian charity which facilitates the Zambian government's conservation efforts in the Lower Zambezi area and also runs an environmental education centre and programme for the local community.
ST MARGARET PATTENS BAROQUE FESTIVAL 2010
Tuesday, 18th May to Friday, 28th May
OPENING CONCERT by SOUNDS BAROQUE
Tuesday, 18th May at 7 p.m.
Julian Perkins (harpsichord) and Caroline MacPhie (soprano)
2010 sees the 300th anninversary of Thomas Arne's death. Known best for "Rule Britannia", Arne epitomises the English Baroque style.This concert celebrates the unjustly neglected composer in featuring some of his vocal works, in addition to virtuosic instrumental items by Handel and his amanuensis, one John Christopher Smith.
Programme
● Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Larghetto from Nulla in mundo pax sencera, RV630
● John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)
Lesson No. 4 in B flat major: Andante - Allegro - Tempo di Gavotte
[from Six Suits of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 3 (London 1755)]
● George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Stelle, perfide stelle (HWV168): Recitative - Largo assai - Recitative - Allegro
● John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)
Lesson No. 5 in G major: Vivace - Allegro - Allegro - Minuet & Variations
[from Six Suits of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 3 (London, 1755)]
● Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Recitative - Largo e piano [from Notte, ch'in carro d'ombre]
● Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778)
O ravishing delight [from the Judgement of Paris (Cliveden, 1740)]
Sleep, Gentle Cherub [from Judith (London, 1761)]
Tickets £10 (Concessions £8), including refreshments
EVENING JAZZ
Wednesday, 19th May at 7 p.m.
with Mark Wallace (piano) and Co.
Tickets £10 (Concessions £8), including refreshments
BAROQUE EVENSONG
Thursday, 20th May at 6.30 p.m.
with the St Margaret Pattens Choir
● Henry Purcell (1658-1695) - "Thou knowest, Lord"
● John Reading (1645-1692) - Preces
● Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674) - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
● Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - "Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei"
LUNCHTIME BAROQUE ORGAN RECITAL
Tuesday, 25th May at 1.15 p.m.
with Rupert Perkins
The programme includes music by Arne, Bach, Buxtehude and Handel.
Admission free, with retiring collection
CHORAL CONCERT
Thursday, 27th May at 7 p.m.
with the St Margaret Pattens Choir
Programme
● Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674)
Magnificat
● Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) -
"Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt!" (Psalm 100)
"Selig sind die Toten"
"Ich bin die Auferstehung"
● John Blow (1649-1708)
"Salvator mundi"
● J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
"Komm, Jesu, komm"
● Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Funeral Sentences
"Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei"
"Hear my parayer, o Lord"
"I was glad when they said unto me"
Tickets £5
CLOSING CONCERT OF FESTIVAL
Friday, 28th May at 7 p.m.
by the Corcora Consort for strings, voice and clavicord
The programme includes
Handel's "Gloria" and his German arias,
Ariosti's "La Rosa",
and Bach's Solo Violin
with
Antonia Cviic (Soprano), David Way (violin), Tom Shorter (Spinet),
Gavin Jones (Violin), Ursula Williams (Cello).
Tickets £10 (Concessions £8), including refreshments
VIOLIN DUO RECITAL
Friday, 14th May at 1 p.m.
with Angela Jung & Simone Trollmo
Programme:
4 pieces from ‘44 Duos for two violins, BB.104’ by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
1st duo from ‘Three Duos, Op.99’ by Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
6th duo from ‘Six Duos for two violins, Op.48’ by Ignaz Pleyel (1757 - 1831)
‘Three Duets for two violins and piano’ by Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), with Ben Doran (piano)
‘Melodie for two violins’ by Josef Suk (1874 - 1935)
Click here for biographies/programme
Admission free
Friday, 26th March at 7 p.m.
by
THE QUARTET ALBÉNIZ
Programme:
● Mozart String Quartet No. 17, “Hunt”
● Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7
● Beethoven String Quartet No. 10, “Harp”
Tickets £10/£8, children £5; refreshments from 6.30 p.m.
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Friday, 12th March at 1 p.m.
with
THE CHAMBER CHOIR OF DALRIADA SCHOOL
from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
The wide and varied programme will include works of
Victoria, Fauré and Bach
while also including some negro spirituals,
Irish Traditional,
contemporary songs and choral arrangements.
Website: http://www.dalriadaschool.com/
Admission free
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"KING ARTHUR"
a semi-opera
by Henry Purcell
one of the greatest masters of baroque music
Friday, 26th February at 7.30 p.m.
with Spiritato! Orchestra and Consort
and Bocca Aperta
"King Arthur" features some of Purcell's finest writing and is packed full of tragedy,
comedy and drama, with a libretto by the renowned poet John Dryden.
The epic tale of King Arthur's Britons, battling against the pagan Saxons,
is brought to life with stunning energy and vibrancy.
Tickets available in advance or on the door: £10 / £8 (concessions), children £5
For bookings or more information
call 07905 417356 or email info@spiritato.co.uk
Website: http://www.spiritato.co.uk/
View/Download a Poster (A4) in PDF format
View/Download a Flyer (A5) in PDF format
(Also at St Peter's Church, Kensington Park Road, London W11 2PL on Thursday, 18th March at 7.30p.m.)
A SPECTACULAR NIGHT OF SONG AND CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Presented
by
THROUGH THE WINDOW THEATRE
on
Sunday,13th December at 7 p.m. (doors open 6.30 p.m.)
Do join us. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Tickets: Adults - £8 Concession - £5
Book your ticket on our website at http://www.throughthewindowtheatre.com
Click here to download a Poster/Flyer in PDF format
Wednesday, 9th December at 1 p.m.
by the
Idomeneo String Quartet
Entrance free
Click here to download the above Poster/Flyer in PDF format
FOR REPAIRS & RENOVATION FOR ST MARGARET PATTENS
Sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers
on
Thursday, 26th November at 7.30 p.m. (refreshments from 6.30 p.m.)
Please join us for an evening of music and entertainment
to be performed by students from
The City of London School,
The City of London School for Girls
and
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Appeal is being launched by the Friends of St Margaret Pattens Church (Registered Charity Number 1062360/0) to raise money for much needed renovation and improvement of the Church.
This appeal is for the first phase of £100,000 to include Vestry modernisation and refitting, which will increase the space for entertaining after events such as this concert.
Also a sound amplification system in the Church, and the renovation of a seventeenth century Benefactors’ board.
Tickets: £20 (includes refreshments)
Click here to download souvenir Poster/Flyer in PDF format
A report on this concert can be viewed here.
Friday, 30th October at 1.15 p.m.
Opera and Aria Favourites
with Sarah Minns, soprano
and
Timothy End, piano
Sarah's website: http://sarahminns.com/index2.html
Click here to download a Poster/Flyer in PDF format
Thursday, 29th October at 7 p.m.
with Evva Mizerska, cello
and
Emma Abbate, piano
Tickets £5 (followed by refreshements)
Programme:
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):
12 Variations for cello and piano on "See here the conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's "Judas Maccabeus"
Zbigniew Bujarski (b. 1933):
Orniphania
Zygmunt Stojowski (1870-1946):
Sonata in A major
Click here for Evva's and Emma's biographies
Click here to download a Poster/Flyer in PDF format
CONCERT
Wednesday, 14th October at 1 p.m.
by
the Youth Choir of Skt. Nikolai Church, Holbæk, Denmark
Organist & conductor: Jytte Lundbak
Organ music by J.S. Bach, C. Franck and Jesper Madsen.
Sacred choral music by U. Teuber, C.E.F. Weyse, J.S. Bach/C. Gounod,
G.F. Handel, B.Britten, A. Lloyd-Webber, C.W. Gluck, H. Purcell, W.A. Mozart and Michael Bojesen.
Click here for A4 poster/flyer in PDF format
Click here for full programme in PDF format
The choir at St Margaret Pattens
Skt. Nikolai Church website: http://www.sktnikolaiholbaek.dk/index.html
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LUNCH TIME RECITAL Tuesday, 6th October at 1 p.m. by The Van Halsema Piano Trio with Janneke Brits, piano Lisa Katharina Obert, violin Sebastiaan Van Halsema, cello
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Programme:
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827): Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 12 No 3: I. Allegro con spirito II. Adagio con molta espressione III. Rondo: Allegro molto
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Piano Trio in e flat minor Hoboken XV: 31 I. Andante II. Allegro: Jacob’s Dream
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Piano Trio Opus 66 I. Allegro energico e con fuoco
Download and print A4 flyer/poster in PDF Format
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EVENING MUSIC
Thursday, 24th September starting at 5.30pm on the steps
followed by drinks at 6.15ish and more music inside
The St Margaret Pattens Choir
present
a programme of Close Harmony Numbers (inc "Blue Skies"),
Spirituals, Russian Choral Masterpieces & some Choral Classics
A SPRING SING!
Saturday, 2nd May at 7.30 p.m. (Concert starts 8 p.m.)
An evening of Musical Theatre featuring songs and readings to celebrate springtime
Tickets: Adults - £10; Concesions - £7
Website: www.throughthewindowtheatre.com
LUNCHTIME JAZZ CONCERT
Friday, 3rd April at 1.15 p.m.
with Mark Wallace, piano
DALRIADA SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR
from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Friday, 27th March at 1 p.m.
Repertoire: Choral works by Franck, Mozart, Fauré and others
FREE ENTRY
Website: http://www.dalriadaschool.com/
TEMENOS CHAMBER CHOIR
with TEMENOS BAROQUE
Wednesday, 25th March at 7.30 p.m.
Conductor Charles Vignoles. Temenos Baroque - leader Ellie Harrison
"Singet!"
Programme includes
Bach: Singet dem Herrn Guerrero: Duo Seraphim
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir; Gloria a 7 Palestrina: Stabat Mater
Verdi: Three Sacred Pieces - Ave Maria, Laudi alla Vergine & Pater Noster
Sponsored by Metropolitan Workshop Architects - website: http://www.metwork.co.uk.
Tickets £10 (£5 students) on door or telephone 01959 522302
For full information about the choir and future concerts go to
http://www.temenos-chamberchoir.org.uk
A LUNCHTIME RECITAL
ARIAS OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
with Sarah Minns - Soprano
Friday, 20th March at 1.15 p.m.
THE DUARTE WIND QUARTET
presents
A LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Wednesday, 11th March at 1.10 p.m.
Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Royal Academy of Music
perform music by Mozart, Ibert, Françaix and Jim Parker.
A charity collection will be made in aid of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Previous Concerts: 2008 2007 2006