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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.

 


Forthcoming Concerts 2010

 

LUNCHTIME CONCERT

  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

View/Download a poster/flyer in PDF format

 


EVENING CONCERT

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.

View/Download a poster/flyer in PDF format

View/Download full programme in PDF format

 


LUNCHTIME CONCERT

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)

More details to follow

 


Concert Archive 2010

"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.)

 


Concert Archive 2009

A CHRISTMAS CRACKER!

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

 


FREE LUNCHTIME RECITAL

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

 


FUND-RAISING CONCERT

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.

 


Sarah Minns

FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERT

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

 


CELLO AND PIANO RECITALEmma Abbate and Evva Mizerska

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

 


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

 

 

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

 


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