British pianist Nicola Meecham has been gaining international acclaim from critics and concert-goers alike since the release of her recent CD on the SOMM label. International Piano magazine described her playing as “sensational”. 

For more information and full artist profile go to http://www.ajsw.org.uk/events/show-event.php?e=346

Free entry

MUSIC FOR A SUMMER'S EVENING

A concert of music from the court

of Queen Elizabeth I.

  Sunday, 5th June 2011 at 7.30 p.m.

THE ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY MADRIGAL GROUP

        with the Amphion Consort

The Madrigal Group is formed entirely of students at St Andrews and has played a vibrant part in University life since 1946 (although not with the same members!). This concert is part of the group's two-week summer tour, when they travel the length and breadth of the UK to give a series of concerts with a wide range of repertoire.  The group is famous in St Andrews for 'singing in the summer' on May 1st, performing at sunrise on a St Andrews beach as University students plunge into the cold North Sea (part of the University tradition).  Dressed in their red University gowns, they perform concerts throughout the academic year.  In addition to Elizabethan Madrigals, the group focuses on music from across Renaissance Europe, as well as folk songs, sacred works and even contemporary part-songs.

Website: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~madgroup/

Concert in support of pure - the Clean Planet Trust (www.puretrust.org.uk)

Free entry, with a retiring collection

LUNCHTIME RECITAL

LOVE'S LIGHT WINGS

Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 at 1 p.m.

Romantic music by Strauss & Brahms for voice, viola and piano.

                                                                    ● Richard Strauss: 5 Songs

                                                                    ● Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces from Op.118

                                                                    ● Johannes Brahms:  2 Songs for voice, viola & piano

Performed by  Richard Lea (baritone), Charlotte Way (piano) and Brian Clarke (viola)

Retiring collection

LUNCHTIME CONCERT

  Friday, 1st April 2011 at 1 p.m.

with

THE CHAMBER CHOIR OF DALRIADA SCHOOL

from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Programme 

 ● Hodie Christus natus est - Sweelinck

 ● Pie Jesu (soloist: Laura Witherow) - Fauré

 ● Send in the Clowns (soloist: Tabitha Graham) - Sondheim

 ● Deep River - arr. Hart

 ● The Lord is my Shepherd - Goodall

 ● Jigs and reels - Irish traditional

 ● Freedom - Whelan

 ● Home and the Heartland - Whelan

 ● 'Well did you evah' from 'High Society' (soloists: Richard Lee & Ben Goody)- Porter

 ● Masquerade from 'Phantom of the Opera' - Webber

 ● Rule the World - Take That

 ● Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Schonberg & Boubil

 ● Mr Cellophane from 'Chicago' - Ebb & Kander

 ● A Gaelic Blessing - Rutter

Website: http://www.dalriadaschool.com/

Admission free

Concert Archive 2010

A CONCERT FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

Friday, 10th December 2010 from 1.10 to 2 p.m.

a piano recital by Jelena Makarova

Programme: ● Claude Debussy - Deux Arabesques:- Arabesque 1: Andantino con moto Arabesque 2: Allegretto Scherzando ● Balys Dvarionas - 'Winter Sketches' (Selection): 'The First Snowflakes' 'Down the Hill on a Sledge' 'Snow-Covered Forest' ● Piotr Tchaikovsky - The Seasons. Op. 37(Selection): December 'Christmas' January 'At the Fireside'  February 'Carnival' ● Frederic Chopin Waltz No 1 Op. 69 Posth. A Flat Major Waltz No 2 Op. 69 Posth. B-Minor Waltz in E-Minor Posth.

Jelena Makarova is a Russian born Lithuanian pianist based in London who has an established career as a performer, chamber musician and piano teacher.  She has appeared in recitals and festivals in the UK, Russia, Sweden and Lithuania and recently in the prestigious Pianists of the World concert series.

In association with the Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex, est. 1996

Website: http://www.ajsw.org.uk/

Entry free

A CHARITY JAZZ CONCERT

Thursday, 4th November 2010 at 7.15 p.m.

Refreshments from 6.30 p.m.

supported by the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers

in aid of the appeal by

the Friends of St Margaret Pattens

for the renovation of the church.

Perfomed by

Students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Jonny Abraham and the Flamingo Swing and

Students from Latymer School, under the direction of Mark Wallace.

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(ticket application form is on page 3)

Tickets: £20

EVENING CONCERT

Saturday, 23rd October 2010 at 7.30 p.m.

VOCES RAPTORUM

present

                        ●  A. Scarlatti - Questo, silenzio, ombroso

                        ●  G.F. Handel - Organ Concerto No.4 in F minor

Website: http://www.vocesraptorum.org.uk/

Tickets on the door: £8

LUNCHTIME RECITAL

Tuesday, 12th October 2010 from 1.10 to 2 p.m.

We are pleased to welcome the brilliant

Linda Lin (Cello)

with Daniel Swain (Piano)

Programme:

            ●  W.A. Mozart - 7 variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from "Die Zauberflöte"

            ●  Samuel Barber - Cello sonata in C minor, Op. 6

            ●  Peter Sculthorpe - Djilile (1986)

            ●  Stephen Leek - Music for One Musician

            ●  Astor Piazzolla - Le Grand Tango

Described to have "a penchant for flamboyance", LINDA LIN is one of the rising musicians of her generation. 

Since winning the Young Artist of Australia at the age of 15, when she made her debut performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the ABC Iwaki Auditorium, she has been frequently performing and collaborating with artists worldwide.  She has had the privilege to work with prominent conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder, Trevor Pinnock, Lutz Kohler and composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davis.

In association with the Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex.  Website: http://www.ajsw.org.uk/

Entry free

EVENING CONCERT

Thursday, 1st July 2010 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

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LUNCHTIME CONCERT

Wednesday, 30th June 2010 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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A "6pm Series" RECITAL   as part of the City of London Festival Tuesday, 29th June 2010 at 6 p.m. with  Mahan Esfahani

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.

TRIO CONCERT

Friday, 18th June 2010 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

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A CHARITY CONCERT

in aid of

Conservation Lower Zambezi

Thursday, 10th June 2010 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 2010 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 2010 at 7 p.m.

with Mark Wallace (piano) and Co.

Tickets £10 (Concessions £8), including refreshments

BAROQUE EVENSONG

Thursday, 20th May 2010 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 2010 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 2010 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 2010 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 2010 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)

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Admission free

EVENING CONCERT

Friday, 26th March 2010 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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LUNCHTIME CONCERT

  Friday, 12th March 2010 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

"KING ARTHUR"

a semi-opera

by Henry Purcell

one of the greatest masters of baroque music

Friday, 26th February 2010 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/

(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

Website at http://www.throughthewindowtheatre.com

FREE LUNCHTIME RECITAL

Wednesday, 9th December at 1 p.m. 

by the

Idomeneo String Quartet
Entrance free

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)

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A report on this concert can be viewed here.

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

CELLO AND PIANO RECITAL

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

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.

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            The choir at St Margaret Pattens

Skt. Nikolai Church website: http://www.sktnikolaiholbaek.dk/index.html

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