evening concerts | see also Lunchtime Recitals listings

Tickets for these events are available by the means stated in each diary entry. Concerts and their programmes are liable to change. For up to date information contact our Concerts Manager Sarah Baxter who is always glad to help with any enquiries 020 7381 0441

 

REM at St James's Piccadilly
REM performing at St James's

 

may evening concerts

FRIDAY 2 MAY at 4.30pm
TRELLEBORGS MUSIKKAR

Present a programme of instrumental music 
by Leroy Anderson, Marvin Hamlisch, John Williams, Eric Coates and others
Retiring collection

SATURDAY 3 MAY at 7.30pm
JOHN WILLIAMS guitar
A Recital for Peace

J.S Bach, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Dodgson, Sculthorpe, Williams
and music from Venezuela celebrating MANA’s 25th anniversary year
Guest speaker Jeremy Corbyn MP
£20 (£15 concs) £15 (£10 concs) 020 8455 1030

THURSDAY 8 MAY at 7.30
BEDFORD SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA,
CHAPEL CHOIR, BRASS ENSEMBLE
AND CHAMBER MUSIC GROUPS

A concert of music by Gabrieli through to Malcolm Arnold and including
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Five Mystical Songs.
£6.00 (£3 schoolchildren) 020 7381 0441

FRIDAY 9 MAY at 7.30pm
VIVAMUS
Chamber Choir

BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms; LAURIDSEN  O Magnum Mysterium; Lux Aeterna
COPELAND Three motetsopeland and Barber motets; BARBER 12th Night, To be Sung on Water |tickets £15 (£10 concs) 07956629256 or sarahjamal@hotmail.co.uk

SATURDAY 10 MAY at 7.30
LONDON CHAMBER CONSORT director: Peter Foggitt

sound diffusion: Thomas Hewitt Jones
with Flora Wellesley Wesley (dance)
MONTEVERDI Beatus vir, Ave maris stella
CAVELLI  Salve regina
HAYDN Little Organ Mass
MOZART Regina Coeli in C  K276
HEWITT JONES Sepmparergon (London premier)
FOGGITT Stabat Mater (World Premier)
Gregorian and Ambrosian chant
Tickets £10 (concs £7)  020 7381 0441

WEDNESDAY 14 MAY doors 7pm
Eat Your Own Ears presents
BILL CALLAHAN
(Smog) plus special guests
Tickets £15 advance (subject to booking fee)
From: www.ticketweb.co.uk 08700 600 100
www.seetickets.com 0870 264 3333

THURSDAY 15 MAY at 7.30
VIRGINIE FALQUET piano LAURENT ESTOPPEY saxophone

PAUL MAURICE Tableaux de Provence GRELLA-MOZEJKO Moondown
CHARRIÈRE Tranquillo-agitato
CORDERO-CHARLES Soul Mates (world premiere)
MILHAUD Scaramouche METTRAUX Lied
020 7381 0441

SATURDAY 17 MAY at 7.30pm
LONDON OCTAVE
Dietrich Bethge director
LORRAINE McASLAN violin

VIVALDI THE FOUR SEASONS by candlelight
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6. No.4.
Pachelbel Canon
Mozart Salzburg Symphony No.3 in F
Tickets £12, £16  0207 766 1100 or www.smitf.org
or at the door on the day from 2:30 pm

SATURDAY 24 MAY at 7.30pm
PHILHARMONIA BRITANNICA

The Genius of Mozart
Peter Fender conductor
Janine Byrne flute
Daniel de-Fry harp
Norma Ritchie mezzo-soprano
Charlie Coldfield as Mozart
Concerto for flute and harp K299
German Dances K586
Adagio from Divertimento in Eb K563
Songs  K520, K523
Symphony no.40 in G minor K550
Tickets £10, £6 concessions (£2 un 19’s)
020 7381 0441   www.ph-br.co.uk

FRIDAY 30 MAY at 7.30
ARTHAS ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Pike, Rowan Bell violins, Tetsuumi Nagata viola,
Reinoud Ford, Iain Ward cello  

BOCCHERINI Quintet Op. 37, No. 7 (Pleyel)
BEETHOVEN String Trio Op. 9, No. 2 C minor
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major D.956
 £10 (£8) 020 7381 0441

SATURDAY 31 MAY at 7pm Baroque Heroines Gabriela Di Laccio
Soprano Melopoetica – Baroque Ensemble Arias and
instrumental pieces from Baroque operas and Oratorios
portraying the strong female figures in works by
Vivaldi and Handel. Includes works from Vivaldi’s
only surviving oratorio, Juditha Triumphans and
Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
Performed using Period Instruments.
Tickets £30, £20 (£15 concs), £15 (£12 concs)
020 7381 0441
Online Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/event/28813
Email: tickets@gabrieladilaccio.com

june evening concerts

FRIDAY 6 JUNE at 7.30pm
EVA QUARTET
GERGANA DIMITROVA - soprano
SOFIA KOVACHEVA – mezzo soprano
EVELINA CHRISTOVA – alto
DANIELA STOICHKOVA – contralto

MILEN IVANOV - conductor  and Bulgarian gayde bagpipes
Folk songs and hymns from different parts of Bulgaria,
’- such is the command of their voices that when singing together
the impression is of a single multi-layered voice’
Tickets: £16 (booking fee may apply)
www.wegottickets.com   07966 452557

THURSDAY 12 JUNE at 7.30
ISIS ENSEMBLE

Summer Serenade
Jacques Cohen conductor
Sarah Williamson, Clarinet
Susanne Stanzeleit, Leader

Bartok: Romanian Dances (arr. A Willner)
Sibelius: Romance
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No.1 (arr. J Cohen)
Grieg: Elegiac Melodies
Dvorak: Serenade
Tickets £15 (£10 concs) 07875 610941
includes chocolates! www.isisensemble.com
in association with PRESTAT  www.prestat.co.uk

SATURDAY 14 JUNE at 7.30pm
SAKIS ZAKARIAN piano

SCHUBERT Four Impromptus D935
No.1 Allegro moderato - F minor
No.2 Allegretto - A flat Major
No.3 Andante - B flat Major
No.4 Allegro scherzando - F minor
BABAJANIAN Three pieces
CHOPIN Berceuse Op.57; Sonata in B flat minor Op.35
Tickets £15 (£10 concs)  020 7381 0441

WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE at 7.30pm
JUPITER SINGERS
Gregory Rose conductor
Vicky Lester harp
Nicholas O'Neill organ
(tbc)
Gregory Rose Sha'alu Shlom Yerushalayim (premiere)
Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Leoš Janácek Otcenaš
020 7381 0441

THURSDAY 19 JUNE at 7.30pm
ALDA DIZDARI violin
CAROLINE PALMER piano
Alda Dizdar
i,a former Leader of the
Allegri String Quartet plays
BACH Partita in D minor for solo violin BWV 1001
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Piano
BEETHOVEN  Sonata in A Major No.9 Op.47 " Kreutzer"
BRAHMS  Three Hungarian Dances for Violin and Piano No.2,17,21.
£12.50 (£10 concs) 020 7381 0441

SATURDAY 21 JUNE
ARION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE at 7.30pm
THE ORPHEUS SINFONIA
Principal conductor Andrew Gourley

Concert in aid of the St James' Restoration Appeal
Wagner Overture and Liebestod to 'Tristan und Isolde'
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5
£15  020 7297 3785  musicinmayfair@aol.com

SATURDAY 28 JUNE at 7pm
ROYAL ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY
Benjamin Ellin conductor
Katy Batho soprano

HOLST Egdon Heath Opus 47
GERALD FINZI Dies Natalis
DVORAK Symphony No.7 in D minor op.70
£10 (£8 concs)  on the door or 020 7381 0441

Programmes subject to change