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CONTENTS —— 1 Welcome 2 Autumn Listings 3 50th Anniversary 13 34th Christmas Festival 19 School Concerts 20 Support Us 21 Over 300 years of history 22 Booking Information 23 How to find us 24 Footstool Restaurant 25 Thank you to our supporters Box Office 020 7222 1061
2019/20 SEASON WELCOME TO ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE —— St John’s Smith Square provides a home for St John’s Smith Square is only able to the best in Baroque music, within the UK’s provide this programme thanks to the only concert hall dating from the Baroque generosity of our wonderful Friends and period, whilst equally championing creative Patrons. This support is crucial to our exploration and new music. International success (ticket sales alone can never meet artists sit comfortably alongside emerging the needs of our busy artistic and talent, and we continue to provide a vital community programme, let alone the costs and unique home for the best in of maintaining our wonderful Grade I community music. listed home). Please help us in our mission by joining the Friends of St John’s Smith You can find a rich diversity of events Square. Thank you for your support! within this programme, and opera, oratorio, symphony, concerto sit alongside song, I hope you will find the programme and chamber music and solo recitals to make a your future visits to St John’s Smith Square rich and diverse programme this season. I stimulating and interesting and I would be hope you will find many concerts that very interested to hear any thoughts and entice you and to offer you a regular comments about your experiences. welcome to St John’s Smith Square. Our concert journey through the autumn I look forward to welcoming you soon. reaches a joyous climax with the 34th Christmas Festival at St John’s, from 8th to 23rd December. These concerts are always such a firm favourite and often sell out well in advance so, to be sure to secure your place, do book early. Richard Heason Director We are delighted to host many partners throughout the season and to feature Richard Heason © Amy Ryan the best chamber orchestras, choirs and ensembles at St John’s Smith Square. You can enjoy our regular Thursday Lunchtime Concerts and Organ Series featuring both established ensembles and emerging artists. Don’t forget to allow time to dine in the atmospheric Footstool Restaurant. St John’s Smith Square is unique amongst London’s concert halls – it is the oldest, yet most flexible, concert hall in London and we are very proud that we are able to offer a programme which is so diverse yet filled with events and festivals of deep integrity. Box Office 020 7222 1061
AUGUST SEPTEMBER thursday lunchtime concerts DARIUS BATTIWALLA thursday lunchtime concerts Organ Series MIHAI RITIVOIU Mendelssohn Sonata 1 in F minor Piano Philip Wilby Organ Hours: Contrapuntal Exercises after the Couperin La Muse Plantine • Le Medieval Clock at Wells Cathedral Tic-Toc-Choc Bach Prelude and Fugue in Thomas Ades Second Mazurka C major BWV545 Chopin Polonaise Fantasie in Sowande Kyrie A flat Op. 61 Duruflé Toccata (Suite, Op. 5) Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Thu 5 September 1.05pm Thu 19 September 1.05pm £10, YF £10, YF thursday lunchtime concerts thursday lunchtime concerts KATE SEMMENS KALEIDOSCOPE & STEVEN DEVINE SAXOPHONE Kate Semmens soprano QUARTET Steven Devine fortepiano Jonathan Dove Tuning In Beethoven Adelaide • Piano Gabrieli Canzon Quarta Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 (1st movement) Mark Bowler Puzzle Book: XXIV Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor Tippett Lilliburlero HobXVI/34 (1st movement) • James MacMillan Intercession MyCool Singers Arianna a Naxos Palestrina Adoramus Te Mozart An Chloe • Als Luise die David Lancaster Swan briefe • Abendempfindung Mark Mellits Black kaleidoscopesax.com Thu 12 September 1.05pm THE MYCOOL £10, YF MUSIC Thu 26 September 1.05pm £10, YF FOUNDATION CHARITY BRIDE & GLOOM CONCERT Bampton Classical Opera BRAHMS REQUIEM CHROMA The Purcell Singers MyCool Singers Aoife O’Sullivan, Jenny Stafford Mary Nelson soprano Trust Harmonix & Caroline Kennedy soprano Andrew Smith & Christopher Mike King Collective (MKC) Stephen Storace Bride & Gloom Hopkins piano An evening of inspiring and (Gli sposi malcontenti, 1785) Mark Ford conductor uplifting singing with heartfelt Pre-concert talk: 6.00pm Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem renditions of jazz, soul and pop classics. bamptonopera.org purcellsingers.org Sat 31 August 7.30pm Tue 17 September 7.00pm Sat 28 September 7.30pm £16, £14, £12 £38, £28, £18 £15 (£12), £10 2
50th ANNIVERSARY APPEAL 2019/20 marks our 50th season as a concert made up of revenue from ticket sales; fees we hall, the opening concert at the newly receive from renting out the hall; income from reconstructed St John’s Smith Square having catering and merchandising; and gifts from taken place on 5th October 1969. Throughout generous supporters. Ticket sales alone only the forthcoming year we will be hosting a cover a small part of our costs and to maintain range of events to celebrate this anniversary. this wonderful Grade I listed building whilst Do watch out for further announcements offering a world class programme of concerts about these. and events we need to find approximately £250,000 every year. The reconstruction and opening of St John’s as a concert hall came about due to the incredible For our 50th anniversary year we are support and dedication of the community (led launching an appeal. We are seeking funds to by Lady Parker of Waddington) who had the support the artistic programme; invest in the vision to enable this incredible concert hall to building; and develop our operating model. rise from the ruins of the war-ravaged and Any support will go towards increasing our derelict church which occupied this site. sustainability by enabling us to develop Thanks to the generosity of all those who further earned income. contributed to realising this wonderful ambition we now, 50 years on, continue to Please consider making a donation towards our enjoy world class music making within one of 50th anniversary appeal. Either send a cheque, the most sublime heritage settings in the UK. made out to ‘St John’s Smith Square’ to: ‘St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA’ The success of St John’s has always been or look online at www.sjss.org.uk/donations thanks to the fabulous support of those who to find other ways to give. love the building and the music which comes to life within it. This is as true today as it was Thank you for your support of St John’s 50 years ago. St John’s Smith Square is a Smith Square. registered charity and receives no core subsidy from any source. Our income is 3
OCTOBER Lo nd on CHORAL M oz ar Plt EUCHARIST ay er s The Feast of Edward the Confessor Floreat Gilly French director Reverend Graham Buckle celebrant Victoria O quam gloriosum (mass thursday lunchtime concerts and motet) A MUSICIAN THOMAS GAYNOR Tue 8 October 1.00pm ‘UNCORRUPTED Organ Series Free admission, all welcome & UNFLAWED’ Bach arr. Guilmant Sinfonia to The Regents Consort Cantata 21 YOUNG Michael Petrov cello Widor Allegro Vivace (Symphony V, Op. 42) MUSICIANS Jacqueline Shave conductor Duruflé Sicilienne (Suite, Op. 5) SYMPHONY Bach Prelude Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011 Hampton Five Dances for Organ ORCHESTRA (excerpts) Beethoven Piano Trio No. 3 in Whitlock Scherzetto (Organ Berlioz Le Carnaval Romain C minor Sonata in C minor) Schumann Piano Concerto in Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 Lindberg Sonata in G minor A minor Op. 54 No. 7 in B flat major HWV325 (excerpts) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite Heath Cello Concerto ymso.org.uk Thu 3 October 1.05pm Tue 1 October 7.30pm £10, YF £20, £15, £10 Wed 9 October 7.30pm £20, £15, £10 (20% off) KENSINGTON LONDON SYMPHONY thursday lunchtime concerts MOZART PLAYERS ORCHESTRA ANGELA SIMKIN & Piano Explored Russell Keable conductor LUCY COLQUHOUN Howard Shelley piano/director Anna Clyne Masquerade Angela Simkin mezzo soprano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in Berg Lulu Suite Lucy Colquhoun piano C K503 Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Berlioz Les Nuits d’été londonmozartplayers.com kso.org.uk Mahler Rückert Lieder Wed 2 October 1.05pm Mon 7 October 7.30pm Thu 10 October 1.05pm £16, (Students £5) £18.50 (£14), £14 £10, YF 4
Nicole Henry Scottish Ensemble © Peter Dibdin thursday lunchtime concerts SAVITRI GRIER & YUNDU WANG Savitri Grier violin Yundu Wang piano Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 Thu 17 October 1.05pm £10, YF THE MUSIC SCOTTISH OF ARETHA ENSEMBLE AT 50 FRANKLIN, THE WITH JONATHAN QUEEN OF SOUL COHEN: BAROQUE Nicole Henry CONCERTI GROSSI The Nick Fitch Band Scottish Ensemble Michael Underwood saxophone Jonathan Cohen soloist/ Freddie Gavita trumpet harpsichord Nick Fitch electric & acoustic Vivaldi Concerto Grosso in guitar G minor Op. 3 No. 2 RV578 Joe Hill organ/piano Corelli Violin Sonata in G minor Jack Tustin bass Op. 5 No. 5 • Concerto Grosso in Luke Tomlinson drums B flat major Op. 6 No. 5 With great Aretha Franklin songs Locatelli Concerto Grosso ‘Il including Amazing Grace, Say A Pianto d’arianna’ Op. 7 No. 6 • Little Prayer, Natural Woman, Concerto Grosso in C minor Op. 4 Spirit In The Dark, Respect and Biber Rosary Sonata No. 6 in many more. C minor “The Agony in the Garden” Sat 12 October 7.30pm Mon 21 October 7.30pm £35, £25, £20, £15 £26, £22, £16, £12 5
OCTOBER Eric Whitacre © Marc Royce PURCELL: ERIC WHITACRE: KING ARTHUR THE SACRED VEIL Gabrieli Eric Whitacre Singers Anna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson & Christopher Glynn piano Rowan Pierce soprano Jeffrey Zeigler cello Jeremy Budd & James Way tenor Eric Whitacre conductor Marcus Farnsworth & Ashley Riches baritone/bass Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque • Paul McCreesh conductor Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine • The Sacred Veil Purcell King Arthur (European Premiere) gabrieli.com Pre-concert talk: 6.30pm MEGUMI FUJITA Wed 30 October 7.30pm ericwhitacre.com/singers PIANO RECITAL £35, £28, £22, £15 Fri 25 October 7.30pm Megumi Fujita piano Sat 26 October 7.30pm Chopin Études Op. 10 thursday lunchtime concerts £60*, £35, £25, £15 Chopin Études Op. 25 *VIP – includes signed VICKERS BOVEY programme and ability to attend rehearsal Sun 27 October 3.00pm GUITAR DUO £20, £15, £10 Rameau Pieces de Clavecin Le Rappel des Oiseaux, Musette en ERIC WHITACRE SALOMON Rondeau & Les Cyclopes CHORAL ORCHESTRA Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K87 & ‘Toccata’ from Sonata in D minor, WORKSHOP Stephen Bryant violin K141 Stephen Dodgson Promenade I Join Eric in reading through Philip Ellis conductor Castelnuovo-Tedeso ‘Prelude and some of his most-loved works Programme to include: Fugue’ in F# minor from Les and learn about the composer’s Korngold Violin Concerto Guitares bien temperes creative process. salomonorchestra.org vickersbovey.co.uk Sat 26 October 2.30pm £20 Participants Tue 29 October 7.30pm Thu 31 October 1.05pm £20 Observers £17 (£14), £14 £10, YF 6
NOVEMBER Rim aSm usk an ska ya thursday lunchtime concerts ANNA LAPWOOD Organ Series Christian Blackshaw Patrick Gowers Occasional Trumpet Voluntary Debussy arr. Guilmant Andantino, doucement espressif from String Quartet Op. 10 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A major BWV536 LONDON Boulanger Improvisation Ravel Prelude, Forlane & MOZART PLAYERS Rigaudon (from Le Tombeau de Couperin) Piano Explored Messiaen arr. Lapwood Vocalise Howard Shelley piano/director Bruhns Toccata in E minor ‘The Great’ Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 40 annalapwood.co.uk londonmozartplayers.com Thu 7 November 1.05pm £10, YF Wed 6 November 1.05pm MOZART REQUIEM £16 (Students £5) National Symphony Orchestra SABA PLAYS Locrian Singers CHRISTIAN SCHUBERT Tasmin Little violin Philip Dukes viola BLACKSHAW Geoffrey Saba piano Rimma Sushanskaya conductor PIANO RECITAL Schubert/compl. Levin Piano Handel Zadok the Priest Piece in C D916B Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Christian Blackshaw piano Schubert/Dullo Sonata in violin and viola K364 Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 F minor D625/505 (unfinished, Mozart Requiem K626 ‘Scenes from Childhood’ completion by W A Dullo) nso.co.uk Schubert Drei Klavierstucke D946 Schubert Piano Sonata in locrianchamberchoir.co.uk Liszt Sonata in B minor Bb D960 christianblackshaw.com geoffreysaba.co.uk Sun 10 November 7.30pm £20, £15, £10 (Under 25s, Wed 6 November 7.30pm Fri 8 November 7.30pm students and unemployed 50% £35, £30, £20, £15 £30, £20, £15 off, under 16s free) 7
NOVEMBER La Nuova Musica © Nick Rutter thursday lunchtime concerts CLASSICAL LOTTE BETTS-DEAN WOMEN – & JOSEPH HAVLAT MOZART Lotte Betts-Dean soprano VERDI REQUIEM & HANDEL’S Joseph Havlat piano Royal Orchestral Society CELEBRATED Messiaen Harawi London Chorus SOPRANO ARIAS Nicola Ihnatowicz soprano Zoe South mezzo soprano Thu 14 November 1.05pm La Nuova Musica £10, YF John Upperton tenor Lucy Crowe soprano Oliver Gibbs bass David Bates director Adrian Brown conductor Handel Overture from Giulio FREDDIE MERCURY Verdi Requiem Cesare • ‘Da Tempeste’ from Giulio Cesare • ‘V’adoro Pupille’ & QUEEN royalorchestralsociety.org.uk from Giulio Cesare • Passacaille GREATEST HITS from Rodrigo • ‘Ah Ruggiero Sat 16 November 7.00pm London Film Music Orchestra £20, £16, £10 Crudel tu non m’amasti’/‘Ombre Rossi Dusheva & Ivelina pallide’ from Alcina • ‘Ah Mio Cor’ Dusheva-Martial conductor from Alcina Mozart ‘Al destin che la minaccia’ The Show Must Go On LONDON from Mitridate • ‘Ah Se’il Crudel’ from Lucio Silla • Minuetto from We Are the Champions We Will Rock You PHOENIX Serenade No 4 • ‘Dove sono’ from Bohemian Rhapsody ORCHESTRA Le Nozze di Figaro • Allegro from Somebody to Love Lev Parikian conductor Serenade No. 13 ‘Eine kleine Fat Bottomed Girls Nachtmusik’ • ‘Come Scoglio’ Killer Queen Louise Farrenc Overture No. 1 from Cosi fan Tutte • ‘S’altro che Crazy Little Thing Called Love Brahms Double Concerto lacrime’ from La Clemenza di Tito and more! Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 lanuovamusica.co.uk londonfilmmusicorchestra.com phoenixorchestra.org Tue 12 November 7.30pm Fri 15 November 7.30pm Tue 19 November 7.30pm £45, £35, £25, £15 £33, £30, £24, £17 £17, £15, £13 8
va no da og aB lin Ga © stra che Or ic us M ilm nF STEPHANIE TRICK Lo ndo Savitri Grier © Kaupo Kikkas & PAOLO ALDERIGHI - YOUNG CLASSIC JAZZ IN MUSICIANS FOUR HANDS SYMPHONY Stephanie Trick ORCHESTRA & Paolo Alderighi piano The concert will embrace not Savitri Grier violin only music by piano masters James Blair conductor including Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Strauss Don Juan Op. 20 Morton, Fats Waller, James P. Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in Johnson and Art Tatum among E minor Op. 64 others, but also music from the Elgar Falstaff Op. 68 great American Song Book of Ravel Daphnis and Chloé Suite Cole Porter and George Gershwin No. 2 and more recent works by ymso.org.uk Lennon & McCartney THE MUSIC OF stephanietrick.com GIL EVANS Wed 20 November 7.30pm paoloalderighi.com Chris Ingham’s rebop £20, £15, £10 (20% off) Royal Academy All Stars Fri 22 November 7.30pm Chris Ingham & Nick Smart £30, £20, £15, £10 director thursday lunchtime concerts Music from the Gil Evans Album YUME FUJISE VOICES OF JAZZ Miles Ahead, including Blues for & STEN HEINOJA VoCollective Pablo, Miles Ahead, New Rhumba, The Duke & more. Yume Fujise violin Etcetera with Alexander Bone & The Gil Evans, Miles Davis Sten Heinoja piano The Chris Ingham Trio complete arrangement of the The Swingles Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 2 in Porgy & Bess Suite by George A Op. 12 No. 2 Five Swinging Jazz Songs Gershwin, including: ‘Bess You Is Prokofiev 5 Melodies Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass My Woman’, ‘It Ain’t Necessarily Arvo Pärt Fratres Will Todd Songs of Love So’, ‘Summertime’, ‘I Loves You Ravel Tzigane Arr. Will Todd Amazing Grace Porgy’ among all 14 titles. Thu 21 November 1.05pm Sat 23 November 7.30pm Sun 24 November 7.30pm £10, YF £35, £25, £20, £15 £40, £30, £20, £15 9
NOVEMBER W ar re n M ail le y- Sm ith © Be n jam in Ea lo ve ga PIANO RECITAL: BEETHOVEN & CHOPIN Russell Keable KENSINGTON WHITEHALL CHOIR Warren Mailley-Smith piano SYMPHONY London Baroque Sinfonia Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in Soraya Mafi soprano D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’ ORCHESTRA Anna Harvey mezzo soprano Chopin Bolero Op. 19 • Concert Russell Keable conductor Nick Pritchard tenor Allegro in A Op. 46 Edward Grint bass Ravel Alborada del gracioso Weber Overture Der Freichütz Joanna Tomlinson conductor Debussy Jardins sous la pluie Hindemith Mathis der Maler Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Handel Messiah warrenmailley-smith.com kso.org.uk whitehallchoir.org Fri 29 November 7.30pm Tue 26 November 7.30pm Thu 28 November 7.30pm £32, £24, £18, £12 £18.50 (£14), £14 £35, £25, £20, £10 CHAMBER thursday lunchtime concerts THE BUSONI PIANO CONCERTO KARL LUTCHMAYER RECITAL Busoni - The Romantic Busoni - The Romantic Busoni - The Romantic Modernist Modernist Modernist Seraphin Chamber Orchestra Vasara String Quartet Piano Karl Lutchmayer piano Emma Lisney violin Joy Lisney conductor Busoni Elegies BV249 Karl Lutchmayer piano Schoenberg/Busoni Klavierstuck Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Busoni Concerto for Piano & Op. 11 No. 2 (Konsertmäßige Op. 45 String Quartet in D minor Op. 17 Interpretation) BVB97 • Sonatina Busoni Piano Concerto in C Op. 39 BV80 Seconda BV259 (1st version) Busoni Violin Sonata Op. 36a seraphinchamberorchestra.com karllutchmayer.com No. 2 BV244 Sat 30 November 7.30pm Thu 28 November 1.05pm Fri 29 November 1.05pm £20 (£18, Students £15), £15 £10, YF £10, YF (£13.50, Students £10), £10 (£8) 10
DECEMBER The Bach Players A EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS The Bach Players Rachel Elliott soprano Matthew Brook bass Nicolette Moonen The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge violin/director Anna Curzon violin Rachel Stott viola THE 14th GLORY Olaf Reimers cello OF CHRISTMAS Silas Wollston organ CONCERT IN AID Biber The Annunciation (from the Rosary Sonatas) OF ORACLE Merula Canzonetta Spirituale CANCER TRUST sopra alla nanna The Choir of Christ’s College, Gabrieli Pass’e mezzo antico Cambridge Carissimi Salve salve puellule The Thames Chamber Orchestra Corelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6 No. 8 ‘Christmas Theo Golden countertenor LONDON Rob Burton saxophone concerto’ David Rowland & Keith Marshall MOZART PLAYERS Bach Cantata for the first Sunday conductor in Advent, second part: ‘Schwingt Piano Explored freudig euch empor’ BWV36 • Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Howard Shelley piano/director Cantata for the second day of Handel Messiah (excerpts) Christmas ‘Selig ist der Mann’ Traditional Christmas Carols Cramer Piano Concert No. 4 in BWV57 C Op. 38 christs.cam.ac.uk thebachplayers.org.uk thameschamberorchestra.co.uk londonmozartplayers.com Sun 1 December 5.00pm Mon 2 December 7.30pm Wed 4 December 1.05pm £24, £12 (Students £5) £45, £25, £15, £10 £16 (Students £5) 11
DECEMBER g in ild W P A © as mo Th an ah an M in El Matthew Martin thursday lunchtime concerts MATTHEW MARTIN Organ Series FANFARE ON HANDEL MESSIAH Buxtehude Magnificat primi toni THE SQUARE WITH ORCHESTRA BuxWV203 Featuring: OF ST JOHN’S Bach Canonic Variations on Elin Manahan Thomas soprano Orchestra of St John’s ‘Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich OSJ Voices her’ BWV769 A Golden Jubilee evening of Louise Wayman soprano Litaize Reges tharsis celebration, filled with classical Eleanor Edmonds alto Racquet Fantasie music from renowned performers Xavier Hetherington tenor Francis Jackson Scherzetto and celebrity guests including Jake Muffett baritone pastorale soprano Elin Manahan Thomas. John Lubbock conductor Matthew Martin St Albans elinmanahanthomas.org Tryptich (2019) Handel Messiah matthewmartincomposer.co.uk Thu 5 December 7.30pm osj.org.uk £85*, £40, £15 Thu 5 December 1.05pm *Includes VIP reception after Fri 6 December 7.30pm £10, YF the concert £26, £20, £15, £10 12
34 th CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL 8–23 December 2019 The Cardinall’s Musik © Benjamin Ealovega “VIGILIA DI NATALE”- AN ITALIAN CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS 34th Christmas Festival The Cardinall’s Musick Andrew Carwood director Lassus Alma redemptoris mater [a 8] Victoria Kyrie – Gloria (Missa O magnum mysterium) • Credo (Missa O magnum mysterium) • Sanctus & Benedictus – Agnus Dei 34th CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL (Missa O magnum mysterium) • Alma redemptoris mater [a 8] • O regem caeli Artistic Director Stephen Layton Monteverdi Angelus ad pastores ait • Hodie Christus natus est Gabrieli Hodie Christus natus est Welcome to the 34th Christmas Festival at St John’s Smith Square. From [a 8] the 8th to the 23rd December we feature the finest choirs, orchestras and Anerio Alma redemptoris mater musicians in this greatly loved and critically acclaimed festival. Josquin Praeter rerum seriem Palestrina Rex Melchior • Hodie We have the familiar and the new; tradition and innovation; grand Christus natus est [a 8] statements alongside intimate reflections; and we welcome groups and Viadana Hodie nobis caelorum ensembles making their Christmas Festival debuts whilst celebrating rex [a 8] the return of old friends. cardinallsmusick.com Do join us as we take a journey exploring the many rich and diverse musical celebrations of Christmas. Sun 8 December 7.30pm £25, £20, £15, £10 (10% off) Sun 8 - Mon 23 December (10% off for Friends of The Cardinall’s Musick) Box Office 020 7222 1061 13
DECEMBER So lom on sK no t© Ge rar d Co lle tt Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford © Hugh Warwick CHRISTMAS AT CHRIST CHURCH 34th Christmas Festival Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford CHRISTMAS Steven Grahl conductor WITH THE LCS A programme of some of the CHARPENTIER: best-loved and most beautiful 34th Christmas Festival A CHRISTMAS Christmas music ever written, The London Choral Sinfonia performed by one of the greatest ORATORIO cathedral choirs in the world. Michael Waldron conductor Britten Saint Nicolas 34th Christmas Festival What better way to get into the and other works including: festive spirit than with this Solomon’s Knot Holst arr. Owain Park Christmas programme of some of the Day Charpentier In nativitatem best-loved and most beautiful Adam arr. Max Pappenheim Domini Canticum H416 • Christmas music ever written, O Holy Night Pastorale sur la naissance de performed by one of the greatest Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ H483 cathedral choirs in the world. Pre-concert recital: 6.30pm solomonsknotcollective.com chchchoir.org thelcs.org Mon 9 December 7.30pm Tue 10 December 7.30pm Wed 11 December 7.30pm £45, £36, £24, £18 £25, £20, £15, £10 £35, £25, £15, £10 14
ay rW ge Ro r © oi Ch on nd Lo of ty Ci KING’S COLLEGE LONDON CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT 34th Christmas Festival 34th Christmas Festival Choir of King’s College London The Strand Consort City of London Choir Joseph Fort conductor Richard Gowers organ Ex Cathedra © Janet Skidmore Hilary Davan Wetton conductor Chant ‘O Antiphons’ Palestrina Canite tuba The City of London Choir returns Phllip Moore Sancte et sapienter for its annual “carol concert with Lasso Ad te Domine levavi bells on” (The Guardian) with CHRISTMAS MUSIC Joel Rust O radix Jesse Hilary Davan Wetton. BY CANDLELIGHT Byrd Tollite portas • Laetentur coeli This much-loved Christmas 34th Christmas Festival Cecilia McDowall Advent Moon celebration features classic carols, Sir George Benjamin ‘Twas in favourites new and old, and Ex Cathedra the year plenty of audience participation. Jeffrey Skidmore director Pawel Łukaszewski O Antiphons An annual highlight for all the A mixed programme of seasonal Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le family. favourites temps de Noël FP152 cityoflondonchoir.org excathedra.co.uk kcl.ac.uk Sat 14 December 6.30pm Thu 12 December 7.30pm Fri 13 December 7.30pm £32, £27, £22, £15 (20% off) £40, £32, £25, £15 £25, £20, £15, £10 (Children under 16 50% off) 15
DECEMBER PRAETORIUS: MASS FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING 34th Christmas Festival Gabrieli Paul McCreesh conductor Praetorius Mass for Christmas Morning Choir of New College Oxford © Nick Rutter A Lutheran Christmas Morning as might have been heard in 17th century Germany, featuring the music of Michael Praetorius, VENI EMMANUEL: Samuel Scheidt and Johann ADVENT & Hermann Schein. CHRISTMAS AT inis.com NEW COLLEGE Tue 17 December 7.30pm £35, £28, £22, £15 34 Christmas Festival th Choir of New College Oxford Timothy Wakerell, Charles DIXIT DOMINUS Maxtone-Smith & Hamish Fraser organ 34th Christmas Festival Robert Quinney conductor Vox Luminis A sequence of old and new choral Lionel Meunier director and organ music for Advent and Attrib. Buxtehude Magnificat Christmas, featuring composers BuxWV Anhang 1 including Praetorius, Bach, Bach Nun komm der heiden Schütz, Matthew Martin and Heiland BWV61 David Bednall. Handel Dixit Dominus HWV232 The Choir of New College “Their sound is warm and Oxford is firmly established as NATIONAL YOUTH one of the most acclaimed resonant, and they sing this 300-year-old music with the MUSIC THEATRE - British choral ensembles, known freshness and ardour of true for its stylish performances of a A CHRISTMAS diverse repertoire. Join the believers…” (Michael Church, The Independent) CELEBRATION choristers, clerks and organists for an inspiring journey though “The appeal of Vox Luminis is to 34th Christmas Festival Advent to Christmas: from apply no special tricks except an traditional seasonal melodies to almost supernatural National Youth Music Theatre more recent favourites, via concentration on minute dynamic Chorus, Alumni & Orchestra glorious Renaissance polyphony contrasts, uncanny intonation, A seasonal selection of readings, and the exuberant splendour of clean, clear tone … and meditative music and staged extracts. the Baroque. expression.” (The Times) nymt.org.uk newcollegechoir.com voxluminis.com Sun 15 December 7.30pm Mon 16 December 7.30pm Wed 18 December 7.30pm £30, £25, £20, £15 £35, £25, £15, £10 £35, £28, £22, £14 16
Th e Ta l li s Sc ho la rs © N ic k Ru tt er REFLECTIONS 34th Christmas Festival BACH The Tallis Scholars MAGNIFICAT Peter Phillips director & ADVENT Chant Salve regina • Ave Maria CANTATAS Padilla Salve Regina Poulenc Salve Regina 34th Christmas Festival Cornysh Salve Regina • Ave Maria La Nuova Musica Poulenc arr. Jeremy White Ave Anna Dennis & Miriam Allen Maria a10 David Titterington © Chris Christodoulou soprano Gabrieli Angelus Domini descendit Patrick Terry alto (à8) Nick Pritchard tenor thursday lunchtime concerts Massaino Angelus Domini Dingle Yandell bass descendit (à7) LA NATIVITÉ Lassus Angelus Domini descendit David Bates conductor DU SEIGNEUR Tallis O sacrum convivium Messiaen O sacrum convivium Bach Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! BWV132 • Wachet auf, ruft 34th Christmas Festival Byrd Magnificat from Short uns die Stimme BWV140 • Service Magnificat in D BWV243 Organ Series Victoria Magnificat Primi Toni lanuovamusica.co.uk David Titterington organ [a 8] Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur thetallisscholars.co.uk Fri 20 December 7.30pm £99*, £49, £38, £26, £15 Thu 19 December 1.05pm Thu 19 December 7.30pm *To include a post-concert £10, YF £35, £28, £22, £14 LNM Christmas Party ticket 17
Choir of Clare College Cambridge A CLARE CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS ORATORIO 34th Christmas Festival 34th Christmas Festival Stephen Layton © Keith Saunders Choir of Clare College Cambridge The Choir of Trinity College Ashley Chow & George Gillow Cambridge organ Orchestra of the Age Graham Ross conductor of Enlightenment Mary Bevan soprano Seasonal music from Clare College, Cambridge Helen Charlston mezzo soprano HANDEL’S James Gilchrist tenor The Choir of Clare College, Neal Davies bass MESSIAH WITH Cambridge return to St John’s, Stephen Layton conductor POLYPHONY Smith Square Christmas Festival, Bach Christmas Oratorio exploring festive choral 34th Christmas Festival masterpieces old and new. After the sell-out success of its Polyphony Poulenc’s Quatre motets pour le recent Christmas Festival Orchestra of the Age temps de Noël and Hieronymus performances, The Choir of of Enlightenment Praetorius’s Christmas Magnificat Trinity College Cambridge again Mary Bevan soprano sit alongside Roderick Williams’s joins forces with the Orchestra of Helen Charlston mezzo soprano haunting O Adonai, Jan the Age of Enlightenment for James Gilchrist tenor Sandström’s Es ist ein Ros’ Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1, Neal Davies bass entsprungen, and a selection of 2, 3, 6. Stephen Layton conducts Stephen Layton conductor beautiful arrangements that tell and they are joined by four us that Christmas has truly begun. outstanding soloists. Handel Messiah clarecollegechoir.com trinitycollegechoir.com stephenlayton.com/polyphony Sat 21 December 7.30pm Sun 22 December 7.30pm Mon 23 December 7.30pm £39, £29, £19, £12 £39, £32, £24, £15 £65, £55, £40, £25 18
DECEMBER SCHOOL CONCERTS ’s hn Jo St Westminster School © Chris Christodoulou of ra st he rc O DARKNESS ILLUMINATED The Purcell School Chamber Orchestra Nafis Umerkulova piano Paul Hoskins conductor Stanchinsky Sonata in E flat minor Scriabin Etude Op. 8 No. 11 • Etude Op. 8 No. 12 Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C Op. 48 SCHOLA Beethoven Concerto No. 4 Op. 58 (Cadenza by Clara Schumann) CANTORUM OF THE CARDINAL Pre-concert talk: 6.00pm VAUGHAN Wed 16 October 7.30pm MEMORIAL £20, £16, £12 STRAUSS GALA SCHOOL Orchestra of St John’s St James’ Baroque WESTMINSTER Louise Wayman soprano Christopher Turner tenor Scott Price conductor SCHOOL Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm Motette John Lubbock conductor Westminster School BWV229 • Magnificat in Symphony Orchestra Wonderful waltzes and polkas D BWV243.2 Tim Garrard conductor mostly by Johann Strauss Junior. Vivaldi Gloria in D major RV589 Plus well-known songs from Handel Concerto Grosso in Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46 Strauss and Lehar. G Op. 6 No. 1 Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Op. 88 osj.org.uk scholacantorum.co.uk westminster.org.uk Tue 31 December 2.00pm Tue 8 October 7.30pm Mon 25 November 7.00pm £26, £20, £15, £10 £18 (£12), £10 (£6) £15, £10, £5 19
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OUR HISTORY EXPLORE OVER 300 YEARS OF HISTORY —— The magnificent church of St John the When the work was completed in 1969, Evangelist was designed by architect St John’s Smith Square was re-born as one Thomas Archer as part of the ‘Commission of the finest concert halls in London. for Building Fifty New Churches’ of 1710. St John’s was the most elaborate of all, Our grand opening concert was given by with construction lasting 14 years, from 1714 Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge (who to 1728, and costing the princely sum of returned in 1989 for our 20th birthday gala). £40,875 (approximately £5.2m today). There have been many other highlights over the years – the UK premiere of Karlheinz For over 200 years, St John’s served as a Stockhausen’s Stimmung (with Stockhausen parish church, though not without incident. himself on sound projection); world premieres In 1742 a major fire led to extensive of works by Boulez, Birtwistle, Copland and restoration and modification to Archer’s Tippett by the London Sinfonietta; William design. In 1815 the church was struck by Walton conducting his own 70th birthday lightning, causing subsidence to the towers, concert; Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim and in the early twentieth century it was the conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra; an target of a Suffragette bomb plot. Ironically, 84-year-old Sir Adrian Boult conducting the in 1928, the church hosted Emmeline English National Orchestra; and Morton Pankhurst’s funeral. Feldman performing alongside Harrison Birtwistle and John Tilbury for BBC Radio. Perhaps heralding the future musical life of St John’s, in September 1901 Edith Hockey We’ve also hosted the Menuhin School and Robert Britten were married here. Twelve Concert, featuring students Nigel Kennedy years later, they had a son, Benjamin, who as and Melvin Tan; a 21-year-old Simon Rattle an adult would record here with the with the Salomon Orchestra; Plácido Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. Domingo, Teresa Berganza and Ileana Cotrubaş recording Bizet’s Carmen with Perhaps the most dramatic night in St John’s Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony history was 10 May 1941, the final night of the Orchestra; Philip Glass giving a chamber Blitz, when a direct hit from an incendiary organ recital, and Lutosławski conducting the bomb gutted the church. After the war it lay Philharmonia in the London premiere of his as a ruin and there was talk of turning the second Symphony. site into a car park. This galvanised the local people, under the leadership of Lady Parker Now in our 305th year, St John’s Smith Square of Waddington, to raise the funds to buy the continues to grow and thrive as a busy site and commission Marshall Sisson to lead concert hall – a majestic building resounding the restoration to Archer’s original designs. to beautiful music in a serene city setting. DONATE TO ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE Each year, we need to raise £250,000 to deliver our artistic and community programme and maintain our heritage as a Grade I listed building. To make a one-off gift, or to discuss how you would like to support a specific concert, festival or artistic programme, contact us on 020 7222 2168, or email fundraising@sjss.org.uk. More information at sjss.org.uk/donations 21
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HOW TO FIND US YOUR VISIT —— 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 congestion charging zone. Parking meters are in operation BUS during the day Monday – Friday until 6.30pm. 3 and 87 to Horseferry Road In the evenings and at weekends there are C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank usually ample spaces locally. There is 88 to Horseferry Road Westminster City Council car parking on Great 11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey College Street and Arneway Street. SANTANDER CYCLES RAIL A docking station is located in Smith Square Victoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall and there are also stations on Horseferry & Charing Cross Road, Page Street and Great College Street. St James’s Park Westminster Birdcage Walk Great Geor ge St Westminster Bridge Parliament Sq. Toward Westminster Abbey Waterloo , Houses of Parliament Tothill St Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey , St James’s Park St ria cto Vi Gr e a t S m i Toward Victoria Abingdon St Grea P River th S t Co llege St Thames t Old Pye St Great Peter St Great Peter St Nor th St Marsham St Lord Smith Square Millbank Dean Ho Mo n c k S t Stanley rse St P fe r Horseferry Rd Dean Bradley St ry Horseferry Rd , Rd Arneway St Romney St Toward Vauxhall Horseferry Rd Lamb Millbank eth Bri dge ,C Page St 23
FOOTSTOOL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE FINE DINING —— Nestled beneath the Hall under the Legend has it the church of St John’s was vaulted ceiling of the crypt, the Footstool dubbed ‘Queen Anne’s Footstool’ after Restaurant is an elegant and cosy place to architect Thomas Archer asked Queen enjoy everything from a delicious snack or Anne for her view on how it should look. light meal, to a sumptuous lunch or dinner. Kicking over her footstool she replied “like that!” The four towers are said to mimic the All our food is freshly prepared by our upturned footstool. The restaurant keeps talented chefs using locally-sourced, this charming nickname alive. seasonal ingredients. The Footstool Restaurant takes à la carte Indulge in fine loose leaf tea and homemade reservations for lunchtime and evening cake; choose from our enticing daily buffet service, buffet bookings for groups of ten menu; dine à la carte before a concert; or or more, and caters for private events. enjoy a glass of wine and a grazing board during the interval. Our friendly staff will To book, or to find out more, call us on be on hand, whatever you choose. 020 7222 2779 or email stjohns@leafi.co.uk Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews 24 Box Office 020 7222 1061
THANK YOU St John’s Smith Square is very grateful to its supporters who so generously contribute towards our work. ARCHER CIRCLE Mr DW Cooper Ms Barbara Nunn St John’s Smith Square Mr Ewan Brown Mr CA Cox Mr N Oppenheim would also like to thank our Mr Graham Lloyd-Brunt Miss M Croucher Mr S. Orlik supporters who wish to John Chichester Mrs M Croxford Mrs CL Parker-Williams remain anonymous Alfiya & Timur Kuanyshev Ms S. Crutchlow Dr Heather Parry Mr Patrick McKenna Mr AM Cutbush Mrs C Pascall TRUSTS AND Mr Donald Peck Mr J Daniels Mr M Pearce FOUNDATIONS Ms Clarissa Pierburg Mr Enrico Della Casa Mr CJ Pearson Bureau Export Mr John Slamecka Dr T Digman Ms Sunok Phillips Cockayne – Grants for Mr A Wethered Mr P Duizend Miss P. Pickering the Arts and the London Mr Mark Woloshyn David Edwards QC Mrs Penny Pickles Community Foundation Danny & Lillan Wyler Mr N Evans Mr Dominic Pinto CAVATINA Chamber Mrs PJL Francis Ms J Plumbridge Music Trust BENEFACTORS Ms Gilly French & Dr Miss Mary Powell Diaphonique Sir Peter Bottomley Jeremy Gray Mr P Prescott The D’Oyly Carte Sir David & Lady Brewer Lady Kate Gavron Mrs SP Price Charitable Trust The Earl and Countess Mr Oliver Glackin Mr Gary Robinson The Eric Thompson Trust of Chichester Mr M Godbee Ms Fiammetta Rocco The Ernest Cook Trust Mr Michel de Dadelsen Mr C Gooch Mr J Rodewig Fidelio Charitable Trust Lady K Gavron Mr Don Gorman Mr MP Sallen Institute Français Sir Henry Keswick Lady Gough Mrs C Samuel Istituto Italiano di Cultura Marquess of Lothian Mr R Greenhalgh Prof. Philippe Sands Hinrichsen Foundation Mr J Rodewig Mr GR Greenhous Mr Chris Saunders Pureland Foundation Mr Vivek Singh Ian Grimley Sir Konrad Schiemann The RVW Trust Sir Nicholas Underhill Mr B Handel Mr Roger Shortt The Williams Church Mr John Hargreaves Mr E Siebert Music Trust CORPORATE FRIENDS Mrs Susan Heason Mrs K AP Simon St Edward Homes LTD Mr & Mrs Higginson Ms J Skelton Steinway & Sons Ms Cathie Hill Dr Martin Smith Prof Sean Hilton Philip and Wendy Spink PATRONS & Mr Daniel Hochberg Miss I St John-Brooks FRIENDS FOR LIFE Prof. Peter Holgate Miss M Stock Anonymous Mr Nick Holloway Mr James Stourton Mr J Aitken Mrs J F James Miss ANW Symons Mr J Allen Mr Glenn Jessee & Mr Ron Mr John Taylor Mrs Anglesey Benschoter Mrs Susan Taylor Dr MK Archer Mr SE Jones Mr R Ter Haar Mr Alain Aubry Dr JM Josephson Mr Nick Thomas Mr D Baldry Mr H Keswick Lady S Thorne Miss Ballard Miss B Kley Mr Colin Turner Mr and Mrs Dickie Mr Andrew Langley Mr John Turner Bannenberg Mr Simon Laver Mrs Kathryn Uhde Mrs M Beels Ms Sara Lawrie Mr M Wade Mr RK Berger Ms WM Legrand in memory Miss E Warren Mr David Bernstein of JP Legrand Ms Susan Watkin-Dickson Mr Antoine Bommelaer Mr A Leibowitz & Barbara Mr C Whitfield Sir Peter Bottomley Weiss Mr R Wildash Sir Alan and Lady Bowness Mr Peter Lloyd Mr J Wilde ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE Miss Joanna Brendon Mr P Loiselle Mr Max Williams CHARITABLE TRUST Sir David and Lady Brewer Lady Lothian Mr DG Winter BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr TB Brunner Ms V Love Mr John Wise Ms J Camm Mickey Lund Miss E Witts Dr Martin Smith chair Peter Campbell Ms Claire Macleod Mr F Wright The Countess of Chichester Mr Luca Caravaggio Mrs N Mclaren Mr & Mrs Danny & Lillan vice chair Lord Carrington Mr Adrian Melrose Wyler Lady Brewer OBE Lady Chelwood Mr B Michel Mrs Jeanine Zirps June Chichester Mr Philip Miles Mr Richard Zirps Robert Collingwood Professor Susan Clark Mr AB Milford Mr Paul Zisman Prof. Peter Holgate Dr Martin Clarke Mrs Kate Mingay Jessica Simor Robert Collingwood Mr T Morgan Vivek Singh Box Office 020 7222 1061
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