SJSS - Nov–Dec - Flyer by St John's Smith Square

NOVEMBER

Box Office 020 7222 1061 sjss.org.uk

Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE Sun 1 November 3.00pm

Wed 4 November 1.05pm

Fri 6 November 7.30pm

Tue 10 November 7.30pm

Sat 14 November 7.30pm

Wed 18 November 1.05pm

Fri 20 November 7.30pm

Wed 25 November 7.00pm

Fri 27 November 7.30pm

ZELKOVA QUARTET

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

VIKTORIA MULLOVA & KATIA LABÈQUE

ALEXANDRE THARAUD

FULHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

EARLY OPERA COMPANY

DULWICH COLLEGE

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH

Winter Concert

Complete Chopin Cycle

Mozart Explored

International Chamber Music Series

Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra Symphonic Wind Band Madrigal Choir Concert Choir

Beethoven Explored © Matthew Andrews

Voices of Vienna

Alexandre Tharaud piano

Haydn String Quartet Op. 20 No. 3 in G minor Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2 in G Schubert String Quartet in C D956

Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988

£14 (£10), U26

Mon 2 November 7.30pm

LA NUOVA MUSICA © Ben Ealovega

Howard Shelley piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C K503 £12

Wed 4 November 7.30pm

COLLABORATIVE ORCHESTRA Czech Republic Night Mehrdad Farid conductor

NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2015 ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

Smetana Bartered Bride • Wallenstein’s Camp Dvořák Noon Witch Smetana Vltava Janáček Lachian Dances Suk Fantastic Scherzo £20, £15, £10

BOOKING INFORMATION —— PHONE 020 7222 1061 Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm £2 booking fee applies ONLINE sjss.org.uk £1.50 booking fee applies IN PERSON Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm (until 6.00pm on public concert days). The Box Office opens one hour before the start of Sunday and Bank Holiday concerts. POST Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Cheques should be made payable to St John’s Smith Square. CONCESSIONS AND REDUCTIONS Available for many of our concerts to senior citizens, full-time students, registered unemployed, school children (under 16) and people who are registered disabled. Westminster CitySave card holders are entitled to a 10% discount on a pair of tickets for any public concert. Parties of ten or more qualify for a 10% discount.

UNDER 26 SCHEME If you’re under 26, make sure you sign up for our U26 Scheme!

Ed Lyon acis Katherine Manley soprano Christopher Purves polyphemus Rupert Charlesworth damon Nick Scott coridon David Peter Bates director £45, £35, £25, £15

Alongside £5 ticket offers, members of the U26 Scheme also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts.

Tue 3 November 7.30pm

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! Please call Box Office or visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns to sign up.

International Piano Series

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THE JØRGENSON TRIO © Ian Dingle

Handel Acis and Galatea

Members are entitled to purchase £5 tickets to selected events throughout the season – you’ll find these marked alongside the ticket information with the code ‘U26’.

ACCESSIBILITY If you have access requirements, please let our Box Office staff know when booking your tickets to help us provide you with the best possible service and choice of seats. We allocate an additional seat free of charge to disabled patrons who require a carer to accompany them.

Thu 5 November 1.05pm

Mozart Violin Sonata in A K526 Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105 Arvo Pärt Fratres Takemitsu Distance de fée Ravel Violin Sonata in G £35, £28, £15, £10

NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO © Kirill Bachkirov

Olga Jørgensen piano Antonio Kesel violin Cecilia Bignall cello

Together for Armenia Anais Heghoyan mezzosoprano Ani Batikian violin Nairi Azezian flute Sylvie Zakarian marimba Sarkis Zakarian piano Gustavo Ubeda conductor Parsegh Ganatchian arr. Kristina Arakelyan Oror Kristina Arakelyan Asum En Roland Roberts Epitaph, Dance and Hymn Alan Hovhaness Elibris Pasquale Tassone Dzon Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’

ENGLISH CONCERT ORCHESTRA © Graeme Sweeney

£35, £28, £15, £10

Thu 5 November 7.30pm

JAILAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC North Indian Classical Ensemble Students of Chandrima Misra & Rajkumar Misra Hindustani Vocal A journey through evening Raagas, exploring the moods they evoke in various compositions set to different beat cycles Tabla A presentation of intricate rhythms that move between various Taals of North Indian classical music Dibachandya A reflection on daily life

Remembrance Day Concert: The Bards of Wales English Concert Singers and Chorus Miranda Keys soprano Janet Shell alto Rhys Meirion tenor Pauls Putnins baritone John Asquith narrator Roy Wales conductor Britten Cantata Academica Elgar For the Fallen Karl Jenkins The Bards of Wales (English premiere) £25, £20, £15

Howard Shelley piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Op. 15 £12

Ashley Riches pollux Samuel Boden castor Katherine Watson telaire Sophie Junker phoebe Callum Thorpe jupiter Zachary Wilder mercury Christian Curnyn conductor Rameau Castor et Pollux

Grieg Piano Concerto Op. 16 in A minor (Allegro molto moderato) Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Kate Whitley New work £15 (£12), £12

£45, £35, £25, £15 Sun 15 November 3.00pm

Wed 18 November 7.30PM

FIDELIO TRIO

YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

French Piano Trios Series

AGBU LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

£10, U26

Brahms Capriccio in B minor Op. 76 No. 2 Brahms 16 Variations on a Theme by Schumann Op. 9 Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F# minor Op. 2 Prokofiev Visions Fugitives Op. 22 Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 14

JOSEPH SHINER & FREDERICK BROWN

£10 (£8)

Sat 7 November 7.30pm

Mendelssohn Trio No. 1 in D minor Schuller Piano Trio

Piano

Thu 12 November 1.05pm

Poulenc Suite Les Biches FP36 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Stravinsky The Firebird

Sun 8 November 5.00pm From the Romantic to Radical

£50, £15 (£10)

£20, £15, £10

£15

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

Viktoria Mullova violin Katia Labèque piano

Manus Noble guitar Marc Dooley conductor

Christopher Law piano Richard Mayo, Lesley Larkum, Robin Smith, David Eno, Christopher Stark conductors

JERUSALEM QUARTET

Chopin Sonata No.1 in C minor Op. 4 • Mazurkas No. 11-13 Op. 17 No. 2-4 • Marzurkas No. 14-15 Op. 24 No. 1-2 • Waltz No. 14 in E Minor Op. posth • Polonaise Op. 71 No. 2 in Bb • 12 Études Op. 25 Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm.

Thu 26 November 1.05pm Sun 22 November 3.00pm

Études Op. 25

£20, £15

DANIEL MOULT © Bridgewater Hall Leader Communications

Sat 28 November 7.00pm

THE DREAM

International Chamber Music Series © Felix Broede

Joseph Shiner clarinet Frederick Brown piano Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel ‘Valse-Caprices’ Ian Morgan-Williams Party Pieces Brahms Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1 Bassi Concert Fantasy on motives from Verdi’s Rigoletto £10, U26

Thu 12 November 7.30pm

STEINITZ BACH PLAYERS London Bach Society’s 25th Anniversary Bachfest Bach and the Leipzig Inheritance Ruby Hughes soprano Peter Harvey baritone Rachel Beckett flute Anthony Robson oboe and oboe d’amore Jane Gordon violin & director Katharine Sharman cello piccolo Bach Cantata “Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid” BWV58 • Suite No. 2 in B minor for solo flute BWV1067 • Cantata “Ich habe genug” BWV82 • Cantata “Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen” BWV49 £30, £25, £18, £12

Organ

Darragh Morgan violin Adi Tal cello Mary Dullea piano Saint-Saëns Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 92 Richard Baker Kerdantata (London premiere) Debussy La Mer arr. Sally Beamish

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 43

Thu 19 November 1.05pm Mon 16 November 7.30pm

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL

Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 Bartók String Quartet No. 6 Dvořák String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ £35, £28, £15, £10

£10, U26

Mon 23 November 7.30PM

Thu 27 November 7.30pm

KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

Mozart Explored: 1783

The London Chorus Royal Orchestral Society Jean Rigby mezzo John Upperton tenor Oliver Gibbs baritone Adrian Brown conductor Elgar The Dream of Gerontius £22, £16, £12

£25 (£20), £15 (£12), £10 (£8)

£14 (£10), U26

FOURNIER TRIO © Kaupo Kikkas

Sun 29 November 3.00pm

LONDON PIANO TRIO © Elija Paul Villanueva

Symphony Orchestra Lower Orchestra Tim Garrard conductor Dvořàk Selection from Slavonic Dances Op. 72 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64 £5

Tue 17 November 7.00pm

WHITEHALL CHOIR

Sulki Yu violin Pei-Jee Ng cello Chiao-Ying Chang piano Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 ‘In Memory of a Great Artist’ £10, U26

Thu 19 November 7.30pm

CHARLIE WALLER MEMORIAL TRUST

Fri 13 November 7.00pm

BACHFEST FINAL

Orchestra of St Paul’s Vox Cordis

London Bach Society’s 25th Anniversary Bachfest 5th Bach Singers Prize Final

London Baroque Sinfonia

Anthony Robson director Ian Patridge CBE chairman of the jury

Paul Spicer conductor

£20, £15, £12

Charlie Lovell-Jones violin James Blair conductor

Bruhns Praeludium in E minor Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV659 Mendelssohn Theme and Variations in D Brahms Praeludium and Fuga in G minor Reger Benedictus Schmidt Toccata in C

Handel Athalia HWV52 £25, £22.50, £18, £10

Ruby Hughes soprano Ciara Hendrick mezzosoprano Richard Edgar-Wilson tenor Andrew Ashwin bass Bach Mass in B minor BWV232 £25, £15, U26

Russell Keable conductor Williamson Santiago de Espada Bliss Miracle in the Gorbals Copland Appalachian Spring £17.50 (£12.50), £12.50

Tue 24 November 7.00pm

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Mozart and the Sisters City of London Choir Hilary Davan Wetton conductor Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D K239 ‘Serenata Notturna’ • Vorrei spiegarvi • No, no, non sei capace • Mia speranza adorata – Ah, non sai K416 • Mass in C minor K427 £32, £26, £21, £15

Programme includes Bach Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 • Concerto in D minor for 2 violins BWV1043 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for 2 violins Op. 3 No. 2 Rv.578 Telemann Concerto in G for 4 violins £50, £39, £24, £10, (Child £2.50)

Beethoven Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ • Variations on an Original Theme Op. 44 • Trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 £14 (£10), U26

Mon 30 November 7.00pm

THE WORKS Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Bach’s Double, Bach’s Single Rachel Podger violin/director Kati Debretzeni violin Margaret Faultless violin Matthew Truscott violin

Robert Atchison violin Olga Dudnik piano David Jones cello

Fri 19 November 1.00pm

LUNCHTIME DIALOGUE The Reverend Graham Buckle hosts a monthly series of discussions with important local figures. Free admission

Bach Double Violin Concerto BWV1043 £25, £15 (Child £2.50)

Mon 30 November 9.00pm

THE NIGHT SHIFT Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment £12 (Advance £9, Students £4)

DECEMBER

YOUR VISIT ——

Box Office 020 7222 1061 sjss.org.uk

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 Westminster, St James’s Park & Victoria

CAR PARKING St John’s Smith Square is within the congestion charging zone. Parking meters are in operation during the day Monday–Friday until 6.00pm. In the evenings and at weekends there are usually ample spaces locally. There is Westminster City Council car parking on Great College Street and Arneway Street.

BUS 3 and 87 to Horseferry Road C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank 88 to Horseferry Road 11, 211, 14B and 24 to Westminster Abbey SANTANDER CYCLES A docking station is located in Smith Square and there are also stations on Horseferry Road, Page Street and Great College Street.

St James’s Park

RAIL Victoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall & Charing Cross

Wed 2 December 1.05pm

Thu 3 December 7.30pm

Sun 6 December 7.30pm

Thu 10 December 1.05pm

Sat 12 December 7.30pm

Tue 15 December 7.30pm

Thu 17 December 1.05pm

Sat 19 December 7.30pm

Tue 22 December 7.30pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

EUROPEAN UNION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

BRITTEN: ST NICHOLAS

JOSEPH HOUSTON

CHAPELLE DU ROI

EX CATHEDRA

THOMAS TROTTER

THE TALLIS SCHOLARS

London Choral Sinfonia Choristers of Fulham Preparatory School trebles Nick Pritchard tenor Katherine Watson soprano Michael Waldron conductor

30 Christmas Festival

30th Christmas Festival

CHOIR OF TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE & ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Mozart Explored © Matthew Andrews

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen director Muffat Sonata No. 5 in G from Armonico Tributo Biber Sonata No. 10 in G minor • Sonata No. 4 in C from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes Marcello Concerto for oboe in D minor Telemann Overture, Suite and Conclusion in D from Tafelmusik II

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£17 (£14), £14

Thu 3 December 1.05pm

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SILVER FRIENDS (£60/£55 direct debit) receive: • A ticket for every concert in our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • Priority booking 7 days ahead of the general public • Reduced £1.50 booking fee • Acknowledgement of your generosity on our website

THANK YOU St John’s Smith Square is deeply grateful for the support shown by our Gold Friends and 300 Club Members. Thank you to: Anonymous, Dennis Baldry, David Balance, P Bowman, Sir Alan and Lady Bowness, C Brunell, J. Carden, Lady June Chichester, Margaret Croucher, John Daniels, Dr T Digman, Paul Duizend, Jill Dymock, N Evans, Jeremy Gray and Gilly French, Abel Herrero-Ducloux, Glenn Jessee, Jacqueline and Robert Kilgour, in memory of J P Legrand, Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss, Graham Lloyd-Brunt, Hyacinth Lund, Philip and Christine Miles, Adrian Mumford, Margarita Nikolayeva, S Paetke, Jill Prawer, K Robbie, Judy Skelton, E O Siebert, Lynne Simmons, BW Silverman, Ilona Storey, P J Spink, Marilyn Stock, Tony Thornton, F P Tudor, Lady Vanneck, Madeleine and Henry Wickham, John Wright, Daniel and Lillan Wyler UNDER 26 SCHEME If you’re under 26, make sure you sign up for our U26 Scheme!

End of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union Jean Muller 5 Miniatures (premiere) Ligeti Arc-en-Ciel Bach Goldberg Variations

Sat 5 December 6.30pm

Nick Walkley trumpet Darren Moore trumpet Alex Hamilton horn Matthew Lewis trombone Ross Knight tuba Amy Turk harp Anne Denholme harp Nick Walkley Jórvíkekkoer Byrd Earl of Oxford’s March Mogens Andresen Three Norwegian Dances Britten Interlude from Ceremony of Carols Simon Dobson Joan of Arc: A vision of St Michael Michael Berkeley Music from Chaucer Dowland Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Elbow Mirrorball arr. Walkley £10, U26

Christmas Music from the Chapel Royal Choirs of England and Philip of Spain £25, £20, £15, £10

Sun 13 December 7.30pm

SIGLO DE ORO 30th Christmas Festival © Chris Christodoulou

CHRISTMAS WITH THE CITY OF LONDON CHOIR

£45, £30, £10 OSJ Voices Tue 8 December 7.00pm

MICHAEL MORPURGO: ON ANGEL WINGS

Voices at the Door Michael Morpurgo narrator

A programme of festive carols and new favourites, with plenty of audience participation. £30, £24, £18, £14

Nardus Wiliams soprano Ellie Edmonds mezzo tenor Bozidar Smiljanic bass John Lubbock conductor Handel Messiah £26, £20, £15, £10

Fri 11 December 7.30pm

Alexander Mason organ Jeffrey Skidmore conductor Nicolai Wachet auf! Bach Cantata 140 Movement 4 Sandström Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen Darke In the Bleak Midwinter Kirkpatrick Away in a Manger James MacMillan And lo, the angel of the Lord Ēriks Ešenvalds Long Road

Organ Bach Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi BWV593 Mozart Adagio & Allegro K594 Schumann Two Fugues on Bach Op. 60 Prokofiev (arr. Trotter) Kijé’s Wedding and Troika from Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op. 60 Liszt Fantasia & Fugue on Bach S260

CHOIR OF KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

A Christmas Passion Patrick Allies conductor Roderick Williams O Adonai, et dux domus Sheppard Salvator mundi Howells Sing lullaby Byrd Lullaby my sweet little babe Leighton A Hymn of the Nativity Warlock Bethlehem down Trad. arr. Richard Allain Coventry Carol David Lang The Little Match Girl Passion £25, £20, £15, £10

Mon 14 December 7.30pm

CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD

The Gift of Christmas introduced by Howard Goodall

Wed 9 December 7.30pm

PARLIAMENT CHOIR

Alongside £5 ticket offers, members of the U26 Scheme also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts.

A fun evening of festive choral works, season readings and audience carols.

Southbank Sinfonia Simon Over conductor

£25, £17, £10

Voices of Enchantment Joseph Fort conductor Robert Carver O bone Jesu Leighton Mass for Double Choir Op. 44 Tallis Spem in alium James MacMillan O bone Jesu Carver Gaude flore virginali Leighton A Hymn of the Nativity Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël £20, £16, £14, £10

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS

Clive Driskill-Smith piano/organ William Wallace piano Stephen Darlington director Programme includes: Holst Masters in this Hall Cornelius The Three Kings Walton King Herod Vierne Carillon de Westminster Howard Goodall Stella quam viderant Magi John Tavener The Lamb Britten Hymn to the Virgin • A Shepherd’s Carol Poulenc O Magnum Mysterium Bob Chilcott The Twelve Days of Christmas £25, £20, £15, £10

Arvo Pärt Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen • Magnificat • I am the true vine Sheppard Sacris solemniis • Gaude, gaude, gaude Tallis Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Missa Puer natus est nobis £35, £28, £22, £14

Katherine Watson soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Gwilym Bowen tenor Neal Davies bass Stephen Layton conductor Bach Mass in B minor £30, £25, £20, £10

Sun 20 December 7.30pm

ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA

NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE

30th Christmas Festival

O Come, Emmanuel!

Hailed by Andrew Lloyd Webber as “the finest youth music theatre in the world”, the award-winning NYMT present a concert of seasonal readings, music and staged extracts.

Wed 23 December 7.30pm

Beethoven Explored Howard Shelley piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 £12

Wed 16 December 1.05pm

THE CHOIR OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD 30th Christmas Festival

Programme includes: Byrd Propers for Lady Mass in Advent Victoria Missa Ave Regina caelorum • Ave Maria Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni with Christmas interpolations £25, £20, £15, £10

Fri 18 December 7.30pm

30th Christmas Festival

£17.50, £15, £10 (U12s half price)

Wed 16 December 1.05pm

Peter Phillips conductor

£10, U26

Thu 17 December 7.30pm

Morpurgo On Angel Wings And a selection of festive carols

A Westminster Christmas

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! Please call Box Office or visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns to sign up.

ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S

Bach Christians Be Joyful Corelli Christmas Concerto Handel Excerpts from Messiah Leighton Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child Rutter Angel’s Carol And other festive carols

Stephen Farr organ Hilary Davan Wetton conductor

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Thu 10 December 8.00pm

Members are entitled to purchase £5 tickets to selected events throughout the season – you’ll find these marked alongside the ticket information with the code ‘U26’.

GOLD FRIENDS (£125/£115 direct debit) receive: • Two tickets for every concert in our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • Priority booking 7 days ahead of the general public • Invitations to exclusive members’ events such as ‘Meet the Artists’ receptions • No booking fee • Best seat in the house/priority waiting list • Credit of your generosity on our website and in our brochure

Bartók With Drums and Pipes (from Out of Doors Suite) Colin Matthews Study No. 9-11 from Eleven Studies in Velocity Debussy Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (from Préludes book I) • Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest and Voiles • Les collines d’Anacapri • Images II Messiaen Île de feu I (from Quatre études de rythme) Feldman Intermission 6 Liszt Les Cloches de Genève

Keith Marshall conductor David Rowland director

£20, £15, £10 (£5)

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BRONZE FRIENDS (£35/£30 direct debit) receive: • 1 0 ticket vouchers for our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series • Priority booking 2 days ahead of the general public • Reduced £1.50 booking fee

Out of Doors

£25, £28, £22, £14

Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge Thames Chamber Orchestra

Emma Bell soprano Cameron Burns conductor

As a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, you are at the heart of our audience. Every generous donation is put towards sustaining St John’s Smith Square, as ticket sales alone do not cover our costs. As recognition, our Friends receive ticket and restaurant discounts, priority booking, and are the first to find out about what we have on.

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THE GLORY OF CHRISTMAS

£28, £22, £16, £10, U26

Sibelius En Saga Strauss Four Last Songs Nielsen Symphony No. 4

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Mon 7 December 7.30pm

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Fri 4 December 8.00pm

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Hans-Andre Stamm Fanfare for 2 trumpets, organ and timpani Arr. Carter O Come Emmanuel Arr. Rathbone Coventry Carol Oliver Rudland New work Arr. Pappenheim O Holy Night Britten Saint Nicolas

CHOIR OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

£24, £20, £15, £10

Mon 21 December 7.30pm

SOLOMON’S KNOT 30th Christmas Festival

Katherine Watson soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Gwilym Bowen tenor Neal Davies bass Stephen Layton conductor Handel Messiah £55, £48, £39, £19

Thu 31 December 2.00pm

ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S

Benjamin Nicholas director

30th Christmas Festival

New Year’s Eve Strauss Gala

Byrd Fantasia in D minor • Rorate caeli desuper • Tollite portas • Ave Maria • Ecce virgo concipiet Bach Wachet Auf BWV645 Rihards Dubra O Radix Jesse Ēriks Ešenvalds O Emmanuel Matthew Martin O Oriens • Noel sing we Britten A Ceremony of Carols Jonathan Dove Te Deum Bob Chilcott The Bird of Dawning • The Shepherd’s Carol

John Lubbock conductor

£25, £20, £15, £10

Christmas in Leipzig Schelle Machet die Tore weit Kuhnau Magnificat Bach Magnificat BWV243a Anthony Daly organ Graham Ross conductor Programme includes: Sheppard Verbum Caro Warlock Bethlehem Down Mathias Ave Rex Angelorum • Sir Christèmas Howells A Spotless Rose John Rutter What sweeter music? Tavener Ex Maria Virgine: A Christmas Sequence • God is with us: A Christmas Proclamation £30, £25, £20, £15

£30, £25, £20, £15, U26

Strauss Emperor Waltz • Fata morgana polka • Albion polkafuriosa polka • Weiner blut • Champagne polka • Unter donner und blitz • Blue Danube Lehar Song of vilja • Mein herr marquis • Meine lippen sie kussen so heiss £26, £20, £15, £10