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Concert Diary
This concert diary is also published in our newsletter London Harmony. Please submit entries to Phil Morris by the following deadlines:
- 31 August for October issue
- 31 December for January issue
- 30 April for May issue
MAY 2008
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. Croydon Parish Church. Croydon Symphony Orchestra present “Spring Classics” incl. Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 and works by Elgar, Delius and Tchaikovsky. Tickets: £10, children £5, phone 020 8680 2639.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., N12. Finchley Chamber Orchestra concert incl. Dvorak’s Serenade for wind, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for strings and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8440 1899.
Saturday 17th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., N12. Finchley Chamber Choir present “Entente Cordiale” – with music by Elgar, Britten, Ravel, Poulenc, Finzi, Saint-Saens,and Vaughan Williams. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8440 1899.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Park, SW19. Thames Philharmonic Choir‘s summer concert of secular music incl. opera choruses and songs from the shows. Further info. and tickets from 020 8392 1851.
Saturday 17th – from 3 to 9 pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Rd., Ealing. The Questor’s Choir present a Scandinavian-style choral festival. Free admission - further info. from www.questors.choir@btopenworld.com.
Sunday 18th – at 7.30 pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1. Highgate Choral Society with The New London Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, a world premiere of Julian Knight’s A hundred spirits whisper and Ronald Corp’s Missa San Marco. Tickets; £13 to £28 (concessions), phone 0871 663 2500.
Sunday 25th – at 7.30 pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1. Thames Philharmonic Choir with orchestra concert incl. Karl Jenkins’s The armed man and Kevin Jones’s Cantus de stellis. Tickets: £8 to £25 with concessions, phone 0871 663 2500.
Saturday 31st – at 7.30 pm. St John’s, Smith Square, SW1. The Purcell Singers perform Bach’s B minor mass. Tickets: £15 to £25 (concessions). Details from www.purcellsingers.org.uk and box office www.sjss.org.uk.
JUNE 2008
Saturday 7th – at 7.30 pm. St Luke’s, Old St., EC1. Lawyers’ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Orff’s Carmina Burana and excerpts from Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet. Further info. from 020 7006 8859.
Saturday 14th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary’s Church, Primrose Hill. Camden Choir present “Music from the Renaissance” incl. works by Byrd, Monteverdi, Maillard, Blow and Locke. For further details phone 020 7794 6300.
Saturday 14th- at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Wilton Place, SW1. St Paul’s Festival Choir perform Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. Tickets £15, phone 020 8677 6194.
Saturday 14th – at 8.00 pm. St Matthew’s Church, Durham Rd., SW20. The Hill Singers give their summer concert featuring Brahms’s Liebeslieder waltzes. Tickets: £9 (conc. £7), phone 020 8644 3794.
Saturday 14th – at 7.30 pm. All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Rd., Orpington. Orpington Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and works by Humperdinck and Khatchaturian. Tickets: £7 (conc. £6), phone 01689 839188.
Saturday 14th – at 7.30 pm. Hawes Lane Methodist Church, West Wickham, Kent. Bromley Philharmonic Choir sing Vaughan Williams’s In Windsor Forest and Thiman’s Songs of England. Tickets: £8 incl. refreshments, phone 020 8460 4898.
Wednesday 18th – at 7.30 pm. St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, WC1. The Esterhazy Singers concert of music by Grainger, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Whitacre, Barber, Dove and others. Further info. from 020 8940 3382.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. St Cyprian’s Church, Glentworth St., NW1. Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra concert incl. Dvořak’s Cello concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4. Tickets: £9 (conc. £7.50), phone 020 8979 9029.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. St Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, Mill Hill. London Pro Arte Choir sing Handel’s Judas Maccabbeus. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10), phone 020 8346 8367.
Thursday 26th – at 7.30 pm. St George’s Church, Westminster Bridge Rd. Goldsmiths Choral Union perform Bliss’s The world is charged with the grandeur of God, Ronald Corp’s Missa San Marco and Bruckner’s Mass in E minor. Further info. from www.gcuchoir.org.uk.
Saturday 28th – at 8.00 pm. St Anne’s Church, Kew Green. Kew Sinfonia concert with works by Haydn, Dvořak, and Berlioz and Schumann’s Symphony no. 4. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8940 1892.
Saturday 28th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Camden Chamber Orchestra concert incl. Tchaikovsky’s Overture Romeo and Juliet and Violin concerto and extracts from Vaughan Williams’s Job: a masque for dancing. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8, under 12s free), phone 020 7267 3450.
Saturday 28th . St Luke’s Church, Knight’s Hill, West Norwood. Lambeth Orchestra concert incl. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet suite No.2, Tchaikovsky’s Piano concerto No.1 and Stravinsky’s Petrushka (1947). For further details phone 07812 984 236.
Saturday 28th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary’s Church, High Rd., Woodford. Felicitas present “From Reformation to Restoration” – the music of Tallis, Byrd, Purcell and their contemporaries. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8, children £4), phone 020 8527 5978.
JULY 2008
Saturday 5th – at 7.30 pm. Blackheath Concert Halls. Lewisham Choral Society sing Fanshawe’s African sanctus. Tickets: £12 to £18 (under 12s £2), phone 020 8309 0439.
Saturday 5th – at 7.30 pm. Uxbridge College Sports Hall. Hillingdon Choral Society concert incl. Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha’s wedding feast and Elgar’s From the Bavarian highlands. Tickets: £10, children £3. Further info. from pms@xsco.net.
Thursday 10th – at 7.30 pm. Guildhall, Gresham St., EC2. London Concert Choir with Counterpoint period instruments perform Haydn’s The Creation. Tickets: £16 and £20, phone 020 7937 7540.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Park, SW19. Thames Philharmonic Choir‘s summer concert of secular music incl. opera choruses and songs from the shows. Further info. and tickets from 02 8392 1851.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Barnabas Church, W5. Ealing Symphony Orchestra. Concert incl. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8)., phone 020 8567 4075.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., N12. Finchley Chamber Choir and Orchestra concert incl Brahms’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Tickets: £8 and £10, phone 020 8446 6151.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair. Addison Singers concert incl. Tippett’s Spirituals from “A child of our time” Morten Lauridsen’s Three nocturnes, Barber’s Choral songs and Vaughan Williams’s Three Shakespeare songs Further info from www.addison-singers.org.uk. .
Sunday 13th – at 7.30 pm. Hampton Hill Playhouse, Hampton High St. Cantanti Camerati summer concert featuring works by Vaughan Williams. Further info. from 020 8898 8020 (6-7pm).
Sunday 13th – at 7.30 pm. Royal Albert Hall. The Really Big Chorus with orchestra perform Karl Jenkins’s Armed man. Further details from www.trbc.co.uk.
