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Concert Diary Archive 2009/10
This concert diary is also published in our magazine London Harmony.
September 2009
Friday 18th – at 1.15 pm. St Paul’s Cathedral.
Purcell Singers give a short lunchtime concert including Harris’s Anthems. Only normal cathedral entry charge. Details from 020 8675 5228.
Sunday 27th – from 2.00 to 4.30 pm. The Lantern Centre, Tolverne Rd., SW20. The Hill Singers invite singers to an open rehearsal and sing-in of sacred and secular music. Details from 020 8644 3794.
Wednesday 30th – at 8.00 pm. Methodist Hall, Barnes Green. Barnes Music Society present Sam Hayward, piano, in a programme of music by Chopin and Julian Isserlis. Tickets: £10, phone 020 8715 7659.
October 2009
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. Chingford Parish Church, The Green, E4. London Forest Choir perform Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Fauré’s Requiem. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8531 4837.
Saturday 10th – at 8.00 pm. St Anne’s Church, Kew Green, Richmond. Kew Sinfonia concert incl. Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8940 1892.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. St Lawrence Church, Bridle Rd., Eastcote. Sine Nomine Singers perform Bach, Howells and Mendelssohn. Tickets: £10, further info. from 020 8933 7908.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5. Ealing Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini and Malcolm Arnold’s Symphony No. 4. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8, under 16s £1), phone 020 8567 4075.
Wednesday 21st - at 7.30 pm. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1. London Concert Choir perform Orff’s Carmina Burana and other British and American music of the last 50 years. Tickets: £12 to £25. Further info. from info@london-concert-choir.org.uk. Box Office 020 7730 4500.
Saturday 24th – at 7.30 pm. St Giles, Cripplegate. Nonsuch Singers concert incl. works by Britten, Purcell, Jonathan Dove and Richard Rodney Bennett. Further details from www.nonsuchsingers.com, 020 7638 1997.
Sunday 25th – at 7.45 pm. Purcell Room, South Bank Centre. London Sitar Ensemble present “World Strings – Rare Ragas” with James Barralet, cello. Tickets: £10 (some conc. at £5), phone box offi ce on 0871 663 2500.
Sunday 25th - Blackheath Halls at 7:30pm. Concert by Blackheath Choir with De Toonkunst Choir from Eindhoven and the Youth Choir from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College. Programme will include Orff’s Carmina Burana and Alan Bullard’s This is our world. Details from 020 8692 7889.
November 2009
Saturday 7th – at 7.30 pm. St Michael and All Angels Church, Chiswick. Ealing Youth Orchestra give a 50th anniversary concert incl. Rossini’s Overture: Serimaride, Ravel’s Pavane for a dead princess, Turnage’s Momentum and Borodin’s Symphony No. 2. Tickets: £10 (conc. £6, under 11s free). Further info. from 020 8998 1222 or www.eyo.org.uk.
Thursday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St James’s, Piccadilly. Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra present “Orpheus Britannicus – Purcell in his time” – painting a vivid picture of the world surrounding Purcell and John Blow. Tickets: £15 and £18 reserved or £12 unreserved (conc. £10), phone 020 7916 1057.
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th – at 7.30 pm. The Priory School, Tintagel Rd., Orpington. Bromley Barbershop Harmony Club and Bromley Concert Band give a concert. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8) incl. glass of wine – phone 020 8395 4574.
Saturday 14th – at 7.30 pm. All Hallows Church, Savernake Rd., NW3. Highgate Choral Society with New London Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Mozart’s Requiem and Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass. Tickets: £13 to £23 (conc. £10), phone 020 7485 9692.
Saturday 14th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., North Finchley. Finchley Chamber Choir give a concert featuring the works of four composers with anniversaries this year – Purcell, Handel, Mendelssohn and Haydn. Tickets available from 020 8446 6151.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill. Camden Choir give a concert of music by Scarlatti, Monteverdi and Pergolesi. Tickets: £15 (conc. £10), phone 020 7794 6300.
Saturday 21st – 11.00 am to 5.00 pm. Tiffin Boys’ School, London Rd., Kingston. Kingston Choral Society invite singers to a Singing Day with John Rutter. Tickets: £15, incl. music hire and tea, coffee, available in advance only, phone 020 8390 5689.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. Bancroft’s School, High Rd., Woodford Green. Woodford Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Schubert’s Symphony No. 4, Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, Haydn’s Missa brevis and Telemann’s Psalm 117. Tickets: £7 (conc. £6, children £3), phone 020 8504 7783.
Saturday 21st – at 7.45 pm. St Mark’s Church, Westmoreland Rd., Bromley. Allegri Singers concert of masterpieces of the Russian Orthodox Church. Tickets: £9 (conc. £7, family £20), phone 020 8857 0308.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. St Luke’s Church, Thurleigh Rd., SW12 8RQ. Festival Chorus performs Mendelssohn’s St Paul in English (pre-concert talk at 6.15 pm). Tickets: £10 (conc. £6), phone 020 8685 1373.
Saturday 21st – at 7.45 pm. St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Rd., NW1. Finchley Choral Society perform Beethoven’s Mass in C, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 115 and other sacred settings. Tickets: £10 and £16 (children free). Further details from info@finchleychoral.org.uk or www.finchleychoral.org.uk.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. St John’s Church, Mattock Lane, W13. Ealing Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony, John Marlow Rhys’s Intrada and Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet concerto. Details from 020 8567 4075 or www ealingso.org.uk.
Saturday 21st – at 7.30 pm. St Luke's Church, Thurleigh Road, SW12. Festival Chorus performs Mendelssohn's Saint Paul (in English). Tickets £10 (concs £6). Pre-concert talk at 6:15pm for ticket holders. Contact Ann on 020 8685 1373.
Saturday 28th – at 7.00 pm, pre-concert talk at 7.00 pm. Kingston Parish Church.
Thames Philharmonic Choir concert incl. Haydn’s Mariazeller Mass, Handel’s The King Shall Rejoice and Zadok The Priest, premiere of Paul Reeves’s Te Deum, and Mendelssohn’s String Symphony. Tickets: £16.00 (conc. £13.50), phone box offi ce on 07522 524081.
Saturday 28th – at 7.30 pm. All Saints Church, Inmans Row, Woodford Green. South West Essex Choir sing Mozart’s Mass in C minor and the premiere of a newly commissioned work by Robert Fokkens. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8, under 16s £1), phone 07834 801 440 or 020 8989 5696.
Saturday 28th – at 7.30 pm. St James’s Church, Piccadilly. Amici Chamber Choir with Westminster Brass give a concert incl. Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, Schütz’s Singet den Herrn, Monteverdi’s Ave Maris stella and works for double choir and brass by Gabrielli. Tickets: £15 (conc. £12, under 19s free), phone 020 8861 1590. Details from www.amicichamberchoir.org.uk.
December 2009
Saturday 5th - at 8pm. St Matthew’s Church, Durham Road, Raynes Park SW20. The Hill Singers present “A Baroque Christmas” - a celebration of Baroque with Charpentier’s ‘Messe de Minuit’, Buxtehude’s ‘Magnifi cat’, motets by Monteverdi and Bach; plus Baroque carols for choir and audience, phone 020 8644 3794.
Saturday 5th - at 7.30 pm. Brunel University Sports Hall. Hillingdon Choral Society with Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra concert incl. selections from Handel’s Messiah, carols for choir and audience and music by Humperdinck and Tchaikovsky. Tickets: £10 (children £3), phone 020 8582 0931.
Saturday 5th - at 7:30pm. Holy Trinity Church, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood. Northwood Choral Society, with Holy Trinity Primary School Choir, present a concert of Christmas music. Tickets £8 (under-16s £4) available on the door or in advance from Sally Rogers: 01923 827752 or sallyrogers01@aol.com.
Saturday 5th – at 7.30 pm. St Peter’s Church, Southfield Rd., Chiswick. Chiswick Choir and Orchestra concert incl. Haydn’s Te Deum in C, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Hummel’s Missa solemnis. Tickets: £15 (conc. £12). Further info. from jenny.dewhurst@sky.com.
Saturday 5th – at 7.30 pm. Parish Church of All Saints, Church Hill, Bark Hart Rd, Orpington. Orpington Symphony Orchestra perform Haydn’s Symphony No. 101, Elgar’s Wand of Youth suite no. 2 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 4. Tickets: £9 (conc. £8, family ticket £20) phone 01689 839188.
Saturday 5th – at 7.30 pm. St Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, Mill Hill. London Pro Arte Choir perform Elgar’s Te Deum and Benedictus, Holst’s Nunc dimittis, Mendelssohn’s There shall a star and Rutter’s A Gaelic blessing. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10), phone 020 8346 8367.
Sunday 6th – at 7.30 pm. St John’s Church, Friern Barnet Rd., N11. Barnet Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Glinka’s Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla, Mozart’s Exsultate jubilate and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Tickets: £8 (under 16s free), phone 07990 510102.
Friday 11th – at 7.30 pm. St Margaret’s Church, Brandram Rd., Lee. Blackheath Choir present Christmas carols and seasonal songs with excerpts from Handel’s Messiah. Tickets: £8 incl. refreshments. Phone 020 8303 3439.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. Winchmore Hill Methodist Church. Winchmore String Orchestra concert incl. Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, Arensky’s Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky and excerpts from Handel’s Messiah. Tickets: £7.50 (conc. £6, children free), phone 020 8882 0351.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Michael’s Church, South Grove, N6. Highgate Choral Society with New London Children’s Choir give a concert of Christmas anthems and audience carols. Tickets: £11 to £20 (conc. £8), phone 020 7485 9692.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. Kingston Parish Church. Kingston Choral Society concert, linked with 21st Nov. day, incl. Rutter’s Magnifi cat and Britten’s St Nicolas cantata. Further details from 020 8390 5689.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Matthew’s Church, Durham Rd., SW20. Wimbledon Chamber Choir give a concert featuring Victoria’s Mass and Motet O Magnum Mysterium. Further info. from 020 8947 6303.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Augustus Rd., Southfields. Putney Choral Society with orchestra perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Tickets: £15 (conc. £12) incl. refreshments and programme, phone 07909 981278.
Saturday 12th – at 7.45 pm. All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Rd., Orpington. Orpington Chorale present excerpts from Handel’s Messiah plus carols for choir and audience. Tickets: £8 (children 12 and under £5), contact debbie.fernando@btinternet.com.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., North Finchley. Finchley Chamber Choir and Finchley Chamber Orchestra present “The Glory of Christmas” incl. music from Handel’s Messiah and works by Bach, Elgar, Lennon/McCartney, Anderson and carols for audience. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10, children £5), phone 020 8446 6151.
Sunday 13th – 7.30 pm. St Peter’s Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith. St Peter’s Singers present a concert of Christmas music to echo Charles Dickens. Tickets in advance: £10 (conc. £9, under 12s £1), £1 more on the door, phone 020 8979 8414.
Friday 18th - 7:30pm. St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, 5 St. Andrew Street, EC4A 3AB (nearest tubes: Chancery Lane, Farringdon, Blackfriars). Esterhazy Singers and Praetorius Brass Quintet present a charity Christmas concert of Baroque music with audience carols andfestive readings, in aid of Richard House Children’s Hospice (for children with life-threatening conditions). Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on the door, students and children half-price. Further info. and to book: 020 8940 3382 or info@esterhazysingers.com or go to www.esterhazysingers.com.
Saturday 19th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Wilton Place, SW1. St Paul’s Festival Choir perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Tickets: £15, phone 020 8677 6194.
Saturday 19th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary Magdalene Church, Paradise Rd., Richmond. Cantanti Camerati present their Christmas concert. Tickets and further info. from 020 8898 8020 (6-7pm).
January 2010
Tuesday 12th – registration at 6.30, workshop at 7.00 and performance at 8.45 pm. St Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames St., EC3. The Esterhazy Singers invite singers to a charity workshop and performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and Zadok the Priest. Tickets for singers £5 (students £2.50) and audience free, phone 020 8940 3382 or e-mail sales@esterhazysingers.com.
Saturday 30th – at 7.45 pm. St Francis’s Church, West Wickham, Bromley. Allegri Singers present a concert of French choral classics incl. Fauré’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Mass in G and his Litanies á la vierge noir de rocomadour. Tickets: £8.50 (conc. £6.50) or family ticket £20, phone 020 8857 0308.
Saturday 30th – at 7.30 pm. Waltham Hall, St Paul’s School, Barnes. Ealing Youth Orchestra concert incl. Copland’s An Outdoor Overture, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Tickets: £10 (conc. £6, under 11 free) from ticketing@eyo.org.uk or on the door.
February 2010
Saturday 6th – 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Ickenham United Reformed Church. Hillingdon Choral Society presents “Strictly Singalong”. All singers invited to sing songs from the shows – ABBA, Beach Boys – for all ages and abilities. Tickets free but bring your own lunch. Book your place on 020 8578 7755 or turn up on the day.
Saturday 6th – at 7.30 pm. Finchley Methodist Church, Ballards Lane, N3. London Pro Arte Choir presents “Heavenly Music” with Fauré’s Requiem and works by Vaughan Williams, Rutter and Bairstow. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10), phone 020 8346 8367.
Saturday 6th – at 7.30 pm. All Saints’ Church, Durham Road, East Finchley, London N2. London Ripieno Society with London Mozart Players perform Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Schubert’s Mass in G, plus Geoffrey Hanson's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Five Nocturnes for Tenor & Chamber Orchestra. Tickets: £20 (conc. £18) and £15 (conc. £12). Book online via www.ticketsource.co.uk/londonripieno or for more information e-mail steph@londonripieno.co.uk.
Saturday 13th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., North Finchley. Finchley Chamber Choir present “English Pastoral” incl. works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Ireland. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8446 6151.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing W5. Ealing Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Frank Bridge's Enter Spring, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Alexander Soares and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8, accompanied children £1), phone 020 8567 4075.
Saturday 27th – at 7.45 pm. Kingston Parish Church. Thames Philharmonic Choir concert incl. Schumann’s Missa sacra, Brahms’s Song of Destiny and Elgar’s String Serenade. Tickets from box office: 07522 524081.
Saturday 27th – at 7.45 pm. St George’s Church, High St., Beckenham. Beckenham Chorale with JAGS Holst Chamber Choir and the Albemarle Orchestra perform Fauré’s Requiem. Tickets: £12 and £8, £6 unreserved, (children half-price), phone 020 8778 6519.
March 2010
Saturday 6th – at 7.30 pm. St Barnabas Church, Snakes Lane West, Woodford Green. The Meljon Singers present “A Suitable Job for Women” - music by women composers from the 19th to 20th Centuries. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10) from box office on 020 8550 7481.
Saturday 6th – at 7.30 pm. Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Pinner. Sine Nomine Singers with orchestra perform Beethoven’s Mass in C and works by Finzi incl. Lo the full final sacrifice. Tickets: £10 incl. refreshments and programme, phone 020 8933 7908.
Saturday 6th – at 7.30 pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing. Ealing Choral Society with Backbeat Percussion and choristers of Ealing Abbey Choir perform David Fanshawe’s African sanctus and Tippett’s Spirituals. Tickets: £16 (conc. £13), phone 020 8894 5998.
Friday 12th – at 7.30 pm. York House, Twickenham. Cantanti Camerati present “Just a Song at Twilight No. 34”. Tickets from 020 8898 8020 (6-7 pm).
Saturday 13th – at 2.30 and 7.30 pm. Cantanti Camerati as above.
Saturday 13th – at 7.30 pm. All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, NW3. Highgate Choral Society perform Bach’s B minor mass. Tickets: £13 to £28 (conc. £10), phone box office on 07952 508 234.
Saturday 13th – at 7.30pm. The Drive Methodist Church, The Drive, Ilford, Essex. New Essex Choral Society is performing Duruflé Requiem and Motets plus Cantique de Jean Racine. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, under-18s free. Contact tel. 020 8551 9895.
Saturday 13th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Thurlestone Rd., Ruislip Manor. Hillingdon Choral Society perform Rutter’s Requiem and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Tickets: £10, children £3, phone 020 8582 0931.
Saturday 13th – at 7.45 pm. Methodist Church, Bromley Rd., Beckenham. South London Singers present “Come Gentle Spring” – music by Haydn, Quilter, Geoffrey Lawrence, Morley and Ireland on a seasonal theme, and Sir Arthur Somervell’s The Passion of Christ. Tickets: £10 at the door, £9 in advance (children £5), phone 020 8656 2815.
Sunday 14th – at 7.30 pm. St Margaret’s Church, Brandram Rd., Lee. Blackheath Choir concert incl. Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, Samuel Wesley’s The Wilderness, Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer and Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude. Tickets: £10, phone 020 8303 3439.
Thursday 18th – at 7.30 pm. St Andrew’s Holborn Church, St Andrew St., EC4. Orlando Chamber Choir present “Two Fathers of Musick” – Tallis and Byrd in Elizabeth’s England. Tickets: £12 (conc. £8), phone 020 8893 4322.
Thursday 18th – at 7.30pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Corinthian Chamber Orchestra perform Britten Four Sea Interludes, Barber Violin Concerto with soloist Laura Samuel and Beethoven Symphony No. 7. Tickets: £20 / £18 / £15 (conc. 50% off). Reserve by e-mail: tickets@corinthianorchestra.org.uk or phone: 0871 663 2500.
Saturday 20th – at 8.00 pm. St Matthew’s Church, Durham Rd., Raynes Park. The Hill Singers present “Reflections” incl. music by Bach, Victoria, a choral setting of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and William Schuman’s Carols of Death. Tickets: £9 (conc. £7, children £5) on the door and £8 in advance from 020 8644 3794.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. St Gabriel’s Church, Aldersbrook Rd., Wanstead, E12. South West Essex Choir give a concert incl. Fauré’s Requiem, Britten’s Jubilate Deo and Te Deum and Finzi’s God is Gone Up. Tickets and info. from box office on 0127 721 9853.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. St Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, Mill Hill. London Pro Arte Choir concert incl. Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Bach’s Cantata No. 9. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10), phone 020 8346 8367.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. St John’s Church, St John’s Rd., Epping. Felicitas Chamber Choir concert incl. Palestrina’s Missa Pape Marcelli and Poulenc’s Stabat Mater. Tickets: £10 (children and students £5), phone 020 8498 0561.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. Holy Innocents Church, Paddenswick Rd., Hammersmith. St Peter’s Singers with English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble give a concert on the theme “Polychoral Venice” celebrating Gabrieli’s 500th anniversary. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8749 9943.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. St Peter’s Church, Mount Park Rd., Ealing. Questors Choir perform Howard Goodall’s Requiem Eternal light and Vittorio Antegnati’s Missa brevis. Tickets: £12 at the door and £10 in advance (children under 12 free), phone 020 8560 1005.
Saturday 20th – at 7.45 pm. Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church, NW11. Finchley Choral Society concert incl. Duruflé’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Litanies à la vierge noire and other settings by Fauré, Laloux, Villette and Casals. Tickets: £10 and £13 (children free), phone 020 8883 5631.
Saturday 20th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary the Virgin, King Henry Rd., NW3. The Camden Choir present a concert of music by Purcell, Aldrich, Wise and Turner. Tickets: £10, phone 020 7794 6300.
Thursday 25th – at 7.00 pm. St George’s Cathedral, Westminster Bridge Rd., SE1. London Orpheus Choir and Orchestra perform Handel’s Messiah (in its entirety). Tickets: £16, phone 020 8657 4772.
Thursday 25th – at 7.30 pm. St. John's, Smith Square, SW1. Whitehall Orchestra perform Stravinsky's Jeu de Cartes, Schumann's Manfred Overture and Chopin's Andante & Grande Polonaise Brillante and Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Idil Biret. Tickets: £15 / £10 (conc. £12 / £8), phone box office on 020 7222 1061 or book online at www.sjss.org.uk.
Friday 26th – at 7.30 pm. St Albans, Holborn, EC1. City Chorus concert incl. works by Haydn, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Tickets: £12 and £15, contact: tickets@citychorus.info.
Friday 26th – at 7.30 pm. St Alban the Martyr Church, 18 Brooke St., Holborn. City Chorus with Sarabande Ensemble present “A Spring Evening of Music by Haydns, Mozarts and Mendelssohns”. Tickets: £13 – phone 07880 681867 or go to www.citychorus.info.
Saturday 27th – at 7.00 pm. St Luke's Church, Thurleigh Road, SW12. Festival Chorus performs Bach's St Matthew Passion (in English). Tickets £10 (conc. £6). Contact Ann on 020 8685 1373.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. Barnardo’s Church, Tanners Lane, Barkingside. Woodford Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert incl. Schubert’s Overture in the Italian style, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Tickets incl. programme and refreshments: £7 (conc. £6, children £3) – phone 020 8504 7783.
Saturday 27th – at 5.30 pm. Chingford Parish Church, The Green, E4. London Forest Choir perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Tickets: £13 (conc. £10) from box office, phone 020 8531 4837.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. St Mildred’s Church, Bingham Rd., Addiscombe, Croydon. Croydon Bach Choir give a golden jubilee performance of Bach’s B minor Mass with orchestra. Tickets: £10, phone 020 8405 2172.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. Christ Church URC, Chase Side, Enfield EN2 6NJ. Enfield Choral Society perform Rossini’s Petite messe solonnelle. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8) in advance, £12 (conc. £10), phone 020 8882 2598.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Archway Rd, Highgate. Islington Choral Society perform Bruckner’s Mass No. 2, Rutter’s Gloria and Gabrielli’s In ecclesiis. For tickets phone 020 7359 6461.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. St Francis of Assisi Church, Ravenswood Ave., West Wickham. Allegri Singers give a concert of English Anthems celebrating Wesley’s 200th anniversary incl. works by Wesley and Parry’s Songs of Farewell. Tickets: £8.50 (conc. £6.50) in advance or £9 (£7) at the door, phone 020 8857 0308.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary Magdalene Church, Paradise Rd., Richmond. Barnes Choir with Baroque Orchestra perform Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10, children free), phone 020 8940 0949.
Saturday 27th – at 7.30 pm. Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lewisham High St., SE13. Harmony Sinfonia present an evening of works by German composers incl. Weber’s Der Freischutz overture, Brahms’s Variations on a theme of Haydn and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. Tickets: £9 (conc. £6), phone 020 8857 8725.
Saturday 27th – 7.30 pm. All Saints Church, Poplar. The London Dockland Singers and Marcel Sinfonia perform Schubert’s Mass in G and Brahms’s German Requiem. Tickets: £12 (conc. £9), phone 020 7538 3176.
Sunday 28th – at 7.30 pm. St John’s Church, Friern Barnet Lane, N11. Barnet Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain and Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante with Natalie Clein, cello. Tickets: £8 (children under 16 free), phone 07990 510102.
Wednesday 31st – at 8.00 pm. Barbican Hall, EC2. London Concert Choir sing Britten’s War Requiem. Tickets: £7 to £26 from box office on 0845 120 7550.
April 2010
Saturday 17th – at 7.00 pm. St Clement Danes Church, The Strand, WC2. Bromley Philharmonic Choir and Bromley Youth Music Trust perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Tickets: £15 (conc. £12), phone 020 8460 4898.
Saturday 17th – at 7.00 pm. St Clement Danes Church, Strand, WC2. Bromley Philharmonic Choir and Bromley Youth Music Trust perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Tickets: £15 (conc. £12), phone 020 8460 4898.
Saturday 24th – at 7.30 pm. St Barnabas Church, Ealing. Ealing Youth Orchestra concert incl. works by Bach, Schumann and Mussorgsky. Tickets: £10 (conc. £6, children under 11 free), phone 020 8998 1928.
Saturday 24th – from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith. St Peter’s Singers invite singers to a “Come and Sing Day” led by Edward Caswell, working on choruses from Italian opera. Tickets: £20 (£5 for under 25s), incl. scores, refreshments and light lunch. Advance booking is essential, phone 020 8994 0933.
May 2010
Saturday 8th – at 7.30 pm. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace. Thames Philharmonic Choir perform Verdi’s Requiem. Tickets from box office: 07522 524081.
Saturday 8th – at 7.30pm. St. Martin's Church, Hale Gardens, Acton W3. Ealing Symphony Orchestra perform Mendelssohn's A Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Roussel's Symphony No. 4, Elgar's Sea Pictures and Debussy's La Mer. Tickets £10 (conc. £8, accompanied children £1), phone 020 8567 4075.
Saturday 8th – at 7.30pm. All Saints Church, Rosendale Road, West Dulwich SE21. Lambeth Wind Orchestra present a Spring concert to celebrate the 65th anniversary of VE Day. Programme includes music by Percy Grainger, Noel Coward, William Walton, and a première written by Roger Cawkwell. Tickets £8 on the door or £5 in advance from www.wegottickets.com/event/72567. For more information call 07765 147324.
Saturday 15th – at 7.30 pm. Trinity Church, Nether St., North Finchley. Finchley Chamber Choir present a concert of sacred music incl. Pizzeti’s Requiem, Duruflé’s motets, Verdi’s Pater noster and Elgar’s Go, Song of Mine. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8446 6151.
Saturday 15th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary’s Church, Sunbury. Cantanti Camerati give their Spring concert. Details from 020 8898 8020.
Saturday 22nd – at 7.30 pm. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1. Ealing Choral Society perform Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. Tickets: £16 and £22, phone 020 7730 4500.
June 2010
Saturday 5th – at 7.30 pm. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1. Croydon Philharmonic Choir perform Haydn’s Creation. Tickets: £12 to £18 (50% discount for students, special group rates), phone 020 7730 4500.
Monday 7th – at 7.30 pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Diversity Choir present 'Bernstein - a C20th Reflection' as part of The Bernstein Project's Making Music series. Programme includes music by Gesualdo, Lauridsen and Whitacre alongside Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Tickets: £15 / £10 / £7, conc. 50% off, phone 0844 875 0073.
Saturday 12th – at 8.00 pm. St Matthew’s Church, Durham Rd., Raynes Park. The Hill Singers present 'Folk Songs from around the World'. Tickets: £9 (conc. £7, under 16s £5), £8 in advance, phone 020 8644 3794.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. St Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, Mill Hill. London Pro Arte Choir with Esprit Ensemble present “A Handelian Feast” incl. Coronation anthems and Water music. Tickets: £10, phone 020 8346 8367.
Saturday 12th – at 7.30 pm. Kingston Parish Church. Kingston Chamber Orchestra concert incl. Mendelssohn’s Overture: Midsummer night’s dream, Nielsen’s Violin concerto and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 5. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8, children u16 free). Further info from www.kcomusic.org or e-mail concerts@kcomusic.org.
Friday 18th – at 7.30 pm. United Reformed Church, Buxton Rd., Chingford. Chingford Ladies Choir give a charity concert of varied classical and popular songs. Tickets: £10 incl. light refreshments, phone 020 8529 6141.
Saturday 19th – at 7.45 pm. St. Anne’s, Highgate, N6. Finchley Choral Society concert incl. Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Monteverdi’s Beatus vir and other settings by Vivaldi, Victoria and Rossini. Further details from 020 7263 3358.
Saturday 19th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Vivamus Choir with St. Rufus School Choir present “Songs and Cries – a choral concert of folk music”. Works by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Chilcott. Tickets: £15 (conc. £10), phone 07956 905303.
Saturday 19th – at 7.45 pm. St Anne’s Church, Highgate West Hill, N6. Finchley Choral Society concert incl. Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Monteverdi’s Beatus vir, Vivaldi’s Beatus vir and L’Estro harmonico Op. 3 No. 4. Tickets: £13 (students and children £1) phone 0207 263 3358.
Saturday 19th – at 7.30 pm. United Reformed Church, Fox Lane, Palmers Green. Enfield Chamber Orchestra concert incl. Haydn’s Cello Concerto No.1 and Dvorak’s Czech suite. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 8363 7257.
Thursday 24th – at 7.30 pm. St Mary Aldermary, Watling St., EC4. Orlando Chamber Choir presents a concert-pique-nique entitled “Fête Champètre” with works by Janequin, Lassus, Arcadelt, Gombet, de Monte and le Jeune and airs by Mauduit. Tickets: £12 (conc. £8), phone 020 8893 4322 and at the door.
Thursday 24th – at 7.00 pm. St George’s Cathedral, Westminster Bridge Rd., SE1. London Orpheus Choir perform Bach’s B minor mass. Tickets: £18 (conc. £12), phone 020 8657 4772.
Saturday 26th – at 7.30 pm. United Reformed Church, Buxton Rd., Chingford. Felicitas gives a varied concert of choral music incl. Monteverdi’s Mass for four voices and works by Vaughan Williams, Parry, Eric Whitacre, Copland and Holst. Tickets: £10 (under 18s free), phone 020 8498 0561.
Saturday 26th – at 7.30 pm. St Luke’s Church, Thurleigh Rd., SW12. Festival Chorus gives a concert incl. Brahms’s Liebeslieder and Schumann piano duets. Tickets: £10 (conc. £6), phone 020 8685 1373.
Saturday 26th – at 7.30 pm. St Peter’s Church, Mount Park Rd., Ealing. St Peter’s Singers perform Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle. Tickets: £11 (£12 in advance, conc. £9, under-12s £1), phone 020 8994 0933.
Saturday 26th – at 7.30 pm. Christ Church Isle of Dogs, Manchester Rd., E14. London Dockland Singers present “Viva la Musica” incl. Vivaldi’s Beatus vir and Concerto for two trumpets, Pergolesi’s Magnificat, Handel’s Zadok the Priest and Andrew Campling’s Seasons of the Year. Tickets: £10 (conc. £8), phone 020 7538 3176.
Saturday 26th – at 7.45 pm. St Mark’s Church, Westmoreland Rd., Bromley. Allegri Singers with Bromley Boy Singers present "Rhythms of the World” incl. Fanshawe’s African sanctus and works by Ramirez and Rutter. Tickets: £8.50 (conc. £6.50), phone 020 8857 0308.
Saturday 26th – at 7.45 pm. Hayes Parish Church, Hayes St., BR2. Hayes Philharmonic Choir present A Shakespeare Concert with readings. Tickets: £5, phone 020 8462 5054 or mgb@dession.com.
Sunday 27th – at 6.00 pm. St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park Hill, NW5. London Medical Orchestra give a charity concert incl. Rossini’s overture La cenerentola, Haydn’s Symphony No. 99, Ireland’s Minuet and Elegy for strings, Dvořák’s Serenade for wind instruments and Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Greensleeves. Tickets: £10, (conc. £8, children £2), phone 01553 774586.
Sunday 27th – at 7.30 pm. Blackheath Halls. Blackheath Choir with Eltham Choral Society and Sidcup Symphony Orchestra concert incl. Wagner’s Flying Dutchman overture, Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet and Vaughan Williams’s A sea symphony. Tickets: £12 to £20, phone 020 8463 0100.
July 2010
Friday 2nd – at 7.30 pm. St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, Holborn Viaduct, EC1. City Chorus presents “Around the World in Eighty Minutes” – a programme of music from all corners of the globe. Tickets: £13, phone 07880 681 867.
Saturday 3rd – from 1.00 to 6.00pm. The Big Day Out. Top of Streatham Common. Fun for all the family with live music, a Big Dance Tent, street theatre, interactive workshops, food stalls, a photography competition, children's village and the Big Happy Tent with lovely pampering treats! Admission free. For more information: marketing@streathamfestival.com
Saturday 3rd – from 3.00 pm. Hawes Lane Methodist Church, West Wickham. Bromley Philharmonic Choir present a 60th anniversary event incl. tea – light music and choruses. Tickets: £8, phone 020 8460 4898.
Saturday 3rd – at 7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing W5. Ealing Symphony Orchestra perform Ravel's Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Mahler's £10 (conc. £8, accompanied children £1), phone 020 8567 4075.
Saturday 3rd – at 7.30 pm. North Harrow Methodist Church, Pinner Rd., Harrow. Amici Chamber Choir presents a programme entitled “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – songs of love, longing and loss from the seventeenth century to today. Tickets: £12 (conc. £10, under 19s free), phone 07733 124 565.
Saturday 3rd – at 7.00 pm. St James’s Church, Bermondsey, SE16. Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Choral Society present “Music for a Summer’s Evening” incl. Barber’s Agnus Dei, Monteverdi’s Beatus vir and a selection of folksong settings old and new. Tickets: £5 (conc. £3.50). For further info please e-mail rbcs.choir@gmail.com.
Sunday 4th – from 6.30 to 7.30pm. Choral Evensong. St. Peter's Church, Streatham. Heavenly voices of St.Peter's Choir mark the 140th anniversary of this magnificent church. Admission free with retiring collection. For more information: marketing@streathamfestival.com
Sunday 4th – from 7.30 to 8.00pm. Organ Recital. St. Peter's Church, Streatham. Admission free with retiring collection. The William Hill organ is one of the finest examples of its type in the country. Hear Philip Collin unleash its powerful and deep tones in a glorious recital. For more information: marketing@streathamfestival.com
Thursday 8th – at 7.30 pm. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square, SW1. London Concert Choir perform Beethoven’s Mass in C. Tickets: £12 to £25, phone 020 7730 4500.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm with food and bar from 7.00pm. World Sounds. St. Leonard's Church, Streatham. Admission £10 & £8 (conc. / balcony) on the door, in advance at Streatham Library or online at www.streathamfestival.com. For more information: marketing@streathamfestival.com
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. All Hallows’ Church, Savernake Rd., NW3. Highgate Choral Society with The New London Orchestra perform Haydn’s Creation. Tickets: £13 to £23 (conc. £10), phone box office: 07952 508234.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. St Paul’s Church, Augustus Rd., SW19. Thames Philharmonic Choir Summer concert inc. Stanford’s Songs of the fleet, Parry’s Blest pair of sirens, Bob Chilcott’s Singing by numbers and some songs from the shows. Tickets: £12 and £14 (conc. £10 and £12). (Strawberries and wine £6), phone box office on 07522 524081.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. St George’s Suite, Rugby Football Union, Twickenham. Cantanti Camerati present “Summertime” – songs by Gershwin, Kern and Berlin and other American choruses plus Tippett’s Spirituals from “A Child of our Time”. Tickets: £8 from 020 8898 8020 (6-7 pm).
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. St John’s Church, Mattock Lane, Ealing. Questors Choir presents “This Sceptred Isle” - an evening of English music in all its glory from Agincourt to Oliver. Tickets: £10 (under 12s free), phone 020 8840 6492.
Saturday 10th – at 7.30 pm. St Mark’s Church, Westmoreland Rd., Bromley. Amici Orchestra charity concert incl. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Mendelssohn’s Piano concerto No. 1. Admission free, for more info. phone 07776 230158.
Sunday 11th – at 7.30 pm. Rose Theatre, 24-26 High St., Kingston. Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra perform Elgar’s Enigma variations and music from Bizet’s Carmen suites, and their Training Orchestra will play Elgar’s Chanson de matin and Bizet’s Farandole from L’Arlésienne suite. Tickets: £4.50 to £10 from box office, phone 0871 230 1552.
Saturday 24th – from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm followed by performance at 4.00 pm. St Mary Aldermary, Watling St., EC4. Orlando Chamber Choir invites singers to a workshop called “(Re)Naissance”, working on Victoria’s Requiem and a motet by James Weeks. Tickets: £20 – to pre-book phone 01223 247027.
