What's On
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Wed, 2013-06-26 19:30Limelight classical club night, with Charlie Siem, Raven and Chris HopkinsCharlie Siem, Chris Hopkins, Raven100 Club London W1United Kingdom
Following an explosive start to the season, with Thomas Gould and Amore's stunning performances in April, Limelight is delighted to welcome back one of its favourite veteran artists: the inimitable Charlie Siem.
Siem, who performed at Limelight's second ever concert back in 2009, is returning to the 100 Club stage by popular demand. Passionate and intense, the youngster's unique combination of musical talent and sartorial elegance has propelled him into the spotlight across the world - and we are extremely lucky he has found room in his busy schedule to perform for us again.
Siem will be supported by pianist Chris Hopkins, a rising star whose performance with Gould in April received a rapturous response, and feisty rock string quartet Raven, the resident "s**t hot" group on the BBC's former hit show Maestro (in the words of comedian Sue Perkins).
- Sonata for Piano No 8 in A minor
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Sonetto 123 del Petrarca from Années de pèlerinage - année 2: Italie
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Piano Variations
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Sonata for Violin and Piano No 3 in D minor
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- Carmen Fantasy
- Jenö Hubay (1858-1937)
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Fri, 2013-06-21 19:30Conflux: Total Brass with Tom Bell (organ) - London Composers ForumTom Bell, Total BrassSt Michaels Church London SW1W 9HHUnited Kingdom
New music for the arrestingly colourful combination of brass quintet and organ - together and separately - by the eclectic members of London Composers Forum.
Performed by the established international organist Tom Bell with Total Brass, who have recently been selected to be Park Lane Group Young Artists.
- Hubbub
- Alan Hilton (1960-)
- 5 Incomplete Episodes
- Alan Taylor ()
- Nicholas Recalls
- Andy Bungay (1961-)
- Passacaglia
- Cedric Peachey ()
- Suite for Brass Quintet
- David Arditti (1964-)
- Une Jeune Nonette
- Derek Foster (1943-)
- Variations on a Theme by Anthony Green
- Derek Foster (1943-)
- 21 Years Without You
- John Holland (1977-)
- Waltz 'Diamond Crown'
- Martin Jones (1947-)
- 3 Fanfares
- Michael Regan ()
- Ravelling, for Organ
- Miriam Mackie (1985-)
- Voluntary for an Empty Space
- Tony Matthews ()
- The Lost
- Tony Matthews ()
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Fri, 2013-06-28 19:30George Lloyd Centenary - St Ives Birthday ConcertCornish Youth Brass Ensemble, The Camborne BandThe Guildhall St Ives TR26 2DSUnited Kingdom
There is an exciting opportunity to hear two of Cornwall’s leading brass ensembles playing a concert that prominently features music by the St Ives born composer, George Lloyd, whose centenary will be celebrated on Friday 28th June. It will take place on that date at the Guildhall in St Ives at 7.30pm. The Camborne Town Band and Cornwall Youth Brass Ensemble will perform some of George Lloyd’s best works for brass in a wide range of musical styles, from the brass quintet 'Miniature Triptcyh' to the large scale Symphony for 13 Brass Instruments 'November Journeys.'
- Royal Parks
- George Lloyd (1913-1998)
- HMS Trinidad March
- George Lloyd (1913-1998)
- Symphony No 10, 'November Journeys'
- George Lloyd (1913-1998)
- Miniature Triptych
- George Lloyd (1913-1998)
Tickets: £7.50 in advance (£8 on the door); under16s : £4.50 in advance (£5 on the door) Available from 01726 879500 . -
Sat, 2013-06-29 19:30Music for a Summer's Evening | Ridgeway Ensemble (voice, cello, piano)Judith Sheridan, Margaret Richards, Ridgeway Ensemble, Valerie Ashworth-PirilloSt John's United Reformed Church Northwood HA6 1DNUnited Kingdom
Let the Ridgeway Ensemble lift your spirits in an evening of English and French music for cello, voice and piano. The programme includes familiar repertoire by Faure, Saint-Saens, Britten, Gounod and Eric Coates.
- 3 Pastoral Songs
- Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
- Sicilienne
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Le cygne
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
- Élégie for cello and piano
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- The Lincolnshire Poacher from Folksong arrangements
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- The Ash Grove from Folksong arrangements
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Oliver Cromwell from Folksong arrangements
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Serenade
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
- Le banc de pierre
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
- O ma belle rebelle
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
- Melodie
- Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
- Chanson de Matin
- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- Salut d'amour, 'Liebesgruss'
- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- Coloured fields
- Eric Coates (1886-1957)
- Sigh no more, ladies
- Eric Coates (1886-1957)
- Birdsongs at Eventide
- Eric Coates (1886-1957)
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Sun, 2013-06-23 18:00London Medical Orchestra - Sibelius, Borodin, Berlioz, ChaminadeBjorn Bantock, Emma Higham, London Medical Orchestra, Tina BowlesChurch of St Mary Brookfield London NW5 1SLUnited Kingdom
London Medical Orchestra is delighted to be performing at its Summer Concert a stirring programme of Berlioz, Borodin and the magnificent Sibelius 2nd Symphony. The audience will be treated to Chaminade's Concertino played by LMO's retiring principal flute, Emma Higham, sadly her swan song for LMO. She will be greatly missed.
Refreshments, including Pimm's and strawberries will be available during the interval.
The church is 5 minutes walk from Tufnell Park tube. On street parking is available.
Profits from tonight's concert will go to support the great work of Nuevas Esperanzas, which implements clean water and sustainable livelihood projects in rural communities in Nicaragua.
- Symphony No 2 in D
- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
- Symphony No 3 in A minor, 'Unfinished'
- Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
- Hungarian March from La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust)
- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
- Concertino for Flute and Orchestra in D
- Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
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Sat, 2013-06-22 19:30Now is the Gentle Season: An evening of English madrigals and verseAlison Hawke, Camden Chamber Choir, Peter Lea-Cox, Ruth PadelThe Parish Church of St Mary-the-Virgin, Primrose Hill London NW3 3DJUnited Kingdom
Camden Chamber Choir invite you to an evening of music and verse from England's Elizabethan and Jacobean Ages.This was the great era of the English madrigal, whose masters Morley and Weelkes harmonised songs of Love, Nature and Regret. The choir will offer a rich and respresentative sample from them and their contemporaries. But it was also a triumph of poetics, so poet Ruth Padel will read from the timeless words of Donne, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Raleigh and Shakespeare, amongst others.
The choir's fluent soprano Alison Hawke wil add to this heady mixture two solo sets, one from Robert Jones's 'The Muses Gardin for Delights' ('Love, love is a pretty frenzy' and 'Soft, cupid, soft, there is no haste'); the second from Thomas Campion's 'Two Bookes of Ayres' (the famous 'Never weather-beaten Saile' and "Though your strangeness frets my heart').
We hope for a balmy English summer evening to match our music and verse, and extend a warm invitation for you to join us.
- If Love be blind
- Thomas Bateson (c.1570/75-1630)
- Come shepherds, follow me
- John Bennet (1575-1614)
- Sometimes she would
- Giles Farnaby (c1563-1640)
- Compel the hawk
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- Fraile Man, despise the Treasures of this Life
- John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- Take time while time doth last
- John Farmer (fl 1591-1601)
- Now is the gentle season
- Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602)
- On a fair morning
- Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602)
- The Blackbird
- John Mundy (c.1550-1630)
- Cold winter's ice is fled
- Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
- Now ev'ry tree
- Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
- With fragrant flowers
- Francis Pilkington (c1570-1638)
- Where are all thy beauties now
- Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
- Weep no more thou sorry boy
- Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
- The Silver Swan
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
- John Wilbye (1574-1638)
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Tue, 2013-06-25 18:45Katherine Bryan (flute) performs at Gray's Inn Chapel's Summer SeriesKatherine Bryan, Scott MitchellGray's Inn Chapel London WC1R 5ETUnited Kingdom
Acclaimed flautist Katherine Bryan will be featuring an exciting programme boasting works taken from both of her highly commended discs. Her debut release Liebermann Flute Concerto was described as ‘exquisite’ and, following suit, her eagerly anticipated second album, a disc of American concertos that includes the first British recording of the Rouse Concerto, was released in May 2012 to great acclaim and is currently in the UK Classical Charts.
Katherine made her concerto debut at the age of just 15, having won the prestigious Audi Music Competition, with the Orchestra of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields London. She went on to win a full scholarship to study flute at the Juilliard School of Music, New York and has since performed as a soloist with a number of esteemed orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Halle, and Nurnberger Symphoniker. She remains principal flute with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a post that she has held since the age of 21.
- Duo
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Sonata for Flute and Piano
- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- Achat Sha'alti
- Paul Schoenfield (1947-)
- Ballade
- Frank Martin (1890-1974)
- Syrinx for solo flute
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Sonata for Flute and Piano
- Lowell Liebermann (1961-)
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Fri, 2013-06-28 19:30Earlsfield Ensemble performs Janácek and BeethovenBryn Coveney, Chris Goodman, Earlsfield Ensemble:, Finlay Bain, Harry Cameron-Penny, Lindsey Ellis, Martin Clark, Nicola Barbagli, Sophie CrawfordEarlsfield Baptist Church London SW18 3NZUnited Kingdom
The Earlsfield Ensemble was founded in 2011 by graduates from London's main conservatoires, all keen to promote high quality classical performances in south london. All the performers have a shared interest in bringing their performances outside of the perimiter of London's cultural centres and the aim is to perform interesting and varied repertoire to new audiences. The ensemble is a flexible line up and the ensemble have already performed works for up to 15 winds by Strauss, the Dvorak serenade for winds cello and bass, Mozart's evergreen Gran partita, the mozart and weber clarinet quintets, schubert octet and wagners siegfried idyll along with numerous other works for various combinations of winds.
- Mládí, for wind sextet
- Leoš Janácek (1854-1928)
- Octet in E flat
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Thu, 2013-06-20 13:00Lunchtime recital by Alison Moncrieff Kelly (cello) and Esther Cavett (piano)Alison Moncrieff Kelly, Esther CavettChurch of St George the Martyr London SE1 1JAUnited Kingdom
Alison Moncrieff Kelly has earned many prizes and plaudits as a cellist. She has performed and broadcast all over Europe and the UK, as well as Australia, as soloist and chamber musician, and has a number of successful recordings to her name. Alison studied under Florence Hooton at the Royal Academy of Music where she held a scholarship and to which, in May of this year, she was awarded an Associateship.
Esther Cavett learnt the piano with Guy Johnson at the Royal Academy of Music, and combines performance in a variety of contexts with a career as a lawyer.
- Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2 in G minor
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
- Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
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Sat, 2013-06-22 19:30Summer Serenade | The Harlequin SingersPeter Wilkinson, The Harlequin SingersSt James Priory Bristol BS1 3NZUnited Kingdom
Having been on tour to Hamburg earlier this year, the Harlequin Singers are now very much looking forward to this lovely concert full of summer music! It will be featuring a wide range of choral music, including pieces by Whitacre, Stanford, and even UB40. We will also be performing a few select movements from Handel's Dixit Dominus which we performed with the Due Quartetti orchestra in Hamburg.
The concert will be raising funds for our venue, St James Priory, who do great work in the local community, including providing residential accommodation and support for people in recovery from addiction. Further details are available on their website.
The building itself is the oldest building in Bristol, and its light and beautiful interior will be a lovely setting for the concert. It is located close to the St. James Barton roundabout next to the bus station.
The Harlequin Singers are a Bristol-based choir who perform several concerts a year supporting local charities. Although we don't take ourselves too seriously, we still strive to achieve a high quality of performance, and we are well known for our diverse programmes that really do have something for everyone.
- Hosanna to the Son of David
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Healing Light: A Celtic Prayer
- Karl Jenkins (1944-)
- Kalanda
- A. Cantatori ()
- Dixit Dominus from Dixit Dominus
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- Who is Silvia?
- George Shearing (1919-)
- Fine knacks for ladies
- John Dowland (c1563-1626)
- The Seal Lullaby
- Eric Whitacre (1970-)
- Sanctus from Missa 'In illo tempore'
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
- Hirtenchor (Shepherds' Chorus) from Rosamunde
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- Psalm 43, 'Richte mich Gott'
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- Red Red Wine
- Neil Diamond ()
- Kyrie
- Peter Wilkinson ()
- Sanctus
- Peter Wilkinson ()
- Temuna from 5 Hebrew Love Songs
- Eric Whitacre (1970-)
- Pater noster
- Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
- The Rose
- Amanda McBroom (1947-)
- Eleanor Rigby
- Sir Paul McCartney (1942- )
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Luigi Denza (1846-1922)
- Brothers In Arms
- Mark Knopfler ()
£7 (£6 concessions, £3 schoolchildren)
