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Music in the Round 2013 Spring Concert – Brentano String Quartet

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PURCELL Four Fantasias
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Op.18 No.2
BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2

The US-based Brentano Quartet celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, and those twenty years have been full of performances across the globe, including at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House.

“A greater musical genius England never had,” wrote a contemporary of Henry Purcell. The composer was obsessed with counterpoint, and his Fantasias, a cornerstone of early string repertoire, are the result of this passion.

Brahms felt very much in the shadow of Beethoven and it was not until 1873, under pressure from his publisher and encouragement from his friends Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim, that he allowed his Op.51 quartets to be published. They are contrasting pieces, the tenderness of the second, played here, juxtaposed with the ruggedness of the first.

Samling Showcase

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This annual concert, part of Wigmore Hall’s prestigious Song Recital Series, showcases five of classical music’s rising stars. These Scholars join Samling’s Patron Sir Thomas Allen and Malcolm Martineau who have been involved in Samling’s work from the beginning.

The programme will include songs by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Strauss, Bridge and Gurney, opera arias and ensembles from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Puccini’s La Bohème.

Ring Out Wild Bells

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Come and hear City Chorus in their Christmas concert, ‘Ring Out Wild Bells’ on Friday 7th December at 7.30pm

City Chorus choir
Allan Smith baritone
Philip Shannon piano
Paul Ayres conductor

A rare performance of Gordon Jacob’s cantata The New-Born King, followed by seasonal pieces old and familiar. Join in singing favourite Christmas carols and enjoy a sequence of choral music telling the Christmas story.

Refreshments will be available

Mini Maestro Musical Tales

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Babar grows up in the Great Forest and learns all the things that elephants need to know. He enjoys playing games of Catch and Follow-My-Leader and cavorting with his friends in the pond where they swim around and use their long trunks to squirt each other… yes, the young elephants lead full and happy lives.

But Babar’s life is about to change and he’ll set off on a really big adventure.

Join us and find out what will happen to Babar and for extracts from Saint-Saëns’ timeless Carnival of the Animals and for sing-along Christmas Carols.

BAROQUE MUISC

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DORIAN KOMANOFF BANDY
baroque violin and viola d’amore
KATE CONWAY baroque cello
CHAD KELLY harpsichord

Programme

“Italians Abroad”

Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768)
Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 1 no. 1

Michele Mascitti (c. 1664-1760)
Violin Sonata in D major, op. 5 no. 12 “Psyche”

Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 4 no. 5

INTERVAL

Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729?)
Viola d’amore Sonata no. 3 in F major

Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 6 no. 12

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Violin Sonata in D major

Christmas Concert with Audience Carols

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London Musical Arts Orchestra
John Landor (conductor)
Carols for all to sing with lots of joyous and uplifting music for the Christmas season in the enchanting candlelit atmosphere of London’s historic Royal church.

Mini Maestro Family Christmas Concert

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Carols for all to sing with lots of joyous and uplifting music to put you in the Christmas mood. Bring the whole family to our fun and friendly Mini Maestro concert.

Mini Maestro Musical Tales

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John Landor Presenter and Narrator
Pavel Timofjevsky Piano
Here is an opportunity to enjoy perhaps the most popular of all children’s musical tales, where a wicked wolf is caught by the ingenuity of a brave little boy. The concert also includes carols for all to sing and extracts from Saint-Saëns’ timeless Carnival of the Animals.

Vivamus Carols by Candlelight at St James’s Piccadilly

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Vivamus Choir
Matthew Crampton Reader
Richard Hills Organ
John Landor Conductor

Carols for all, Christmas motets, organ improvisation, poetry and prose – all in the beautiful candlelit atmosphere of Sir Christopher Wren’s iconic church in the heart of Piccadilly. A great way to revive and refresh yourself from all your seasonal exertions.

Inna Faliks Classical Interludes

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Pianist Inna Faliks will perform a mixed program will include works by Beethoven, Schumann, Shchedrin, and Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin. Faliks has set herself apart in thousands of performances as a sincere, communicative and direct performer whose virtuosity, power and risk taking serve the depth, intelligence and poetry of her interpretations. Inna’s command of standard solo and concerto repertoire is highlighted by her love of rare and new music, and interdisciplinary and audience-involving programs and lectures.