CITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Lunchtime Concerts
Thursdays at 1.05 pm at St Bartholomew the
Great,
West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE
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19th September 2024 | |
The Musicians’ Company Consort |
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J S Bach |
Komm, du süße Todesstunde BWV 161 |
J S Bach |
Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70 |
First performed in Weimar in September 1716, Bach’s cantata, BWV 161 is an appropriate choice for our annual celebration of the composer’s genius. The Musicians’ Company’s traditional opener for our series is presented by a consort of leading exponents of Baroque instrumental performance and outstanding vocal soloists from the Royal College of Music. |
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26th September 2024 | |
William Bracken piano |
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Photo: Francis Ware |
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Robert Schumann |
Arabeske in C Op. 18 |
Clara Schumann |
Nocturne in F Op. 6 No.2 |
Brahms |
Four Piano Pieces Op.119 |
Debussy |
La Puerto del Vino (Preludes Book II) |
Liszt |
Spanish Rhapsody |
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3rd October 2024 | |
Astatine Piano Trio |
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Photo: Sophie Williams |
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Astatine Piano Trio website | |
Haydn |
Trio in E minor Hob XV:12 |
Ravel |
Piano Trio in A minor |
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10th October 2024 | |
Gus McQuade & Gonçalo Maia Caetano guitar duo |
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Dodgson |
Promenade 1 |
Sergio Assad |
Tres Cenas Brasileiras |
Lennon & McCartneyn |
She's Leaving Home (arr. Leo Brouwer) |
De Falla |
La Vida Breve |
Stephen Goss
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Cocktail List |
Two Musicians’ Company award winners join forces to explore the delights of guitar duets. Gus McQuade won the New Elizabethan Award with Eleanor Grant while Gonçalo Maia Caetano was awarded the Company’s star prize, the Prince’s Prize in 2023. Both graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with first class honours and are now enjoying successful careers. |
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17th October 2024 |
Trinity Laban String Ensemble |
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Jessie Montgomery |
Starburst |
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Aaron Jay Kernis |
Musica Celestis |
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Britten |
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op.10 |
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The senior string ensemble of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under its innovative and energetic Head of Strings, Nic Pendlebury, always bring fascinating combinations of music to our concerts. Britten’s brilliant ‘Frank Bridge Variations’, a heartfelt tribute to his teacher written when Britten was only 24, contrasts vividly with works by two American composers, Kernis’s meditation on the singing of angels in heaven and Montgomery’s depiction of exploding gestures in rapidly changing musical colours. |
24th October 2024 Max Pemberton piano |
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Pianist Max Pemberton's website | |
Bridge |
Three Improvisations for the left hand H.154 |
Scriabin |
Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand alone Op.9 |
Blumenfeld |
Etude for the left hand alone Op.36 |
Chopin/Godowsky |
Étude No.13 (after Chopin Étude Op.10 No.6) |
Takacs |
Toccata and Fugue for the left hand alone Op.56 |
Bach/Brahms |
Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 |
A surprising number of piano works for the left hand alone exist, many of them inspired by Paul Wittgenstein who lost his right arm serving in the First World War. Max Pemberton started exploring this fascinating repertoire when having difficulties with his right hand and now champions some of the extraordinary music he plays in this concert. A student at the Guildhall School, Max is the holder of the 2023 Carnwath Scholarship from The Musicians’ Company. |
31st October 2024 | |
Orelia Trio |
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Haydn |
Trio in G Hob.XV/25 (‘Gypsy’) |
Clarke |
Piano Trio |
Winners of the 2024 Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Award at the Guildhall School, sponsored by City Music Society, the Orelia Trio impressed with a heartfelt performance of Rebecca Clarke’s 1921 trio. This astonishing work by one of the first ever female professional orchestral players exhibits her deep understanding of string playing. |
7th November 2024 | |
RCM String Orchestra |
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Wojciech Kilar |
Orawa |
Joanna Marsh (arr. J. Azkoul) |
In Winter’s House |
Tchaikovsky |
Serenade for Strings Op.48 |
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14th November 2024 |
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Ensemble Pampinea |
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Sounds of Decameron |
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Music by composers in 14th-Century Florence |
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Winners of the 2022 Young Ensemble Competition of the London International Festival of Early Music, the members of Ensemble Pampinea met while studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. Their programmes explore the riches of medieval and pre-Renaissance music, exemplified in this concert, inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameronwith its tales of love, tragedy and wit. |
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Kyan Quartet |
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Beethoven |
Quartet in E minor Op.59 No.2 (Razumovsky) |
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Caroline Shaw |
Entr’acte and Valencia |
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Established in 2020, the award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the UK, the USA, China and France. Recipients of the 2024 String Ensemble prize in the Royal Over-Seas League competition, the quartet are also current holders of the Tunnell Trust award which will enable them to tour Scotland in February 2025. In addition to their devotion to the great classical repertory the Kyan members are also strong advocates for new music and for widening participation in and access to music for families, children and those living with dementia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
City Music Society concerts resume on Thursday 30th January 2025 at 1.05pm at
St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE. |
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For further information
about these concerts please contact
Leslie.East1@btopenworld.com
Latest
update: 18 September 2024
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