CITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Lunchtime Concerts
Thursdays at 1.05 pm at St Bartholomew the
Great,
West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE
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18th September 2025 | |
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN ST GILES CRIPPLEGATE, FORE STREET, BARBICAN EC2Y 8DA |
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The Musicians’ Company Consort |
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J S Bach |
Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht BWV 105 |
J S Bach |
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 99 |
Bach composed BWV 105 in July 1723 for the ninth Sunday after Trinity. It was one of the first he wrote in Leipzig and is based on one of Martin Luther’s penitential psalms, speaking of mankind’s need to forswear earthly pleasures to survive before God’s judgement. BWV 99 followed a year later for the 15th Sunday after Trinity on 17th September 1724 so very appropriate for this concert. The Musicians’ Company’s traditional Bach cantata concert features outstanding soloists and instrumentalists from the Royal College of Music. |
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Supported by The Worshipful Company of Musicians |
25h September 2025 | |
The Choir of Royal Holloway |
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Night and Day |
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Holst |
Nunc Dimittis |
Oliver Tarney |
Kyrie & Stars (from Lux Stellarum) |
Eleanor Daley |
grandmother moon |
Stuart Beatch |
When sleep is nigh |
Eric Whitacre |
Sleep |
Eric Whitacre |
I thank you God for this most amazing day |
John David (arr. Peter Knight) |
You are the new day |
Finzi |
My spirit sang all day |
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2nd October 2025 | |
Londinium Consort |
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Crossing Path |
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Otto Hashmi |
Introduction |
Ben Finlay/John Dowland |
Can she excuse my wrongs? |
Dowland |
O sweet woods |
Dowland |
The King of Denmark’s Galliard |
Brade |
Scottish Dance |
Traditional, arr. Delyth Field |
Death and the Lady |
Johnson |
Oh, Let us Howl |
Owen Spafford |
Threshold |
Emanuele Addis/Rachel Allen |
Renaissance |
Founded in 2022 the Londinium Consort were joint winners of The Musicians’ Company’s 2024 New Elizabethan Award. Taking their name from the ancient Roman city of London, the versatile members of the ensemble use their combination of voice, lute, viols and recorder/electronics to blend an innovative repertoire melding contemporary composition with Elizabethan songs. From stories of relationships, exile and immigration to the sounds of commuting in the city, historical lines are blurred as these ideas appear in both their modern and historical contexts. |
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Supported by The Musicians’ Company |
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16th October 2025 |
Delphine Trio |
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Beethoven |
Adagio - Allegro con brio (from Trio Op.38) |
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Nørgård |
Spell |
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Kahn |
Serenade Op.73 |
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Daniel Schnyder |
A Friday Night in August |
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The Delphine Trio brings together three young musicians from opposite ends of the globe – Australia, Netherlands and South Africa. Founded in 2020 the Trio released their debut album Adrift with Dutch label TRPTK in 2024 and were winners of the 2025 Royal Over-Seas League Competition in the Mixed Ensembles category. With a passion for diverse repertoire, they explore music from classical and Romantic composers alongside contemporary originals by the likes of Per Nørgård and Daniel Schnyder. |
23rd October 2025 Mabelle Park violin Craig White piano |
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Mabelle Park's website | Craig White's website | |
Debussy |
Sonata |
Wagner (arr. Fazil Say) |
Prelude from ‘Tristan and Isolde’ |
Elgar |
Violin Sonata Op.82 |
A German-born violinist whose family hail from South Korea, Mabelle Young-Eun Park won the Musicians’ Company’s 2025 Prince’s Prize, the premier award for the Company’s young musicians. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Mabelle has extensive experience as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player and has won several prizes both as a soloist and as a member of her quartet. She was the winner of the 2025 Royal Over-Seas League Strings Prize. She plays two of the most significant works for violin from the beginning of the 20th century, written only one year apart. |
30th October 2025 | |
Irena Radić piano |
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Madeleine Dring |
Prelude & Toccata |
Chopin |
Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58 |
Selected as the Musicians’ Company’s Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow for 2024/25 at the Royal College of Music, Irena Radić has performed in a wide variety of venues and won numerous prizes. Her particular interest in the music of Madeleine Dring (1923-77) led to Irena curating a series of concerts of the composer’s music in 2023, while recent highlights include a sell-out recital in Bath featuring Rachmaninoff’s Ten Preludes Op.23 on the magnificent Steinway that was selected and used by the composer himself in the 1930s for his tour of the UK. In her programmes she shares a diverse range of music with audiences, from renowned masterpieces to intriguing lesser-known gems. |
6th November 2025 | |
Isla String Quartet |
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Mozart |
Quartet No.15 in D minor K421 |
Beethoven |
Quartet No.9 in C Op.59 No.3 (Razumovsky) |
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Today’s artists are sponsored by The Tillett Trust as part of its DEBUT programme. |
20th November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Trinity Laban String Ensemble |
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Elgar |
Introduction and Allegro Op.47 |
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Anna Clyne |
Stride |
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Nisa Akday |
New work |
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Vaughan Williams |
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
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Two of the most significant and well-loved works for string orchestra written by British composers in the 20th century provide the core of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire’s premier string ensemble’s programme. Both Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia contain prominent roles for a string quartet, here taken by the Conservatoire’s outstanding postgraduate quartet, the Holtág String Quartet. Complimenting these iconic masterpieces the Ensemble plays a new work by Trinity Laban student Nisa Akday, commissioned specially for the Ensemble. | |||||||||||||||||
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City Music Society concerts resume on Thursday 22nd January 2026 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: 08 August 2025
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