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 January 2024 | |
Ormonde Ensemble |
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Valerie Coleman |
Umoja |
Mélanie Bonis |
Scènes de la forêt |
Bozza |
Trois Pièces Pour Une Musique de Nuit |
Mozart |
Quintet in E flat for Piano and Winds, K. 452 |
Comprising postgraduates from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, the Ormonde Ensemble have a particular passion for seeking out and performing lesser-known works whilst combining them in programmes containing some of the outstanding works of the wind quintet repertoire. Alongside Mozart’s Quintet for four winds and piano the ensemble features works by two female composers, contrasting the late Romantic French atmosphere of Mel Bonis with American Valerie Colman’s rich-textured and accessible Umoja, a Swahili word meaning striving for unity. |
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25th January 2024 | |
Rebecca Leung piano |
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Bartók |
Out of Doors Sz. 81, BB 89 |
Scriabin |
Sonata No.4 in F sharp Op.30 |
Brahms |
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24 |
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1st February 2024 | |
Trio Casella |
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Winners of The Ivan Sutton Award 2023 |
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Beethoven |
Allegretto for Piano Trio in B flat WoO.39 |
Tailleferre |
Piano Trio |
Shostakovich | Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.67 |
The Trio Casella won the 2023 Ivan Sutton Award with a scintillating performance of Shostakovich’s second Piano Trio, a remarkable tribute to a close friend who died suddenly in 1943. In contrast Germaine Tailleferre’s lovely impressionistic trio reveals a much-underestimated talent. |
8th February 2024 | |
Elena Fischer-Dieskau piano |
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Mélanie Bonis |
Femmes de légende (Women of legend) |
Clara Schumann |
Variations on a theme by R. Schumann Op.20 |
Rachmaninov |
Moments-musicaux Nos. 3 and 4 |
The German-French pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau is consistently praised for her intensely captivating stage presence, provoking great enthusiasm each time she performs. After studies in Hannover and Baltimore (the latter with the legendary pianist Leon Fleisher), Elena has developed an international career, playing in prestigious venues around the world as well as appearing in the film Tout est pardonne and teaching at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh. Her passion for works by female composers is mirrored in her choice of outstanding works by Mel Bonis and Clara Schumann. |
15th February 2024 |
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Affinity Quartet |
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Haydn |
Quartet in C Op.76 No.3 (The Emperor) |
Brahms |
Quartet in B flat Op.67 |
Earning acclaim as the first Australian string quartet to win major prizes in four international string quartet competitions, the Affinity Quartet celebrates its name - a liking or sympathy for someone or something based on finding shared characteristics – through the synergy of its four members. Following their first visit to St Bartholomew’s in 2022, when they won Third Prize in the Wigmore Hall International Competition, their welcome return brings Haydn’s homage to his homeland with its famous variations on the Austrian national anthem. |
22nd February 2024 |
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Please note that there is no concert on this date but see ‘The Musicians’ Company Concert’ below for details of the Company’s concert on this day at Wigmore Hall. |
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The Musicians’ Company Concert |
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Thursday 22nd February 2024 at 1.00pm |
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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP A Musicians’ Company and Concordia Foundation Artists’ Fund concert |
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Emma Roberts mezzo soprano Featuring two exceptional young artists, Emma Roberts, an award winner at the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and Charles Tam, a finalist in the 2022 Hong Kong International Competition. Music will include songs by Fauré, Schumann, Sibelius and Poulenc, and piano works by Messiaen and Liszt. Promoted by The Musicians’ Company. The concert is approximately 90 minutes in duration including an interval. Tickets £18 (Concessions £16): available from the Wigmore Hall website at |
29th February 2024 | |
Sabine Sergejeva violin |
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photo:Foppe Shut |
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Poulenc |
Violin Sonata FP 119 |
Brahms |
Violin Sonata in A Op.100 |
Ysaÿe |
Mazurka No.2 Op.10 |
A recipient of The Musicians’ Company silver medal, the Latvian violinist Sabine Sergejeva has pursued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the class of Professor David Takeno. Already an experienced recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musicians, Sabine has been a member of Gidon Kremer’s superb chamber orchestra, Kremerata Baltica since 2020. A highly-acclaimed chamber musician and coach, Craig White also conducts and acts as official accompanist to several competitions. |
7th March 2024 | |
RCM Wind Ensemble |
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Jonathan Dove |
Figures in the Garden |
Mozart |
Serenade in C minor K388 |
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14th March 2024 |
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Daniel Higham Quartet |
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Winner of the Musicians’ Company Young Jazz Musician Award in 2021, trombonist Daniel Higham studied at the Royal Academy of Music after earlier studies at the Purcell School. He is currently a member of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra, the Kansas Smitty’s House Band and Clark Tracey’s Sextet. Alongside this he pursues a varied career recording for artists such as Jamie Cullum. Daniel’s quartet will perform a mix of standard jazz numbers and original compositions. |
21st March 2024 | |
Alex Hocknull French horn |
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Photo: Chris Chistodoulou |
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Brahms |
Trio in E flat Op.40 |
Alex Hocknull won the Biddy Baxter and John Hosier Music Trust scholarship for 2023 from The Musicians’ Company to enable him to complete his studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Written in response to the death of his mother in 1865, Brahms’ Horn Trio mixes happy and fun memories of his parent in the Scherzo with the more sombre music of the surrounding movements, including one the composer’s most impassioned and heartfelt Adagios. | |
City Music Society concerts resume on Thursday 19th September 2024 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: 27 December 2023
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