CONCERT PROGRAMMES

Detailed listings for the autumn 2026 concert series

Luke Mitchell, harpsichord
Verena Eggensberger, baroque violin
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 8 October 2026 · 1.05 pm

Luke Mitchell harpsichord, Verena Eggensberger baroque violin

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Luke Mitchell is a prize-winning harpsichordist, organist and conductor who combines a broad portfolio of work with posts in London and Oxford. As a harpsichordist he recently took first prize in The Musicians' Company Harriet Cohen Bach competition with music by François and Louis Couperin, the first winner in its history not to play an all-Bach programme. He recently made his sold-out concerto debut at the London Handel Festival, having formerly appeared as concerto soloist and director at the Keble Early Music Festival. Verena Eggensberger completed her Professional Performer's Diploma in 2025 at the Royal Academy of Music, where she now holds a Fellowship coaching chamber ensembles.

Programme

  • TelemannSonata in D TWV 41:D1
  • J S BachSonata for Violin and Continuo in G BWV 1021
  • MatteisAyres for the Violin Book I/IV
  • Matteis JuniorSarabanda (from Violin Concerto in B flat)
  • C P E BachSonata in G minor H. 542.5
Sofia Sacco, pianist
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 15 October 2026 · 1.05 pm

Sofia Sacco piano

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Italian pianist Sofia Sacco has played extensively throughout Europe, Asia and South America. She appeared as soloist in more than 100 recitals in Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, China and Mexico. She is a first prize winner of the Bach International Music Competition and A. Baldi International Piano Competition. Sofia received her Master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music and for 2024-26 is a City Music Foundation Artist. Shostakovich features extensively in her repertoire and her first CD is of the composer's Preludes and Fugues Op.87.

Programme

  • F CouperinLe Rossignol en amour
  • Takashi YoshimatsuMemory of an interlude
  • F CouperinLes tricoteuses
  • MessiaenRondeau
  • MessiaenLa colombe
  • RameauLe rappel des oiseaux
  • YoshimatsuStatic Dream Pavane
  • YoshimatsuInterlude with birds
  • F CouperinLe Rossignol en amour (double)
  • KabalevskyPrelude and Fugue in G
  • ShostakovichSonata No. 2 in B minor Op.61
Albero Trio
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 22 October 2026 · 1.05 pm

Albero Trio

Kayla Nicol violin, Joshua Lucas cello, Owen Lee piano

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Winners of the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Prize at the Guildhall School, the Albero Trio demonstrated a mature and imaginative interpretation of Dvořák's monumental third piano trio at the competition in May 2026. For our concert they contrast Smetana's deeply emotional trio, composed in the wake of the death of the composer's four-year-old daughter, with a charming work by the hugely-talented but sadly short-lived French composer Lili Boulanger.

Programme

  • Lili BoulangerDeux Pièces en Trio
  • SmetanaTrio in G minor Op.15
Strahinja Mitrović, double bass
Salome Jordania, piano
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 29 October 2026 · 1.05 pm

Strahinja Mitrović double bass, Salome Jordania piano

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Serbian-born double bass player Strahinja Mitrović won the Guildhall School Gold Medal in 2024, the first bassist to win this award since its inception in 1915. Then in 2025 he was the joint winner of The Musicians' Company Prince's Prize. Both awards are tribute to his remarkable playing style, exuding an extraordinary ability to make the bass sing. His choice of two sonatas originally for violin will show off this musicianship and his phenomenal technique.

Programme

  • MozartSonata in E minor K304
  • BottesiniElegy No.1
  • Robert SchumannSonata No.1 in A minor Op.105
Alexia Daphne Eleftheriadou, piano
Photo: Yannis Gutmann
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 5 November 2026 · 1.05 pm

Alexia Daphne Eleftheriadou piano

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Awarded The Musicians' Company Harriet Cohen Bach Prize at the Royal Academy of Music in 2023, Alexia is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she also won the RCS Bach Prize. She has featured extensively in venues in Scotland and her homeland of Greece. To demonstrate her strong empathy with Bach's music she will play the composer's three-movement Italian Concerto, a virtuoso exercise in light and shade.

Programme

  • J S BachItalian Concerto BWV 971
  • CrumbMakrokosmos Vol.1, No.11 - Dream Images
  • ChopinSonata No.3 in B minor Op.58
Nico Widdowson, piano
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1.05 pm

Nico Widdowson Quartet

Nico Widdowson piano

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Winner of the 2024 Musicians' Company Tina May Young Jazz Artist Award, pianist Nico Widdowson graduated from Leeds Conservatoire in 2018. Since then he has made a huge impression on the jazz scene with his skills in the Harlem stride style of the 1920s and the free improvised music of today. He makes frequent appearances on radio and at jazz festivals throughout the UK.

A programme of jazz standards and new compositions

Lunchtime concert · Thursday 19 November 2026 · 1.05 pm

Trinity Laban String Ensemble

Leon Bosch conductor, Maximilian Lamprecht double bass

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

Internationally renowned performer, conductor and teacher, Leon Bosch, leads Trinity Laban String Ensemble in a programme of music by two South African composers, marking 50 years since the Soweto Uprising. Leon, awarded The Musicians' Company Cobbett Medal in 2025, will share his experiences of living in South Africa during the apartheid era and talk about the two composers whose works will be heard in the concert.

Leon Bosch, conductor
Photo: Juno Snowdon

Programme

  • Mokale KoapengSuite for Strings
  • Shane WoodborneRed Ink: Concerto for Double Bass and String Orchestra
Lunchtime concert · Thursday 14 January 2027 · 1.05 pm

Purcell School Chamber Ensemble

St Bartholomew the Great · West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

City Music Society concerts resume on Thursday 14th January 2027 at 1.05pm at St Bartholomew the Great.

A programme of mixed chamber ensembles from one of the UK's specialist music schools.

More details on this concert will be released when we announce the 2027 spring season.