Mon 2 May 6.00pm

ALLEYN'S SCHOOLSymphony OrchestraChamber OrchestraChamber ChoirJazz BandChris Dearmer conductorJo Doley conductorNed Bennett conductor Barry Graham conductor

Alleyn’s School is one of the leading co-educational schools in London, with a huge programme of musical activity throughout the year. This annual concert has become a highlight of the school’s year.

£9, £7, £5.50 (£5.50)

Wed 4 May 1.00pm

EUCHARIST: THE FEAST OF ST JOHN BEFORE THE LATIN GATE Rev Graham Buckle celebrantCantandumGilly French director

Mozart Missa brevis in C K259 ‘Organ Solo’Marenzio Iste est Joannes

Free Admission

Thu 5 May 1.05pm

JOO YEON SIRThursday Lunchtime ConcertsYoung Artists' Series© Diana Roberts

Joo Yeon Sir violinIrina Andrievsky piano

Schnittke Suite in Old StyleFranck Violin Sonata in ADe Falla Spanish Folk Song Suite for Violin and Piano

£10, YF

Fri 6 May 7.30pm

ENSEMBLE DIDEROTIl giardino del piacere

Johannes Pramsohler violinRoldán Bernabé violinGulrim Choi celloPhilippe Grisvard harpsichord

Meister Il Giardino del piacere: La Musica NonaPachelbel Musicalische Ergötzung for two piccolo violins & basso continuo Partie II in C minorKeller Trio Sonata – ChaconnePachelbel Partie V in C Meister Il Giardino del piacere: La Musica DuodecimaMeister Il Giardino del piacere: La Musica TerzaBiber Harmonia artificioso-ariosa Partia VI

£25, £20, £15, £10

Mon 16 May 1.05pm

FUTURE BAROQUE ILondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Ceruleo

Strozzi Mercé di voi • Amor dormiglione • Sospira, respira • Begli occhi • L’Eraclito amoroso Vizzana Amo ChristumLeonarda O flammae, O beatae • O Anima mea Frescobaldi Canzona quinta detta La Tromboncina

£10, YF

Mon 16 May 7.30pm

HALELUYÁH!London Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Profeti della Quinta

Profeti della Quinta, a Galilean prize-winning young ensemble, presents madrigals, trio sonatas, and psalm settings in Hebrew by an Italian-Jewish contemporary of Monteverdi.

£30, £25, £20, £15

Tue 17 May 1.05pm

FUTURE BAROQUE IILondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Future Baroque II

IGNIS ensemble Rowan Pierce soprano

Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D BWV1068 • Trio Sonata in G BWV1038Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12 Rv.63 ‘La Folia’Duphly Chaconne Bach Cantata ‘Ich habe genug’ BWV82a

£10, YF

Tue 17 May 7.00pm

THE CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEYLondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

God Spake the Word II

St James's BaroqueJames O'Donnell conductor

Handel Israel in Egypt

This concert takes place at Westminster Abbey.

£45, £35, £25, £20, £16, £12

Tue 17 May 7.30pm

KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRADonna Lennard sopranoRussell Keable conductor

Janáček Suite from The House of the DeadJudith Weir Natural HistoryMartinů Symphony No. 5 H310

£17.50 (£12.50), £12.50

Wed 18 May 7.30pm

MAHAN ESFAHANILondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016 Mahan Esfahani © Bernhard Musil / DG

Key Words

Mahan Esfahani harpsichordwithThomas Hobbs tenor

Star harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani explores how 16th and 17th-century composers applied the expressiveness and rhetoric of words to the keyboard.

£35, £20

Thu 19 May 1.05pm

TABEA DEBUSThursday Lunchtime Concerts Young Artists' Series London Festival of Baroque Music 2016 © Andreea Tufescu

Future Baroque III: Points of Contact

Tabea Debus recorderOliver Pooley percussion

Bassano Ricercata QuartaTaeggio Vestiva I colli • Diminutions on a Madrigal by Giovanni • Pierluigi da PalestrinaMonteverdi Zefiro torna, oh di soavi accentiStraesser Points of Contact IMachaut Amours me fait desirerEckhard Kopetzki KaskadaPhilip Cashian The Language of BirdsBull FantasiaOle Buck GymelAnon. Lamento di Tristano • Tre Fontane • Wilson’s Love

£10, YF

Thu 19 May 7.30pm

EUROPEAN UNION BAROQUE ORCHESTRALondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Final Word

Rachel Podger violin & director

Lully Selections from PhaëtonAlbinoni Concerto in C for 3 violins, strings and basso continuo Op. 10 No. 3Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E Op. 3 No. 12 Rv.265 Handel Concerto grosso in Bb Op. 3 No. 1 HWV312 • Concerto Grosso in C HWV318 ‘Alexander’s Feast’Wassenaer Concerto armonico No. 3 in A for 4 violins, strings and basso continuoHellendaal Grand Concerto in G minor Op. 3 No. 1

£35, £20

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Sat 7 May 7.00pm

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENTSouthbank Centre at St John’s Smith Square

Winds of Change

Matthew Truscott director & violinPeter Whelan bassoonAntony Pay clarinet

Mozart Symphony No. 33 in Bb K319Michael Gordon New work for bassoon and orchestra (world premiere)Mozart Symphony No. 1 in Eb K16 • Clarinet Concerto in A K622

£50, £39, £24, £10 (Child £2.50)

Tue 10 May 7.30pm

LIGETI QUARTETYoung Artists' Series© Mike Massaro

Mandhira de Saram violinPatrick Dawkins violinRichard Jones violaVal Welbanks cello

Nancarrow String Quartet No. 3Christian Mason Tuvan Songbook (world premiere commissioned by Ligeti Quartet and St John's Smith Square)Bartók String Quartet No. 3 Sz.85Xenakis TetrasLigeti String Quartet No. 1

£12 (£8), YF

Thu 12 May 1.05pm

ARTEA QUARTETThursday Lunchtime Concerts

Thomas Gould violinRhys Watkins violinBenjamin Roskams violaAshok Klouda cello

Schubert String Quartet No. 15 in G D887

£10, YF

Thu 12 May 7.30pm

FRANCOISE-GREEN PIANO DUOThe Viennese Salon

176 Keys

Antoine Françoise pianoRobin Green piano

Schubert Fugue in E minor D952 • Andante varié in B minor D823Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 2 Op. 38Christian Mason ISOLARION IIIMozart Fugue in C minor K426 • Sonata in D K448

£14 (£10), YF

Fri 13 May 6.00pm

FESTIVAL TALK: ONLY WORDSLondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Dr Ruth Smith speaker

Dr Ruth Smith, author of Handel’s Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought, explores the literary, political and religious background to Handel’s Biblical oratorios Messiah and Israel in Egypt.

Free, ticketed event

Fri 13 May 7.30pm

DUNEDIN CONSORTLondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016 © David Barbour

God Spake the Word I

Dunedin ConsortJoanne Lunn sopranoMeg Bragle alto iEsther Brazil alto iiJoshua Ellicott tenorMatthew Brook bass iRobert Davies bass iiJohn Butt harpsichord & director

Handel Messiah (original version, Dublin 1742)

£45, £35, £25, £15

Sat 14 May 11.00am

TALK: WORDS ON THE PAGELondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016 John Butt

John Butt speaker

John Butt discusses the significance of original texts and assesses what Handel’s manuscripts tells us about his oratorios. Audience members will have the chance to view the British Library's collection of scores and performance materials.

This event takes place at The Foyle Suite of the British Library.

£15

Sat 14 May 4.00pm

BRUCE DICKEY London Festival of Baroque Music 2016 Bruce Dickey © Vojtěch Havlík

Songs Without Words

Bruce Dickey cornettAlberto Rasi viola da gambaMaria Christina Cleary harpLiuwe Tamminga organ

Bruce Dickey, widely acknowledged as the world’s greatest exponent of the instrument thought to have the closest resemblance to the human voice, demonstrates how the cool sounds of the Renaissance were transformed into a rich new species of instrumental eloquence, in works by Gabrieli, Palestrina, Luzzaschi, Bassano and others.

This event takes place at St Peter's Eaton Square.

£15

Sat 14 May 7.30pm

MONTEVERDI STRING BAND London Festival of Baroque Music 2016

War of Words

Monteverdi String BandOliver Webber violin & music directorKarolina Sofulak stage directorNicholas Mulroy testoFaye Newton clorindaSimon Wall tancredi

The Monteverdi String Band presents a unique staged version of Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda amid a colourful programme of complementary and contrasting instrumental pieces and madrigals, both sung and arranged for strings.

£40, £32, £23, £15

Sun 15 May 10.30am

SING BAROQUELondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Robert Howarth conductor

Handel Messiah (choruses)Handel Israel in Egypt (choruses)

This 'Come & Sing' event takes place at the Manoukian Music Centre of Westminster School.

£15

Sun 15 May 3.30pm

ROBERTA INVERNIZZILondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016 Roberta Invernizzi

Servant of the Words

Roberta Invernizzi sopranoCraig Marchitelli theorbo

One of the finest Baroque sopranos of our age performs songs and monologues from the early days of the Italian Baroque, when composers first looked to find new, urgent and immediately responsive means of expression by making music (as Monteverdi put it) "the servant of the words".

This event takes place at St Peter's Eaton Square.

£20

Sun 15 May 7.00pm

IESTYN DAVIESLondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016 Iestyn Davies © Marco Borggreve

Words with Purcell I

Iestyn Davies countertenorwithJonathan Manson bass violAlex McCartney luteJonathan Cohen harpsichord

No composer has ever responded to English words with more sensitivity, expressive detail and beauty than Henry Purcell (the 'English Orpheus'), and there can be few singers better qualified to prove it than Iestyn Davies.

£40, £32, £23, £15

Sun 15 May 9.30pm

OLIVIA CHANEYLondon Festival of Baroque Music 2016

Words with Purcell IILate o'Clock Baroque

Olivia Chaney voice, piano, guitars, & harmonium

Olivia Chaney, the classically trained singer-songwriter with a fast-growing reputation and a special love of Purcell, is joined by special guests for a new programme of freshly interpreted and arranged Purcell, folk-ballads and her own Baroque-inspired songs.

£15, YF

Fri 20 May 7.30pm

GLEN ARTSir Nicholas Winton – A Celebration

Rupert Graves readerJason Isaacs reader CELLOSOUNDBIRMINGHAMAlexander Baillie director

£18 (Child £5)

Sat 21 May 7.30pm

PUBLIC PASSIONSOrchestra of St John'sDame Jenni Murray guestJohn Lubbock conductor

Dame Jenni Murray from Radio 4's Woman's Hour presents her choice of programme.

£26, £20, £15, £10

Sun 22 May 3.00pm

JOO YEON SIRSunday at St John'sYoung Artists' Series

Joo Yeon Sir violinIrina Andrievsky piano

Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004 arr. MendelssohnGrieg Sonata No. 2 in G Op. 13Poulenc Sonata Op. 119Sir Karl Jenkins Chatterbox! (world premiere, commissioned by St John's Smith Square)Igor Frolov Concert Fantasie on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess

£14 (£10), YF

Mon 23 May 7.30pm

THE HALL MUSIC SCHOOLGala Concert 2016

Willem Steyn conductor

£20, £15, £10

Wed 25 May 7.30pm

SALOMON ORCHESTRAChantage choirGraham Ross conductor Sir Timothy Ackroyd narrator

Tchaikovsky ‘Hamlet’ OvertureVaughan Williams Three Shakespeare SongsDelius Walk to the Paradise GardenWalton Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario arr. Christopher Palmer

£17 (£14), £14

Thu 26 May 1.05pm

DAVID GRAHAMThursday Lunchtime ConcertsOrgan Series

Bruhns Præludium in E minorBach Partita 'Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig'Guy Weitz Sicilienne • Prière on 'Salve Regina' in fifth mode • Paraphrase on Regina Coeli laetareHonegger ChoralKarg-Elert Harmonies du soir Op. 72 No. 1Reger Dankpsalm

£10, YF

Thu 26 May 7.30pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERSMozart Explored: 1783© Jennifer Brady

An Academy in Vienna

Janina Fialkowska pianoGérard Korsten conductor

Salieri Overture to La Scuola de’ gelosiMozart Piano Concerto No. 13 in C K415Kozeluch Symphony in C P1:6Haydn Overture to Il Ritorno di TobiaMozart Symphony No. 35 in D K385 ‘Haffner’

£32, £26, £21, £15

Fri 27 May 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITHComplete Chopin Cycle© Ben Ealovega

The Four Scherzi

Warren Mailley-Smith piano

Chopin Waltz No. 1 in E flat Op. 18 • Marche Funèbre in C minor Op. 72 No. 2 • Scherzos No. 1–3 in B flat minor • Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Op. 48 No. 1 • Waltz No. 13 in D flat Op. 70 No. 3 • Polonaise in B flat Op. posth. • Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor Op. 63 No. 3 • Mazurkas No. 42–45 in A minor • Waltz No. 18 in E flat Op. posth. • Feuille d’album in E Op. posth. • Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54

There will be a pre-concert event at 6.30pm.

£20, £15

Sat 28 May 7.30pm

HANDEL SOLOMON© Keith Saunders

Holst Singers Music for Awhile Alex Potter solomonAnna Dennis sopranoSophie Junker sopranoGwilym Bowen tenorMatthew Brook bass-baritoneStephen Layton conductor

Handel Solomon

£45, £35, £25, £15

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MAY, JUNEJULY, & AUGUST

2016

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

Wed 1 June 7.30pm

LONDON SINFONIETTASouthbank Centre at St John's Smith Square

Duets in a Frame

London SinfoniettaMartyn Brabbins conductor

Francisco Coll Liquid Symmetries (UK premiere)Tom Coult New Work (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission)Tansy Davies Falling Angel (London premiere)Sir Harrison Birtwistle Five Lessons in a Frame (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission)

£15

Thu 2 June 7.30pm

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRASouthbank Centre at St John's Smith Square

Stravinsky Series: Myths and Rituals

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductorDavid Edwards stage directorHélène Hébrard mezzosopranoAllan Clayton tenorDavid Edwards directorPhilharmonia Voices

Stravinsky Requiem Canticles •

Introitus: TS Eliot in memoriam • In memoriam Dylan Thomas • Mass • Elegy for J.F.K. • Cantata for soprano, tenor, female chorus & ensemble

£25, £18, £10

Fri 3 June 7.30pm

MODERN MĀORI QUARTETFour Māori musicians present an eclectic programme of contemporary and traditional songs in Te Reo Māori and English.

£30, £25, £20, £15

Sun 5 June 3.00pm

TAFELMUSIK OF LONDONSunday at St John's

Lana Trotovšek violinPeter Cigleris director

Beethoven Egmont Overture Op. 84 (arr. P Cigleris)Weill Violin Concerto Op. 12Mendelssohn Nocturne Op. 24Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Op. 21 (arr. W Hutschenruijter)

£14 (£10), YF

Wed 8 June 7.30pm

IMOGEN COOPERSouthbank Centre's International Piano Series

Schumann Theme and variations in Eb WoO.24 ‘Ghost Variations' • Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6Wagner Elegy in AbLiszt Spozalizio, Il Penseroso, Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa, and Sonetto 104 del Petrarca from Deuxième Année de Pèlerinage: Italie S161Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde (transc. Kocsis)Liszt La lugubre gondola S200Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (trans. Liszt)

£35, £28, £15, £10

Thu 9 June 1.05pm

SCHUMANN & FRANCKThursday Lunchtime Concerts

Jens Lynen violinKaija Lukas violinMichael Trauer violaYuki Ito celloKumi Matsuo piano

Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47Franck Piano Quintet in F minor

£10, YF

Fri 10 June 7.30pm

FIAMMETTA TARLI & IVO VARBANOVFiammetta Tarli pianoIvo Varbanov piano

Silvina Milstein New work (world premiere)Debussy En blanc et noir Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn 'St. Anthony Op. 56bRobert Keeley Fiestas for two pianosStravinsky Pétrouchka (arr. for piano duet)

£25, £20, £15, £10

Sat 11 June 7.00pm

ROYAL ORCHESTRAL SOCIETYEnglish Classics

Benjamin Nabarro violinOrlando Jopling conductor

Elgar Violin Concerto Op. 61Holst The Planets Op. 32

£20, £15, £10

Mon 13 June 7.30pm

TILFORD BACH SOCIETYAdrian Butterfield

London Handel OrchestraPegasus ChoirJulia Doyle sopranoRenata Pokupic mezzosopranoCharles Daniels tenorStephan Loges bassAdrian Butterfield director

Bach Mass in B minor BWV232

£30, £24, £18, £14

Tue 14 June 7.30pm

GOLDSMITHS CHORAL UNIONBrian Wright conductorWilliam Cole conductorEdward Batting organ

Fauré RequiemDvořák Mass in D Op. 86

£24, £20, £16, £12

Wed 15 June 7.30pm

YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAOscar Alabau celloJames Blair conductor

Verdi Joan of Arc OvertureSchumann Cello Concerto Op. 129Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op. 78 ‘Organ Symphony’

£20 (£16), £15 (£12), £10 (£8)

Thu 16 June 1.05pm

DAVID TITTERINGTONThursday Lunchtime ConcertsOrgan Series

Buxtehude Chorale fantasia 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein' BuxWV210Franck PrièreRitter Sonata No. 3 in A minor

£10, YF

Thu 16 June 7.30pm

GABRIELI CONSORT& PLAYERSPaul McCreesh © Ben Wright

Paul McCreesh conductorCarolyn Sampson sopranoJeremy Ovenden tenorAndrew Foster-Williams bass

Haydn The Seasons

£45, £35, £25, £15

Fri 17 June 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITHComplete Chopin Cycle

Chopin Polonaise Op. 44 No. 5 in F# minor • Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 in F# • Mazurkas No. 46–50 Op. 67 No. 3–4 & Op. 68 No. 1–3 • Études in F minor, Ab and Db Op. posth. • Variations Brillantes on Je vends des Scapulaires Op. 12 • Berceuse in Db Op. 57 • Polonaise No. 1–2 Op. 26 • Bourrees B160b No. 1–2 •

Nocturne No. 14 in F# minor Op. 48 No. 2 • Barcarolle in F# Op. 60

£20, £15

Sat 18 June 7.30pm

PARADISAL PLAYERS Celebrating 25 Years of the Otakar Kraus Music Trust

Samuel Burstin conductorAna Šinkovec Burstin piano

Mozart Overture from The Marriage of Figaro K492Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World' Op. 95

Free, ticketed event

Sun 19 June 3.00pm

THE GESUALDO SIXSunday at St John'sYoung Artists' Series© Hannah King

Dunstable Veni Sancte SpiritusCornysh Ave mariaTallis Lamentations of JeremiahSheppard Libera nos I & IIByrd VigilateOckeghem Kyrie Eleison – Intermerata dei materDesprez Gloria from Missa da pacem – O Virgo prudentissima/ Beata materClemens non Papa Sanctus & Benedictus from Missa Pastores Quidnam Vidistis • O Maria vernans rosade Monte Agnus Dei from Missa Emitte Domine • Miserere mei, Deus from Motets Book VWinner of The Gesualdo Six's Composition Competition New Work

£14 (£10), YF

Tue 21 June 7.30pm

TRINITY LABAN PIANO SHOWCASEGuilio Potenza pianoGen Li piano Jenna Sung piano

Janáček Sonata 1.X.1905 Beethoven Sonata No. 18 in Eb Op. 31 No. 3Lowell Liebermann Gargoyles Op. 29Haydn Sonata in C Hob XVI:48Stephen Montague Nun-mulRachmaninoff Sonata No.2 Op. 36

£12 (£8)

Wed 22 June 7.30pm

MARTINO TIRIMO & ROSAMUNDE TRIOGreat Piano Quintets© Francesco Tirimo

Martino Tirimo pianoLucy Russell violinPaul Silverthorne violaDaniel Veis celloPeter Buckoke double bass

Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 45Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’

£22, £17, £14, £10, YF

Fri 24 June 7.30pm

DEEP∞MINIMALISM Southbank Centre's Deep∞Minimalism festival

London Contemporary Orchestra

Oram Still point (world premiere)Cage Twenty-threePauline Oliveros Rock piece

£20

Sat 25 June 3.00pm

DEEP∞MINIMALISMSouthbank Centre's Deep∞Minimalism festival

Eliza McCarthy pianoEmmanuel Holterbach sound diffusionPatricia Kopatchinskaja violinMarkus Hinterhäuser pianoQuiet Music Ensemble

Ustvolskaya Sonata for violin & piano • Duet for violin & pianoBach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004Éliane Radigue Jetsun MilaAndrew Hamilton O.A.I.RPauline Oliveros The Mystery beyond matterJennifer Walshe Dordán

£20 Day Pass

Sun 26 June 3.00pm

DEEP∞MINIMALISMSouthbank Centre's Deep∞Minimalism festival

Rhodri Davies harpLondon Contemporary OrchestraVocal Constructivists

Programme includes:Éliane Radigue Occam 1 for harpEdmund Finnis Veneer for solo viola & reverb • Across white air for cello & reverb • Elsewhere for violin • Point blank light for electronicsCatherine Lamb String QuartetMeredith Monk Dawn from The Book of Daysand other works by Laurie Spiegel, Aura Satz, Alvin Lucier, and Pauline Oliveros.

£20 Day Pass

Mon 27 June 7.30pm

KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAFenella Humphreys violinRussell Keable conductor

Walton Scapino OvertureBritten Violin Concerto Op. 15Elgar Symphonic Study in C minor Op. 68 ‘Falstaff’

£17.50 (£12.50), £12.50

Tue 28 June 7.30pm

MUSICIANS' COMPANY CONCERTConcordia Foundation Artists Fund

Joanna Skillett sopranoDavid Eaton pianoThe Kowalczyk-Kin Duo:Marta Kowalczyk violinSomi Kin piano

Programme includes works by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Hahn, Poulenc, Bridge, Peter Dickinson, Britten, Schubert, and Lutosławski.

£18, £16, £14, £10

Wed 29 June 7.30pm

YOUNG PEOPLE'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAA London Celebration

David Ramadanoff conductor

£10 (£6)

Thu 30 June 1.05pm

LAURA MITCHELL & MORGAN SZYMANSKIThursday Lunchtime Concerts

Canciones: Spanish and Latin American Songs

Laura Mitchell sopranoMorgan Szymanski guitar

Ponce EstrellitaRodrigo Three Spanish SongsTarrega Recuerdos de la AlhambraAlbéniz Suite Espaňola: AsturiasDe Falla 7 Popular Spanish SongsLauro Four WaltzesLeo Brouwer Cancion De Cuna (Berceuse) from Dos Temas populares cubanosVilla-Lobos Two Brazilian Songs

£10, YF

Thu 30 June 7.30pm

NAPA VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONYTristan Arnold conductor

Programme includes:Britten Five Courtly Dances from Gloriana

£5

Fri 1 July 7.30pm

TYMUR MELNIK & VESSELIN STANEV Tymur Melnik violinVesselin Stanev piano

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75Liszt Grand Duo concertant sur la Romance de M. Lafont 'Le Marin' S128 for Violin and PianoWieniawski Theme original varie Op. 15 for Violin and Piano

£30, £25, £17

Sun 3 July 7.30pm

STONELEIGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA Summer Concert

Robert Hodge conductorJoo Yeon Sir violin

Tchaikovsky Waltz from Eugene OneginTchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Op. 35Sibelius Symphony No. 5

£10 (£5)

Mon 4 July 7.30pm

CHURCHER'S COLLEGESummer Concert 2016

Churcher's College ChoirChurcher's College OrchestraChurcher's College Wind BandChurcher's College Jazz Band

The musicians from Churcher’s College will join together for a fabulous evening of great music, featuring rousing choruses performed by their 130-strong choir.

£10 (£8), £5

Thu 7 July 1.05pm

BROMLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAThursday Lunchtime Concerts

Jonathan Josephs conductorElizabeth Kearney leaderJan Schmolck violin

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Piazzolla Four Seasons

£10, YF

Sat 9 July 7.30pm

TWICKENHAM CHORAL SOCIETYBrandenburg SinfoniaChristopher Herrick conductorMiranda Westcott mezzosopranoPeter Auty tenorDavid Soar bass

Elgar Dream of Gerontius

£22, £18, £10

Sun 10 July 3.00pm & 7.30pm

HARROW YOUNG MUSICIANS3.00pmAcademy StringsJunior BandSteelCamerataSenior BandJunior Soul

7.30pmConcert BandSymphonic WindsSoulPhilharmonic Orchestra

Ten groups of Harrow Young Musicians present highlights of their 2015/16 repertoire.

£20, £15 (Book both and receive a £5 discount)

Mon 11 July 7.30pm

ST ALBANS HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLSMusic for a Summer's Evening

Chamber OrchestraSenior Chamber ChoirSenior ChoirNigel Springthorpe conductorCathy Heller-Jones conductor

Vivaldi Magnificat Rv.610Mendelssohn Octet in Eb Op. 20Vaughan Williams Rhosymedre

£16, £13, £10

Tue 12 July 7.30pm

NEW ZEALAND YOUTH CHOIRDavid Squire music director

Programme includes works by Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Peter Philips and Matthew Harris with New Zealand works by David Hamilton and Tuirina Wehi.

£20, £15, £10

Fri 15 July 1.00pm

LUNCHTIME DIALOGUE© Matthew Andrews

Rev Graham BuckleClare Moriarty guest

As part of Reverend Graham Buckle's monthly conversations with significant local figures, we welcome Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Free Admission

Fri 15 July 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITHComplete Chopin Cycle

Sonata No. 3 Op. 58

Chopin Introduction & Variations on a German Air Der Schweizerbub in E • Mazurka No. 51 in F minor Op. 68 No. 4 (revised version) • Mazurka No. 52 in Bb • Mazurka No. 53 in G •

Mazurkas in Bb and D •

Cantabile in Bb • Nocturne No. 11–12 in G minor Op. 37 No. 1–2 •

Polonaise in G minor, Bb minor, and Ab Op. posth. Mazurka No. 57 in C • Mazurka No. 58 in Ab • Sonata No.3 in B minor Op. 58 •

£20, £15

Sat 16 July 7.30pm

PUBLIC PASSIONSOrchestra of St John'sSir David Tang guestJohn Lubbock conductor

As part of a series in which celebrities discuss their choices of programme, we welcome Sir David Tang who founded companies such as fashion label Shanghai Tang, and lifestyle concept store Tang Tang Tang Tang – the name of which was conceived to echoe the opening of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

£26, £20, £15, £10

Sun 24 July 6.00pm

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES The Learners ChorusApollo Wong conductor & soloistPeggie Chan pianistLeonard Rose cantonese opera

Programme includes:Monteverdi Cantate DominumLasso Echo SongRachmaninoff Bogoroditse DevoBrahms Lieder und Romanzen, Op. 93a No. 5 'Der Falke' Fauré Cantique de Jean RacineGould So you want to write a fugue Arvo Pärt SolfeggioEric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine Finzi Lo the full final sacrifice

£20, £15, £12, £10

Fri 19–Sun 21 August

BRITISH FLUTE SOCIETY BFS London Flute Festival 2016

The British Flute Society celebrates the innovation, excellence and industry of the flute trade, both past and present, and many well-known companies will showcase their goods, services and skills at the event. The event opens at 10.00am on each day. Concerts take place at 7.30pm on Friday and Saturday, and 2.30pm on Sunday.

Concert £20 (£16)Fri & Sat Day Pass £60 (£48)Sun Day Pass £40 (£32)3-Day Pass £150 (£120)

JUNE, JULY, & AUGUST

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

Box Office 020 7222 1061sjss.org.uk

As a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, you are at the heart of our audience. Every generous donation is put towards sustaining St John’s Smith Square, as ticket sales alone do not cover our costs. As recognition, our Friends receive ticket and restaurant discounts, priority booking, and are the first to find out about what we have on.

To become a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, please phone our Box Office on 020 7222 1061 or visit sjss.org.uk for more information.

THANK YOUSt John’s Smith Square is deeply grateful for the support shown by our Gold Friends and 300 Club Members. Thank you to:

Anonymous, Alan Aubry, Dennis Baldry, David Ballance, P. Bowman, Sir Alan Bowness, C. Brunell, J. Carden, The Countess of Chichester, Margaret Croucher, John Daniels, T. Digman, G, Dodwell, Paul Duizend, Jill Dymock,N. Evans, Jeremy Gray & Gilly French, Don Gorman, Angela & David Harvey, Abel Herrero-Ducloux, Glenn Jessee, Jacqueline & Robert Kilgour In Memory of J.P. Legrand, Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss, Graham Lloyd-Brunt, Sophie Lowendahl, Hyancinth Lund, Philip Miles, Adrian Mumford, Margarita Nikolayeva, S. Paetke, C. Parker-Williams, Jill Prawer, K. Robbie, Chris Saunders, E.O. Siebert, B.W. Silverman, Lynne Simmons, Judy Skelton, Philip and Wendy Spink, Marilyn Stock, Ilona Storey, J. Taylor, Anthony Thornton, F.P. Tudor, Lady Vanneck, Henry Wickham, John Wright, and Daniel & Lillan Wyler

YOUNG FRIENDS If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up for our free Young Friends scheme!

Members are entitled to purchase tickets to selected events at a significantly reduced price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’.

Our Young Friends also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts and offers.

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! To join today, please visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone ourBox Office on 020 7222 1061.

ALL OF OUR FRIENDS RECEIVE: • 10% off standard tickets booked in advance

through our Box Office (two per event)• 10% off food and drink in our restaurant • Season brochure• Regular advance information about

our concerts and events• Other offers and promotions

throughout the season

BRONZE FRIENDS (£35/£30 direct debit) receive:• 10 ticket vouchers for our

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series• Priority booking 2 days ahead of

the general public• Reduced £1.50 booking fee

SILVER FRIENDS (£60/£55 direct debit) receive:• A ticket for every concert in our

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series• Priority booking 7 days ahead of

the general public• Reduced £1.50 booking fee• Acknowledgement of your generosity

on our website

GOLD FRIENDS (£125/£115 direct debit) receive:• Two tickets for every concert in our

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series• Priority booking 7 days ahead of

the general public• Invitations to exclusive members’ events

such as ‘Meet the Artists’ receptions• No booking fee• Best seat in the house/priority waiting list• Credit of your generosity on our website

and in our brochure

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St John’s Smith Square is just off Millbank between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges, close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, and a short walk from Westminster tube station.

CAR PARKINGSt John’s Smith Square is within the congestion charging zone. Parking meters are in operation during the day Monday–Friday until 6.00pm. In the evenings and at weekends there are usually ample spaces locally. There is Westminster City Council car parking on Great College Street and Arneway Street.

RAILVictoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall & Charing Cross

TUBEWestminster, St James’s Park & Victoria

BUS3 and 87 to Horseferry Road C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank 88 to Horseferry Road 11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey

SANTANDER CYCLESA docking station is located in Smith Square and there are also stations on Horseferry Road, Page Street and Great College Street.