St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park

Concerts and Performances in 2008

 

Saturday November 15th - 7.30pm Hogarth Singers Winter Concert
- Music, madness and murder! - at St Michael & All Angels Church. Includes Purcell, Schubert, Britten, Stravinsky. £10 (concessions £7)

Sunday November 2nd - 7.30 Bach Cantatas
West London Bach Players and Consort, conducted by Sandy Burnett (below) . Admission free, retiring collection for the Upper Room (infoupperroom@yahoo.co.uk)Sandy Burnett

Wednesday October 22nd - Saturday 25th - 8pm - Much Ado About Nothing
St Michael & All Angels Church (moved from Tabard Theatre). Saturday matinee 3pm. The 3rd Year acting students at the Arts Educational Schools London in Bath Road perform Shakespeare's brilliant comedy. Tickets £10 Concessions £5. Box office 020 8987 6666 (Open 1-5pm) or e-mail: receptionist@artsed.co.uk.

Saturday October 18th - 7.15pm - Chiswick Gospel ChoirChiswick Gospel Choir
The Chiswick Gospel Choir of the Chiswick Seventh-Day Adventist Church returned to St Michael & All Angels after a triumphant concert two years ago. With guest artistes. Doors open 6.30pm, start 7.15pm. Tickets: £8.50 adults, £5 children 14 and under, £6.50 concessions: Contact Gillian Francis-Musanu 07886 623 318 or Lynda Saunders 07886 474 302. (Pictures: John Clift - and here)
Chiswick Gospel Choir

Saturday October 11th - 7.30pm - Practically Purrfect
A Celebration of Modern Musicals, in aid of Hounslow Animal Welfare Society. Rebecca Caine, one of HAWS' kitten foster carers, is putting on an evening of music from popular musicals & operas, including Mary Poppins, Wicked and Cats. Rebecca starred as Cosette in the original cast of Les Miserables and also as Christine in the Phantom of the Opera in Canada. Also singing are Sheila Reid from ITV's Benidorm and Frances Ruffelle who also starred in the original cast of Les Miserables, as Eponine.
Tickets: £15 on the door or click below to book in advance.

Sunday October 12th - 7.30-8.30pm - Bach Cantatas

West London Bach Players and Consort, conducted by Giles Ridley. Nos 37 ( Wer da glaubet und getauft wird) and 188 (Ich habe meine Zuversicht) with Eva Ganizate soprano, Kirsten Johnson alto, Jeremy Collin tenor and Stephen Wells bass with a special appearance of Jonathan Dods playing on the organ as the first movement of 188, the first movement of Bach’s famous D minor clavier concerto. Admission free, retiring collection for the Upper Room (infoupperroom@yahoo.co.uk)

Saturday September 20th - 7.30 Peter Jablonski

- Bedford Park Recital Series - St Michael's Church

Sunday September 14th - 7.30-8.30pm - Bach Cantatas

- Conductor Sandy Burnett, St Michael & All Angels Church

Saturday June 7th to Sunday June 22nd - Bedford Park Festival

See programme for concert details and other events

Saturday June 28th -7.30pm - Hogarth Singers

Concert of Italian choral music at St Michael & All Angels Church. Puccini's Messa di gloria, preceded by the Vivaldi Gloria and other Italian choral gems. Tickets £10 (£7 concessions) - on the door, or in advance from hogarthsingers@gmail.com or 020 8995 2402. Further information from http://www.hogarthsingers.org

Saturday July 5th - 7.30 - St Peter’s Singers

A concert by St Peter’s Singers to celebrate their 25th Anniversary with the London Mozart Players, leader David Juritz. Haydn Nelson Mass, Mozart Solemn Vespers.  Tickets: http://www.stpeterssingers.org / 020 8748 2828 £14/£11 concs/£2 under 12s in advance or £15/£12 concs/£2 under 12s at the door.

Thursday July 10th - 7.30 - Ralph Kirschbaum and Peter Jablonski

The Bedford Park Recital Series presents two celebrated international performers - cellist Ralph Kirschbaum and pianist Peter Jablonski. Debussy: Sonata on D minor;
Chopin: Sonata Op. 65; Lutolawski: Grave;Shostakovich: Sonata Op. 40. Peter`s latest disc of Chopin and Szymanowski Mazurkas will be on sale and both Peter and Ralph will sign their joint CD after the concert.

Monday July 14th - 7.30pm - Morwenna Del Mar, Susie Summers

Concert for Cello and Piano, in aid of the Richard Syred Bursary Fund, Churchill College Cambridge. Beethoven, Schumann, Martinu, Chopin, Faure, Ravel. Tickets £10/£8/£5 (students). Advance bookings 07974 799004 antonia@delmar.AT

Sunday May 11th - 7.30-8.30pm - Bach Cantatas

Bach Cantatas - West London Bach Players and Consort, conducted by Sandy Burnett
Admission free, retiring collection for the Upper Room (infoupperroom@yahoo.co.uk)

Thursday April 24th - 7.30 for 8pm - Concert in aid of Musequality

David Juritz will be performing in a concert to raise money for his charity Musequality, in the Michael Room in the Parish Hall. Five Hungarian Dances for wind quintet, Ferenc Farkas; Sonata for unaccompanied violin, J S Bach; Grand Nonetto  in F major, Ludwig Spohr. Artists: David Juritz, violin; Patrick Grattan, flute; Louise Grattan, viola; Rose Hilder, oboe; Humphrey Maud, ‘cello; Shona Scott, horn; Sandy Burnett, double bass; Romola Smith, clarinet; Richard Sheldon, bassoon. Tickets £15 from the Parish Office, 020 8994 1380, or at the door (includes a glass of wine prior to the concert).

Saturday April 5th - 7.30pm - Gemma Rosefield, Rebecca Barham

The Bedford Park Recital Series presented cellist Gemma Rosefield and pianist Rebecca Barham. They were due to perform works by Beethoven - "Magic Flute" Variations; Debussy - Sonata; De Falla - Popular Spanish Songs; and Schumann - Fantasy Pieces. But a major power cut meant they could only perform for half an hour and this concert will be rescheduled. Tickets £10 at the door or from 020 8994 1380. Refreshments from 7pm and during the interval.

Saturday March 29th 7.30pm - Addison Singers - Mozart Requiem

The Addison Singers performed the Mozart Requiem, Holst's Nunc Dimittis, three motets by Cecilia McDowall and other works. Tickets: in advance £9/Concessions£7/ Under-16s £2. On the door: £10/Concessions £8. Details from: 020 8723 0256.

Saturday March 8th 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers - Spring Concert

The Hogarth Singers, with members of the Hogarth Consort, performed Bernstein's exuberant and moving Chichester Psalms, accompanied by Janácek's setting of the prayer "Our Father" Otcenáš; and works by 18th-century English composers William Boyce and William Croft. The choir will be accompanied by harp, percussion and organ. Tickets are £10 (£6 concessions) - available on the door, or in advance from hogarthsingers@gmail.com or 020 8995 2402.

Thursday January 31st - 7.30pm - Garden Opera - La Boheme

The Garden Opera Company sang La Boheme in St Michael's Church, in English. Tickets £20 (£18 for groups of 10 or more). Directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, costumes by Dulcie Best, set design by Neil Irish. Enjoy a glass of wine before the performance, and in the interval, sold in aid of St Michael's. Box Office: 020 7720 4627.

Saturday January 12th - 7.30pm - Mark Stone - Schubert's Winterreise

The Bedford Park Recital Series presented Mark Stone, baritone, performing Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, op.89: a cycle of 24 songs, poetry by Wilhelm Muller. The Observer's Anthony Holden wrote of the ENO's La Boheme - 'The star of the show... is Mark Stone's Marcello, whose ringing tone fills the carenous Coliseum'. Accompanied by Rebecca Barham, piano. Tickets £10 at the door or from 020 8994 1380. Refreshments from 7pm and during the interval.

Past Concerts and performances in 2007

Saturday December 15th - 7pm - Carols plus....

A family Christmas concert in aid of Musequality with readings by Richard Briers. The London Chorus - conductor, Ronald Corp; the recital choir from Colet Court; St Paul's Brass Group; organ Philip Berg; violin David Juritz. Audience carols, mulled wine and mince pies. Adults £10. School age children £4. Tickets and inquiries: 020 8748 5728, or info@londonchorus.org.uk

Sunday December 9th - 7.30-8.30pm - Bach Cantatas

Bach Cantatas - West London Bach Players and Consort, conducted by Sandy Burnett
Admission free, retiring collection for the Upper Room (infoupperroom@yahoo.co.uk)
BWV 89: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? BWV 182: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.

Thursday December 6th - 7.30pm - Music on St Nicholas' Day

The Chapel Choir of Christ's College Cambridge performed Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Kenneth Leighton Christmas Carols, and Poulenc Motets. The Choir has performed in Westminster Abbey and St Martin in the Fields, on BBC Radio 4 and in the USA, Hong Kong and Australia. Tickets on the door - £10 adults, £7 concessions.

Birthday ConcertSaturday November 17th - 6.30pm - Birthday Concert

A special family concert to celebrate the birthdays of Louise & Patrick Grattan, with fellow musicians from every phase of their lives. Admission by invitation. Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major for violin and viola KV 364. Bach's Magnificat in D Major BWV 243. Conductor Sandy Burnett. Orchestra leader Catherine Mackintosh.

Saturday November 10th - 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers

The Hogarth Singers - ‘Out of the Deep’ - two settings of the De Profundis text, by Michel de Lalande (18C) and Marcel Dupré (20C), and music by Edward Elgar in honour of his 150th anniversary. Tickets £10 (concessions £7) on the door or from hogarthsingers@gmail.com or 020 8995 2402.