Concerts and performances
St Michael & All Angels is one of the busiest church music venues in west London. It's also one of the most convenient, close to Turnham Green tube station. Please see the Links page for details of music groups which regularly perform at St Michael's.
We are pleased to be able to offer an on-line booking facility for some events at St Michaels (marked with an asterisk below). We would encourage you to book in this way if at all possible. We do not charge a booking fee. Payment is by credit or debit card via Paypal (although you do not need to have a Paypal account) and tickets will be immediately available for you to download and print off at home. Alternatively, for a small fee, they can be posted out to you – please allow 3-5 working days for delivery. NB. If you choose the postal option when booking within 5 days of the performance, your tickets will be held on the door ready for collection. Please ensure that you arrive plenty of time to collect them.
Forthcoming Concerts in 2013
Saturday 25th May at 7.30pm:
Italian Passion: Famous Opera Arias and Classical Italian Songs
Olga Adamovici - Soprano
Laura Maddaluno- soprano
Roberta Terchi Nocentini - piano
Tickets at the door: £10, Children under 10 - FREE Info: italianpassion@gmail.com
Friday 31st May at 7.45pm
Ensemble AlAmbrA
Music from Corsican competition winners Armelle, Albane, and Ambre Tamagna - a flute, piano and cello trio. Programme: Donizetti, Debussy, Villa Lobos, Piazzolla, Martinu, Lasassagne, D'Rivera. Interval drinks and Corsican delicacies.
Tickets £10 (£7 concessions) donations welcome.
Friday 7th June - Sunday 23rd June - BEDFORD PARK FESTIVAL
Full programme of events available on line from May 12th.
Past Concerts and performances 2013
Saturday 11th May at 7.30pm
CM Concerts presents:
A Gala Fundraising Recital
Corinne Morris - cello
Kathron Sturrock - piano
play works by
Beethoven, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Bridge, Bruch, Faure and de Falla
Tickets £15, £6 (students). Box office at door or on line. Enquiries 020 8998 3659
Sunday April 7th 2013 at 2.30pm
Concert for Parkinson's UK *
An unmissable opportunity to hear a group of world-renowned young soloists who are getting together to support Parkinson’s UK:
Carolin Widmann, Alexander Sitkovetsky - Violin
Amihai Grosz, Jennifer Stumm - Viola
Kyril Zlotnikov, Richard Harwood, Adi Tal - Cello
Mozart - Quintet No.3 in C major, K515
Mozart - Duo for Violin and Viola in G major, K423
Dotzauer - Pieces for 3 Cellos, Op.104
Tchaikovsky - String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence”, Op.70
Tickets £20, every penny to go to Parkinson’s UK. Book now.
Saturday March 16th at 7.30pm- Chiswick Choir
St John Passion - JS Bach
Evangelist - Bo Wang
Christ - Louis Hurst
Alto - Hanna-Lisa Kirchin
Bass- Stefan Berkieta
Conductor Alistair Jones
Admission by programme£15 (Concessions £12)
Tickets available at the door or in advance from members of the choir
(for further details see link above)
Saturday March 9th at 7.30pm
Hogarth Singers 2013 Spring Concert
Petite Messe Solennelle - Rossini
Tickets £13 (concessions £10)
Call Phil Rhodes on 07768282712 or hogarthsingers@gmail.com
Saturday March 2nd at 2pm - Addison Singers
Come and Sing Day with Morten Lauridsen
in the presence of the composer. Under the direction of David Wordsworth, a rare opportunity to Come & Sing the glorious music of Morten Lauridsen who will accompany the choir in rehearsal and performance. 'Sure on this Shining Night'; 'Dirait-on' (fom Les Chansons des Roses); 'O Magnum mysterium'; 'Lux aeterna'.
Rehearsal 2pm to 6pm, Performance 7 to 8pm
Audience tickets for the performance will be available on line and on the door:
£10, £8 (concessions) and £2 (concessions under 16yrs - available only to those who book an adult ticket or concession)
Saturday February 16th at 7.30pm
Bewitched: a meeting of Music and Literature
Metamorphosia Recitals
Soprano: Hollie-Anne Clark
Mezzo-Soprano: Latana Phoung
Pianist: Eralys Fernandez
Tickets: £10 advance, £13/£10 at the door
Email/phone bookings: athena.82@hotmail.com
07513012396
Sunday February 10th, at 7.30pm
Bach Cantatas return to St Michael's with West London Bach directed by Giles Ridley. The concert is in aid of Cana School Ethiopia, with Charlotte Horsley, soprano, Kirsten Johnson, alto, Jeremy Collin, tenor and David Milner-Pearce, bass. The Cantatas are no 23, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn written for the day, Quinquagesima Sunday, and no 92, Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn.
Saturday February 9th at 7.30pm
West London Sinfonia Concert
Danse Macabre - Saint-Saens
Quadruple Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Calrinet and Bassoon - Francaix
Soloists - Derek Benton, Emma Tingey, Andrew Keck, Carolyn Sewell
Espana - Chabrier
Harold in Italy - Berlioz
Soloist - David Hesketh
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader:Iwona Boesche
Tickets: £13, £10 concessions, £5 under 16
Buy from www.wegottickets.com or on the door (cash/cheque only)
Information from 020 3475 4200
Saturday February 2nd at 7.30pm
Corsican songs - Xinarca
The celebrated Corsican singer, Xinarca, gives a recital of songs accompanying himself on the cetera - a traditional Corsican lute. The recital will last about one hour.
Tickets £10 on the door
The concert is sponsored by the Association of Corses du Royaume Uni Pasquale Paoli, and follows Xinarca's appearance at Westminster Abbey on February 1st in honour of the Corsican National hero
Vicars Birthday Concert - Sunday January 13th
in aid of Organ and Parish Rooms project
Past Concerts and performances 2012
Thursday December 20th 2012 at 7.30pm
An Evening of Festive Baroque Music *
in aid of St Michael & All Angels' Organ and Parish Rooms Appeal.
Acclaimed conductor and harpsichordist Christian Curnyn (currently conducting Handel's Julius Caesar at ENO) - ; baroque oboist Katharina Spreckelsen (English Concert) and other top performers will play J S Bach and G F Handel. Refreshments beforehand and in interval. Tickets £20 - at door or online.
Book now!
Saturday December 15th 2012 at 6.00pm
Hogarth Singers Carol Concert
The Hogarth Singers' join forces with the brilliant young choristers from Belmont Primary School, Chiswick.
They will perform traditional favourites as well as some unfamiliar, but delightful, classics.
The congregation can raise their voices too - in fact they are expected to join in!
Tickets £9 including mince pies and mulled wine. Children under 12 free
Contact 07768282712
Sunday December 9th at 3.00pm 
West London Sinfonia concert for children
including Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' (right), Thunder and Lightning Polka, and Sleigh Ride. Conductor Philip Hesketh, Presenter Sarah Lenton, Narrator Fr Kevin Morris.
Tickets £8 adults, £4 under-16s at door or via link below.
Further details: West London Sinfonia
Saturday December 8th at 7.30pm
Fulham & Hammersmith Choral Society Christmas Concert
Schultz - Christmas Story
Britten- A Ceremony of Carols
Carols for choir and audience
Music Director: Christopher Wray
Further details: Fulham & Hammersmith Choral Society
Saturday December 1st at 7.30pm
Chiswick Choir Winter Concert
Sir Hubert Parry - A Celebration
I was glad
Jerusalem
The Chivalry of the Sea
L'Allegro ed Il Pensieroso
Soloists: Kathryn Hyde- Soprano
Louis Hurst - Baritone
Conductor: Alistair Jones
Further details: Chiswick Choir
Saturday November 24th at 7.30pm
West London Sinfonia concert
Borodin: In the steppes of Central Asia
Ian Schofield: Concerto for violin and viola - soloist Devorina Gamalova
Marin Goleminov: Violin Concerto - soloist Devorina Gamalova
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Further details: West London Sinfonia
Saturday November 17th 2012 at 7.30pm
Hogarth Singers Concert
Music includes Benjamin Britten's Cantata, Saint Nicolas, his Rejoice in the Lamb and the French gems Franck's Panis Angelicus, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and Dupré's Ave Maria. Rehearsals begin on Monday September 10th, at Arts Educational School on Bath Road, Chiswick (near Turnham Green underground).
Contact: hogarthsingers@gmail.com or call Phil Rhodes on 07768282712
Saturday November 10th 2012 at 7.30pm
Piano Recital: Compositions and Poems by Alexei Knupffer
also including Schubert Waltzes and Grieg lyric pieces.
Alexei, born of Russian parents, lived on and off for over 40 years in Bedford Park before departing to Oxfordshire ten years ago. He is back on November 10th giving a recital with some music he composed when living in the area. To end the recital he will perform a new piece dedicated to the occasion called 'The Ballad of Bedford Park'. Tickets at the door £10, including wine. www.alexeiknupffer.com
Saturday October 27th 2012 at 7.30pm
The English Music Festival comes to... Bedford Park!
Philip Lancaster (baritone) Andrew Plant (piano)
EDWARD ELGAR: Like as the damask Rose ELGAR: A Song of Autumn ELGAR: The Poet's Life IVOR GURNEY: Scents GURNEY: Kathleen ni Houlihan PETER WARLOCK: Autumn Twilight WARLOCK: The Bayley berith the Bell away GERALD FINZI: Let us Garlands bring JOHN IRELAND: Three Ballads HERBERT HOWELLS: Wanderers (from A Garland de la Mare) RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel
TICKETS: £10 - In advance from: http://www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk/events.html
At the door £12 (regret no concessions)
This recital forms part of the ongoing programme of events connected with the Annual English Music Festival now in its 6th year. The most recent festival was held in early June at Dorchester on Thames in the Abbey and other local venues when the two artistes in this recital were enthusiastically received. Advance bookings are preferred (and cheaper!). If you have any queries, please contact Christina Speight, who is helping to run the event, on cspeight@dircon.co.uk or 020 8995 8657.
Wednesday October 17th at 7.30pm
Dorothy Croft Trust concert
'FROM PAST TO PRESENT'
featuring FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET, CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS, trumpet music including MOZART, HANDEL, SCHOSTOKOVICH, BERNSTEIN AND GLENN MILLER
Hear the internationally renowned Fitzwilliam Quartet and one of Britian's most outstanding trumpeters, Crispian Steele-Perkins, in this electric performance and talk about musical instruments from the 17th century to the present. The Quartet will play Mozart on period instruments in the firsthalf of the concert, then change to modern for the Schostokovich. Mr.Steele-Perkins will show the development of the trumpet through the ages from a type of trumpet known to Bach to the present day instrument when he plays themes from West Side Story and favourite works by Glenn Miller.
Tickets £10.00 concessions £8.00
info@dorothycrofttrust.co.uk
Saturday October 6th at 7.30pm
Strictly Barbershop
An evening of top musical entertainment featuring some of the best Ladies' and Men's Choruses and Quartets in the UK
Capital Chorus Concert
Tickets £12 Concessions £10
Details: http://www.capitalchorus.co.uk
Wednesday September 19th at 7.30pm
An Evening with the Hungarians
music by Bartok and Dohnanyi and traditional Hungarian Music
featuring Mate Racz- violin, the Csergo Band and the Dalraida Ensemble
Enjoy the music of Bartok and Dohnanyi, hear some of the melodies Bartok and Kodaly collected in their years of research into the true music of Hungary, and learn how to dance traditional Hungarian folk dances to the music of the Csergo Band from Budapest.
Tickets on the door £10 (concessions £8) or contact Dona Lee Croft
Dorothy Croft Trust concert
info@dorothycrofttrust.co.uk
http://www.dorothycrofttrust.co.uk/contact
Thursday September 13th at 8.00pm
Venue: Michael Room, Parish Hall
Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust presents:
Concert of Chamber Music by the Maiastra String Quartet
Mozart:Quartet in B flat K.589
Walton: Quartet in A Minor (1947)
Dvorak: Quartet in C Op.61
Akiko Ono and Agata Darashkaite (violins)
Testumi Nagata (Viola)
Sergio Serra (cello)
Akiko has won several prestigious prizes including the Menuhin prize and has performed as a soloist with major orchestras in many parts of the world. She teaches at the Yehudi Menuhin School.
Agata and Testumi are former students of the Menuhin School and Sergio is studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. They are all extremely talented young players and the Quartet gave a memorable performance at the Bedford Park Festival
Admission is free with a retiring collection. For further information contact Aidan Woodcock on 01932 868054 or Elizabeth Arden on 07970270224
Saturday 14th July at 7.30pm
Addison Singers Classical Summer Concert
The Oratorio and Chamber Choirs will be singing a diverse range of traditional, exciting, and more light hearted pieces:
'Cloudburst' - Eric Whiteacre
'Two English Folk Songs' - Timothy Salter
'Lassie Wad Ye Loe me' & 'The Gallant Weaver' - James Macmillan
Five Spirituals from 'A Child of Our Time' - Sir Michael Tippett
'Weather Report' - Bob Chilcott
'Nonsense' - Richard Rodney Bennett
The Conductor and Musical Director is David Wordsworth. Tickets in advance £10, Concessions £8, under 16s £2 from the website or £12, £10 and £2 on the door.
Saturday 7th July at 7.30pm
Hogarth Singers Summer Concert
The Hogarth Singers are proud to present a selection of glorious music for their summer concert:
Requiem- Bob Chilcott.
Bob Chilcott wrote his Requiem just over a year ago and it has fast become one of his most performed works. An intense combination of moving music and beautiful melodies. Come and join a workshop with the composer at St Peter's Church, Hammersmith on Saturday June 9th
The second half of the concert comprises the world premiere of Andrew Week's Te Deum, an exciting multi movement work full of lyricism and English charm, and a trip across the Atlantic with choral arrangements of Aaron Copeland's Old American Songs, a collection of songs that will both touch your heart and make you laugh.
Tickets £12 (£9 concessions) on 07710198318
www.hogarth-singers.org or email
Bedford Park Festival June 16th - July 1st
Saturday 2nd June at 7.30pm
The New London Opera Players present:
'Tosca' by Giacomo Puccini (fully staged)
This new production by soprano and director Anna Gregory contrasts the romantic passion of the lovers Mario Cavaradossi and Floria Tosca, with the unrequited violent lust of the powerful Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Its timeless themes of love, political repression and corruption all lead to one end - the death of the three main protagonists.
Musical Director: Andrew Charity
Designer: David Hawes
Floria Tosca: Elizabeth Roberts
Mario Cavaradossi: Robin Green
Baron Scarpia: Stephen Holloway
Angelotti/Sciaronne: Leon Berger
Spoletta: Nicholas Buxton
Sacristan/Roberti/Gaoler : Graham Stone
Tickets: £20 full price, £10 concessions - order on line or leave a message with your requirements on 08447743725.
Wednesday 30th May at 7.30pm
Concert in aid of Pontecultura (a charity supporting young Corsican musicians)
Music by Rameau, Debussy, Scriabin, and Stravinsky (The Soldier's Tale)
Antony Pay (clarinet)
Miranda Playfair (violin)
Jan Rautio (piano)
Tickets: £10, concessions £7. Interval drinks and Corsican specialities
For further information contact John and Line Playfair on 0208 995 5526
Saturday 26th May at 7.30pm - West London Sinfonia
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Queen Elizabeth ll Diamond Jubilee Concert
God Save the Queen (new arrangement) - John Carmichael
Orchestral Fanfare (World Premiere) - Cecilia McDowell
Courtly Dances from 'Gloriana' - Britten
The Lark Ascending (soloist:Fenella Humphries) - Vaughan Williams
St Pauls Suite - Holst
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (and bagpipes) - Maxwell Davies
Crown Imperial - Walton
Enigma Variations - Elgar
Tickets: £13 Concessions- £10 Under 16s -£5 are available on the door or from Andrew Pears 07958948467 or andrew@kotuku.org
Saturday 28th April at 8.00pm
Gilbert & Sullivan Gala: Trial By Jury
- in aid of St Michaels' Organ & Parish Rooms Appeal
starring Simon Butteriss, Deborah Crowe, Stephen Brown, Louise Crane & Ian Belsey.
John Snelson conductor, Sarah Lenton narrator/director
Part I ‘Ballads, songs and snatches’
Tickets £20 incl. a glass of wine - bar opens 7.30pm. To reserve tickets, call the Parish Office, Priory Avenue, W4 1TX tel. 020 8994 1380 or email parishoffice@smaaa.org.uk.
Saturday 14th April at 6.30pm - The Syred Consort & Syred Sinfonia
St Matthew Passion - J.S. Bach
David Webb - Evangelist
Ian Caddy - Christus
Conductor - Ben Palmer
Leader - Francesca Barritt
Organ - David Roblou
Viola da gamba - Angela East
Cello continuo - Morwenna del Mar
Tickets £12 (£10 concessions) (£6 students)
Contact: Antonia del Mar 07974799004 / tonidarlington@gmail.com
In aid of the Richard Syred Music Bursary Fund,
Churchill College Cambridge
Saturday 24th March at 7.30pm - Chiswick Choir
Choral Fantasy - Beethoven
Solo piano- Kodo Osada
The Choral Fantasy was written specifically for the conclusion of a concert that contained the premieres of both Beethoven's 5th and 6th Symphonies. What a concert that must have been!
A Prodigal Son - World Premiere - Alistair Jones
This is the 4th choral work written for the Chiswick Choir by Alistair Jones, now in his 28th season as the choir's conductor. The libretto was written by Sally Floyer, a longstanding member of the choir's sopranos. The plot is based on the New Testament parable translated into contemporary times. This an oratorio for the present day.
There are 4 soloists:
Austin Gunn
Lesley Jane Rogers
Louis Hurst
Christopher Wright
Admission by programme - £15 (concessions £12) - see also Chiswick Choir website
Saturday 17th March at 7.30pm
The Hogarth Singers' Spring Concert
presents Haydn's masterpiece, The Creation, a musical depiction of the birth of the earth according to the Bible.
Be sure not to miss this glorious work, as fresh and modern to ears now as it must have been to those who first heard it.
See: Hogarth Singers
Saturday 10th March at 7.30pm
Petros Singers present
Romantic Vienna
combining with the Thame Chamber Choir to sing
Bruckner's Mass in E minor
as part of this concert
The Petros Singers (formerly St Peter's Singers) is a high quality amateur chamber choir of between 30 and 40 voices. Much of its repertoire is 'a capella' music. The choir also performs many of the major accompanied choral works
Unreserved seats book in advance -£10 (£8 concessions)
Tickets on the door- £1 extra
Under 12s - £1
For bookings please contact the Petros Singers' secretary on 02089940933 or see Petros Singers
Sunday February 5th at 7:30pm
St Matthew Passion - JS Bach
Following the conclusion of their long running cycle of Bach Cantatas
Sandy Burnett and the West London Bach Consort and Players turn their attention to the major sacred works. This performance features some of the finest soloists to have appeared in the Cantata project.
Lisa Rijmer (soprano)
Rebecca Hickey (soprano)
Barbara Hoefling (alto)
Richard Edgar-Wilson (Evangelist)
Jake White (tenor)
Lawrence Wallington (Christus)
Paul Sheehan (bass)
Entry is free of charge with a retiring collection in aid of the Upper Room , a local charity providing meals,assistance and help with unemployment and housing to the homeless and disadvantaged in West London.
Thursday 2nd February at 7.30pm: Piano Recital
Petru Casanova , a young pianist from Corsica, performs a recital that includes works by Bach, Rachmaninov, Chopin and Liszt (the Rigoletto Fantasy).
Petru is 19 and in his second year at the Paris Conservatoire. Last September he was the overall winner of a musical competition in Vero, near Ajaccio, for which this trip to London was his prize. Please come along and give him your support.
The concert is free (dnations always welcome!) and wine will be available in the interval.
For further information contact John and Line Playfair on 0208 995 5526
Saturday 28th January - 'Come and Sing' workshop & concert
'Eternal Light' by Howard Goodall
Anyone is welcome to take part in this open 'Come and Sing' day, rehearsing and performing this popular and moving Requiem.
Registration and workshop/rehearsal is from 11am - 5.30pm (with break for lunch) and the evening concert performance is at 7pm-8pm.
The concert will be accompanied by organ, harp, and piano with professional soloists.
The concert is a fund raising effort for 'Help for Heroes'. Audience members will not be charged an entrance fee but there will be a collection for this worthwhile cause. The event is organised by the Addison Singers and the workshop and concert will be led by David Wordsworth, an experienced and international conductor and Musical Director and an enthusiastic supporter of contemporary music.
To take part please see the Addison Singers website where you can download a Registration form. The cost to include the day and the evening is £18. Score hire is £3 if required but must be ordered in advance, otherwise scores can be bought from Amazon UK or other suppliers. Further information can be obtained from Addison Singers website
Sunday 22nd January -
7.45pm Cana Singers and Players 
Director: Giles Ridley, Leader: Miranda Wilson
Handel: Saul (semi dramatised)
Stephen Wells (Saul), Toby Gee (David), Robin Bailey (Jonathan), Kirsten Johnson (Witch of Endor), Clare Belcher (Michal), and Lisa Rijmer (Merab)
This is a semi-dramatized production, in aid of the Cana School in Ethiopia. Entry is free, with a retiring collection. Saul is an action packed biblical drama about King Saul’s jealousy of shepherd-boy David and the people’s reaction,a classic Handel working with the same librettist as the Messiah, in a colourful performance complete with Goliath’s Head and even the Chiswick Handbell ringers to drive Saul mad!
Concerts and Performances 2011
Saturday 17th December at 6.00pm
Hogarth Singers' Carol Concert
Once again the choir will be linking up with Belmont School to provide a show that combines the traditional with the unusual. Highlights include The Badger Carol, a charming composition by the choir director Jonathan Wikeley, the traditional Cornish Sans Day Carol, arranged by John Rutter and the Spanish Riu Riu Chiu - a real hum-along number which, for older listeners, was also performed by The Monkees!
Traditional carols include Once in Royal David's City, Silent Night and Oh, Come all Ye Faithful. Tickets £7. Mince pies and mulled wine after the performance. Also see: Hogarth Singers
Saturday 10th December at 7.00pm
Chiswick Gospel Choir Concert, in aid of Julia's Wish
With guests: By Faith Singers, A New Beginning, Leon Barclay, Paulette Prendergast, Boldeau Brother Steel Band and Chiswick Junior Gospel Choir.
Tickets: £10 (concessions £7, Children 5-to-15 £7, Family £25): Contact Jose Morgan on 07432 655969. Seventh Day Adventist Church: www.chiswicksda.org.uk
Saturday 3rd December at 7.30pm
Addison Singers' Winter Concert
Vivaldi: Gloria
Haydn: Little Organ Mass
Handel: Let thine arm be strengthened
Cecilia McDowell: Ave Maris Stella and others
and works by Gabriel Jackson and Pawel Lukaszewski
Guest Conductor: George Vass
Addison Oratorio and Chamber Choirs with Orchestra Nova
Tickets: in advance £10 (concessions £8, under 16s £2)
On the door: £12 (concessions £10, under 16s £2)
Further details and buy on line: Addison Singers
Saturday 26th November at 7.30pm
Chiswick Choir & Orchestra present In Memoriam
Eclogue for Piano and Strings - Gerald Finzi; For the Fallen - Cyril Bradley Rootham; Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms. Soloists: Cordelia Williams - Piano; Julie Kennard - Soprano; Michael George - Baritone. Tickets £15/£12 concs. http://www.chiswickchoir.org.uk/concerts/winter-2011.htm
Saturday 19th November at 7.30pm
Patrick Noronha Camerata Concert
Elgar: Serenade
Carmichael: Latin America Suite
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Weiner: Divertimento No 1
Carmichael: Concierto Folklorico - World Premiere
Conductors: Patrick Noronha and Michael Nebe
Piano Duo: Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley
Leader/Violin: Orpheus Papafilippou
Tickets £15 & £12 concessions available on door or from John Carmichael 02089948810 or Orpheus Papafilippou 07791804764
Also see: www.orpheusviolinist.com
Saturday 12th November at 7.30pm
Hogarth Singers' Autumn Concert
The choir will be conducted by its Music Director, Jonathan Wikeley, and will present a programme of French music, including Charpentier's shining Te Deum, Vilette's 'Hymn a la Vierge' - 'an enchanting piece of music' says Jonathan Wikeley - and Durufle's magnificent and moving Requiem.
Also see: Hogarth Singers
Saturday 5th November at 7.30pm
Ealing Youth Orchestra
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Britten: selection from Soirees Musicales and Matinee Musicales
Glazunov: Symphony No: 4
Conductor: Leon Gee
Tickets from ticketing@eyo.org.uk or at the door:
Adults £10, senior citizens/students £6, 11-18s £3, under 11s free
Saturday 29th October at 3.30pm - The Flautadors
'Pipes-a-Plenty'
Listen to the sounds from medieval castles, King Henry VIII's court, Amsterdam's canals, the Scottish Highlands, and the Red Priest of Venice. 800 years of music played on over 30 different recorders from the 20cm garklein to the 2 metre long contra bass!
The Flautadors have travelled far and wide. Our largest audience was 40,000 people at an outdoor festival in
Belarus! We have played in castles, art galleries, and concert halls, and have even been invited to play in a cave! Sometimes you can hear us on the radio: Classic FM and BBC radio 3 and we have made 3 CDs.
"The Flautadors play with elegance and skill" (International Record Review)
Tickets available on the door: £8 adults £4 children (age 5+)
Sunday 16th October at 8pm
Performance of Bach's St John Passion BWV 245
As part of the ongoing sacred Bach series at St Michael & All Angels. The soloists include Guy Cutting, Lisa Rijmer, Jeremy Collin and Paul Sheehan, and Sandy Burnett conducts the West London Bach Consort and Players. Admission free; a retiring collection in aid of the Upper Room, which feeds and supports the community in need in West London. Charity registration no. 1004354.
Thursday 13th October at 8pm
Talk on JS Bach's St John's Passion by Sandy Burnett
Conductor and broadcaster Sandy Burnett will be discussing JS Bach's St John Passion, one of the greatest religious works in the repertoire of classical music. This is the first in a series of Classic Discovery events designed to introduce classical music to intelligent people, and to deepen the knowledge of those who are already cognoscenti. Tickets £10 - pay on the door. Three days later, there will be a complete performance. More details
Sunday 25 September at 8pm
Facade - Cana Singers, Reciters and Players
Leader Miranda Wilson, Director Giles Ridley
Facade - Poems by Edith Sitwell, music by William Walton
JS Bach: Cantata no:130 for Michaelmas
Entry is free; there will be a retiring collection in aid of Cana Ethiopia, providing education for around 100 children in the rural highlands who would otherwise get no schooling
Enquiries to:giles ridley
Saturday 9 July at 7.30pm
Addison Singers Classical Concert
Rossini - 'Petite Messe Solennelle' and Nocturnes by Morten Lauridsen. Conductor David Wordsworth. Oratorio and Chamber Choir. Accompanied by piano & harmonium. Online tickets now on sale. Details and booking: http://www.addison-singers.org.uk.
Saturday 2 July at 7.30pm
Hogarth Singers Summer Concert - Folksongs and Fables
The Hogarth Singers explore the glorious tradition of folksongs, with arrangments by Percy Grainger, John Rutter, Peter Warlock and George Dyson, plus a musical setting of Aesop's Fables by Bob Chilcott.
Tickets £12. Full details: http://live.hogarth-singers.org/
Saturday 4 June at 7.30p
Charity Concert in aid of
Richard Syred Music Bursary Fund
Syred Sinfonia and Consort - conductor Ben Palmer
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Tickets £10 Concessions £8 Students £5
Tel: 07974799004 or tonidartington@gmail.com
(see www.thesyredconsort.co.uk )
Saturday April 9th at 7.30pm
Chiswick Choir and Orchestra
Mozart 1791 - His Last Year
La Clemenza di Tito (excerpts)
Missa da Requiem
Soloists from the Royal Northern College of Music
- Laura Sheerin - soprano
- Hanna Iiisa-Kirchin - mezzo soprano
- Bo Wang - tenor
- Louis Hurst - Bass
Conductor:Alistair Jones
Admission by programme £15 (Concessions £12)
Tickets available on the door or see a member of the choir or via the website (see above)
Saturday March 26th at 7.30pm
Hogarth Singers' Spring Concert
The Hogarth Singers combine the intrigue and romance of Mozart’s Requiem with the vivid brilliance of Bach’s Magnificat in a programme of music that is bound to inspire. The programme includes Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 by J S Bach. Tickets £12. Full details: http://live.hogarth-singers.org/
Saturday April 2nd, at 7.30pm
The Addison Singers Oratorio and Chamber Choirs
Spring concert: Josef Haydn's "The Creation", sung in English. The conductor is Musical Director David Wordsworth, with the Bernadi Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets in advance £10, concessions £8, under 16's £2 from http://www.addison-singers.org.uk/conc_o.htm ,
or £12 / £10 / £2 on the door.
Saturday March 12th at 7.30pm -
Collegium Musicum
This England - an unashamed evocation of Englishness offering a truly memorable evening of English choral music from the 'Second Musical Rennaissance' with works by Britten, Elgar, Finzi, Gurney, Holst, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, and Parry.
Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir (CML) are joined by the West London Children's Choir and accompanied by Nicholas O'Neill, organist at Southwark Catholic Cathedral (and keyboard player with rockband JEBO).
Conductor: Russell du Plessis
Tickets: £12 (concessions £7) on line, by phone 0208 946 7505 in advance, 07812599340 on the day, or at the door
Special offer: buy 2 tickets on line and receive a free CD of Russian Sacred Music by CML entitled 'Third Rome'. Just bring your on line tickets to the concert and ask for your free CD.
Saturday February 12th at 7.30pm - West London Sinfonia
Konzertstucke for 4 horns - Schumann (soloists: Mark Almond, Natalie Cole, Chris Eyre, Caroline Emery)
'Tryst' - James MacMillan
Symphony No: 4 'Italian' : Mendelssohn
Conductor:Philip Hesketh
Leader: Eleanor Parry- Griffiths
Sunday February 6th at 7.30pm -
Bach's Mass in B Minor
Saturday January 29th at 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm)- Chiswick Gospel Choir
Concerts and performances in 2010
Saturday 18th December at 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers
Carol Concert 2010
Wednesday 15th December at 7.30pm - The Elysian Singers
'The Spirit of Christmas Present'
One of London's top chamber choirs brings Christmas up to date with an evening of contemporary seasonal music:
James Whitbourn: Missa Carolae
Gruber arr. Rathbone: Silent Night
Francis Pott: Hymn to the Virgin
Tarik O'Regan: Bring rest, sweet dreaming child
Howard Goodall (arr.): The Angel Gabriel
Bob Chilcott: Remember, O Thou Man
and works by James MacMillan, James Lavino, John McCabe and Stephen McNeff
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Organ: Mark Brafield
Tickets £12 with concessions for the unwaged, £10 from We got tickets and on the door. Mince pies and mulled wine will be available in the interval.
Sunday 12th December at 7.30pm - Bach Cantatas
BMV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele
BMV 62 Nun komm, der Hieden Heiland
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
Saturday 4th December at 7.30pm - Addison Singers
Classical Winter Concert - 'Christmas Motifs'
including:
'In terra pax - Finzi
'A Ceremony of Carols' - Britten
Mass in G - Bach
and other inspiring works
Oratorio Choir and Chamber Choir
Conducted by: David Wordsworth
Saturday 27th November at 7.30pm - Chiswick Choir
Israel in Egypt - Handel
Conductor: Alistair Jones
Soloists:
Kathryn Hide (soprano)
Louise Tucker (mezzo soprano)
Bo Wang (tenor)
For more information on this and other Chiswick Choir concerts see www.chiswickchoir.org.uk
Saturday 13th November at 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers
'A Feast of English Music'
Coronation Anthems - Handel (including 'Zadok the Priest')
A Hymn to the Virgin - Britten
Give unto the Lord - Elgar
Magnificat - Finzi
A Song for Athena - Taverner
Directed by Jonathan Wikeley and accompanied by Andrew Wells
Sunday 7th November at 7.30pm - Bach Cantatas
BMV 139 Wohl dem, der sich auf Seinen Gott
BMV 102 Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
For details of further recitals in this series see Bach Cantatas
Saturday 6th November at 7.30pm -Ealing Youth Orchestra
Academic Festival Overture - Brahms
2 pieces from Schindler's List - John Williams (Naomi Giarraputo-solo violin)
Polovtsian Dances - Borodin
The Planets Suite - Holst
Saturday 23rd October at 7.30pm - Capital Chorus
Barber Shop Concert
Come and enjoy an evening of top musical entertainment in the Barbershop style: toe tapping tunes, sparkling harmonies and great fun. Featuring Capital Chorus, London's premier male barbershop chorus, and Catch 22, one of the UK's top quartets.
For tickets (price £10) call 07770657489 or book on line at www.capitalchorus.org
Sunday October 10th at 7.30pm - Bach Cantatas
BMV 19 Es erhub sich ein Streit
BMV 190 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
For details of further recitals in this series see Bach Cantatas
Sunday 12th September at 7.30pm - Bach Cantatas
BWV 173 Erhontes Fleisch und Blut
BWV 98 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgeten
BWV 181 Leichgesinnte Frattergeister
West London Bach Consort
Conductor: Sandy Burnett
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
For details of further recitals in this series see Bach Cantatas
Thursday July 15th at 7pm
Saturday Specialist School 25th Anniversary Concert
In aid of the Marcus Memorial Fund
Tickets available on the door £6 (concessions £4)
For further information please contact:
Hounslow Music Service 02085832967
Sunday July 11th at 3.30pm (note change of time)- Bach Cantatas
BWV 170 Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust
BWV 16 Herr Gott, dich loben wir
West London Bach Consort
Conductor: Sandy Burnett
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
For details of further recitals in this series see Bach Cantatas
Sunday 13th June at 7.30pm (Bedford Park Festival) - Bach Cantatas
BWV 30 Freue dich, erlöste Schar
BWV 118 O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht
West London Bach Consort
Conductor: Sandy Burnett
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
Sunday May 9th at 7.30pm - Bach Cantatas
BWV 41 Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
BMV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild
West London Bach Consort
Conductor: Sandy Burnett
Admission: Free
Retiring Collection in aid of the Upper Room
Sunday March 28th at 7.30pm: Palm Sunday Meditation
A recital by Raffaele Pe (counter tenor) with the West London Bach Consort & Players
Organ: Jonathan Dods
Vivaldi Stabat Mater
Bach: Widerstehe doch der sunde BMV 54
Admission free:retiring collection for St Michael's Lent Appeal)
Saturday 20 March at 7.30pm - Addison Singers Classical Concert 2010
Addison Singers (Oratorio & Chamber Choirs) - conductor David Wordsworth
Programme includes:
Requiem: Faure
'Eternal Light' Howard Goodall
'Salve Regina' and 'Exultate Jubilo' Poulenc
'Ave Maria' Philip Maze
'Salve Regina' Gabriel Jackson
(see www.addison-singers.org.uk for further details)
Saturday 13 March at 7.30pm - Hogarth Singers Spring Concert 2010
Conductor David Everett
Programme to include:
Mass in E flat: Schubert
Sechs Spruche (6 seasonal motets): Mendelssohn
(see www.hogarth-singers.org )
Saturday 6 March at 7.30pm - Charity Concert for Richard Syred Music Bursary Fund
Syred Sinfonia and Consort - conductor Ben Palmer
J.S. Bach: St John Passion BMV 245
Tickets £12 Concessions £10 Students £5
Tel: 07974799004
(see www.thesyredconsort.co.uk )
Concerts and performances in 2009
Concerts and performances in 2008 and before
Bedford Park Recital Series, featuring international concert performers