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ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE
2018/19
SEASON
Spring Edition
Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
2018/19 SEASON
© Matthew Andrews
WELCOME TO ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE
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Join us at St John’s Smith Square in Friends and Patrons. This support is
2019 as we enter our 50th birthday crucial to our success (ticket sales
1 Welcome
year since our re-birth as a concert alone can never meet the needs of our
2 Spring Listings
hall. We provide a home for the best busy artistic and community
16 Holy Week Festival 2019
in Baroque music, within the UK’s programme, let alone the costs of
19 School Concerts
only concert hall dating from the maintaining our wonderful Grade I
20 Support Us
Baroque period, whilst equally listed home). To find out more about
21 Over 300 years of history
championing creative exploration how you can join the Friends of St
22 Booking Information
and new music. International artists John’s Smith Square please go to page
23 How to find us
sit comfortably alongside emerging 22. Thank you for your support!
24 Footstool Restaurant
talent as St John’s Smith Square
25 Thank you to our supporters
continues to provide a vital and I hope you will find the programme
unique home for the best in and your future visits to St John’s
community music. Smith Square stimulating and
interesting and I would be very
We welcome a whole host of partners interested to hear any thoughts and
throughout the season, bringing the comments about your experiences.
best chamber orchestras, choirs and
ensembles to St John’s Smith Square. I look forward to welcoming you soon.
You can also enjoy our regular
Thursday Lunchtime Concerts
featuring both established ensembles
and emerging artists. Don’t forget to
allow time to dine in the atmospheric
Footstool Restaurant (further details Richard Heason
on page 26). Director
St John’s Smith Square is unique Richard Heason © Amy Ryan
amongst London’s concert halls – it
is the oldest, yet most flexible,
concert hall in London and we are
very proud that we are able to offer a
programme which is so diverse yet
filled with events and festivals of
deep integrity.
St John’s Smith Square is only able to
provide this programme thanks to
the generosity of our wonderful
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JANUARY
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Maxwell Quartet
© Louise Mather
MAXWELL QUARTET
Kirckman Young Artists
CHORAL Series
EUCHARIST: Haydn Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2
thursday lunchtime concerts
EPIPHANY Trad. Scottish The Rosebud of
Allenvale
Floreat Trad. Scottish Guardswell & Truly JAMES JOHNSTONE
Gilly French director Trad. Scottish The Hurricane
Reverend Graham Buckle Joey Roukens Visions at Sea
Organ series
celebrant Beethoven String Quartet in de Grigny Ave maris stella
Bb Op. 130 Bach Partite diverse sopra il
Palestrina Missa aeterna Christi
Chorale ‘Sei gegrusset, Jesu gütig’
munera kirckman.org.uk
BWV768
Marenzio Tribus miraculos
Buxtehude Passacaglia in
Thu 10 January 7.30pm
D minor BuxWV161 • Toccata in
Mon 7 January 1.00pm £15 (10% off ), 20% off when booking
D minor BuxWV155
Free admission, all welcome for 3 or more concerts in the series
jamesjohnstone.org
thursday lunchtime concerts
THE Thu 17 January 1.05pm
£10, YF
BLOW, YE WINDS REVOLUTIONARY
Katie Cowling recorder, dulcian DRAWING ROOM
& baroque oboe
Youthful Experiment, Masterly
LONDON
Johan Löfving theorbo
Innovation HANDEL FESTIVAL LA NUOVA MUSICA
Anon. Trotto, from the London
Adrian Butterfield violin La Nuova Musica
Manuscript Add MS 29987
Kathryn Parry violin Lucy Crowe alcina
P.D. Philidor Cinquième Suite
Van Eyck Onder de Linde groene
Rachel Stott viola Patrick Terry ruggiero ‘‘Bates and his musicians were
Ruth Alford cello Rebecca Bottone morgana
Telemann ‘Fantasia in A minor’
Madeleine Shaw bradamante constantly alive to the dramatic
from 12 Fantasias for Flute Beethoven String Quartet in
G. Sammartini Sonata in E minor F minor Op. 95 • String Quartet in
Christopher Turner oronte
William Berger melisso
details of Handel’s setting ... If
Op. 2 No. 3
Sammartini Sonata in Bb ‘Allegro’
Eb Op. 74 ‘The Harp’
Mendelssohn String Quartet in
David Bates conductor only all Handel performances
were this engaging.’’
David Bates © Andy Staples
Eb Op. 12 Handel Alcina
block4.co.uk/katie-cowling
johanlofving.com revolutionarydrawingroom.com lanuovamusica.co.uk
Classical Source
Thu 10 January 1.05pm Sun 13 January 3.00pm Tue 22 January 7.00pm
£10, YF £16 (£10), YF £55, £45, £30, £20
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London Mozart Players © Sim Canetty-Clarke
JANUARY
YOUNG
MUSICIANS
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
LONDON MOZART Federico Piccotti violin
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JAMIE BERGIN
Oxford Times Wed 23 January 7.30pm
£20, £15, £10 (20% off ) Kirckman Young Artists
Series
thursday lunchtime concerts Piano
Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 126
NICHOLAS MOGG Brahms Fantasien Op. 116
& JÂMS COLEMAN Albeniz Iberia Book 1
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Dreams and Visions:
Come to me in my Dreams kirckman.org.uk
Nicholas Mogg baritone Thu 24 January 7.30pm ROYAL HOLLOWAY,
Jâms Coleman piano £15 (10% off ), 20% off when booking UNIVERSITY OF
for 3 or more concerts in the series
Gurney Sleep
LONDON IN
Vaughan Williams Sleep CONCERT WITH
Quilter Now Sleeps the Crimson CELEBRATING THE LONDON
Petal • To Julia Op. 8 No. 4 • The
Night Piece MOZART’S MOZART PLAYERS
Bridge Come to me in my dreams BIRTHDAY Royal Holloway Chamber
Schumann Waldesgespräch •
Orchestra
Mondnacht • Schöne Fremde • LMP 70 Birthday Season
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Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway
Stille Tränen
London Mozart Players London Mozart Players
Schubert Nacht und Traume •
Michael Collins clarinet Ola Gjeilo piano
Der Doppelgänger • Die Erlkönig
Rupert Gough conductor
Wolf Storchenbotschaft Mozart Symphony No. 34 in
Rebecca Miller conductor
Duparc L’Invitation au Voyage C K338 • Clarinet Concerto in
Fauré Après un rêve • L’Absent A K622 • Symphony No. 41 in Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in
C K551 A Op. 90 ‘The Italian’
nicholasmogg.com
Dorothy Howell ‘Lamia’
jamscoleman.com lmp.org
wcom.org.uk royalholloway.ac.uk
Sun 27 January 4.00pm
Thu 24 January 1.05pm £55*, £32, £20, £15, £12 Wed 30 January 7.30pm
£10, YF (*with post-concert reception) £20 (£15), £10, YF
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FEBRUARY
Boxwood & Brass © Tom Bowles
Andrzej Malitowski
BOXWOOD & BRASS
‘‘Boxwood & Brass’s sound is
SALOMON nothing short of revelatory’’
ORCHESTRA Early Music Today
James Henshaw conductor
THE salomonorchestra.org
RUISI QUARTET
Tue 12 February 7.30pm
Kirckman Young Artists £17, £14 (£14)
Series
Purcell Three Fantasias
Stravinsky Three Pieces LONDON
Haydn String Quartet in Eb Op. 71
No. 3 MOZART PLAYERS CELEBRATION OF
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Piano Explored
BRASS CHAMBER
No. 2 in A minor Op. 13
LMP 70th Birthday Season MUSIC IN MEMORY
kirckman.org.uk
Howard Shelley piano/director
OF PHILIP JONES
Thu 7 February 7.30pm Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in Brass Spectacular
£15 (10% off ), 20% off when booking G K453 A showcase with the top brass
for 3 or more concerts in the series
lmp.org ensembles of the major UK music
colleges.
Wed 13 February 1.05pm
ROYAL £15 (students £5)
pjbe.org
ORCHESTRAL Sat 16 February 6.00pm
SOCIETY thursday lunchtime concerts
£15 (students £5)
Julian Tovey wotan
Zoe South brÜnnhilde BEETHOVEN thursday lunchtime concerts
Nicola Ihnatowicz helmwige TRANSFORMED
Laura Wolk-Lewanowicz
Boxwood & Brass
ANDRZEJ
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Nina Bennet ortlinde Emily Worthington, Fiona MALITOWSKI
Mae Heydorn waltraute Mitchell classical clarinets
Melanie Lodge siegrune Anneke Scott, Kate Goldsmith Organ Series
Anna Loveday rossweisse natural horns Bach Prelude and Fugue in C
Joanna Gamble grimgerde Robert Percival, Takako Kunugi BWV547
Rhonda Browne schwertleite classical horns Mendelssohn Organ Sonata No. 2
Orlando Jopling conductor Op. 65
Beethoven arr. Czerny Septet
Op. 20 in Eb (London premiere) Alain Choral Dorien • Litanies
Wagner Die Walküre Act 3
Franck Grand Piéce Symphonique
royalorchestralsociety.org.uk boxwoodandbrass.co.uk Op. 17
Sat 9 February 7.00pm Thu 14 February 1.05pm Thu 21 February 1.05pm
£20, £16, £10 £10, YF £10, YF
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FEBRUARY
Eugene Asti © Molina Visuals and Harmonia Mundi
CONCERT 5:
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CLARA SCHUMANN Brahms Meine Liebe ist grün Op. 63
200TH ANNIVERSARY LIEDER No. 5 • Wenn um den Hollunder
FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS Mhairi Lawson © Lloyd Smith Photography
Op. 63 No. 6
Mendelssohn Die Liebende
Fri 22 – Sun 24 February WITH EUGENE ASTI schreibt Op. posth. 86 No. 3 • Auf
Join us for a weekend of music CONCERT 1: Clara Schumann 200 th CONCERT 3:
Flügeln des Gesanges Op. 34 No. 2 •
Neue Liebe Op. 19a No. 4 •
and discussion on Clara Schumann THE COMPLETE Anniversary Festival
CLARA & ROBERT Nachtlied Op. 71 No. 6 • Lieder
– pianist, composer, wife, mother,
friend, and muse. SONGS OF CLARA Singer-Piano Duos from the ohne Worte Book 5 Op. 62 • Piano
Clara Schumann 200 th Four Hands in A MWV T 4 ‘Allegro
To celebrate the 200th anniversary
SCHUMANN Oxford Lieder Young Artists
Anniversary Festival Brillant’ Op. 92
of her birth year, this festival Masterclass tickets are for
Clara Schumann 200 th audience observation only. Mhairi Lawson soprano
juxtaposes Clara’s music with Sun 24 February 3.30pm
that written by her husband
Anniversary Festival James Newby baritone £18 (£15), YF
Robert, their family friends Sat 23 February 11.00am Eugene Asti piano Festival Pass £45
Sophie Karthäuser soprano
Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes £10, YF Mishka Momen Rushdie piano
Alessandro Fisher tenor
Brahms, and Chopin, and also Festival Pass £45 Gamal Khamis piano
Eugene Asti piano
Beethoven and Bach whose works R Schumann Selections of CONCERT 6:
resonated with and inspired her. C Schumann Er is gekommen in
Myrthen Op. 25: Widmung, Der CONCERT 4: CLARA & JOACHIM
With a particular focus on Lieder,
Sturm und Regen Op. 12 No. 2 •
Liebst du um Schönheit Op. 12
CONCERT 2: Nussbaum, Die Lotosblume, Lied
CLARA & BRAHMS
this festival opens with a recital of No. 4 • Warum willst du and’re THE OLD MASTERS der Braut I & II, Aus den östlichen
Rosen, Zum Schluss • 6 Gedichte
Clara Schumann 200 th
Clara’s complete published songs. fragen Op. 12 No. 11 • Sechs Lieder Clara Schumann 200 th Anniversary Festival
Clara Schumann 200 th aus Rückerts ‘Liebesfrühling’
The weekend also includes a Lieder Op. 13 • Sechs Lieder aus ‘Jucunde’ Anniversary Festival
Op. 37 • Fantasy in C Op. 17 Stephan Loges baritone
masterclass with emerging Op. 23 • Walzer • Das Veilchen • Anniversary Festival
singer-pianist duos from Oxford C Schumann Variations on a Busch Trio Eugene Asti piano
Der Abendstern • Am Strande •
Lieder, and a pre-concert talk with Mishka Momen Rushdie piano theme by Robert Op. 20 Mathieu van Bellen violin Mathieu van Bellen violin
Volkslied • Ihr Bildnis • Sie liebten
musicologist Natasha Loges. Gamal Khamis piano Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor Ori Epstein cello Omri Epstein piano
sich beide (original version) •
Op. 23 Omri Epstein piano
Lorelei • Der Wanderer • Der Bach Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C Schumann 3 Romances Op. 22
We hope you will join us! Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte
Wanderer an der Sägemühle • C# BWV848 Brahms Piano Trio in C minor Schumann, Brahms, Dietrich F-A-E
Op. 98
Beverley Vong Mein Stern • Beim Abschied • C Schumann 3 Preludes & Fugues Op. 101 Sonata
festival curator O weh des Scheidens, das er tat • Op. 16 Pre-concert talk: 6.30pm C Schumann Piano Trio in G minor Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge
Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage Brahms Handel Variations Op. 24 with Natasha Loges. Op. 17 Op. 121
Fri 22 – Sun 24 February
Concerts: £18 (£15), YF Fri 22 February 7.30pm Sat 23 February 3.30pm Sat 23 February 7.30pm Sun 24 February 11.30am Sun 24 February 7.30pm
Workshop: £10, YF £18 (£15), YF £18 (£15), YF £18 (£15), YF £18 (£15), YF £18 (£15), YF
Festival Pass: £45 Festival Pass £45 Festival Pass £45 Festival Pass £45 Festival Pass £45 Festival Pass £45
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SYMPHONY
LONDON PHOENIX thursday lunchtime concerts ORCHESTRA
ORCHESTRA JEREMIAH
Julien Van Mellaerts baritone
Holly Mathieson conductor
Sarah Gabriel soprano STEPHENSON Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Lev Parikian conductor
Mahler Kindertotenlieder
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Organ Series
Lutosławski Concerto for
Barber Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Orchestra
Mahler ‘Das himmlische Leben’ Chaconne in C BuxWV137 •
from Symphony No. 4 kso.org.uk
Praeludium in G minor BuxWV148
Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei
londonphoenixorchestra.com Sat 16 March 7.30pm
Ehr BWV662 • Allein Gott in der
Höh sei Ehr BWV663 £19, £14 (£14)
Wed 27 February 7.30pm
£17, £15 (£13)
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thursday lunchtime concerts Eben Hommage à Buxtehude •
Ar
VILLIERS QUARTET ARGENTA TRIO
Piano Explored Moto Ostinato
MUSICIANS
ARIEL LANYI LMP 70th Birthday Season Jon Laukvik Ach Herr, mich
armen Sünder SYMPHONY
Portrait of a Friendship Plainscapes
James Dickenson violin
Kirckman Young Artists Marieke Blankenstijn violin
Sebastian Comberti cello
ORCHESTRA
Nicolas Dupont violin Series Thu 14 March 1.05pm
Tamaki Higashi violin Margarita Balanas cello Gareth Hulse oboe £10, YF Dan-Iulian Druțac violin
Carmen Flores viola Malgorzata Garstka piano Piano Sarah Burnett bassoon James Blair conductor
Nick Stringfellow cello Howard Shelley piano/director
Debussy Piano Trio in G Mozart Adagio in B minor K540 Nicolai The Merry Wives of
Bennett String Quartet in G Pēteris Vasks Plainscapes for Schumann Sonata No. 1 in Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in MUSIC IN OFFICES Windsor Overture
Mendelssohn String Quartet in
A minor Op. 13
Piano Trio F# minor Op. 11
Schubert Sonata in D Op. 53
Bb Op. 84 Hob.I/105
Hummel Concertino for Piano
CHOIRS & SOLOISTS Sibelius Violin Concerto in
D minor Op. 47
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in
Smyth String Quartet in E minor C minor Op. 8 and Orchestra in G Op. 73 Music In Offices Music Festival Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
kirckman.org.uk
villiersquartet.com wcom.org.uk lmp.org musicinoffices.com ymso.org.uk
Thu 7 March 7.30pm
Sun 3 March 3.00pm Thu 7 March 1.05pm £15 (10% off ), 20% off when booking Wed 13 March 1.05pm Thu 14 March 7.00pm Wed 20 March 7.30pm
£16 (£10), YF £10, YF for 3 or more concerts in the series £15 (students £5) £15 £20, £15, £10 (20% off )
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MARCH APRIL
Whitehall Choir
Crouch End Festival Chorus © Paul Robinson
thursday lunchtime concerts Emma Halnan & Daniel King Smith © Ian Dingle
DUKE QUARTET
Louisa Fuller violin WHITEHALL CHOIR
Rick Koster violin
John Metcalfe viola
London Baroque Sinfonia
Miriam Allan soprano ENGLISH CROUCH END
Sophie Harris cello Greg Tassell tenor
BAROQUE CHOIR FESTIVAL CHORUS
Beethoven Quartet Op. 95 James Oldfield bass-baritone
Bach Camerata
‘Serioso’ Joanna Tomlinson conductor Musica Poetica
Jessica Cale soprano
Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 Jeremy Jackman conductor
Haydn The Creation Diana Moore mezzo soprano
Biber Requiem in F minor Sam Furness tenor
Thu 21 March 1.05pm whitehallchoir.org
Mozart Mass in C minor K427 Benjamin Bevan baritone
£10, YF Peter Jaekel organ
thursday lunchtime concerts Thu 28 March 7.00pm ebc.org.uk
David Temple conductor
EMMA HALNAN
£35, £25, £20, £10
ISLAND STORIES Handel Messiah
GUILDFORD Wed 3 April 7.30pm
SYMPHONY & DANIEL KING £29, £23, £17, £11 Pianograms cefc.org.uk
SMITH CONCERT
ORCHESTRA FOR EUROPE thursday lunchtime concerts
Mark Bebbington piano
Sat 6 April 7.30pm
English Sonatas Fauré Nocturne No. 6 in Db Op. 63 £25, £20, £15, £10
Alan Brown piano
Darrell Davison conductor Emma Halnan flute
The Orchestra and Choir of
the Concert for Europe
EUNSLEY PARK Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Satie Gnossienne No. 4 •
Walton Crown Imperial
Daniel King Smith piano
Sarah Gabriel soprano
& MAKSIM ŠTŠURA Embryons desséchés
ISLINGTON
John Rand Irish Rhapsody • James Francis Brown Sonata for Ireland Sarnia: An Island
Piano Concerto No. 5 flute and piano (world premiere)
Claire Filer mezzo soprano
Ben Thapa tenor
Eunsley Park violin
Maksim Štšura piano
sequence CHORAL SOCIETY
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Arnold Sonata for flute and piano Chopin Nocturne in Bb minor
Simon Wallfisch baritone Orchestra of the
Greensleeves Op. 121 Brahms ‘Scherzo’ from the F-A-E Op. 9 No. 1 • Nocturne in F Op. 15
Robin Browning conductor London Choral Sinfonia
Elgar Symphony No. 1 York Bowen Sonata for flute and Sonata No. 1 • Ballade in G minor Op. 23
Michael Waldron conductor
piano Op. 120 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9
g-s-o.org.uk markbebbington.co.uk
D Minor Op. 125 Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Handel Solomon
emmahalnan.co.uk
Sat 23 March 7.30pm danielkingsmith.co.uk concertforeurope.org.uk eunsleypark.com Thu 4 April 7.30pm islingtonchoralsociety.co.uk
£18, £14, £10 (Under 16s free) £20, £15, £10 (50% off )
(Under 25s, students, unemployed Thu 28 March 1.05pm Fri 29 March 7.30pm Thu 4 April 1.05pm 3 for 2 when booking for Sun 7 April 7.00pm
half price) £10, YF £40, £30, £20, £5 £10, YF the Pianograms series £20, £15, £10
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APRIL
Copenhagen Chamber Choir Camerata © Mikkel Suppras Kjeldsen
COPENHAGEN CHAMBER
CHOIR CAMERATA
‘‘completely masterful, technically
measured and yet expressive to the core”
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English Concert Singers
& Chorus
FLORIAN MITREA English Concert Orchestra
Allison Taylor soprano
Kirckman Young Artists James Robinson tenor
Series Roy Wales conductor
Piano Handel Israel in Egypt
Haydn Sonata in Eb Hob.XVI:52 englishconcertchorus.co.uk
Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in
C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ Fri 12 April 7.30pm
Constantinescu Variations on a £25, £20, £15, £10
Romanian folksong • Toccata
– Dobrogean dance
Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 82
NORDIC PASSION
kirckman.org.uk
LIACCC 2017 Winners
MOZART’S WOMEN
Wed 10 April 7.30pm Copenhagen Chamber
£15 (10% off ), 20% off when booking LMP 70th Birthday Season Choir Camerata
for 3 or more concerts in the series Sofia Söderberg conductor
London Mozart Players
Lauren Zhang piano
Nystedt O Crux • Peace I leave
Jennifer France soprano
thursday lunchtime concerts with you • Komm, süsser Tod
Jane Glover conductor
Sven-David Sandström Kyrie
RYAN DRUCKER Mozart Overture to Cosi fan tutte from Nordic Mass • Kom till mig
K588 • Vorrei spiegarvi, oh dio Credo from Nordic Mass • Bleib
Piano
K418 • Piano Concerto No. 9 in bei uns • Hear my prayer
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E Eb K271 • ‘Et incarnatus est’ from Grieg Lyrisk Suite
Op. 109 Mass in C minor K427 • Ch’io mi Stenhammar Tre Körvisor
Bernstein Touches (Chorale, 8 scordi di te? K505 • Symphony Langgaard 3 Rosengaardsviser
Variations & Fugue) No. 31 in D K297 Jersild 3 Romantiske Korsange
Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Eriksson Nordisk Suite
lmp.org
ryandrucker.co.uk camerata.dk
Thu 11 April 7.30pm
Thu 11 April 1.05pm £55*, £32, £20, £15, £12 Sat 13 April 7.30pm
£10, YF (*with post-concert reception) £25, £20, £15, £10, YF
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HOLY WEEK
TENEBRAE
HOLY WEEK
FESTIVAL 2019
‘‘For purity and precision of
Tenebrae & St John’s
Smith Square tone, and flawless intonation,
Sun 14 – Sat 20 April Nigel Short’s chamber choir
Returning for the third year, Tenebrae is pretty much unbeatable.’’
we are delighted to present our
Holy Week Festival curated by Sir James MacMillan © Hans van der Woerd The Times
Tenebrae and their artistic
director Nigel Short.
St John’s Smith Square
proudly hosts workshops,
ticketed concerts and free TALLIS SCHOLARS ETCETERA CIVIL
late-night liturgical events
exploring a vast range of Holy Week Festival SERVICE CHOIR
sacred music in celebration
Inspired by the Sistine Chapel Holy Week Festival
of Holy Week. Nigel Short
and Tenebrae will perform a Peter Phillips director civilservicechoir.org.uk
moving sequence of devotional
Palestrina ‘Kyrie’ from Missa
settings and responses on
Assumpta est Maria • ‘Gloria’ Tue 16 April 1.05pm
Spy Wednesday, Maundy
from Missa Ecce ego Johannes •
Thursday and Good Friday.
‘Credo’ from Missa Papae Marcelli
The festival will also include
opportunities to participate
• ‘Sanctus’ from Missa Confitebor MARIAN CONSORT
tibi domine • ‘Agnus Dei’ from
in workshops.
Missa Brevis Holy Week Festival
The 2019 festival will mark Morales Regina caeli
Rory McCleery conductor
Sir James MacMillan’s 60th Festa Quam pulchra es
birthday year by celebrating Carpentras Lamentations Gabriel Jackson Stabat Mater
his extraordinary musical Allegri Miserere (London premiere)
output. We are delighted to Campkin Miserere Mei
welcome a host of distinguished Josquin Inter natos mulierum marianconsort.co.uk
headline performers to this
thetallisscholars.co.uk Tue 16 April 7.30pm
year’s festival. Tenebrae and
Britten Sinfonia collaborate
for MacMillan’s groundbreaking Sun 14 April 7.30pm
Seven Last Words from the EX CATHEDRA
Cross together with: The BBC
Singers conducted by Sir BRODSKY CHOIR &
James MacMillan, Polyphony
QUARTET BAROQUE
and the Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment, Brodsky
ORCHESTRA
Holy Week Festival
Quartet, Ex Cathedra, Marian Holy Week Festival
Haydn The Seven Last Words of
Tenebrae © Sim Cannetty-Clarke
Consort, The Tallis Scholars
and the Choir of Clare our Saviour on the Cross Op. 51 Bach St Matthew Passion
College, Cambridge.
brodskyquartet.co.uk excathedra.co.uk
Holy Week Festival will be
on sale from Monday 19 Mon 15 April 7.30pm Wed 17 April 7.00pm
November 2018.
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LITURGICAL
EVENT I Polyphony
Holy Week Festival
Tenebrae
Nigel Short conductor
Graham Buckle cleric-in-residence
LITURGICAL
Victoria Tenebrae Responsories
for Maundy Thursday
EVENT III
Holy Week Festival
Wed 17 April 10.15pm
Tenebrae
Nigel Short conductor
WYCOMBE ABBEY SCHOOL
Graham Buckle cleric-in-residence Symphony Orchestra
NORTHERN RITES
POLYPHONY Victoria Tenebrae Responsories
Chamber Orchestra
Sinfonia
Holy Week Festival for Holy Saturday Maria Calderbank cello
Holy Week Festival
Sansara Angela Ng violin
Tom Herring conductor Orchestra of the Age of Fri 19 April 10.15pm Lawrence Tubb, Nicholas Hadwen, Sarah McClure
Enlightenment conductors
sansarachoir.com Nick Pritchard evangelist
Neal Davies jesus SIGLO DE ORO Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (1st movement)
Thu 18 April 6.00pm Rowan Pierce soprano
Helen Charlston alto Holy Week Festival Elgar Cello Concerto (1st movement) • Serenade for SOUTH EAST SCHOOLS’
Ruairi Bowen tenor
Patrick Allies conductor
Strings
CHAMBER MUSIC
BBC SINGERS Ashley Riches bass
Thu 14 February 7.00pm FESTIVAL CONCERT
Stephen Layton conductor Popule Meus: Italian Polyphony
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James MacMillan Stabat Mater ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL
Sat 20 April 1.05pm
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£10 (Children under 16 £5)
Paulina Voices
Thu 18 April 7.30pm
TENEBRAE THE CHOIR OF Cantamus
CLARE COLLEGE, Middle School Choir
Senior Choir
LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL
Holy Week Festival
LITURGICAL CAMBRIDGE Chamber Orchestra SPRING CONCERT
Britten Sinfonia Symphony Orchestra
EVENT II Nigel Short conductor Holy Week Festival Leigh O’Hara, Heidi Pegler, Hilary Sturt
Choir and Orchestra of Latymer Upper School
Ethan Gillespie trumpet
conductors
Holy Week Festival James MacMillan Seven Last Graham Ross director Jonathan Geoghegan & Tony Henwood conductors
Words from the Cross Eleanor Carter & Ashley Chow Bernard Hughes New Work (world premiere)
Tenebrae Copland Quiet City
organ Holst Seven Part Songs
Nigel Short conductor Pre-concert talk: 6.30pm Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Graham Buckle cleric-in-residence with Sir James MacMillan and The full, final Sacrifice: A Lenten Mozart Requiem
Nigel Short. sequence
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recognition of your support. or only £12.50 monthly direct debit: Thomas Archer as part of the ‘Commission
for Building Fifty New Churches’ of 1710. Our grand opening concert was given by
As a Friend or Patron of St John’s Smith Enjoy a host of benefits including priority St John’s was the most elaborate of all, Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge
Square, you are directly helping us to: booking (7 days ahead of general booking), with construction lasting 14 years, from (who returned in 1989 for our 20th birthday
free entry to our Thursday Lunchtime 1714 to 1728, and costing the princely sum gala). There have been many other
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international artists of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung
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or only £3.75 monthly direct debit:
Grade I listed building to Archer’s design. In 1815 the church was conducting his own 70th birthday concert;
struck by lightning, causing subsidence Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim
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St John’s history was 10 May 1941, the final Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony
LEGACY GIFTS AND GIFTS IN MEMORY night of the Blitz, when a direct hit from an Orchestra; Philip Glass giving a chamber
—— incendiary bomb gutted the church. After organ recital, and Lutosławski conducting
Whether you wish to honour a loved one To discuss the difference you wish to make, the war it lay as a ruin and there was talk the Philharmonia in the London premiere
or consider pledging a gift in your own contact Richard Heason, Director, on of turning the site into a car park. This of his second Symphony.
will, you can help St John’s Smith Square 020 7222 2168, or richard@sjss.org.uk galvanised the local people, under the
(Registered Charity No. 1045390) continue leadership of Lady Parker of Waddington, Now in our 305th year, St John’s Smith
to build on 300 years of history. More information sjss.org.uk/legacies to raise the funds to buy the site and Square continues to grow and thrive as
commission Marshall Sisson to lead the a busy concert hall – a majestic building
restoration to Archer’s original designs. resounding to beautiful music in a serene
When the work was completed in 1969, city setting.
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exceptional setting to sponsoring a festival or
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St John’s Smith Square is very grateful to its supporters who so generously
EXPERIENCE FINE DINING contribute towards our work.
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ARCHER CIRCLE Dr Martin Clarke Mr M Marr Mr John Turner
Mr Ewan Brown Prof. Sussan Clark Mr P Marshall Mrs Kathryn Uhde
Nestled beneath the Hall under the Legend has it the church of St John’s was Mr Graham Lloyd-Brunt Robert Collingwood Mrs N McLaren Mr M Wade
vaulted ceiling of the crypt, the Footstool dubbed ‘Queen Anne’s Footstool’ after John Chichester Mr DW Cooper Mr B Michel Mr Michael Warman
Restaurant is an elegant and cosy place to architect Thomas Archer asked Queen Alfiya & Timur Kuanyshev Mr CA Cox Mr AB Milford Miss E Warren
enjoy everything from a delicious snack or Anne for her view on how it should look. Mr Patrick McKenna Miss M Croucher Mr Philip Miles Ms Susan Watkin-Dickson
Mr Donald Peck Mrs M Croxford Mrs Kate Mingay Mr R Wildash
light meal, to a sumptuous lunch or dinner. Kicking over her footstool she replied “like Ms Clarissa Pierburg Ms S. Crutchlow Mr T Morgan Mr J Wilde
that!” The four towers are said to mimic the Mr John Slamecka Mr AM Cutbush Ms Barbara Nunn Mr Max Williams
All our food is freshly prepared by our upturned footstool. The restaurant keeps Mr A Wethered Mr J Daniels Mrs CL Parker-Williams Mr Alan Williamson
talented chefs using locally-sourced, this charming nickname alive. Mr Mark Woloshyn Mr Enrico Della Casa Mr N Oppenheim Mr T Willoughby
Danny & Lillan Wyler Dr T Digman Mr S Orlik Mr DG Winter
seasonal ingredients. Mr P Duizend Lucinda Parratt Mr John Wise
The Footstool Restaurant takes à la carte BENEFACTORS Dr Peter Dzwig Dr Heather Parry Mr F Wright
Indulge in fine loose leaf tea and homemade reservations for lunchtime and evening Sir Peter Bottomley David Edwards QC Mrs C Pascall Mr C Whitfield
cake; choose from our enticing daily buffet service, buffet bookings for groups of ten Sir David & Lady Brewer Mr N Evans Mr M Pearce Miss E Witts
The Earl and Countess Mrs PJL Francis Mr CJ Pearson Dr Anne Yardumian
menu; dine à la carte before a concert; or or more, and caters for private events. of Chichester Ms Gilly French & Mr Donald Peck Mrs Jeanine Zirps
enjoy a glass of wine and a grazing board Mr Michel de Dadelsen Dr J.P Gray Ms Sunok Phillips Mr Richard Zirps
during the interval. Our friendly staff will To book, or to find out more, call us on Lady K Gavron Mr D Fuller Miss P. Pickering Mr Paul Zisman
be on hand, whatever you choose. 020 7222 2779 or email stjohns@leafi.co.uk Sir Henry Keswick Mrs Deniz Gelenbe Stephen & Penny Pickles
Marquess of Lothian Mr M Godbee Mr Dominic Pinto St John’s Smith Square
Mr J Rodewig Mr C Gooch Mr A Primrose would also like to thank our
Mr Vivek Singh Mr Don Gorman Ms J Plumbride supporters who wish to
Sir Nicholas Underhill Mr R Greenhalgh Mr P Prescott remain anonymous
Mr GR Greenhous Mrs SP Price
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Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews
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Mr Abs Al-Saud Prof. Peter Holgate Mrs C Samuel The D’Oyly Carte
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Mrs Anglesey Mrs J F James Miss I St. John-Brooks The Eric Thompson Trust
Dr MK Archer Mr Glenn Jessee Mr Chris Saunders The Ernest Cook Trust
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Miss Joanna Brendon of JP Legrand Miss ANW Symons BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sir David & Lady Brewer Mr A Leibowitz & Mrs Debble Taussig
Mrs CK Brown Barbara Weiss Mr John Taylor Dr Martin Smith chair
Mr TB Brunner Mrs Jane Livesey Mrs Susan Taylor The Countess of Chichester
Ms J Camm Mr P Loiselle Mr Nick Thomas vice chair
Mr Luca Caravaggio Lady Lothian Mr R Ter Haar Lady Brewer OBE
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Robert Collingwood
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