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SEASON 2019/20 - St John's Smith Square
2019/20
SEASON

       Autumn Edition

Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
                             Box Office 020 7222 1061
SEASON 2019/20 - St John's Smith Square
CONTENTS
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1    Welcome
2    Autumn Listings
3    50th Anniversary
13   34th Christmas Festival
19   School Concerts
20   Support Us
21   Over 300 years of history
22   Booking Information
23   How to find us
24   Footstool Restaurant
25   Thank you to our supporters

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2019/20 SEASON
WELCOME TO ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE
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St John’s Smith Square provides a home for       St John’s Smith Square is only able to
the best in Baroque music, within the UK’s       provide this programme thanks to the
only concert hall dating from the Baroque        generosity of our wonderful Friends and
period, whilst equally championing creative      Patrons. This support is crucial to our
exploration and new music. International         success (ticket sales alone can never meet
artists sit comfortably alongside emerging       the needs of our busy artistic and
talent, and we continue to provide a vital       community programme, let alone the costs
and unique home for the best in                  of maintaining our wonderful Grade I
community music.                                 listed home). Please help us in our mission
                                                 by joining the Friends of St John’s Smith
You can find a rich diversity of events          Square. Thank you for your support!
within this programme, and opera, oratorio,
symphony, concerto sit alongside song,           I hope you will find the programme and
chamber music and solo recitals to make a        your future visits to St John’s Smith Square
rich and diverse programme this season. I        stimulating and interesting and I would be
hope you will find many concerts that            very interested to hear any thoughts and
entice you and to offer you a regular            comments about your experiences.
welcome to St John’s Smith Square. Our
concert journey through the autumn               I look forward to welcoming you soon.
reaches a joyous climax with the 34th
Christmas Festival at St John’s, from 8th to
23rd December. These concerts are always
such a firm favourite and often sell out
well in advance so, to be sure to secure
your place, do book early.                       Richard Heason
                                                 Director
We are delighted to host many partners
throughout the season and to feature
                                                              Richard Heason © Amy Ryan
the best chamber orchestras, choirs and
ensembles at St John’s Smith Square.
You can enjoy our regular Thursday
Lunchtime Concerts and Organ Series
featuring both established ensembles
and emerging artists. Don’t forget to
allow time to dine in the atmospheric
Footstool Restaurant.

St John’s Smith Square is unique 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.

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AUGUST                             SEPTEMBER
                                   thursday lunchtime concerts

                                   DARIUS
                                   BATTIWALLA                          thursday lunchtime concerts
                                   Organ Series
                                                                       MIHAI RITIVOIU
                                   Mendelssohn Sonata 1 in F minor
                                                                       Piano
                                   Philip Wilby Organ Hours:
                                   Contrapuntal Exercises after the    Couperin La Muse Plantine • Le
                                   Medieval Clock at Wells Cathedral   Tic-Toc-Choc
                                   Bach Prelude and Fugue in           Thomas Ades Second Mazurka
                                   C major BWV545                      Chopin Polonaise Fantasie in
                                   Sowande Kyrie                       A flat Op. 61
                                   Duruflé Toccata (Suite, Op. 5)      Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

                                   Thu 5 September 1.05pm              Thu 19 September 1.05pm
                                   £10, YF                             £10, YF

                                   thursday lunchtime concerts         thursday lunchtime concerts

                                   KATE SEMMENS                        KALEIDOSCOPE
                                   & STEVEN DEVINE                     SAXOPHONE
                                   Kate Semmens soprano                QUARTET
                                   Steven Devine fortepiano
                                                                       Jonathan Dove Tuning In
                                   Beethoven Adelaide • Piano          Gabrieli Canzon Quarta
                                   Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 (1st movement)   Mark Bowler Puzzle Book: XXIV
                                   Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor       Tippett Lilliburlero
                                   HobXVI/34 (1st movement) •          James MacMillan Intercession
    MyCool Singers                 Arianna a Naxos                     Palestrina Adoramus Te
                                   Mozart An Chloe • Als Luise die     David Lancaster Swan
                                   briefe • Abendempfindung            Mark Mellits Black

                                                                       kaleidoscopesax.com
                                   Thu 12 September 1.05pm
THE MYCOOL                         £10, YF
MUSIC                                                                  Thu 26 September 1.05pm
                                                                       £10, YF
FOUNDATION
CHARITY                            BRIDE & GLOOM
CONCERT                            Bampton Classical Opera             BRAHMS REQUIEM
                                   CHROMA
                                                                       The Purcell Singers
MyCool Singers                     Aoife O’Sullivan, Jenny Stafford
                                                                       Mary Nelson soprano
Trust Harmonix                     & Caroline Kennedy soprano
                                                                       Andrew Smith & Christopher
Mike King Collective (MKC)
                                   Stephen Storace Bride & Gloom       Hopkins piano
An evening of inspiring and        (Gli sposi malcontenti, 1785)       Mark Ford conductor
uplifting singing with heartfelt
                                   Pre-concert talk: 6.00pm            Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
renditions of jazz, soul and
pop classics.                      bamptonopera.org                    purcellsingers.org

Sat 31 August 7.30pm               Tue 17 September 7.00pm             Sat 28 September 7.30pm
£16, £14, £12                      £38, £28, £18                       £15 (£12), £10

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50th ANNIVERSARY APPEAL
2019/20 marks our 50th season as a concert           made up of revenue from ticket sales; fees we
hall, the opening concert at the newly               receive from renting out the hall; income from
reconstructed St John’s Smith Square having          catering and merchandising; and gifts from
taken place on 5th October 1969. Throughout          generous supporters. Ticket sales alone only
the forthcoming year we will be hosting a            cover a small part of our costs and to maintain
range of events to celebrate this anniversary.       this wonderful Grade I listed building whilst
Do watch out for further announcements               offering a world class programme of concerts
about these.                                         and events we need to find approximately
                                                     £250,000 every year.
The reconstruction and opening of St John’s as
a concert hall came about due to the incredible      For our 50th anniversary year we are
support and dedication of the community (led         launching an appeal. We are seeking funds to
by Lady Parker of Waddington) who had the            support the artistic programme; invest in the
vision to enable this incredible concert hall to     building; and develop our operating model.
rise from the ruins of the war-ravaged and           Any support will go towards increasing our
derelict church which occupied this site.            sustainability by enabling us to develop
Thanks to the generosity of all those who            further earned income.
contributed to realising this wonderful
ambition we now, 50 years on, continue to            Please consider making a donation towards our
enjoy world class music making within one of         50th anniversary appeal. Either send a cheque,
the most sublime heritage settings in the UK.        made out to ‘St John’s Smith Square’ to:
                                                     ‘St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA’
The success of St John’s has always been             or look online at www.sjss.org.uk/donations
thanks to the fabulous support of those who          to find other ways to give.
love the building and the music which comes
to life within it. This is as true today as it was   Thank you for your support of St John’s
50 years ago. St John’s Smith Square is a            Smith Square.
registered charity and receives no core
subsidy from any source. Our income is

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                                                                        The Feast of Edward the Confessor

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                                                                        Gilly French director
                                                                        Reverend Graham Buckle
                                                                        celebrant

                                                                        Victoria O quam gloriosum (mass
                                    thursday lunchtime concerts         and motet)

A MUSICIAN                          THOMAS GAYNOR                       Tue 8 October 1.00pm
‘UNCORRUPTED                        Organ Series
                                                                        Free admission, all welcome

& UNFLAWED’                         Bach arr. Guilmant Sinfonia to
The Regents Consort                 Cantata 21                          YOUNG
Michael Petrov cello                Widor Allegro Vivace
                                    (Symphony V, Op. 42)
                                                                        MUSICIANS
Jacqueline Shave conductor
                                    Duruflé Sicilienne (Suite, Op. 5)   SYMPHONY
Bach Prelude Cello Suite No. 5 in
C minor BWV1011
                                    Hampton Five Dances for Organ       ORCHESTRA
                                    (excerpts)
Beethoven Piano Trio No. 3 in       Whitlock Scherzetto (Organ          Berlioz Le Carnaval Romain
C minor                             Sonata in C minor)                  Schumann Piano Concerto in
Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6        Lindberg Sonata in G minor          A minor Op. 54
No. 7 in B flat major HWV325        (excerpts)                          Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite
Heath Cello Concerto
                                                                        ymso.org.uk
                                    Thu 3 October 1.05pm
Tue 1 October 7.30pm                £10, YF
£20, £15, £10                                                           Wed 9 October 7.30pm
                                                                        £20, £15, £10 (20% off)

                                    KENSINGTON
LONDON
                                    SYMPHONY                            thursday lunchtime concerts
MOZART PLAYERS
                                    ORCHESTRA                           ANGELA SIMKIN &
Piano Explored
                                    Russell Keable conductor            LUCY COLQUHOUN
Howard Shelley piano/director
                                    Anna Clyne Masquerade               Angela Simkin mezzo soprano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in     Berg Lulu Suite                     Lucy Colquhoun piano
C K503                              Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
                                                                        Berlioz Les Nuits d’été
londonmozartplayers.com             kso.org.uk                          Mahler Rückert Lieder

Wed 2 October 1.05pm                Mon 7 October 7.30pm                Thu 10 October 1.05pm
£16, (Students £5)                  £18.50 (£14), £14                   £10, YF

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Nicole Henry
                                                             Scottish Ensemble © Peter Dibdin

                                                  thursday lunchtime concerts

                                                  SAVITRI GRIER
                                                  & YUNDU WANG
                                                  Savitri Grier violin
                                                  Yundu Wang piano

                                                  Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G
                                                  Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in
                                                  A Op. 13

                                                  Thu 17 October 1.05pm
                                                  £10, YF

               THE MUSIC                          SCOTTISH
               OF ARETHA                          ENSEMBLE AT 50
               FRANKLIN, THE                      WITH JONATHAN
               QUEEN OF SOUL                      COHEN: BAROQUE
               Nicole Henry
                                                  CONCERTI GROSSI
               The Nick Fitch Band                Scottish Ensemble
               Michael Underwood saxophone        Jonathan Cohen soloist/
               Freddie Gavita trumpet             harpsichord
               Nick Fitch electric & acoustic
                                                  Vivaldi Concerto Grosso in
               guitar
                                                  G minor Op. 3 No. 2 RV578
               Joe Hill organ/piano
                                                  Corelli Violin Sonata in G minor
               Jack Tustin bass
                                                  Op. 5 No. 5 • Concerto Grosso in
               Luke Tomlinson drums
                                                  B flat major Op. 6 No. 5
               With great Aretha Franklin songs   Locatelli Concerto Grosso ‘Il
               including Amazing Grace, Say A     Pianto d’arianna’ Op. 7 No. 6 •
               Little Prayer, Natural Woman,      Concerto Grosso in C minor Op. 4
               Spirit In The Dark, Respect and    Biber Rosary Sonata No. 6 in
               many more.                         C minor “The Agony in the Garden”

               Sat 12 October 7.30pm              Mon 21 October 7.30pm
               £35, £25, £20, £15                 £26, £22, £16, £12

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                                 Eric Whitacre © Marc Royce

                                                              PURCELL:
ERIC WHITACRE:                                                KING ARTHUR
THE SACRED VEIL                                               Gabrieli
Eric Whitacre Singers                                         Anna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson &
Christopher Glynn piano                                       Rowan Pierce soprano
Jeffrey Zeigler cello                                         Jeremy Budd & James Way tenor
Eric Whitacre conductor                                       Marcus Farnsworth & Ashley
                                                              Riches baritone/bass
Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque •                                  Paul McCreesh conductor
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying
Machine • The Sacred Veil                                     Purcell King Arthur
(European Premiere)
                                                              gabrieli.com
Pre-concert talk: 6.30pm         MEGUMI FUJITA                Wed 30 October 7.30pm
ericwhitacre.com/singers         PIANO RECITAL                £35, £28, £22, £15

Fri 25 October 7.30pm            Megumi Fujita piano
Sat 26 October 7.30pm            Chopin Études Op. 10         thursday lunchtime concerts
£60*, £35, £25, £15              Chopin Études Op. 25
*VIP – includes signed                                        VICKERS BOVEY
programme and ability to
attend rehearsal
                                 Sun 27 October 3.00pm        GUITAR DUO
                                 £20, £15, £10
                                                              Rameau Pieces de Clavecin Le
                                                              Rappel des Oiseaux, Musette en
ERIC WHITACRE                    SALOMON                      Rondeau & Les Cyclopes
CHORAL                           ORCHESTRA
                                                              Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K87 &
                                                              ‘Toccata’ from Sonata in D minor,
WORKSHOP                         Stephen Bryant violin
                                                              K141
                                                              Stephen Dodgson Promenade I
Join Eric in reading through     Philip Ellis conductor
                                                              Castelnuovo-Tedeso ‘Prelude and
some of his most-loved works
                                 Programme to include:        Fugue’ in F# minor from Les
and learn about the composer’s
                                 Korngold Violin Concerto     Guitares bien temperes
creative process.
                                 salomonorchestra.org         vickersbovey.co.uk
Sat 26 October 2.30pm
£20 Participants                 Tue 29 October 7.30pm        Thu 31 October 1.05pm
£20 Observers                    £17 (£14), £14               £10, YF

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                                                         thursday lunchtime concerts

                                                         ANNA LAPWOOD
                                                         Organ Series
Christian Blackshaw

                                                         Patrick Gowers Occasional
                                                         Trumpet Voluntary
                                                         Debussy arr. Guilmant
                                                         Andantino, doucement espressif
                                                         from String Quartet Op. 10
                                                         Bach Prelude and Fugue in
                                                         A major BWV536
                      LONDON                             Boulanger Improvisation
                                                         Ravel Prelude, Forlane &
                      MOZART PLAYERS                     Rigaudon (from Le Tombeau
                                                         de Couperin)
                      Piano Explored
                                                         Messiaen arr. Lapwood Vocalise
                      Howard Shelley piano/director      Bruhns Toccata in E minor
                                                         ‘The Great’
                      Mendelssohn Piano Concerto
                      No. 2 in D minor Op. 40            annalapwood.co.uk
                      londonmozartplayers.com
                                                         Thu 7 November 1.05pm
                                                         £10, YF
                      Wed 6 November 1.05pm                                               MOZART REQUIEM
                      £16 (Students £5)
                                                                                          National Symphony Orchestra
                                                         SABA PLAYS                       Locrian Singers
                      CHRISTIAN                          SCHUBERT                         Tasmin Little violin
                                                                                          Philip Dukes viola
                      BLACKSHAW                          Geoffrey Saba piano              Rimma Sushanskaya conductor
                      PIANO RECITAL                      Schubert/compl. Levin Piano      Handel Zadok the Priest
                                                         Piece in C D916B                 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for
                      Christian Blackshaw piano
                                                         Schubert/Dullo Sonata in         violin and viola K364
                      Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15      F minor D625/505 (unfinished,    Mozart Requiem K626
                      ‘Scenes from Childhood’            completion by W A Dullo)
                                                                                          nso.co.uk
                      Schubert Drei Klavierstucke D946   Schubert Piano Sonata in
                                                                                          locrianchamberchoir.co.uk
                      Liszt Sonata in B minor            Bb D960
                      christianblackshaw.com             geoffreysaba.co.uk               Sun 10 November 7.30pm
                                                                                          £20, £15, £10 (Under 25s,
                      Wed 6 November 7.30pm              Fri 8 November 7.30pm            students and unemployed 50%
                      £35, £30, £20, £15                 £30, £20, £15                    off, under 16s free)

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                                                                       La Nuova Musica © Nick Rutter

                                      thursday lunchtime concerts

CLASSICAL                             LOTTE BETTS-DEAN
WOMEN –                               & JOSEPH HAVLAT
MOZART                                Lotte Betts-Dean soprano                VERDI REQUIEM
& HANDEL’S                            Joseph Havlat piano
                                                                              Royal Orchestral Society
CELEBRATED                            Messiaen Harawi                         London Chorus
SOPRANO ARIAS                                                                 Nicola Ihnatowicz soprano
                                                                              Zoe South mezzo soprano
                                      Thu 14 November 1.05pm
La Nuova Musica                       £10, YF                                 John Upperton tenor
Lucy Crowe soprano                                                            Oliver Gibbs bass
David Bates director                                                          Adrian Brown conductor
Handel Overture from Giulio           FREDDIE MERCURY                         Verdi Requiem
Cesare • ‘Da Tempeste’ from
Giulio Cesare • ‘V’adoro Pupille’
                                      & QUEEN                                 royalorchestralsociety.org.uk
from Giulio Cesare • Passacaille      GREATEST HITS
from Rodrigo • ‘Ah Ruggiero                                                   Sat 16 November 7.00pm
                                      London Film Music Orchestra             £20, £16, £10
Crudel tu non m’amasti’/‘Ombre
                                      Rossi Dusheva & Ivelina
pallide’ from Alcina • ‘Ah Mio Cor’
                                      Dusheva-Martial conductor
from Alcina
Mozart ‘Al destin che la minaccia’    The Show Must Go On                     LONDON
from Mitridate • ‘Ah Se’il Crudel’
from Lucio Silla • Minuetto from
                                      We Are the Champions
                                      We Will Rock You
                                                                              PHOENIX
Serenade No 4 • ‘Dove sono’ from      Bohemian Rhapsody                       ORCHESTRA
Le Nozze di Figaro • Allegro from     Somebody to Love
                                                                              Lev Parikian conductor
Serenade No. 13 ‘Eine kleine          Fat Bottomed Girls
Nachtmusik’ • ‘Come Scoglio’          Killer Queen                            Louise Farrenc Overture No. 1
from Cosi fan Tutte • ‘S’altro che    Crazy Little Thing Called Love          Brahms Double Concerto
lacrime’ from La Clemenza di Tito     and more!                               Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
lanuovamusica.co.uk                   londonfilmmusicorchestra.com            phoenixorchestra.org

Tue 12 November 7.30pm                Fri 15 November 7.30pm                  Tue 19 November 7.30pm
£45, £35, £25, £15                    £33, £30, £24, £17                      £17, £15, £13

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Savitri Grier © Kaupo Kikkas
                                   & PAOLO
                                   ALDERIGHI -
YOUNG                              CLASSIC JAZZ IN
MUSICIANS                          FOUR HANDS
SYMPHONY                           Stephanie Trick
ORCHESTRA                          & Paolo Alderighi piano

                                   The concert will embrace not
Savitri Grier violin
                                   only music by piano masters
James Blair conductor
                                   including Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll
Strauss Don Juan Op. 20            Morton, Fats Waller, James P.
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in     Johnson and Art Tatum among
E minor Op. 64                     others, but also music from the
Elgar Falstaff Op. 68              great American Song Book of
Ravel Daphnis and Chloé Suite      Cole Porter and George Gershwin
No. 2                              and more recent works by
ymso.org.uk
                                   Lennon & McCartney                   THE MUSIC OF
                                   stephanietrick.com                   GIL EVANS
Wed 20 November 7.30pm             paoloalderighi.com
                                                                        Chris Ingham’s rebop
£20, £15, £10 (20% off)                                                 Royal Academy All Stars
                                   Fri 22 November 7.30pm               Chris Ingham & Nick Smart
                                   £30, £20, £15, £10                   director
thursday lunchtime concerts
                                                                        Music from the Gil Evans Album
YUME FUJISE                        VOICES OF JAZZ                       Miles Ahead, including Blues for
& STEN HEINOJA                     VoCollective
                                                                        Pablo, Miles Ahead, New Rhumba,
                                                                        The Duke & more.
Yume Fujise violin                 Etcetera with Alexander Bone &
                                                                        The Gil Evans, Miles Davis
Sten Heinoja piano                 The Chris Ingham Trio
                                                                        complete arrangement of the
                                   The Swingles
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 2 in                                        Porgy & Bess Suite by George
A Op. 12 No. 2                     Five Swinging Jazz Songs             Gershwin, including: ‘Bess You Is
Prokofiev 5 Melodies               Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass      My Woman’, ‘It Ain’t Necessarily
Arvo Pärt Fratres                  Will Todd Songs of Love              So’, ‘Summertime’, ‘I Loves You
Ravel Tzigane                      Arr. Will Todd Amazing Grace         Porgy’ among all 14 titles.

Thu 21 November 1.05pm             Sat 23 November 7.30pm               Sun 24 November 7.30pm
£10, YF                            £35, £25, £20, £15                   £40, £30, £20, £15

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                                                                                       BEETHOVEN
                                                                                       & CHOPIN
Russell Keable

KENSINGTON                         WHITEHALL CHOIR                                     Warren Mailley-Smith piano

SYMPHONY                           London Baroque Sinfonia                             Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in
                                   Soraya Mafi soprano                                 D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’
ORCHESTRA                          Anna Harvey mezzo soprano                           Chopin Bolero Op. 19 • Concert
Russell Keable conductor           Nick Pritchard tenor                                Allegro in A Op. 46
                                   Edward Grint bass                                   Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Weber Overture Der Freichütz       Joanna Tomlinson conductor                          Debussy Jardins sous la pluie
Hindemith Mathis der Maler                                                             Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Beethoven Symphony No. 6           Handel Messiah
                                                                                       warrenmailley-smith.com
kso.org.uk                         whitehallchoir.org
                                                                                       Fri 29 November 7.30pm
Tue 26 November 7.30pm             Thu 28 November 7.30pm
                                                                                       £32, £24, £18, £12
£18.50 (£14), £14                  £35, £25, £20, £10

                CHAMBER
thursday lunchtime concerts
                                                                                       THE BUSONI
                                                                                       PIANO CONCERTO
KARL LUTCHMAYER RECITAL
                                                                                       Busoni - The Romantic
Busoni - The Romantic              Busoni - The Romantic
                                                                                       Modernist
Modernist                          Modernist
                                                                                       Seraphin Chamber Orchestra
                                   Vasara String Quartet
Piano                                                                                  Karl Lutchmayer piano
                                   Emma Lisney violin
                                                                                       Joy Lisney conductor
Busoni Elegies BV249               Karl Lutchmayer piano
Schoenberg/Busoni Klavierstuck                                                         Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
                                   Busoni Concerto for Piano &
Op. 11 No. 2 (Konsertmäßige                                                            Op. 45
                                   String Quartet in D minor Op. 17
Interpretation) BVB97 • Sonatina                                                       Busoni Piano Concerto in C Op. 39
                                   BV80
Seconda BV259 (1st version)
                                   Busoni Violin Sonata Op. 36a                        seraphinchamberorchestra.com
karllutchmayer.com                 No. 2 BV244
                                                                                       Sat 30 November 7.30pm
Thu 28 November 1.05pm             Fri 29 November 1.05pm                              £20 (£18, Students £15), £15
£10, YF                            £10, YF                                             (£13.50, Students £10), £10 (£8)

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                                                                                                    The Bach Players

A EUROPEAN
CHRISTMAS
The Bach Players
Rachel Elliott soprano
Matthew Brook bass
Nicolette Moonen
                                    The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge
violin/director
Anna Curzon violin
Rachel Stott viola                  THE 14th GLORY
Olaf Reimers cello                  OF CHRISTMAS
Silas Wollston organ
                                    CONCERT IN AID
Biber The Annunciation (from the
Rosary Sonatas)
                                    OF ORACLE
Merula Canzonetta Spirituale        CANCER TRUST
sopra alla nanna
                                    The Choir of Christ’s College,
Gabrieli Pass’e mezzo antico
                                    Cambridge
Carissimi Salve salve puellule
                                    The Thames Chamber Orchestra
Corelli Concerto Grosso in
G minor Op. 6 No. 8 ‘Christmas
                                    Theo Golden countertenor                   LONDON
                                    Rob Burton saxophone
concerto’
                                    David Rowland & Keith Marshall             MOZART PLAYERS
Bach Cantata for the first Sunday
                                    conductor
in Advent, second part: ‘Schwingt                                              Piano Explored
freudig euch empor’ BWV36 •         Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
                                                                               Howard Shelley piano/director
Cantata for the second day of       Handel Messiah (excerpts)
Christmas ‘Selig ist der Mann’      Traditional Christmas Carols               Cramer Piano Concert No. 4 in
BWV57                                                                          C Op. 38
                                    christs.cam.ac.uk
thebachplayers.org.uk               thameschamberorchestra.co.uk               londonmozartplayers.com

Sun 1 December 5.00pm               Mon 2 December 7.30pm                      Wed 4 December 1.05pm
£24, £12 (Students £5)              £45, £25, £15, £10                         £16 (Students £5)

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Matthew Martin

thursday lunchtime concerts

MATTHEW MARTIN
Organ Series                      FANFARE ON                           HANDEL MESSIAH
Buxtehude Magnificat primi toni   THE SQUARE                           WITH ORCHESTRA
BuxWV203
                                  Featuring:
                                                                       OF ST JOHN’S
Bach Canonic Variations on
                                  Elin Manahan Thomas soprano          Orchestra of St John’s
‘Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich
                                                                       OSJ Voices
her’ BWV769                       A Golden Jubilee evening of
                                                                       Louise Wayman soprano
Litaize Reges tharsis             celebration, filled with classical
                                                                       Eleanor Edmonds alto
Racquet Fantasie                  music from renowned performers
                                                                       Xavier Hetherington tenor
Francis Jackson Scherzetto        and celebrity guests including
                                                                       Jake Muffett baritone
pastorale                         soprano Elin Manahan Thomas.
                                                                       John Lubbock conductor
Matthew Martin St Albans
                                  elinmanahanthomas.org
Tryptich (2019)                                                        Handel Messiah

matthewmartincomposer.co.uk       Thu 5 December 7.30pm                osj.org.uk
                                  £85*, £40, £15
Thu 5 December 1.05pm             *Includes VIP reception after        Fri 6 December 7.30pm
£10, YF                           the concert                          £26, £20, £15, £10

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34                th

                   CHRISTMAS
                    FESTIVAL
                         8–23 December 2019

                                                                            The Cardinall’s Musik © Benjamin Ealovega

                                                                            “VIGILIA
                                                                            DI NATALE”-
                                                                            AN ITALIAN
                                                                            CELEBRATION
                                                                            OF CHRISTMAS
                                                                            34th Christmas Festival
                                                                            The Cardinall’s Musick
                                                                            Andrew Carwood director

                                                                            Lassus Alma redemptoris mater
                                                                            [a 8]
                                                                            Victoria Kyrie – Gloria (Missa O
                                                                            magnum mysterium) • Credo
                                                                            (Missa O magnum mysterium) •
                                                                            Sanctus & Benedictus – Agnus Dei

34th CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
                                                                            (Missa O magnum mysterium) •
                                                                            Alma redemptoris mater [a 8] • O
                                                                            regem caeli
Artistic Director Stephen Layton                                            Monteverdi Angelus ad pastores
                                                                            ait • Hodie Christus natus est
                                                                            Gabrieli Hodie Christus natus est
Welcome to the 34th Christmas Festival at St John’s Smith Square. From
                                                                            [a 8]
the 8th to the 23rd December we feature the finest choirs, orchestras and
                                                                            Anerio Alma redemptoris mater
musicians in this greatly loved and critically acclaimed festival.
                                                                            Josquin Praeter rerum seriem
                                                                            Palestrina Rex Melchior • Hodie
We have the familiar and the new; tradition and innovation; grand
                                                                            Christus natus est [a 8]
statements alongside intimate reflections; and we welcome groups and
                                                                            Viadana Hodie nobis caelorum
ensembles making their Christmas Festival debuts whilst celebrating
                                                                            rex [a 8]
the return of old friends.
                                                                            cardinallsmusick.com
Do join us as we take a journey exploring the many rich and diverse
musical celebrations of Christmas.                                          Sun 8 December 7.30pm
                                                                            £25, £20, £15, £10 (10% off)
Sun 8 - Mon 23 December                                                     (10% off for Friends of
                                                                            The Cardinall’s Musick)

                                                 Box Office 020 7222 1061                                               13
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                                   Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
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                                   CHRISTMAS AT
                                   CHRIST CHURCH
                                   34th Christmas Festival
                                   Choir of Christ Church
                                   Cathedral Oxford                                  CHRISTMAS
                                   Steven Grahl conductor
                                                                                     WITH THE LCS
                                   A programme of some of the
CHARPENTIER:                       best-loved and most beautiful                     34th Christmas Festival
A CHRISTMAS                        Christmas music ever written,
                                                                                     The London Choral Sinfonia
                                   performed by one of the greatest
ORATORIO                           cathedral choirs in the world.
                                                                                     Michael Waldron conductor

                                                                                     Britten Saint Nicolas
34th Christmas Festival            What better way to get into the
                                                                                     and other works including:
                                   festive spirit than with this
Solomon’s Knot                                                                       Holst arr. Owain Park Christmas
                                   programme of some of the
                                                                                     Day
Charpentier In nativitatem         best-loved and most beautiful
                                                                                     Adam arr. Max Pappenheim
Domini Canticum H416 •             Christmas music ever written,
                                                                                     O Holy Night
Pastorale sur la naissance de      performed by one of the greatest
Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ H483   cathedral choirs in the world.                    Pre-concert recital: 6.30pm
solomonsknotcollective.com         chchchoir.org                                     thelcs.org

Mon 9 December 7.30pm              Tue 10 December 7.30pm                            Wed 11 December 7.30pm
£45, £36, £24, £18                 £25, £20, £15, £10                                £35, £25, £15, £10

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                                KING’S COLLEGE
                                LONDON                                  CAROLS
                                                                        BY CANDLELIGHT
                                34th Christmas Festival
                                                                        34th Christmas Festival
                                Choir of King’s College London
                                The Strand Consort                      City of London Choir
                                Joseph Fort conductor                   Richard Gowers organ
Ex Cathedra © Janet Skidmore
                                                                        Hilary Davan Wetton conductor
                                Chant ‘O Antiphons’
                                Palestrina Canite tuba                  The City of London Choir returns
                                Phllip Moore Sancte et sapienter        for its annual “carol concert with
                                Lasso Ad te Domine levavi               bells on” (The Guardian) with
CHRISTMAS MUSIC                 Joel Rust O radix Jesse                 Hilary Davan Wetton.
BY CANDLELIGHT                  Byrd Tollite portas • Laetentur
                                coeli                                   This much-loved Christmas
34th Christmas Festival         Cecilia McDowall Advent Moon            celebration features classic carols,
                                Sir George Benjamin ‘Twas in            favourites new and old, and
Ex Cathedra
                                the year                                plenty of audience participation.
Jeffrey Skidmore director
                                Pawel Łukaszewski O Antiphons           An annual highlight for all the
A mixed programme of seasonal   Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le           family.
favourites                      temps de Noël FP152
                                                                        cityoflondonchoir.org
excathedra.co.uk                kcl.ac.uk
                                                                        Sat 14 December 6.30pm
Thu 12 December 7.30pm          Fri 13 December 7.30pm                  £32, £27, £22, £15 (20% off)
£40, £32, £25, £15              £25, £20, £15, £10                      (Children under 16 50% off)

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DECEMBER
                                                                                    PRAETORIUS:
                                                                                    MASS FOR
                                                                                    CHRISTMAS
                                                                                    MORNING
                                                                                    34th Christmas Festival
                                                                                    Gabrieli
                                                                                    Paul McCreesh conductor
                                                                                    Praetorius Mass for Christmas
                                                                                    Morning
                                        Choir of New College Oxford © Nick Rutter
                                                                                    A Lutheran Christmas Morning as
                                                                                    might have been heard in 17th
                                                                                    century Germany, featuring the
                                                                                    music of Michael Praetorius,
                                    VENI EMMANUEL:                                  Samuel Scheidt and Johann
                                    ADVENT &                                        Hermann Schein.
                                    CHRISTMAS AT                                    inis.com

                                    NEW COLLEGE                                     Tue 17 December 7.30pm
                                                                                    £35, £28, £22, £15
                                    34 Christmas Festival
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                                    Choir of New College Oxford
                                    Timothy Wakerell, Charles                       DIXIT DOMINUS
                                    Maxtone-Smith & Hamish Fraser
                                    organ                                           34th Christmas Festival
                                    Robert Quinney conductor
                                                                                    Vox Luminis
                                    A sequence of old and new choral                Lionel Meunier director
                                    and organ music for Advent and
                                                                                    Attrib. Buxtehude Magnificat
                                    Christmas, featuring composers
                                                                                    BuxWV Anhang 1
                                    including Praetorius, Bach,
                                                                                    Bach Nun komm der heiden
                                    Schütz, Matthew Martin and
                                                                                    Heiland BWV61
                                    David Bednall.
                                                                                    Handel Dixit Dominus HWV232
                                    The Choir of New College
                                                                                    “Their sound is warm and
                                    Oxford is firmly established as
NATIONAL YOUTH                      one of the most acclaimed
                                                                                    resonant, and they sing this
                                                                                    300-year-old music with the
MUSIC THEATRE -                     British choral ensembles, known
                                                                                    freshness and ardour of true
                                    for its stylish performances of a
A CHRISTMAS                         diverse repertoire. Join the
                                                                                    believers…” (Michael Church,
                                                                                    The Independent)
CELEBRATION                         choristers, clerks and organists
                                    for an inspiring journey though                 “The appeal of Vox Luminis is to
34th Christmas Festival             Advent to Christmas: from                       apply no special tricks except an
                                    traditional seasonal melodies to                almost supernatural
National Youth Music Theatre
                                    more recent favourites, via                     concentration on minute dynamic
Chorus, Alumni & Orchestra
                                    glorious Renaissance polyphony                  contrasts, uncanny intonation,
A seasonal selection of readings,   and the exuberant splendour of                  clean, clear tone … and meditative
music and staged extracts.          the Baroque.                                    expression.” (The Times)
nymt.org.uk                         newcollegechoir.com                             voxluminis.com

Sun 15 December 7.30pm              Mon 16 December 7.30pm                          Wed 18 December 7.30pm
£30, £25, £20, £15                  £35, £25, £15, £10                              £35, £28, £22, £14

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                                           REFLECTIONS
                                           34th Christmas Festival             BACH
                                           The Tallis Scholars                 MAGNIFICAT
                                           Peter Phillips director             & ADVENT
                                           Chant Salve regina • Ave Maria      CANTATAS
                                           Padilla Salve Regina
                                           Poulenc Salve Regina                34th Christmas Festival
                                           Cornysh Salve Regina • Ave Maria
                                                                               La Nuova Musica
                                           Poulenc arr. Jeremy White Ave
                                                                               Anna Dennis & Miriam Allen
                                           Maria a10
David Titterington © Chris Christodoulou                                       soprano
                                           Gabrieli Angelus Domini descendit
                                                                               Patrick Terry alto
                                           (à8)
                                                                               Nick Pritchard tenor
thursday lunchtime concerts                Massaino Angelus Domini
                                                                               Dingle Yandell bass
                                           descendit (à7)
LA NATIVITÉ                                Lassus Angelus Domini descendit
                                                                               David Bates conductor

DU SEIGNEUR                                Tallis O sacrum convivium
                                           Messiaen O sacrum convivium
                                                                               Bach Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die
                                                                               Bahn! BWV132 • Wachet auf, ruft
34th Christmas Festival                    Byrd Magnificat from Short          uns die Stimme BWV140 •
                                           Service                             Magnificat in D BWV243
Organ Series
                                           Victoria Magnificat Primi Toni
                                                                               lanuovamusica.co.uk
David Titterington organ                   [a 8]

Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur           thetallisscholars.co.uk             Fri 20 December 7.30pm
                                                                               £99*, £49, £38, £26, £15
Thu 19 December 1.05pm                     Thu 19 December 7.30pm              *To include a post-concert
£10, YF                                    £35, £28, £22, £14                  LNM Christmas Party ticket

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Choir of Clare College Cambridge

A CLARE                              CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS                            ORATORIO
34th Christmas Festival              34th Christmas Festival
                                                                           Stephen Layton © Keith Saunders
Choir of Clare College Cambridge     The Choir of Trinity College
Ashley Chow & George Gillow          Cambridge
organ                                Orchestra of the Age
Graham Ross conductor                of Enlightenment
                                     Mary Bevan soprano
Seasonal music from Clare
College, Cambridge
                                     Helen Charlston mezzo soprano         HANDEL’S
                                     James Gilchrist tenor
The Choir of Clare College,          Neal Davies bass                      MESSIAH WITH
Cambridge return to St John’s,       Stephen Layton conductor              POLYPHONY
Smith Square Christmas Festival,
                                     Bach Christmas Oratorio
exploring festive choral                                                   34th Christmas Festival
masterpieces old and new.            After the sell-out success of its
                                                                           Polyphony
Poulenc’s Quatre motets pour le      recent Christmas Festival
                                                                           Orchestra of the Age
temps de Noël and Hieronymus         performances, The Choir of
                                                                           of Enlightenment
Praetorius’s Christmas Magnificat    Trinity College Cambridge again
                                                                           Mary Bevan soprano
sit alongside Roderick Williams’s    joins forces with the Orchestra of
                                                                           Helen Charlston mezzo soprano
haunting O Adonai, Jan               the Age of Enlightenment for
                                                                           James Gilchrist tenor
Sandström’s Es ist ein Ros’          Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1,
                                                                           Neal Davies bass
entsprungen, and a selection of      2, 3, 6. Stephen Layton conducts
                                                                           Stephen Layton conductor
beautiful arrangements that tell     and they are joined by four
us that Christmas has truly begun.   outstanding soloists.                 Handel Messiah

clarecollegechoir.com                trinitycollegechoir.com               stephenlayton.com/polyphony

Sat 21 December 7.30pm               Sun 22 December 7.30pm                Mon 23 December 7.30pm
£39, £29, £19, £12                   £39, £32, £24, £15                    £65, £55, £40, £25

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DECEMBER                                  SCHOOL CONCERTS

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                                                                     DARKNESS
                                                                     ILLUMINATED
                                                                     The Purcell School Chamber
                                                                     Orchestra
                                                                     Nafis Umerkulova piano
                                                                     Paul Hoskins conductor
                                                                     Stanchinsky Sonata in E flat minor
                                                                     Scriabin Etude Op. 8 No. 11 •
                                                                     Etude Op. 8 No. 12
                                                                     Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
                                                                     in C Op. 48
                                   SCHOLA                            Beethoven Concerto No. 4 Op. 58
                                                                     (Cadenza by Clara Schumann)
                                   CANTORUM OF
                                   THE CARDINAL                      Pre-concert talk: 6.00pm

                                   VAUGHAN                           Wed 16 October 7.30pm
                                   MEMORIAL                          £20, £16, £12

STRAUSS GALA                       SCHOOL
Orchestra of St John’s             St James’ Baroque                 WESTMINSTER
Louise Wayman soprano
Christopher Turner tenor
                                   Scott Price conductor
                                                                     SCHOOL
                                   Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm Motette
John Lubbock conductor                                               Westminster School
                                   BWV229 • Magnificat in
                                                                     Symphony Orchestra
Wonderful waltzes and polkas       D BWV243.2
                                                                     Tim Garrard conductor
mostly by Johann Strauss Junior.   Vivaldi Gloria in D major RV589
Plus well-known songs from         Handel Concerto Grosso in         Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46
Strauss and Lehar.                 G Op. 6 No. 1                     Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Op. 88
osj.org.uk                         scholacantorum.co.uk              westminster.org.uk

Tue 31 December 2.00pm             Tue 8 October 7.30pm              Mon 25 November 7.00pm
£26, £20, £15, £10                 £18 (£12), £10 (£6)               £15, £10, £5

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or consider pledging a gift in your own           contact Richard Heason, Director, on
will, you can help St John’s Smith Square         020 7222 2168, or richard@sjss.org.uk
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OUR HISTORY

EXPLORE OVER 300 YEARS OF HISTORY
——
The magnificent church of St John the               When the work was completed in 1969,
Evangelist was designed by architect                St John’s Smith Square was re-born as one
Thomas Archer as part of the ‘Commission            of the finest concert halls in London.
for Building Fifty New Churches’ of 1710.
St John’s was the most elaborate of all,            Our grand opening concert was given by
with construction lasting 14 years, from 1714       Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge (who
to 1728, and costing the princely sum of            returned in 1989 for our 20th birthday gala).
£40,875 (approximately £5.2m today).                There have been many other highlights over
                                                    the years – the UK premiere of Karlheinz
For over 200 years, St John’s served as a           Stockhausen’s Stimmung (with Stockhausen
parish church, though not without incident.         himself on sound projection); world premieres
In 1742 a major fire led to extensive               of works by Boulez, Birtwistle, Copland and
restoration and modification to Archer’s            Tippett by the London Sinfonietta; William
design. In 1815 the church was struck by            Walton conducting his own 70th birthday
lightning, causing subsidence to the towers,        concert; Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim
and in the early twentieth century it was the       conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra; an
target of a Suffragette bomb plot. Ironically,      84-year-old Sir Adrian Boult conducting the
in 1928, the church hosted Emmeline                 English National Orchestra; and Morton
Pankhurst’s funeral.                                Feldman performing alongside Harrison
                                                    Birtwistle and John Tilbury for BBC Radio.
Perhaps heralding the future musical life of
St John’s, in September 1901 Edith Hockey           We’ve also hosted the Menuhin School
and Robert Britten were married here. Twelve        Concert, featuring students Nigel Kennedy
years later, they had a son, Benjamin, who as       and Melvin Tan; a 21-year-old Simon Rattle
an adult would record here with the                 with the Salomon Orchestra; Plácido
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir.                      Domingo, Teresa Berganza and Ileana
                                                    Cotrubaş recording Bizet’s Carmen with
Perhaps the most dramatic night in St John’s        Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony
history was 10 May 1941, the final night of the     Orchestra; Philip Glass giving a chamber
Blitz, when a direct hit from an incendiary         organ recital, and Lutosławski conducting the
bomb gutted the church. After the war it lay        Philharmonia in the London premiere of his
as a ruin and there was talk of turning the         second Symphony.
site into a car park. This galvanised the local
people, under the leadership of Lady Parker         Now in our 305th year, St John’s Smith Square
of Waddington, to raise the funds to buy the        continues to grow and thrive as a busy
site and commission Marshall Sisson to lead         concert hall – a majestic building resounding
the restoration to Archer’s original designs.       to beautiful music in a serene city setting.

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BOOKING INFORMATION

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IN PERSON                                                       for any public concert.
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The Box Office opens one hour before the                        10% discount.
start of Weekend and Bank Holiday concerts.
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an Affiliate Member of the Association of British Orchestras,
and a member of Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne
(European Early Music Network).

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HOW TO FIND US

YOUR VISIT
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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.

   TUBE                                                                                                                                                    CAR PARKING
Westminster, St James’s Park & Victoria                                                                                                               St John’s Smith Square is within the congestion
                                                                                                                                                      charging zone. Parking meters are in operation
   BUS                                                                                                                                                during the day Monday – Friday until 6.30pm.
3 and 87 to Horseferry Road                                                                                                                           In the evenings and at weekends there are
C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank                                                                                                               usually ample spaces locally. There is
88 to Horseferry Road                                                                                                                                 Westminster City Council car parking on Great
11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey                                                                                                              College Street and Arneway Street.

     SANTANDER CYCLES                                                                                                                                      RAIL
A docking station is located in Smith Square                                                                                                          Victoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall
and there are also stations on Horseferry                                                                                                             & Charing Cross
Road, Page Street and Great College Street.

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FOOTSTOOL RESTAURANT

                                         EXPERIENCE FINE DINING
                                         ——

                                         Nestled beneath the Hall under the             Legend has it the church of St John’s was
                                         vaulted ceiling of the crypt, the Footstool    dubbed ‘Queen Anne’s Footstool’ after
                                         Restaurant is an elegant and cosy place to     architect Thomas Archer asked Queen
                                         enjoy everything from a delicious snack or     Anne for her view on how it should look.
                                         light meal, to a sumptuous lunch or dinner.    Kicking over her footstool she replied “like
                                                                                        that!” The four towers are said to mimic the
                                         All our food is freshly prepared by our        upturned footstool. The restaurant keeps
                                         talented chefs using locally-sourced,          this charming nickname alive.
                                         seasonal ingredients.
                                                                                        The Footstool Restaurant takes à la carte
                                         Indulge in fine loose leaf tea and homemade    reservations for lunchtime and evening
                                         cake; choose from our enticing daily buffet    service, buffet bookings for groups of ten
                                         menu; dine à la carte before a concert; or     or more, and caters for private events.
                                         enjoy a glass of wine and a grazing board
                                         during the interval. Our friendly staff will   To book, or to find out more, call us on
                                         be on hand, whatever you choose.               020 7222 2779 or email stjohns@leafi.co.uk
Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews

                                                                                                                                       Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews
Footstool Restaurant © Matthew Andrews

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                                                                                 vice chair
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