Part of A Very Croydon Christmas
Step into the festive season with an enchanting evening of Christmas carols performed live by the London Mozart Players.
In the historic surroundings of the Braithwaite Hall, warm your spirits with a variety of Christmas classics performed by a brass quintet.
The hall will be decked with a festive display and refreshments will be included in the ticket price.
Family Concert
5pm – 5.45pm
Tickets: £2 (Family ticket*: £6)
Soft drink and festive biscuit included
*Family tickets include 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children
Don’t miss…
After the concert, visit the nearby Queen’s Gardens to see it illuminated by a free display of neon light murals. As the sun sets, walk through the gardens lit up by colourful light displays inspired by the notion of a place we call home – including neon living room furniture, and elements from nature like neon spiders and snails!
Part of A Very Croydon Christmas
Step into the festive season with an enchanting evening of Christmas carols with our Brass Ensemble.
In the historic surroundings of the Braithwaite Hall, warm your spirits with a variety of Christmas classics performed by our Brass Quintet.
The hall will be decked with a festive display and refreshments will be included in the ticket price.
After Work Concert
6.30pm – 7.30pm
Tickets: £7.50 (Two for £12)
Mulled wine included
Don’t miss…
After the concert, visit the nearby Queen’s Gardens to see it illuminated by a free display of neon light murals. As the sun sets, walk through the gardens lit up by colourful light displays inspired by the notion of a place we call home – including neon living room furniture!
Mozart Laudate Dominum, Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Mozart Regina Coeli, K. 276
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat Major, K. 207
Mozart Mass in C minor, K. 427
Lucinda Cox soprano
Daisy Walford soprano
Ruairi Bowen tenor
Tim Mirfin bass
Joel Munday violin
Howard Ionascu conductor
Simon Blendis leader
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102
Faure Requiem (1900 version)
Ruth Rogers Director
Tim Lines Clarinet
London Mozart Players Musical Weekend is back in 2025 at The Grand Hotel.
Many return year on year to experience this magical weekend of glorious chamber music, with 2025 marking 22 years of LMP performances here … with world-class music, exceptional dining, five-star accommodation on offer, and excellent company in beautiful surroundings, who can blame them?
Simon Blendis leader
Jonathan Tilbrook conductor
Medb Brereton-Hurley conducting junior fellow
Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra
Mozart Overture from The Magic Flute
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 ‘Reformation’
Trinity Laban’s Side by Side series unites student talent with professional mentors, sharing their expertise and skills.
Jack Gonzalez-Harding conductor
Ruth Rogers leader
Theano Papadaki soprano
Louisa Stuart-Smith alto
Sebastian Hill tenor
George Robarts bass
The Mayfield Consort chorus
Handel Messiah
Jenkins Lament for the Valley (5′)
Requiem 2. Dies Irae
9. Pie Jesu
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
The Armed Man 11. Now The Guns Have Stopped
One World 9.Tikkun Olam
One World 15.Sakura, Spring Has Come
The Peacemakers 9.Solitude
Chatterbox!
Palladio
Jenkins (arr. Gibbons) Stabat Mater
Karl Jenkins conductor
Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano
Ruth Rogers leader
Joo Yeon Sir violin
Vaughan Williams (arr. Martin Gerigk) The Lark Ascending
Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op.22
Joanna Marsh In Winter’s House
Coleridge-Taylor Two Noveletten for Strings from Opus. 52
Simon Blendis director/solo violin
Where there’s music, there’s meaning. And where there’s meaning, there’s heated debate about who’s right and who’s wrong.
Sometimes the symbolism is clear, like in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending; it beautifully depicts a soaring bird, brought to life by the solo violin. Joanna Marsh’s In Winter’s House draws from a fairy-tale like setting of light and dark text. Other pieces leave their narratives open to interpretation, like Coleridge-Taylor’s Four Noveletten (translated as ‘short stories’) which lets listeners’ imaginations run wild.
Meaning can also be attached retrospectively. Take Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings – written in the 19th century, it was intended to provide light entertainment and background music for social gatherings. Today, aviation enthusiasts might identify it with piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, all thanks to British Airways adopting it as their boarding music.
Under 30? Get tickets for just £10.
JS Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor
7. Badinerie
Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.8
JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto. No.5 BWV 150
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622
Ruth Rogers director
Timothy Lines clarinet
David Wright harpsichord
Michael Cox flute
In a concerto, a star soloist steps into the limelight, accompanied by an orchestra. Classical composers wrote flashy solo parts for their friends, pupils, or – if they really wanted to show off – themselves.
Our concert begins 400 years ago when Johann Sebastian Bach ruled the music scene. His music proves timeless, permeating everything from film scores to technology. Take his Badinerie; you might not recognise the name, but you may well know the tricky flute tune from its stint as Nokia’s catchy ringtone…
His Brandenburg Concerto No.5 features three solo instruments: harpsichord, flute and violin, but the harpsichord is the undisputed star of the show. It has a dazzling solo passage, written to impress all who were listening – most likely premiered by Bach himself.
Fast forward a few decades and we end up with Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Mozart, ever the visionary, composed this piece for an instrument that hadn’t fully developed yet, showcasing his belief in its future potential. It was written for his frenemy Anton Stadler who invented the special type of clarinet Mozart would have known.
This concert has been designed to include the set works of the 2025 GCSE music syllabus, making it ideal for students preparing for their exams.
Under 30? Get tickets for just £10
Under 5s go free