Royal Holloway Side-By-Side: Symphonic MixTape

Mayer Overture in D minor
Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D. 759 ‘Unfinished’
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21

Rebecca Miller Conductor
Royal Holloway Orchestral Scholars

Join us for this evening masterclass as we delve inside the orchestra with our partners, the London Mozart Players. Led by Rebecca Miller, learn about how the orchestra works from the inside-out, with conversations with members of the London Mozart Players and Orchestral Scholars at Royal Holloway, demonstrations, and short performances of classical music’s symphonic highlights.

Advanced booking is essential.

LMP Friends Live Coffee Meeting

Exclusive coffee meeting for LMP Friends at the Cube, Fairfield Halls, with guest speakers and musicians.

This coffee meeting will feature LMP musicians Hatty Haynes (violin) and George White (viola).

Coffee, tea and biscuits served from 10.15am

Introductions and Notices: 10.45am

Concert: 11am

Canterbury Choral Society presents Dvořák: Stabat Mater

Dvořák Stabat Mater

Verity Wingate soprano
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo soprano
Peter Davoren tenor
William Gaunt bass
Richard Cooke conductor
Simon Blendis leader

Canterbury Choral Society

Perhaps in this intensely passionate score, the greatest Czech composer pours out his most profound and heartfelt writing, standing alongside his greatest works such as the Cello concerto and the New World Symphony, and surpassing all his other choral works. This concert is an opportunity to experience a work of great profundity.  Its composition followed the death of his fourth, and last-remaining child – he was to have more who survived him.  It is a work of deep beauty and pathos from its extended first movement, as Mary laments the death of her son Jesus at the foot of the cross. Dvořák’s composition stands together with other great settings of the text from Palestrina in the 16th century, Rossini and Verdi in the 19th, through to Penderecki and Szymanowski in the 20th century.  Dvořák’s creation was on a more expansive scale than all of these others.

A Selection of French Music for a Romantic Valentine’s Evening

Rameau Suite from Les Boréades
L. Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Saint-Georges Symphony No. 2
Debussy Danses sacrée et profane
Couperin Les Barricades Misterieux
Ravel Tombeau de Couperin

Zee Zee piano

Piano Explored: Mozart and Saint-Saëns

Mozart Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat major, K.449
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22
Howard Shelley director/piano

For this special edition series of Piano Explored, Howard Shelley will be taking you through a selection of popular piano concerts from Grieg, Mozart, Mendelssohn and more. Each concert will feature two piano concertos, accompanied by Howard’s spoken insights which reveal the secrets and nuances behind the music.

Anyone studying or working at school or university can get an ‘Education ticket’ for £10. Please bring suitable ID with you on the day to show at the door. All tickets can be bought on the door, as well as online.

Doors will open at 12.30pm for a concert start time of 12:45pm. Please note that you will not be able to enter the church before 12.30pm. As there is very limited space to wait indoors, we would encourage you to arrive as close to 12.30pm as possible.

Piano Explored with Howard Shelley: Mozart and Schumann

Mozart Piano Concerto No.11 in F major, K.413
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Howard Shelley director/piano

For this special edition series of Piano Explored, Howard Shelley will be taking you through a selection of popular piano concerts from Grieg, Mozart, Mendelssohn and more. Each concert will feature two piano concertos, accompanied by Howard’s spoken insights which reveal the secrets and nuances behind the music.

Anyone studying or working at school or university can get an ‘Education ticket’ for £10. Please bring suitable ID with you on the day to show at the door. All tickets can be bought on the door, as well as online.

Doors will open at 12.30pm for a concert start time of 12:45pm. Please note that you will not be able to enter the church before 12.30pm. As there is very limited space to wait indoors, we would encourage you to arrive as close to 12.30pm as possible.

Piano Explored: Haydn and Grieg

Haydn Piano Concerto No.11 in D major, Hob XVIII:11
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16
Howard Shelley director/piano

For this special edition series of Piano Explored, Howard Shelley will be taking you through a selection of popular piano concerts from Grieg, Mozart, Mendelssohn and more. Each concert will feature two piano concertos, accompanied by Howard’s spoken insights which reveal the secrets and nuances behind the music.

Anyone studying or working at school or university can get an ‘Education ticket’ for £10. Please bring suitable ID with you on the day to show at the door. All tickets can be bought on the door, as well as online.

Doors will open at 12.30pm for a concert start time of 12:45pm. Please note that you will not be able to enter the church before 12.30pm. As there is very limited space to wait indoors, we would encourage you to arrive as close to 12.30pm as possible.

LMP in Switzerland

John Dowland (arr. Ruisi) Lachrimae Antiquae
Saint-Georges Symphony No. 2
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Interval
Vaughan Williams (arr. Martin Gerigk) The Lark Ascending
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Sebastian Bohren violin
Ruth Rogers leader

LMP in Switzerland

John Dowland (arr. Ruisi) Lachrimae Antiquae
Saint-Georges Symphony No. 2
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Interval
Vaughan Williams (arr. Martin Gerigk) The Lark Ascending
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Sebastian Bohren violin
Ruth Rogers leader

LMP in Switzerland

John Dowland (arr. Max Ruisi) Lachrimae Antiquae
Saint-Georges Symphony No. 2
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Interval
Mozart Symphony No 1 in Eb Major, K. 16
Vaughan Williams (arr. Martin Gerigk) The Lark Ascending
Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Sebastian Bohren violin
Ruth Rogers leader

LMP in Switzerland

John Dowland (arr. Ruisi) Lachrimae Antiquae
Saint-Georges Symphony No. 2
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Interval
Vaughan Williams (arr. Martin Gerigk) The Lark Ascending
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Sebastian Bohren violin
Ruth Rogers leader

Christmas Carols at Braithwaite Hall: Family concert

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!

Christmas Carols at Braithwaite Hall: After-work concert

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!

Exeter Philharmonic Choir

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

Kings College School Wimbledon Faure Requiem Side-By-Side

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)

LMP at the Grand, Eastbourne

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?

German Requiem

Fanny Mendelssohn Cantata, Hiob (Job)
Brahms Tragic Overture
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem

Dan Ludford-Thomas conductor
Eleanor Pennell-Briggs soprano
Jonathan Brown baritone
Lewisham Choral Society
Hackney Singers

 

Hackney Singers and Lewisham Choral Society combine forces to perform one of the most magnificent works in the choral repertoire.

Brahms’ German Requiem is a delight for singers and audiences alike.

Fanny Hensel, ‘the other Mendelssohn’, was Felix’s older sister and a brilliant composer in her own right.

Neglected for many years, her music is now beginning to get the attention it deserves – and tonight you can hear her lively cantata Hiob (Job).

The contrapuntal style of the music is reminiscent of Bach, a composer the Mendelssohns much admired.

The programme also includes Brahms’ Tragic Overture, performed by tonight’s musicians, the celebrated London Mozart Players.

This is the sixth appearance for the joint choirs at the Southbank Centre, the last being a sell-out performance of Verdi’s Requiem in 2023.

London Mozart Players are one of the world’s finest chamber ensembles, harnessing the passion and talent of its musicians to create world-class performances.

Soprano Eleanor Pennell-Briggs has performed at London’s Cadogan and Smith Square Halls and in France, Italy and Luxembourg; she also works regularly with Covent Garden’s Royal Opera Chorus.

Baritone Jonathan Brown has sung opera in London, Paris, Lille and Strasbourg as well as a wide range of concert music throughout the UK, in continental Europe and in North and South America.

Conductor Dan Ludford-Thomas enjoys a busy schedule as a conductor, chorus master and singing teacher. He directs several choirs and performs regularly in major concert venues across the country

Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra: Side-by-Side

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.