LUNCHTIME RECITALS

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1.10pm (unless stated otherwise).
Recitals last approximately 50 minutes.
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Admission is free.

Donations on which we rely are really welcome. 

​We recommend a small donation of £5, but whatever you can afford is greatly appreciated and will go towards supporting our concerts as well as St James’s many other projects and activities.

No booking required. All welcome.

January 2020

Monday 20 January
1.10pm: CONOVA TRIO
Constantin Riccardi, violin
Nora Braun, cello
Vasilis Alevizos, piano
Alevizos - Piano Trio
Dvořák - Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, Op.90 ('Dumky')​
Royal Academy of Music series
 
Wednesday 22 January
1.10pm: MUSICAL ODYSSEY PRIZEWINNERS
Nina del Ser, piano *
Laura Balla, soprano †
Rameau/Daquin - A selection of character pieces *
Lyapunov - Etude No.5 d’execution transcendante ‘Nuit d’été’  *
Rachmaninov - Two Romances: 'Do not sing for me'; 'Lilacs' †
Tchaikovsky - Romance 'Frenzied nights, reckless nights' Op.47 No.7 †
Messiaen - Preludes, Op.1 (a selection) *
Liszt - Jeux d’eau de la villa d’Este *
Strauss - Morgen, Op.27 No.4 †
Mendelssohn - Nachtlied, Op.71 No.6; Hexenlied, Op.8 No.8 †
Talent Unlimited series
 
Friday 24 January
1.10pm: 'FINEST TRANSCRIPTIONS'
Rustam Khanmurzin, piano
Russian pianist Rustam Khanmurzin presents a programme of piano transcriptions of famous orchestral works:
Wagner (transcr. Liszt) - Liebestod
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite
Gluck (transcr. Sgambati) - Melodie
Ravel - La valse
Royal College of Music series
 
Monday 27 January
1.10pm: DUO MIRAGE
Lorena Cantó Woltèche, viola
Grytė Navardauskaitė, piano
Schumann - Adagio and Allegro, Op.70
Zita Bružaitė - Aurora
Rebecca Clarke - Sonata for viola and piano
Guildhall School of Music & Drama series
 
Wednesday 29 January
1.10pm: Meera Maharaj, flute
Dominic Degavino, piano
Tchaikovsky - Lenski’s Aria (from Eugene Onegin)
Gubaidulina - Sounds of the Forest
Prokofiev - Sonata for flute and piano
PLG Music Trust series
 
Friday 31 January
1.10pm: ENSEMBLE HESPERI
Mary-Jannet Leith, recorders
Magdalena Loth-Hill, baroque violin
Florence Petit, baroque cello
Thomas Allery, harpsichord
Ensemble Hesperi presents a sparkling programme of Scottish Baroque music, unique for its ‘fusion’ of Italian virtuosity with traditional dance rhythms and soaring melodies. Featuring works by leading Scottish composer James Oswald, and the members of his secret London society, “The Temple of Apollo”, including Giuseppe Sammartini and the eccentric Scottish aristocrat, the Earl of Kellie.

February 2020

Monday 3 February
1.10pm: BEETHOVEN 250th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Toru Oyama, piano *
Gwendolyn Mok, piano †
Join us for the inaugural concert of ‘35 Pianists for 35 Sonatas’:  a recital series presented by the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe across different London venues throughout 2020, featuring the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, all played by different pianists, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 *
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.2 No.2 †
 
Wednesday 5 February
1.10pm: Riccardo Pes, cello
Irina Vaterl, piano
Clara Schumann - Romanze, Op.22 
W.A. Rémy - Leuchtende Sterne, Fandango 
Riccardo Pes - The Resonance; Estate
R Schumann - Violin Sonata No.2, Op.121 (arr. for cello by F Grützmacher)
Royal College of Music series
 
Friday 7 February
1.10pm: Christos Fountos, piano
Bach - English Suite No.3 in G minor
Wagner/Liszt - ‘Isoldes Liebestod’' from Tristan und Isolde
Medtner - Fairy Tale Op.20 No.1 in B flat minor
Rachmaninov - Etude-Tableaux Op.39 Nos.4, 5 and 9
Jaques Samuel Prizewinners’ recital
 
Monday 10 February
1.10pm: AFFINITY QUARTET
Nicholas Waters, violin
Ioana Tache, violin
William Clark, viola
Mee Na Lojewski, cello
with Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo soprano
Schubert - Quartettsatz in C Minor, D.703
Matthew Laing - Portraits of Blood
Nico Muhly - So Many Things
Caroline Shaw - Cant Voi L’Aube
Brahms - 5 Ophelia-Lieder
 
Wednesday 12 February
1.10pm: Academy Cello Ensemble
Josephine Knight, director
The highly popular Academy Cello Ensemble makes a welcome return to St James’s with a programme featuring popular pieces for cello ensemble and premières of exciting new commissions from Rob Lane and Simon Parkin.
Cellissimo 20th anniversary series
 
Friday 14 February
1.10pm: Arisa Onoda, piano
Chopin - Nocturne Op.27-1 in C sharp minor
Chopin - Mazurka Op.50
Chopin - Barcarolle Op.60 in F sharp minor
Chopin - Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante Op.22
Jaques Samuel Prizewinners’ recital
 
Monday 17 February
1.10pm: Tamara Radjenovic, soprano
WaiYin Lee, piano
Tamara Radjenovic and WaiTin Lee present a programme of Spanish and Italian songs and arias, including:
Puccini - Mi chiamano Mimi; Donde lieta (from La Boheme)
Rodrigo - Cuatro madrigales amatorios
Obradors - Del cabello mas sutil; El Vito
Chapi - Las hijas del Zebedeo
 
Wednesday 19 February   
1.10pm: Gabriella Jones, harp
Debussy (transcr. Gabriella Jones) - Lent et Mélancolique (from Images Oubliées) 
Philippe Hersant - Bamyan
Nino Rota - Sarabanda e Toccata
Camille Pépin - Nighthawks (2016)
Deborah Pritchard - Seraphim (2019)
PLG Young Artist series
 
Friday 21 February
1.10pm: Dominic Doutney, piano
Debussy - Four Etudes (Book 2, Nos.9-12)
Chopin - Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
Jaques Samuel Prizewinners’ recital
 
Monday 24 February
1.10pm: Bobby Chen, piano
Alberto Portugheis, piano
A concert to mark the 90th birthday of the distinguished Canadian pianist Malcolm Troup
Debussy - Petite Suite
Brahms - Hungarian Dances, Books 3 & 4 
Opus Musica series
 
Wednesday 26 February
** ASH WEDNESDAY – NO RECITAL **
 
Friday 28 February
1.10pm: Kathy Chow, piano
Mozart - Sonata in D major, K.311
Schumann - Humoreske in B flat major Op.20
Jaques Samuel Prizewinners’ recital
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March 2020

​Monday 2 March
1.10pm: Hannah Shilvock, bass clarinet
Hannah Shilvock is a semi-finalist in the prestigious Soloists’ Competition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She will present a programme of works for both unaccompanied and accompanied bass clarinet.
Trinity Laban series
 
Wednesday 4 March
1.10pm: CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
Fabio Fernandes, guitar
Vivaldi - Concerto for lute in D major, RV 93 (arr. Emilio Pujol)
Carlos Seixas - Concerto for harpsichord in A major (arr. Emilio Pujol)
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Guildhall School of Music & Drama series
 
Friday 6 March
1.10pm: CLOVA QUARTET
Mendelssohn - Four Pieces for string quartet, posthum. Op 81 (extracts)
Stravinsky - Three Pieces for string quartet
Haydn - String Quartet in C, Op.20 No.2, Hob III:32
Royal Academy of Music series
 
Monday 9 March
1.10pm: SACRED BONES
Formed in 2017 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Sacred Bones is an early music group that won the inaugural Brian Nisbet Early Music Competition at their first public performance. Their programme will consist of music from Europe during the late Renaissance. Featured composers will include Gabrieli, Trombetti, Schutz and Ahle.
 
Wednesday 11 March
1.10pm: Jacqueline Phillips, cello
Pianist tbc
Programme to include works by Brahms, Chopin and Piazzolla
Cellissimo series
 
Friday 13 March
1.10pm: Ben Tarlton, cello
Rosie Richardson, piano
Dvořák - Silent Woods
Dvořák - Rondo
Franck - Sonata for cello and piano
Concordia Foundation series
 
Monday 16 March
1.10pm: Francisco Correa, guitar
Albéniz - Mallorca Op 202 (tr. by Francisco Correa)
Daniel Saboya - Suite Colombiana No.1
Agustín Barrios - Julia Florida; Vals Op.8 No.4
Lucas Saboya - Suite Ernestina
ILAMS series
 
Wednesday 18 March
1.10pm: ALBANY TRIO
Philippa Harrison, piano
Gemma Sharples, violin
Verity Evanson, cello
Judith Bingham - The Orchid and its Hunters (2015)
Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor 
The Carne Trust series
 
Friday 20 March
1.10pm: Kris Garfitt, trombone
Seri Dan, piano
Frank Martin - Ballade
Krenek - 5 pieces for trombone
Berio - Sequenza V
Weber - Romance
Enrique Crespo - Improvisation No.1
Royal Over-Seas League series
 
Monday 23 March
1.10pm: TRIO ALMA
Joanna Patrick, viola
Matt Glendening, clarinet
Tony Fallone, piano
Mozart - Trio in E flat, K.498 'Kegelstatt'
John Woolrich - A Farewell
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen
Royal College of Music series
 
Wednesday 25 March
1.10pm: Marta Fontanal-Simmons, mezzo-soprano
Lana Bode, piano
Judith Weir - The Voice of Desire
Andrew Norman - Lullaby
Debussy - Chanson de Bilitis
Lord Berners - Trois Chansons
Turina - Poema en forma de canciones
PLG Young Artist series
 
Friday 27 March
1.10pm: Julia Hwang, violin
Kathy Chow, piano
Programme to be announced shortly; check back for details
Talent Unlimited series
 
Monday 30 March
1.10pm: Nafis Umerkulova, piano
Stanchinsky - Sonata in E-flat minor
Stanchinsky - 3 Preludes 1907
Schumann - Fantasiestücke Op 12 (selection)
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No 5

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Above: Chineke! Chamber Players perform Schubert’s Trout Quintet (4th mvt); film: Carolyn Davies/Lime Twist Media

Imago Mundi (photo: Romanian Cultural Institute)

Musica Poetica London (photo: Chris Davies)

Rick Wakeman

Rebeca Omordia and Razvan Suma (Romanian Cultural Institute)

Oxford Spezzati Orchestra