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.

December 2019

Monday 16 December
1.10pm: ECHEA QUARTET
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, violin
Emily Earl, violin
Clara Loeb, viola
Eliza Millett, cello
Beethoven - String Quartet No.12 in E flat major, Op.127
Concordia Foundation series
 
Wednesday 18 December
1.10pm: Callum McLachlan, piano †
Ana Dunne-Sequi, viola *
Tolga Atalay Ün, piano *
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes Op.13 †
Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata, D.821 *
Talent Unlimited series
 
Friday 20 December
1.10pm: J5O BRASS
David Marley & Patrick Dodds, trumpets
Eddie Morgan, horn
Haydn Leech, trombone
Christopher Bearman, tuba
J5O Brass make a welcome return to St James’s with an uplifting programme of festive classics and film music.
Korngold - Prelude & Serenade from ‘Der Schneemann’ (‘The Snowman’)
John Williams - Suite from Home Alone
Bach - ‘Bist du bei Mir…’ (from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
Trad. - The Twelve Days of Christmas
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez - 3 Pieces from ‘Frozen’
Craig Armstrong - Love Themes from ‘Love Actually’
Danny Elfman - Nightmare Before Christmas
John Williams - Parade of the Ewoks
 
Monday 23 December
1.10pm: Laure Chan, violin
Dimitris Daskalakis, piano
Mozart - Violin Sonata No.18 in G major, K.301
Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op 23
Debussy - Violin Sonata in G minor, L148

January 2020

​Friday 3 January
1.10pm: Hannah Laurens, violin
Tom McCoy, piano
Julius Röntgen - Sonata for violin and piano in F sharp minor, Op.20 (1879)
Ton de Leeuw - Sonatina for violin and piano (1955)
Willem Kes - Characteristic Dances, Op.3 (1883)
 
Monday 6 January
1.10pm: Silvestrs Kalnins, cello
Thomas Kelly, piano
Debussy - Cello Sonata in D minor
Mendelssohn - Cello Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.58
Cellissimo 20th anniversary series
 
Wednesday 8 January
1.10pm: Emma McPhilemy, saxophone
​Philip Sharp, piano
Andy Scott - Three Letter Word 
Muczynsky - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
Rachmaninov arr. McPhilemy - Vocalise
William Albright - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano​
Concordia Foundation series
 
Friday 10 January
1.10pm: Alberto Portugheis, piano
George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow (transcr. John Mitchell)
Schumann - Waldszenen Op.82
Chopin - Ballade in A flat Op.47
Opus Musica series
 
Monday 13 January
1.10pm: LIPATTI PIANO QUARTET
Gamal Khamis, piano
Tom Aldren, violin
Luba Tunnicliffe, viola
Auriol Evans, cello
Arnold Bax - Piano Quartet in one movement
Gabriel Fauré - Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.15
The Carne Trust series
 
Wednesday 15 January
1.10pm: Elena Toponogova, piano
Rachmaninov - Etudes-tableaux Op.39 Nos.2 and 5
Medtner - Sonata reminiscenza in A minor, Op.38 No.1
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14
 
Friday 17 January
1.10pm: UK PREMIERE OF DAVID WINKLER STRING QUINTET
Rebecca Raimondi, violin
Ignazio Alayza, viola
Urska Horvat, cello
Valentina Ciardelli, double bass
Alessandro Viale, piano
Students from Trinity Laban present the first UK performance of New York composer David Winkler's Quintet for Piano and Strings, as part of the Double Bass Matters! series, curated by The Carne Trust Junior Fellow Valentina Ciardelli.
Trinity Laban series
 
Monday 20 January
1.10pm: CONOVA TRIO
Constantin Riccardi, violin
Nora Braun, cello
Vasilis Alevizos, piano
Alevizos - Piano Trio
Ravel - Trio in A minor M.67
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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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