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.

July 2019

Monday 22 July
1.10pm: BLAZE ENSEMBLE
Chris Hopkins, conductor/piano
Sibelius - Valse Triste 
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major, K482
 
Wednesday 24 July
1.10pm: Nadine Andre, piano
Pianist Nadine Andre presents a programme that  includes Beethoven's 'Waldstein' Piano Sonata as well as works from the French Impressionist and American Ragtime traditions.
 
Friday 26 July
1.10pm: ALPINE BRASS
J5O Brass Ensemble
David Marley & Patrick Dodds, trumpets
Eddie Morgan, horn
Haydn Leech, trombone
Christopher Bearman, tuba
J5O Brass return to St James’s to present a popular programme of Viennese music
Johann Strauss - Overture to Die Fledermaus
arr. Elgar Howarth - The Old Chalet; Basel March; Zurich March; The Cuckoo
Debussy - Prelude No 6 (Book 2)
Luigini - Ballet Aegyptien
Korngold - The Adventures of Robin Hood
Thomas Gansch - Blue
 
Monday 29 July
1.10pm: Kathy Chow, piano
Debussy - Feux d'artifice (from Preludes Book 2, No.12) 
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.30, Op.109
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No.7
Royal Over-Seas League series
 
Wednesday 31 July
1.10pm: MORTON HORN TRIO
Alex Morton, horn
Arna Morton, violin
Liam Wooding, piano
Kenneth Young - Horn Trio
Brahms - Horn Trio in E flat major, Op.40
Royal Over-Seas League series​

August 2019

​Friday 2 August
1.10pm: Shannon Rhodes, violin
Stephen de Pledge, piano
Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K.304
Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op.78
Royal Over-Seas League series
 
Monday 5 August
1.10pm: Lana Kuscer, flute
Dongni Xie, piano
Mozart - Rondo in D major, K. Anh. 184
Enescu - Cantabile et Presto
Charlotte Bray - Here Everything Shines
Otar Taktakishvili - Sonata for flute and piano
 
Wednesday 7 August
1.10pm: Alice Earll, violin
Alice Earll presents a programme exploring the origins and development of virtuoso violin playing from 1620-1720.
Biagio Marini - Capriccio per sonare il violino con tre corde a modo di lira
Biber - Passacaglia
JS Bach - Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004
 
Friday 9 August
1.10pm: Andrey Ivanov, piano
Chopin - Nocturne Op.62 No.1
Chopin - Ballade No.4, Op.52
Chopin - 4 Mazurkas Op.30
Chopin - Polonaise-Fantasy Op.61
Concordia Foundation series
 
Monday 12 August
1.10pm: Alberto Portugheis Piano Masterclass Recital
A recital of piano music given by specially selected students of the Alberto Portugheis Summer Masterclasses at the Thomas Harris International Piano Foundation.
Opus Musica series
 
Wednesday 14 August
1.10pm: Ania Safonova, violin
Jean Bernard Marie, piano
Mozart - Allegro (from Violin Concerto No.3)
Shostakovich - Preludes Op.34 (a selection)
Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.5 in F major (‘Spring’ Sonata)
 
Friday 16 August
1.10pm: Fabiana and Paula Chávez, piano duo
Debussy - Six épigraphes antiques
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel - Ma Mère L’Oye
Trinity Laban series
 
Monday 19 August
1.10pm: Javier Romero, cello
Horacio López Redondo, piano
Joaquín Nin - Seguida espanola
Delius - Romance
Fauré - Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor
ILAMS series
 
Wednesday 21 August
1.10pm: John Paul Ekins, piano
Timothée Botbol, cello
Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op.69
Frank Bridge - Four Pieces for cello and piano
David Popper - Hungarian Rhapsody
Beethoven Piano Society of Europe series
 
Friday 23 August
1.10pm: Joo Yeon Sir, violin
Irina Andrievsky, piano
Richard Strauss - Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat Major Op. 18
Pancho Vladigerov - Bulgarian Rhapsody ‘Vardar’
Royal College of Music series
 
Monday 26 August
BANK HOLIDAY – NO RECITAL
 
Wednesday 28 August
1.10pm: FLAUGUISSIMO DUO
Yu-Wei Hu, flute
Johan Löfving, guitar
Flauguissimo Duo return to St James’s with a programme entitled ‘Forgotten Stories’ – a wondrous tale of human longings and musical masterpieces hidden in the private salons, featuring music by Schubert, Giuliani and Clara Schumann.
 
Friday 30 August
1.10pm: Anna Szałucka, piano
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.6 in F major, Op.10 No.2
Bach - Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
Ravel - Miroirs (extracts)

September 2019

Monday 2 September
1.10pm: Anna Garde, cello *
Marie-Benedicte Cohu, piano *
Arda Karakaya, violin †
Callum McLachlan, piano †
Beethoven - Variations on ‘Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen’ *
Debussy - Beau soir *
Schumann - Adagio and Allegro *
Karol Szymanowski - Violin Sonata Op.9 †
Talent Unlimited series
 
Wednesday 4 September
1.10pm: KLEIMAN QUARTET
Kymia Kermani, clarinet
Björn Kleiman, violin
Anna-Stina Mühlhäuser, cello
Belinda Jones, piano
Walter Rabl - Quartet for piano, violin, clarinet, and cello, Op.1
Gershwin (arr. Farrington) – It Ain’t Necessarily So; Someone To Watch Over Me; I Got Rhythm
 
Friday 6 September
1.10pm: Botond Szocs, piano
Enescu - Pavane and Bourrée from Suite No. 2, Op.10
Chopin - Four Ballades
Romanian Cultural Institute series
 
Monday 9 September
1.10pm: Jean Bernard Marie, piano
Schubert - Four Impromptus, D935 (Op. posth. 142)
plus works by Chopin and Debussy
 
Wednesday 11 September
1.10pm: ENGLISH PIANO TRIO
Jane Faulkner, violin
Pal Banda, cello
Timothy Ravenscroft, piano
Haydn - Trio in F sharp minor, Hob.XV:26
Beethoven - Trio in B flat, Op.11
 
Friday 13 September
1.10pm: ‘THE WIND OF CHANGE’
ENSEMBLE MOLIERE
Alice Earll, baroque violin
Kate Conway, viola da gamba
Satoko Doi-Luck, harpsichord
with Lauren Lodge-Campbell, soprano
Jacques Duphly - Ouverture (from Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin)
Philippe Courbois - Ariane (from Cinquième Cantate)
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach - Sonata seconda in E minor
GF Handel - Arias
 
Monday 16 September
1.10pm: Peter Edge, baritone
Rachel Fright, piano
Herbert Howells - King David
Finzi - Let Us Garlands Bring
Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Concordia Foundation series
 
Wednesday 18 September
1.10pm: D&B PIANO DUO
Dubravka Vukalovic & Bruno Vlahek, piano
Debussy - Petite Suite
Albéniz - Aragón (Fantasía)
Piazzolla - ‘Café 1930’ from Histoire du tango
Ravel - Rapsodie espagnole
ILAMS series
 
Friday 20 September
1.10pm: DIPHONON DUO
Michael Iskas, viola
Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade, accordion
The Diphonon Duo (whose name derives from the Greek word for ‘two voices’) invite you on a journey through time and space, as they perform works from around the globe, including pieces written specially for the duo, alongside transcriptions of baroque and classical works.
 
Monday 23 September
1.10pm: TRITIUM TRIO
Jernej Albreht, clarinet
Lydia Hillerudh, cello
Joseph Havlat, piano
Piazzolla - Invierno Porteño (Winter)
Alexander von Zemlinsky - Clarinet Trio in D minor, Op.3
Piazzolla - Primavera Porteña (Spring)
Carne Trust series
 
Wednesday 25 September
1.10pm: Tyler Hay, piano
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)                                     
Friedrich Kalkbrenner - Variations Brillantes sur une Mazurka de Chopin
Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
Park Lane Group series
 
Friday 27 September
1.10pm: BROMPTON STRING QUARTET
Maja Horvat, violin
Emily Turkanik, violin
Hannah Gardiner, viola
Wallis Power, cello
Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor 'Death and the Maiden’
Royal College of Music series
 
Monday 30 September
1.10pm: Wayne Hau, saxophone
piano tbc
François Borne - Fantaisie Brillante sur des airs de 'Carmen'
Barry Cockcroft - Black and Blue
Muzcynski - Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Andy Scott - Fujiko
Graham Fitkin - Braemar
Charlotte Harding - Voyage
Trinity Laban series
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Concerts and programmes may be subject to change
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Concerts & Events Manager
David McCleery 020 7381 0441 email

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