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.

April 2019

Friday 19 April
GOOD FRIDAY – NO LUNCHTIME RECITAL
 
Monday 22 April
EASTER MONDAY – NO LUNCHTIME RECITAL
 
Wednesday 24 April
1.10pm: SONGS OF THE NIGHT
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo-soprano
Lana Bode, piano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Lana Bode present an enchanting programme of songs themed around nighttime and sleep.  
Copland - The Little Horses
George Crumb - Night
Rebecca Clarke - The Cherry Blossom Wand
John Cage - The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs
Barber - Nocturne
Britten - At Day Close in November
Britten - A Charm of Lullabies (extracts)
Britten - Nightmare
Britten - Nocturne
Andrew Norman - Lullabies
Park Lane Group Music Trust series
 
Friday 26 April
1.10pm: Alexander Roche, guitar
Johann Kasper Mertz - Fantasie Hongroise
Manuel Maria Ponce - Sonatina Meridional
Albeniz - Sevilla (from Suite Espagnole)
de Falla - Homenaje
Villa Lobos - Prelude No.1 ‘Melodia lírica’; Etude No.11
Augustin Barrios Mangore - Julia Florida; Una limosna por el; Jha che valle
Trinity Laban series
 
Monday 29 April
1.10pm: Adam Heron, piano
Bach - French Suite No.3 in B minor BWV 814
Schubert - Piano Sonata No.16 in A minor D.845

May 2019

Wednesday 1 May
1.10pm: LOCKE BRASS CONSORT
Leslie Lake, conductor
Featuring many of the UK’s leading symphonic brass players, The Locke Brass Consort returns to St James's in a concert that will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their iconic 1979 recording of Richard Strauss's Festmusik der Stadt Wien written for 10 trumpets, 7 trombones, 2 tubas and percussion. The concert will be conducted by group’s founder, Leslie Lake.
 
Friday 3 May
1.10pm: ECHEA QUARTET
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, violin
Emily Earl, violin
Clara Loeb, viola
Eliza Millett, cello
Haydn - String Quartet in D major, Op.20, No.4
Ligeti - String Quartet No.1 (Métamorphoses nocturnes)
Royal Academy of Music series
 
Monday 6 May
BANK HOLIDAY – NO RECITAL
 
Wednesday 8 May
1.10pm: Leah Leong, cello
Harry Rylance, piano
Debussy - Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
Poulenc - Sonata for cello and piano, FP143
Chopin - Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante
Cellissimo series
 
Friday 10 May
1.10pm: Maria Inês Costa, piano
Schubert - Six Moments Musicaux, D.780
Mozart - Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major, K333
Guildhall School of Music and Drama series
 
Monday 13 May
1.10pm: Christos Fountos, piano
Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
Ross Edwards - Kumari
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, Op.53 ​
Trinity Laban series
 
Wednesday 15 May
1.10pm: Patrick Hemmerlé, piano
Debussy - La Puerta del Vino
Albéniz - El Albaicín
Severac - Les Muletiers devant le Christ Llivia
Granados - El Pelele
Ravel - Alborada del Gracioso
Villa-Lobos - Rudepoema
ILAMS series
 
Friday 17 May
1.10pm: LONDON FLUTE QUINTET
Nili Newman, Corinne Larzul, Derek Benton, Liz Cutts, Dan Dixon
The LFQ breathes new life into old favourites with scintillating arrangements for the flute family – from bass flute to piccolo. Programme to include:
Schubert - Impromptu in B flat
Vivaldi - Winter (from The Four Seasons)
Piazzolla - Spring
Ravel - Alborada del Gracioso
 
Monday 20 May
1.10pm: Lucas Krupinski, piano
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major WTC II, BWV 872
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathétique’
Chopin - Nocturne in C minor Op.48
Chopin - Ballade No.4
Ravel - La Valse
Royal College of Music series
 
Wednesday 22 May
1.10pm: MOUSAI SINGERS
Quintin Beer, director
Palestrina - Alma redemptoris mater
Judith Weir - Ave regina caelorum
Victoria - Ave regina caelorum à 5
A. Lobo - Versa est in luctum
Mendelssohn - Psalm 22: Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen
Villette - Hymne à la Vierge
Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia
 
Friday 24 May
1.10pm: Mirian Conti, piano
Chopin - 3 Mazurkas
Mompou - Scenes d’ enfants
Schumann - Novelette Op.21, No.8
plus a selection of Argentinian tangos from the early 20th century
Opus Musica series
 
Monday 27 May
BANK HOLIDAY – NO RECITAL
 
Wednesday 29 May
1.10pm: Dominic Degavino, piano
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 
John McCabe - Evening Harmonies: Hommage à Dukas (Study No.7)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109
Park Lane Group Music Trust series
 
Friday 31 May
1.10pm: Michael Poll, guitar
JS Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, BWV1007 (arranged for guitar)
JS Bach - Prelude, BWV999
JS Bach - Prelude from Lute Suite in E minor, BWV996
JS Bach - Suite in G minor, BWV995
Michael Poll - Variations on the Theme Vltava/Hatikva
Guildhall School of Music and Drama series

June 2019

Monday 3 June
1.10pm: TAILLEFERRE ENSEMBLE
Penelope Smith, oboe
Nicola Hands, oboe
Emma Halnan, flute
Rebecca Etheridge, bassoon
Yokoyama - Souvenir de Caen
Haydn - London Trio No.1, Hob.IV/1
Hoffman - Sonata for 2 oboes and bassoon
Röntgen - Trio for flute, oboe and bassoon 
Bill Douglas - Trio
 
Wednesday 5 June
1.10pm: Hao Zi Yoh, piano
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.32, Op.111
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat major, Op 83
 
Friday 7 June
1.10pm: ANNEXUS QUARTET
Charlotte Spruit, violin
Annie-May Page, violin
Sally Belcher, viola
Carlos Vesperinas García, cello
Programme to be announced shortly – check back for details
Guildhall School of Music and Drama series
 
Monday 10 June
1.10pm: HOME BRASS
Dan Taylor and Jamie Wall, trumpets
Peter Moutoussis, horn
Alistair Welsh, trombone
Stuart Beard, tuba
Dan Taylor - Triptyque for brass
Victor Ewald - Brass Quintet No. 3 in D flat major
Bernstein (arr. Jack Gale) - West Side Story Suite
Harold Arlen (arr. Ryan Linham) - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Trinity Laban series
 
Wednesday 12 June
1.10pm: Maxim Calver, cello
Gorka Plada Giron, piano
Beethoven - Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor
Stravinsky - Suite Italienne 
Cellissimo series
 
Friday 14 June
1.10pm: Marina Kan Selvik, piano
Brahms - Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
Bach-Brahms - Chaconne in D minor for left hand
Concordia Foundation series
 
Monday 17 June
1.10pm: Victor Maslov, piano
Rachmaninov - Etudes-Tableaux Op.39
Royal College of Music series
 
Wednesday 19 June
1.10pm: Dilyan Todorov, piano †
Charlie Westhoff, violin *
Kumi Matsuo, piano *
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in E major K380 †
Beethoven - In tempo di un menuetto (from Piano Sonata No.22, Op.54) †
Tchaikovsky- Dumka Op.59 †
Prokofiev - Allegro ma non troppo (from Piano Sonata No.2) †
Kreisler - Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen Suite (Suite of Old Viennese Melodies) *
Gershwin/Frolov - Porgy & Bess Fantasy *
Talent Unlimited series
 
Friday 21 June
1.10pm: Chamber Music from The Purcell School
‘…it gives me great hope for the future of the music profession when I hear what these young people are capable of’ - SIR SIMON RATTLE CBE
In today’s lunchtime recital, the brilliant young musicians of The Purcell School perform chamber works by Beethoven, Schumann, Bartók, Kodály and Dvořák.
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Monday 24 June
1.10pm: Manuel De Almeida-Ferrer, violin
Wouter Valvekens, piano
Mendelssohn - Sonata for violin and piano in F major
Prokofiev - Sonata No.2 for violin and piano in D major, Op.94a
Royal Academy of Music series
 
Wednesday 26 June
1.10pm: Timothée Botbol, cello
Bloch - Suite No.1 for solo cello
Dutilleux - 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Cassado - Suite for solo cello
Park Lane Group Music Trust series
 
Friday 28 June
1.10pm: MITHRAS TRIO
Ionel Manciu, violin
Leo Popplewell, cello
Dominic Degavino, piano
Mozart - Piano Trio in C major, K548
Brahms - Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101
Royal Over-Seas League series

Concerts and programmes may be subject to change
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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