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.

September 2019

Friday 20 September
1.10pm: DIPHONON DUO
Michael Iskas, viola
Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade, accordion
Arvo Pärt - Fratres
JS Bach - Sonata in G minor for Viola da Gamba, BWV 1029 
L Murphy - Breathing Space
Yūji Takahashi - Like Swans Leaving the Lake
Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Juan Cazcarra - El Yeli
 
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)
The 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
Joe Howson, piano
Jules Demerssman - Fantaisie sur un thème original
Fernande Decruck - Sonata in C sharp minor
Charlotte Harding - Voyage
Glazunov - Chant du ménestrel
Muzcynski - Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Trinity Laban series​

October 2019

Wednesday 2 October
1.10pm: HILL STRING QUARTET
Bridget O'Donnell, violin
Kath Roberts, violin
Julia Doukakis, viola
Ben Michaels, cello
Suk - Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn 'St Wenceslas'
Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Royal Academy of Music series
 
Friday 4 October
1.10pm: Helena Ricci, harp
An enchanting recital featuring beloved harp pieces, including well-known works by Bach, Tarrega, Prokofiev, and romantic gems inspired by literature such as Edgar Allan Poe. Helena Ricci invites you on a journey through time and land, discovering flavours from Spain, France, Russia and Argentina and many more.
Guildhall School of Music & Drama series
 
Monday 7 October
1.10pm: A4 BRASS QUARTET
Jamie Smith, cornet
Jonathan Bates, tenor horn
Michael Cavanagh, baritone
Chris Robertson, euphonium
Jonathan Bates - Toccata
Bernstein - Candide Overture
John Rutter - Gaelic Blessing
Paul Saggers - The Eagle has Landed (world premiere)
Bruckner - Locus Iste
Debussy - Arabesque No.2
Vivaldi - Finale from Violin Concerto
Kentaro Sato - Tsunagari
Jonathan Bates - Mists of the Mountains
Royal Over-Seas League series
 
Wednesday 9 October
1.10pm: Antoine Préat, piano *
Maria Gilicel, violin †
Tolga Atalay Ün, piano †
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor WTC II *
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in A flat major Op.110 *
Mozart - Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304 †
Debussy - Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 148 †
Talent Unlimited series
 
Friday 11 October
1.10pm: John Fisher, piano
Chopin - Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61
Chopin - 5 Etudes from Op 10 and Op 25
Liszt - Paganini Etude No.6
Schumann/Liszt - Widmung
Liszt - Tarantella, from Venezia e Napoli
Royal College of Music series
 
Monday 14 October
1.10pm: Caroline Taylor, soprano
Guy Murgatroyd, piano
Schubert - Suleika I
Quilter - Five Shakespeare Songs, Op.23
Rachmaninov - Siren; Zdes khorosho (from 12 Romances, Op.21)
R. Strauss - Heimliche Aufforderung
Concordia Foundation series
 
Wednesday 16 October
1.10pm: Riccardo Pes, cello
Kumi Matsuo, piano
George Dyson - Cello Sonata in A major
Mendelssohn - Cello sonata No.1 in B-Flat major, Op.45
Riccardo Pes - The Song of the Birds; The Resonance
Tallis - A Psalm before Morning Prayer
 
Friday 18 October
1.10pm: Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition
An afternoon of eight recitals by the best pianists from the four London music colleges, as they compete for a coveted place in the finals of the Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition. Members of the public are welcome to come to any or all of the recitals – there will be plenty of breaks to come and go as you please.
 
Monday 21 October
1.10pm: Tatjana Roos, violin
Piano, tbc
The fourth generation of a musical family, Tanja Roos began playing the violin in 2000, aged three. She recently graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and is now embarking on a Masters degree at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. Programme to include:
Enescu - Impressions d'enfance
Clara Schumann - Three Romances

Wednesday 23 October
1.10pm: Pablo Amorós, piano
Granados - Allegro de Concierto
Albéniz - Rondeña, Almería and Triana (from Iberia, Book 2)
de Falla - Fantasía Bética
Opus Musica series
 
Friday 25 October
1.10pm: Thibault Blanchard, cello
Kyle Nash-Baker, piano
Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op.69
Britten - Cello Sonata in C, Op.65
Trinity Laban series
 
Monday 28 October
1.10pm: Paul Silverthorne, viola
Julian Jacobson, piano
Beethoven - Septet in E flat, Op.20 (arranged for viola and piano)
Beethoven Piano Society of Europe series
 
Wednesday 30 October
1.10pm: Hyungi Lee, marimba
Piazzolla (arr. Pius Cheung) - Verano Porteño 
Andy Akiho - Stop Speaking 
J.S. Bach - Aria and Variations Nos.15, 18, 21 (from Goldberg Variations)
Korean trad (arr. Hyungi Lee) - Arirang 
Paul Lansky - Slide (from Three Moves)
Keiko Abe - Dreams of the Cherry Blossoms 
Anna Ignatowicz - Toccata
PLG Young Artists series​

November 2019

Friday 1 November
1.10pm: Nuno Lucas, piano
Scarlatti - Sonata in C Sharp minor K247
Antonio Soler - Sonata F Sharp major R90
Óscar da Silva - Dolorosas (Selection)
José Vianna da Motta - Barcarolas
Fernando Lopes Graça - Variações sobre um tema popular português
Albéniz - Iberia: ‘El Albaicín’
ILAMS series
 
Monday 4 November
1.10pm: BELL QUARTET
Rebecca Bell, violin
Hannah Bell, violin
Erik Fauss, viola
Joseph Keenan, cello
Britten - Three Divertimenti
​Bartók - String Quartet No.1, Sz.40
Royal Academy of Music series
 
Wednesday 6 November
1.10pm: Cristiana Achim, piano
Clara Schumann - Romance in B minor
Robert Schumann - Papillon, Op.2
Debussy - Clair de lune; La Cathédrale Engloutie; La Puerto del Vino; Feux d’artifice
Bartók - Suite No.14 for piano
Romanian Cultural Institute series
 
Friday 8 November
1.10pm: George Harliono, piano
JS Bach (arr. Siloti) - Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a
Chopin - Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35
Saint-Saëns (arr. Godowsky) - The Swan
Scriabin - Etude in D sharp minor, Op.8 No.12
Strauss (arr. Grünfeld) - Soirée de Vienne; Paraphrase on 'Die Fledermaus'
Royal College of Music series
 
Monday 11 November
1.10pm: BLAZE ENSEMBLE
Mozart - Kegelstadt Trio in E flat for clarinet, viola and piano, K.498
Vaughan Williams - Quintet in D for violin, clarinet, horn, cello and piano
 
Wednesday 13 November
1.10pm: Dominic Degavino, piano
Schubert - 4 Impromptus, Op.90 (D.899)
Chopin - Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47
Gershwin - Three Preludes
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
 
Friday 15 November
1.10pm: DI BARI-SEMERANO PIANO DUO
Filippo di Bari, piano
Giulia Semerano, piano
Mozart - Andante and Variations in G major, K501
Debussy - Six épigraphes antiques
Schubert - Fantasy in F minor, D940
 
Monday 18 November
1.10pm: Pedro Lopez Campos, flute
Irina Lyakhovskaya, piano
Poulenc - Vocalise Etude
Debussy - Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
Tchaikovsky - Lenksy’s Aria
Barber - Canzone
Taffanel - Fantasy on themes from Weber's ‘Der Freischutz’
Concordia Foundation
 
Wednesday 20 November
1.10pm: Ning Hui See, piano
Bach-Liszt - Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Thomas Adès - Darknesse Visible
Clara Schumann - Sonata in G minor ​
Trinity Laban series
 
Friday 22 November
1.10pm: WATERLOO WINDS
Taylor MacLennan, flute
Laura Campbell, oboe
Charlie Dale-Harris, clarinet
Izabela Musial, bassoon
Joel Roberts, French horn
Nielsen - Wind Quintet
Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin
Mozart - Andante K.616
 
Monday 25 November
1.10pm: Chamber Music from Chethams
Today’s recital is given by some of the most talented young musicians in the country from Chetham’s, the UK’s largest specialist music school.
 
Wednesday 27 November
1.10pm: Giacomo Susani, guitar
Frescobaldi - Toccata per spinettina sola over liuto
Frescobaldi - Aria con Variazioni detta ‘La Frescobalda’
Giacomo Susani - The Blue Madeleine
Scarlatti - Sonata in A major, K208
Mangoré - Mazurka Appassionata
Marek Pasieczny - Tate Sonata (dedicated to G. Susani)
Park Lane Group Music Trust series
 
Friday 29 November
1.10pm: Bobby Chen, piano
Nadia Lasserson, piano
Robin Soldan, flute
Nathaniel Harrison, bassoon
Beethoven - Sonata in D major for piano duet, Op.6
Beethoven - Trio for flute, bassoon and piano, WoO 37
Beethoven - 8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein, WoO 67
Beethoven Piano Society of Europe 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