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.

​March 2020

​Monday 2 March
1.10pm: Hannah Shilvock, bass clarinet
Aleksandra Myslek, piano
Ivana Loudova - Aulos
Debussy - Cello Sonata in D minor (extracts, arr. Hannah Shilvock)
Bach - Prelude from Cello suite No.2 (arr. for bass clarinet) 
Brahms - Cello Sonata No.2 (extracts, arr. for bass clarinet)
Harald Genzmer - Sonate (extracts)
Alexis Ciesla - Habanera for bass clarinet and piano
Trinity Laban series
 
Wednesday 4 March
1.10pm: CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
Seixas Chamber Orchestra
Fabio Fernandes, guitar
Pau Mercadal, conductor
Vivaldi - Concerto for lute in D major, RV 93 
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
Nathan Mercieca, countertenor
Clara Hyder, cornett
Peter Thornton, sackbut
Ian Sankey, sackbut
Sam Barber, sackbut
Adam Crighton, bass sackbut
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
Daniel King Smith, piano
Brahms - Allegro non troppo (1st mvt of Cello Sonata in E minor, Op.38)
Piazzolla - Le grand Tango    
Chopin - Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op.3
Cellissimo series
 
Friday 13 March
1.10pm: Ben Tarlton, cello
Stephen Gutman, 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: Kathy Chow, piano *
Julia Hwang, violin
James Drinkwater, piano
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83 *
Poulenc - Sonata for violin and piano, FP.119
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

April 2020

Wednesday 1 April
1.10pm: Damir Durmanovic, piano
Beethoven Sonata No.29, Op.106 ‘Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier’
 
Friday 3 April
1.10pm: Eleftheria Kotzia, guitar
Maximo Pujol - Three Preludes
Villa Lobos - Andantino, Andante, Cadenza
Ed McGuire - Zalongos Dance Elegy  
Barbara - Gottingen
Angel Cabral/E.Dizeo - La Foule
Roland Dyens - Fuoco
 
Monday 6 April
1.10pm: HOLY WEEK RECITAL
Vigala Singers
Joy Hill, conductor
Urmas Sisask - Oremus
Cecilia McDowall - The Lord is good
Rihards Dubra - Misere Mei
Tallis - If Ye Love Me
Tavener - The Lamb
Monteverdi - Adoremus te, Christe
Arvo Pärt - The Deer’s Cry
 
Wednesday 8 April
1.10pm: HOLY WEEK RECITAL
Lucy Winkett, soprano
Patrick Craig, counter-tenor
Kirra Thomas, violin
Susan Carpenter-Jacobs, violin
Jane Norman, viola
Jenny Bullock, cello
William Fox, organ 
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
 
Friday 10 April
** GOOD FRIDAY – NO RECITAL **
 
Monday 13 April
** EASTER MONDAY – NO RECITAL **
 
Wednesday 15 April
1.10pm: Tamaki Sugimoto, cello
Kumi Matsuo, piano
Beethoven - 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen' WoO 46
Nadia Boulanger - Trois Pieces
Britten - Sonata for cello and piano Op.65
Cellissimo 20th anniversary series
 
Friday 17 April
1.10pm: Joon Yoon, piano
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109
Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin
Concordia Foundation series
 
Monday 20 April:
1.10pm: Tolga Atalay Ün, piano *
Lee Jae Phang, piano †
This concert is part of ’35 Pianists for 35 Sonatas’ series, a recital series presented by the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe across London venues throughout 2020, featuring the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, all played by different pianists, in the 250th year since of the composer’s birth.
Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.10 No.1 *
Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.22 †
Beethoven Piano Society of Europe series
 
Wednesday 22 April
1.10pm: WALDEGRAVE ENSEMBLE
Elliott de Vivo, clarinet
Beatriz Carbonell, violin
Julia Hart, violin
Emily Hoyle, viola
Sooyeon Lee, cello
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
York Bowen - Phantasy for clarinet and string quartet
 
Friday 24 April
1.10pm: Talia Erdal, cello
Bach - Cello Suite No.5
Oleg Bogod - Channels for cello solo
Talia Erdal - Songs
Trinity Laban series
 
Monday 27 April
1.10pm: CHLOE TRIO
Maria Gîlicel, violin
Jobine Siekman, cello
George Todica, piano
Beethoven - Piano Trio Op.1 No.2
Rebecca Clarke - Andante molto semplice, from Piano Trio
Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps
Royal College of Music series
 
Wednesday 29 April   
1.10pm: Anna Astenaso, harp
Britten - Suite for solo harp
Berio - Sequenza for solo harp
Josef Bardanashvili - A Distant Echo
André Caplet - Divertissement à la française et à l'Espagnole
PLG Young Artist series

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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