Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat, “Jeunehomme”
Britten Young Apollo
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
London Mozart Players
Martin James Bartlett piano/conductor
Ben Goldscheider horn
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Copland Appalachian Spring
Vaughan Williams An Oxford Elegy
Fauré Requiem
Royal Choral Society
London Mozart Players
conductor Richard Cooke
soprano Rebecca Ryland-Jones
bass/narrator Edward Price
As summer beckons there is warmth and contemplation in abundance with the Royal Choral Society’s programme of music by Fauré, Vaughan Williams and Copland.
Alongside Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine and his Requiem – surely one of the best loved in the choral repertoire (and performed in 2024 to mark the centenary of the composer’s death) – the choir will sing An Oxford Elegy, Vaughan Williams’ poignant tapestry of music interweaved with Matthew Arnold’s poetry, which touchingly evokes high Midsummer, musk carnations, gold-dusted snapdragon and ‘that sweet city with her dreaming spires’.
The Royal Choral Society will be accompanied by LMP who will perform Copland’s Appalachian Spring, featuring the beautiful Shaker melody ‘Simple Gifts’, providing an upbeat contrast and some introspective tranquillity to complement the choral music.
The Royal Choral Society, one of Britain’s largest symphonic choirs, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. The choir has been performing choral masterpieces ever since its formation for the opening of the Royal Albert Hall in 1871, including the UK première of Verdi’s Requiem in 1875, conducted by Verdi himself.
Mozart Symphony No.29 in A
Mozart Requiem
London Mozart Players
Guildford Camerata
Hilary Davan Wetton conductor
Mozart Overture from Don Giovanni
Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, “Jupiter”
London Mozart Players
Matilda Lloyd trumpet
Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Mozart Overture from The Magic Flute
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley piano
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D Major “Haffner”
Mozart ‘Se il padre perdei’ (from Idomeneo)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13 in C
Mozart Misera, dove son!
Mozart Serenade No. 9 in D Major, “Posthorn”
Mozart ‘Fra i pensier più funesti di morte…’ (from Lucio Silla)
Mozart “Temerari… come scoglio” (from Così fan tutte)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 5 in D
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D “Haffner”
London Mozart Players
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Dame Imogen Cooper piano
Martin James Bartlett piano
Anna Prohaska soprano
Mozart Mass in C, “Sparrow”
Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore
London Mozart Players
King’s Voices
Ralph Woodward conductor
Eleanor Cramer soprano
Jacob Partington countertenor
Matt Supramaniam tenor
Tom Pickard bass
Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E Flat
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G
Mozart Divertimento in B Flat
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A
Ruth Rogers director
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge
R. Schumann Piano Quintet in E Flat
Warlock Chopcherry
Mark Le Brocq tenor
Simon Blendis leader
100 Faces of Croydon is a community-led photography and music project from London Mozart Players (LMP) which showcases the local people that make our borough special.
Over the last few weeks, 30 local photographers have taken portraits of 100 people in various locations around Croydon. Two photos of each ‘face’ have been taken; one black and white headshot and one coloured photo taken in an environment which symbolises what Croydon means to them.
The headshots will be revealed during LMP’s Mozart: the Mixtape on Saturday 10 February concert and then released in an online gallery. During this reveal, the 100 ‘faces’ will participate in a special musical performance.
100 Faces of Croydon is funded and supported by This is Croydon: The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s, London Borough of Culture.
Schumann Piano Quartet in E Flat
Fauré Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor
Beethoven, Tama Matheson I Shall Hear in Heaven
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley piano
Julian Rolton piano
Tama Matheson Beethoven
This event is for LMP Friends only.
Farrenc Symphony No.3 in G minor
Mendelssohn Symphony No.1 in C minor
London Mozart Players
Students of Royal Holloway, University of London
Rebecca Miller conductor
Martin Smith leader
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20
Mozart Requiem
London Mozart Players
Whitgift School Music Department
Whitgift Chamber Choir
Choir of Croydon Minster
Justin Miller conductor
Phil Winter conductor
Sophie Garbisu soprano
Annie Gill mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Hugo Herman-Wilson baritone
All proceeds from this concert will be donated to Lives Not Knives.
Clara Schumann Abendfeier, Gondoliera
Kerensa Briggs Media Vita
Natalia Tsupryk A Quiet Night
Libby Croad Suite for Strings
Makaroff Andromeda
Puccini Messa di Gloria
London Mozart Players
Brighton Festival Chorus
Brighton Festival Youth Choir
James Morgan conductor
Thomas Elwin tenor
Andrew Rupp baritone
Mozart “Ave verum corpus”
Mozart “Exsultate, jubilate”
Mozart Requiem
London Mozart Players (LMP)
St John’s Voices
Graham Walker conductor
Royal Choral Society
London Mozart Players
Richard Cooke conductor
Haydn Nelson Mass
Handel Zadok the Priest, My Heart is Inditing
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A, K.201
Miriam Allan soprano
Hannah Cooke mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Madden tenor
Richard Bannan baritone
Haydn’s Nelson Mass was composed in 1798 against a backdrop of fear as Napoleon’s army fought its way to Austria. Haydn didn’t know it, but while he was writing this choral masterpiece (originally called Missa in Angustiis or ‘Mass for Troubled Times’), the British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson was delivering a stunning victory over the French forces at the Battle of the Nile. News of the victory supposedly reached Haydn on the day of the work’s premiere, and so began its association with the naval hero, cemented when Nelson visited the Esterhazy court and met Haydn in 1800.
The turbulent atmosphere is evoked throughout this magnificent choral work, from the opening lines of the Kyrie through to the dramatic intensity of the Benedictus; and yet, as with his symphonies and in keeping with the custom of providing a happy ending, the culminating mood is optimistic. Haydn’s music seems to underline human resilience amidst the horrors of conflict.
Join the Royal Choral Society, the London Mozart Players and a quartet of soloists under the baton of Richard Cooke to present this outstanding work in Chelmsford Cathedral. The concert opens with two glorious anthems composed by Handel for the coronation of King George II, after which the orchestra will play Mozart’s enchanting Symphony No.29, a high point of his early symphonic writing. Mozart’s captivating melodies have all the elegance of his mentor, Haydn.
The Royal Choral Society has been performing the choral masterpieces ever since its formation for the opening of the Royal Albert Hall in 1871, including the UK premières of Verdi’s Requiem in 1875, and Dvorak’s Stabat Mater in 1884, both concerts conducted by their composers.
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