Live Concert: Celebrating Beethoven

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Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op.61

London Mozart Players
Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin

LMP is back, performing the best in classical music to a live audience! Due to the restrictions imposed by Covid-19 we are taking our Autumn 2020 concerts online as our ‘Classical Club’ which launches at the end of September. We’d love as many of you as possible to be in our socially-distanced audiences for the concert recordings; live music needs a live audience! Our third concert in the series where we can accommodate an audience will be recorded under Covid-19 restrictions at the beautiful baroque gem that is St John’s Smith Square, one of LMP’s favourite concert halls. And we have a terrific concert for you, with an exceptional soloist.

The musical celebrations to mark Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year were put on hold with the arrival of Covid-19, but we can all enjoy a late salute to the musical genius in November, when LMP performs Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and his Violin Concerto. The Overture was inspired by Heinrich von Collin’s play Coriolan, rather than Shakespeare’s tragedy, and the music reflects the contrasting moods in the story – Coriolan’s aggression and his mother’s gentle pleading. Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is one of his most serene works, reflecting the composer’s relative personal happiness at the time. This revolutionary concerto takes us on a journey different from any violin concerto that preceded it: from a lyrical first movement, to a larghetto second movement and finally, a joyous rambunctious finale. It’s a hugely satisfying masterpiece that perfectly displays Beethoven’s genius. We welcome rising star and YCAT artist Jonian Ilias Kadesha as soloist for this final concert of the series. PLUS there may be one or two extra musical flourishes!

 

Ticket Info

To book your ticket, please click the red ‘Book’ button at the bottom of this page and follow the instruction on the screen.

Once you have booked your ticket, you will be emailed confirmation of your purchase and your Print at Home tickets, which we ask you to bring along to the concert. You can either print them off or show them on your phone.

 

Seating at St John’s Smith Square

In accordance with government guidelines, you will be seated in a bubble the size of which corresponds to the number of tickets you have booked, with 2m between bubbles. Due to a recent change in government guidelines, you can only share a seating bubble with members of your household or support bubble.

If you are coming with a friend who is not part of your household or support bubble, please book your tickets separately as you need to be given two separate bubbles. If you write us an email to let us know who you are coming to the concert with, we’ll try our best to allocate you to two bubbles next to each other.

Upon arrival at St John’s a member of staff will guide you to your seating bubble. It is not permitted to switch or re-arrange seating bubbles.

Please do not attend the performance if you or anyone in your household feels unwell on the day of the performance or in the days leading up to the performance.

 

COVID-restrictions and safeguarding

In accordance with government guidelines, social distancing measures will be in place at the venue to ensure everyone’s safety.

 

Live Concert: Bows and Oboes

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Strauss Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 ‘Italian’

London Mozart Players
Mateusz Moleda Conductor
Olivier Stankiewicz Oboe

LMP is back, performing the best in classical music to a live audience! Due to the restrictions imposed by Covid-19 we are taking our Autumn 2020 concerts online as our ‘Classical Club’ which launches at the end of September. We’d love as many of you as possible to be in our socially-distanced audiences for the concert recordings. Our second audience concert will be recorded under Covid-19 restrictions at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, LMP’s residency for the past 30 years. We can’t wait to get back in the Phoenix Hall to perform for you, and it’s an exhilarating programme with an exceptional soloist!

A chance encounter at the end of World War Two between composer Richard Strauss and a young American solider, a professional oboist in civilian life, planted the seed of an idea that flourished into the finest oboe concerto written in the 20th century. Although seemingly light and playful, Strauss’ Oboe Concerto is exceptionally difficult to perform, with circular breathing a pre-requisite. We are delighted to showcase a young oboist who is destined for a great professional career, YCAT artist Olivier Stankiewicz, who performs the solo, under the baton of conductor Mateusz Moleda. The programme also includes Mendelssohn’s jaunty and optimistic Italian Symphony. We may have one or two other musical treats up our sleeves!

Tickets £25, by invite only (limited availability due to reduced audience size)
• No interval
• This concert is being recorded for broadcast.

Covid-19 compliance
In accordance with government guidelines, social distancing measures will be in place at the venue to ensure everyone’s safety.

Michael Collins: Clarinet at the Clock Tower

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Weber Clarinet Quintet in B♭ Major, Op.34
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581

Michael Collins clarinet
London Mozart Players

7pm BST

In a treat for woodwind fans (and there have not been many woodwind outings this year, thanks to Covid-19), clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins joins LMP’s Classical Club for a sublime chamber concert direct from the lofty space in the Clock Tower above St Pancras Station. Two clarinet quintets are on the programme: Mozart’s glorious quintet with its melting second movement is one of the earliest and most beloved pieces for clarinet, written especially for his friend, the basset clarinettist Anton Stadler. The Weber quintet, graceful and exuberant by turn, is itself a little masterpiece, full of musical leaps and pirouettes. Michael Collins will bring all his dazzling virtuosity and sensitive musicianship to these delightful chamber works.

 

Tickets

You can buy individual tickets for concerts for £12 (€13/$15), children’s concerts £5 each (€6/$7), or an 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes.

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Further Information

Soloist: Michael Collins

 

Michael Collins MBE is a distinguished soloist, and has in recent years also become a highly regarded conductor. Michael performs worldwide as soloist and conductor, and pre-Covid engagements include tours in South Africa, Australia (with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), Japan and Mexico (with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional). Michael is committed to expanding the repertoire of the clarinet and has premiered many new works, including by Adams, Carter and Turnage. Michael’s most recent recording is an extensive discography of concertante works by Richard Strauss, with Collins as conductor and soloist. Michael is in great demand as a chamber musician: during the 2019/20 season he was artist in residence at the Wigmore Hall, and performed one of the Hall’s many lunchtime recitals that were live streamed during lockdown. LMP is fortunate to collaborate with Michael on a regular basis, and our Clock Tower concert will be a real delight.

 

Venue: St Pancras Clock Tower

Our second Classical Club concert will be streamed from the Tower Room in the iconic clock tower that soars over St Pancras Station. The tower in fact sits within St Pancras Chambers, formerly the Midland Grand Hotel. This famous railway terminus hotel was constructed at St Pancras by the Midland Railway Company between 1868 to 1876, with the hotel opening in 1873. The hotel’s architect was George Gilbert Scott, the great proponent of Gothic Revival, a Victorian style that redeployed gothic architectural elements of the Middle Ages. The 10-m-high Tower Room makes an incredible space for chamber recitals.

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Online Concert: Bows & Oboes

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Strauss Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra, AV 144, TrV 292
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 ‘Italian’

Ruth Rogers leader
Olivier Stankiewicz oboe
London Mozart Players
Mateusz Moleda conductor

7pm GMT

A chance encounter at the end of World War Two between composer Richard Strauss and a young American solider, a professional oboist in civilian life, planted the seed of an idea that flourished into the finest oboe concerto written in the 20th century. Although seemingly light and playful, Strauss’ Oboe Concerto is exceptionally difficult to perform, with circular breathing a pre-requisite. We are delighted to showcase a young oboist who is destined for a great professional career, YCAT artist Olivier Stankiewicz, who performs the solo, under the baton of conductor Mateusz Moleda. The programme also includes Mendelssohn’s jaunty and optimistic Italian Symphony. This concert will be filmed before a socially-distancing audience at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, where the London Mozart Players have enjoyed a 30-year residency.

If you would like to be in the audience for this event, there is more information here.

 

Tickets

You can buy individual tickets for concerts for £12 (€13/$15), children’s concerts £5 each (€6/$7), or an 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes. 

 

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About Classical Club

Classical Club is a brand-new series of eight classical music concerts, in partnership with Scala Radio.

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Further Information

Soloist: Olivier Stankiewicz

Born in Nice, Olivier Stankiewicz studied oboe and theory at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. He is currently principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music, and is sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Olivier won 1st Prize at the Oboe Competition in Japan, the YCA auditions in Leipzig and New York, and in 2016 was a prize-winner at the YCAT International Auditions in London. Recent highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Snape Maltings and the Louvre. In 2019 Olivier recorded the Mozart Oboe Concerto with the LSO, performed Attahir’s Concerto Nur with the Orchestre de Lille, and took part in the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. Olivier has appeared as guest principal with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Sinfonietta, Philadelphia Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras among others.

 

About YCAT

Founded in 1984, the Young Classical Artists Trust is a specialist charity that identifies, nurtures and supports musicians early in their careers and enables them to become self-supporting. As COVID-19 impacts on the livelihood and future of musicians around the world, the need to adapt has become more crucial than ever, and YCAT is working to provide the resources, insight and advice that young musicians need during this time.

 

Mateusz Moleda

Mateusz Moleda is one of the most interesting and remarkable personalities among today’s young developing orchestra leaders. Born in Germany, Mateusz studied piano at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover. As an accomplished concert pianist Mateusz performed in more than 25 countries, released several CD recordings and collaborated with some of the finest European orchestras. Now an aspiring conductor, Mateusz has been mentored by Marek Janowski, working with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has a wide symphonic and opera repertoire and has been engaged as guest conductor all around the world, working with Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, the Carl Nielsen Academy Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra and the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic among many others.

 

Venue: Fairfield Halls

The Fairfield Halls originally opened in November 1962, when the complex encompassed the Concert Hall (now the Phoenix Concert Hall), Ashcroft Theatre (now Ashcroft Playhouse) and Arnhem Gallery. The 1800-seater concert hall had the same acoustician as the Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall, Hope Bagenal, whose Southbank experience enabled him to create one of the best acoustics in the UK at Fairfield. The recent refurbishment has returned Fairfield to its 1962 splendour. It is now fully air conditioned, all electrical and mechanical engineering has been replaced, and sound baffles have been added in the hall to allow for a better acoustic when music is amplified. London Mozart Players have been resident at Fairfield Halls for 30 years, and celebrated the hall’s reopening with a sell-out gala concert in 2019.

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Online Concert: Celebrating Beethoven

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Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op.61

Simon Blendis director
Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
London Mozart Players

7pm GMT

The musical celebrations to mark Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year were put on hold with the arrival of Covid-19, but Classical Club members will be able to enjoy a late salute in November, when LMP performs Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and his Violin Concerto. The Overture was inspired by Heinrich von Collin’s play Coriolan, rather than Shakespeare’s tragedy, and the music reflects the contrasting moods in the story – Coriolan’s aggression and his mother’s gentle pleading. Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is one of his most serene works, reflecting the composer’s relative personal happiness at the time. This revolutionary concerto takes us on a journey different from any violin concerto that preceded it: from a lyrical first movement, to a larghetto second movement and finally, a joyous rambunctious finale. It’s a hugely satisfying masterpiece that perfectly displays Beethoven’s genius. We welcome rising star and YCAT artist Jonian Ilias Kadesha as soloist for our final Classical Club concert of the series.

If you would like to be in the audience for this event, there is more information here.

 

Tickets

You can buy individual tickets for concerts for £12 (€13/$15), children’s concerts £5 each (€6/$7), or an 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes.

BUY YOUR TICKET

 

About Classical Club

Classical Club is a brand-new series of eight classical music concerts, in partnership with Scala Radio.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLASSICAL CLUB

 

 

Further Information

Soloist: Jonian Ilias Kadesha

We are delighted to perform Beethoven alongside Jonian Ilias Kadesha, one of three soloists from the Young Classical Artists Trust who are joining us this season. Born in Athens of Albanian and Greek heritage, Jonian is currently completing his Masters at the Kronberg Academy with Antje Weithaas. In 2018 he was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions held at Wigmore Hall. Over the last year Jonian has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at the Kronberg Festival, the Athens State Symphony at Megaron Hall and Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Tivoli Hall. He has given a recital at Wigmore Hall and made his debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin as soloist and artistic director of the Caerus Kammerensemble.  Solo highlights include appearances with Munich Radio, Lübeck Philharmonic, Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, RTE Concert Orchestra, New Russian State Symphony, Greek Radio and Thessaloniki State Orchestras.

This season Jonian performs Shostakovich’s Concerto No.2 with the Athens State Symphony, and appears as soloist with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Meininger Hofkapelle.  He collaborates with Steven Isserlis at LSO St Luke’s (broadcast on BBC Radio 3), returns to Wigmore Hall with Trio Gaspard, and will be Artist in Residence at the Boswiler Sommer Festival.

 

About YCAT

Founded in 1984, the Young Classical Artists Trust is a specialist charity that identifies, nurtures and supports musicians early in their careers and enables them to become self-supporting. As COVID-19 impacts on the livelihood and future of musicians around the world, the need to adapt has become more crucial than ever, and YCAT is working to provide the resources, insight and advice that young musicians need during this time.

 

Venue: St John Smith’s Square

Just a stone’s throw from the Houses of Parliament, tucked away in a quiet square, stands the former church of St John the Evangelist, a baroque masterpiece that has survived fires, a lightning strike, subsidence, a direct hit during the Blitz, and threats of being turned into a carpark. Fortunately, the 1710 church was saved and turned into one of London’s finest concert halls, opening in 1969. It has seen premieres by Stockhausen, Birtwistle, Copland and Tippett to name but a few, and musicians of the calibre of Joan Sutherland, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Adrian Boult, Harrison Birtwistle, Plácido Domingo, Philip Glass and many others perform and/or record here. St John’s Smith Square is one of the London Mozart Players regular concert halls, and we are thrilled to perform two of Beethoven’s most popular works here for Classical Club.

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Online Concert: Little Red Riding Hood

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Music: Paul Patterson
Words: Roald Dahl

Polly Ives narrator
London Mozart Players

10.00am GMT

‘Wolves aren’t always as clever as they think they are…’. In a half-term musical treat for children of all ages, LMP’s Classical Club presents Paul Patterson’s lively orchestral version of Roald Dahl’s wickedly witty ‘Little Red Riding Hood. Taken from Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes this is ideal for 5–11-year-olds but is also a sharply funny and inspiring treat for adults. Polly Ives narrates this hilarious twist on the fairy-tale classic, performing with LMP in the stunning Great Conservatory at Syon Park. It’s half an hour of pure magic that never fails to entertain, and a wonderful way to introduce budding musicians to the instruments of the orchestra.

Be at the Filming!

We will be filming this concert and The Three Little Pigs on Sunday 13th September in the Great Conservatory at Syon Park. If you’d like to be in the audience for the filming (Covid-19 restrictions will be in place) then do come along. Just pay the entrance fee and make your way to the Great Conservatory in time for 12pm for Little Red Riding Hood and 3:30pm for Three Little Pigs (no extra charge for the concerts). Syon Park Ticket and location information can be found here: www.syonpark.co.uk/

Tickets

You can buy an individual ticket for this concert at £5 (€6/$7), or purchase as part of our 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes. 

 

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About Classical Club

Classical Club is a brand-new series of eight classical music concerts, in partnership with Scala Radio.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLASSICAL CLUB

 

Further Information

Narrator: Polly Ives

Polly enjoys a varied career as a concert presenter and narrator, workshop leader, trainer, teacher and cellist. As a children’s concert presenter, Polly performs regularly with Music in the Round and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and has worked with CBeebies, London Mozart Players and Royal Opera House among others. Polly is founder and director of Concerteenies, a live music series for babies, toddlers and their grown-ups in Sheffield and Derbyshire, at Greystones Backroom, Yellow Arch Studios, Music in the Round at the Crucible Theatre and in Castleton.

Polly is a highly experienced children’s workshop leader, with a focus on music supporting speech and language for children at elevated risk of delay. She has taught the cello and piano for many years and has coached with Sheffield Music Hub, Sheffield Music School, City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra and the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and is Chair of Sheffield Young Singers.

Venue: The Great Conservatory, Syon Park

Syon House is the spectacular London home of the Duke of Northumberland. The house was built in the sixteenth century on the site of the Medieval Syon Abbey, and came to the family of the present owners in 1594. The exceptionally beautiful Great Conservatory, designed by Charles Fowler in the 1820s and completed in 1827, which stands in the grounds of Syon Park, was the first conservatory to be built from metal and glass on a large scale. The stunning yet delicate structure combines a neo-classical elevation on a Palladian model.

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Online Concert: The Three Little Pigs

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Music: Paul Patterson
Words: Roald Dahl

Polly Ives narrator
London Mozart Players

10am GMT

‘The little pig began to pray, but Wolfie blew his house away!’. Roald Dahl is at his subversive best in this gruesomely funny re-telling of favourite children’s tale The Three Little Pigs. Hilarious happenings follow the little piggies as they build their houses, with some outrageously comic twists to the familiar story. Paul Patterson’s sprightly score brings the whole thing to life, with plenty of musical allusions to keep the grown-ups entertained too! Polly Ives is our brilliant narrator who’ll deliver the necessary huffing and puffing. A perfect way to kick off your kids’ Hallowe’en weekend.

Be at the Filming!

We will be filming this concert and Little Red Riding Hood on Sunday 13th September in the Great Conservatory at Syon Park. If you’d like to be in the audience for the filming (Covid-19 restrictions will be in place) then do come along. Just pay the entrance fee and make your way to the Great Conservatory in time for 12pm for Little Red Riding Hood and 3:30pm for Three Little Pigs (no extra charge for the concerts). Syon Park Ticket and location information can be found here: www.syonpark.co.uk/

Tickets

You can buy an individual ticket for this concert at £5 (€6/$7), or purchase as part of our 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes. 

 

BUY YOUR TICKET

 

About Classical Club

Classical Club is a brand-new series of eight classical music concerts, in partnership with Scala Radio.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLASSICAL CLUB

 

 

Further Information

Narrator: Polly Ives

Polly enjoys a varied career as a concert presenter and narrator, workshop leader, trainer, teacher and cellist. As a children’s concert presenter, Polly performs regularly with Music in the Round and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and has worked with CBeebies, London Mozart Players and Royal Opera House among others. Polly is founder and director of Concerteenies, a live music series for babies, toddlers and their grown-ups in Sheffield and Derbyshire, at Greystones Backroom, Yellow Arch Studios, Music in the Round at the Crucible Theatre and in Castleton.

Polly is a highly experienced children’s workshop leader, with a focus on music supporting speech and language for children at elevated risk of delay. She has taught the cello and piano for many years and has coached with Sheffield Music Hub, Sheffield Music School, City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra and the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and is Chair of Sheffield Young Singers.

Venue: The Great Conservatory, Syon Park

Syon House is the spectacular London home of the Duke of Northumberland. The house was built in the sixteenth century on the site of the Medieval Syon Abbey, and came to the family of the present owners in 1594. The exceptionally beautiful Great Conservatory, designed by Charles Fowler in the 1820s and completed in 1827, which stands in the grounds of Syon Park, was the first conservatory to be built from metal and glass on a large scale. The stunning yet delicate structure combines a neo-classical elevation on a Palladian model.

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Online Concert: Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale

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Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale

Simon Blendis leader
Tama Matheson narrator
London Mozart Players
William Vann conductor

3pm GMT

A theatrical work conceived by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer C.F. Ramuz, The Soldier’s Tale tells the story of a soldier trudging home, who trades his violin to the devil in return for a magic book which will bring him a fortune. Eventually realising that wealth is meaningless, the soldier deliberately loses a card game with the Devil to win back his fiddle. But the Devil is not so easily beaten…

Actor Tama Matheson narrates this Faustian story, while rhythms of ragtime, tango, waltz and a march jostle for position in Stravinsky’s devilishly original score, performed by an LMP septet of violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone and percussion. Written at the end of the First World War, when Stravinsky was recovering from the second wave of the Spanish flu (which delayed early performances of this work), The Soldier’s Tale is a parable for all cultures and times. This Classical Club performance will be broadcast first on Remembrance Sunday from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, to an audience of Chelsea Pensioners, and the concert will end with ‘The Last Post’ as a tribute to all veterans.

 

Tickets

You can buy individual tickets for concerts for £12 (€13/$15), children’s concerts £5 each (€6/$7), or an 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes.

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About Classical Club

Classical Club is a brand-new series of eight classical music concerts, in partnership with Scala Radio.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLASSICAL CLUB

 

 

Further Information

Narrator: Tama Matheson

Tama Matheson is a writer, director, and actor with a passion for combining the spoken word with music. In his career, Tama has always straddled the musical and theatrical worlds, and, for many years, cherished a desire to unify these two theatrical realms into a single creation. As such, he set up the company, Word and Music, in order to fulfil that desire.

Tama has directed opera and theatre all over the world. As an opera director, he has worked at the Sydney Opera House, Oper Graz, Houston Grand Opera, Melbourne Opera, Perth Opera, JACC Kuwait, and the Teatru Manoel in Malta. He has also collaborated with several orchestras, including Melbourne, Tasmanian, and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the Brisbane Camerata, and the London Mozart Players.

Venue: The Royal Hospital Chelsea

The Royal Hospital Chelsea was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who brought to life King Charles II’s vision of a home for veteran soldiers. Until the seventeenth century, the state made no provision for old and injured soldiers, and with the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1540s and beyond, there had been fewer religious houses to take on this duty of care. In 1681 Charles II issued a royal warrant authorising the building of the Royal Hospital in the Chelsea countryside (as it then was), and Wren was charged with the design and build. The first ‘Chelsea Pensioners’ were admitted in 1692, and there is still a full complement of Pensioners to this day, recognisable in their red uniforms, who have all served as ordinary soldiers in the Armed Forces at some point in their lives. Our concert takes place in The Wren Chapel, built between 1681 and 1687, a rare example of Wren’s pure ecclesiastical work. Director of Music William Vann takes the baton for this concert.

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Live Concert: A Classical Celebration!

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Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’ Op.25
Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129

London Mozart Players
Ruth Rogers Leader
Maciej Kulakowski Cello

LMP is back, performing the best in classical music to a live audience! Due to the restrictions imposed by Covid-19 we are taking our Autumn 2020 concerts online in our ‘Classical Club’ which launches at the end of September. We’d love as many of you as possible to be in our socially-distanced audiences for the concert recordings, as nothing beats performing to a live audience. Our first concert will be recorded under Covid-19 restrictions at LMP’s home at the church of St John the Evangelist in Upper Norwood, London SE19. Do join us as we reunite players and audience in this gorgeous church for this thrilling programme!

Our first concert kicks off with a truly celebratory work, Prokofiev’s effervescent ‘Classical’ Symphony, which cleverly juxtaposes 20th-century style with the traditional four-movement symphony – with some added parody and humour. This is contrasted with Schumann’s masterful Cello Concerto, performed by talented young cellist Maciej Kulakowski. A hugely romantic work, this gorgeous concerto is full of passionate melodies that soar against an unobtrusive orchestral accompaniment. There will also be one or two other musical surprises in store!

Tickets £25 (limited availability due to reduced audience size)
• No interval
• This concert is being recorded for broadcast.

How to book
We currently have just 12 tickets left. To book tickets, please email info@lmp.org confirming the number of seats you wish to reserve, giving the names of ALL attendees, and adding a contact phone number so we can call you to take payment. On Monday 7 September we will assign seats in the order of receipt of emails (and according to bubble sizes), and create a wait list if necessary. Tickets for later concerts will go on sale in due course.

Covid-19 compliance
In accordance with government guidelines, social distancing measures will be in place at the venue to ensure everyone’s safety. Audience members will be required to sit in households or support bubbles, with two metres between groups. Face coverings must be worn inside the building at all times.

Online Concert: A Classical Celebration!

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Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’ Op.25
Schumann Cello Concerto in A Major, Op.129 (soloist Maciej Kulakowski)

Ruth Rogers director
Maciej Kulakowski cello
London Mozart Players

7.00pm BST

Classical Club launches with Prokofiev’s effervescent ‘Classical’ Symphony, which cleverly juxtaposes 20th-century style with the traditional four-movement symphony – with some added parody and humour. This is contrasted with Schumann’s masterful Cello Concerto, performed by talented young cellist Maciej Kulakowski. A hugely romantic work, this gorgeous concerto is full of passionate melodies that soar against an unobtrusive orchestral accompaniment. Filmed before a socially-distancing audience at the stunning Church of St John the Evangelist in Upper Norwood – the London Mozart Players’ home venue and rightly famed for its music, this concert will be a real celebration of the best in classical music, and a truly thrilling reunion of players and audience. 

 

Tickets

You can buy individual tickets for concerts for £12 (€13/$15), children’s concerts £5 each (€6/$7), or an 8-concert ‘Season Pass’ for £60 (€72/$80). A Season Pass includes extra content such as interviews and behind-the-scenes films, plus free concert programmes. 

 

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Concert snippet

Get a taste of the concert with this short preview.

 

About Classical Club

Classical Club is a brand-new series of eight classical music concerts, in partnership with Scala Radio.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLASSICAL CLUB

 

Further Information

Soloist: Maciej Kulakowski 

We are delighted to welcome cellist Maciej Kulakowski as our soloist for this first Classical Club concert. Born in Gdansk, Maciej studies with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt at the Kronberg Academy. In 2015, aged 19, Maciej won 1st Prize at the Lutoslawski International Cello Competition. He was a Laureate in the finals of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and a prize winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions at Wigmore Hall. Previous solo appearances include the Penderecki Festival, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic and Poznań Philharmonic Orchestras. Recitals and chamber music have taken Maciej around the world, including the Piatigorsky Cello Festival in Los Angeles, Beijing Super Cello Festival and Munich Rising Stars Festivals.   

 

About YCAT 

Founded in 1984, the Young Classical Artists Trust is a specialist charity that identifies, nurtures and supports musicians early in their careers and enables them to become self-supporting. As COVID-19 impacts on the livelihood and future of musicians around the world, the need to adapt has become more crucial than ever, and YCAT is working to provide the resources, insight and advice that young musicians need during this time. London Mozart Players are delighted to support YCAT rising stars through a showcase event in Classical Club. 

 

Venue: St John the Evangelist 

The stunning church of St John the Evangelist soars like a cathedral in the leafy suburb of Upper Norwood. A Grade II listed Gothic Revival church, designed by eminent English architect John Loughborough Pearson, it was built between 1878–1887. Music plays an important part in the life of St Johns; this is not just because it is the home of the London Mozart Players! The church is noted for the quality of its acoustics, and it is a sought-after recording space. The open design of the interior also lends itself to hosting concerts, with audiences of up to 500 people packing in to enjoy the delights of live classical music (pre-Covid of course). 

  

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LMP at the Fidelio Orchestra Café (oboe quartet) SOLD OUT

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THIS CONCERT IS NOW SOLD OUT

LMP will be performing twice at the unconventional and captivating Fidelio Orchestra Café in Clerkenwell, London, in September – do join us for food, wine and music! The café’s opening weeks hosted sell-out performances by Steven Isserlis and Alina Ibragimova, described by The Times as ‘life-enhancing’, and we are proud to be following such esteemed soloists with two LMP chamber groups – a string trio led by Ruth Rogers (23 Sept) and an oboe quartet led by Simon Blendis (26 Sept).

Our event on Wednesday 23 September (Ruth’s String Trio) is now sold out, but there is some availablity for Simon’s Oboe Quartet on Saturday 26 September. LMP Friends and Newsletter subscribers can enjoy priority booking until Tuesday 1 September when tickets will go on sale to the public, but don’t delayif you are interested in booking. Contact Tegan@lmp.org for more information and to reserve your seats.

To ensure each concert is delivered in line with COVID-19 guidelines, tickets are limited to just 25 people per concert. Tickets cost £100 per person and include a three-course meal and a glass of wine/prosecco alongside our 60-minute concert. We are also inviting an additional £20 donation to support us as we continue to find innovative ways to reach our audiences in the face of ongoing challenges brought on by the pandemic.

We are SO looking forward to welcoming you to these brilliant concerts!

Oboe Quartet: Simon Blendis (violin), Bryony Gibson-Cornish (viola), Sarah Butcher (cello), Gareth Hulse (oboe)

Mozart Oboe Quartet in C
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Schubert mvt in B Flat
Mozart Oboe Quartet K.370 in F

These tickets can’t be booked online, so do contact tegan@lmp.org or the LMP office on 020 8686 1996 for further details.

Menus and information about the Fidelio Café can be found via their website.

LMP at the Fidelio Orchestra Café (string trio) SOLD OUT

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SOLD OUT – we are operating a waiting list – see below.

LMP will be performing at the unconventional and captivating Fidelio Orchestra Café in Clerkenwell, London, in September – do join us for food, wine and music! The café’s opening weeks hosted sell-out performances by Steven Isserlis and Alina Ibragimova, described by The Times as ‘life-enhancing’, and we are proud to be following such esteemed soloists with two LMP chamber groups – a string trio led by Ruth Rogers (23 Sept) and an oboe quartet led by Simon Blendis (26 Sept).

Our exclusive evening just for LMP Friends, subscribers and supporters at the Café on Wednesday 23 September (Ruth’s String Trio) has now SOLD OUT. We are operating a waiting list. There are a few tickets available for Simon’s Oboe Quartet on Saturday 26 September. LMP Friends and Newsletter subscribers can enjoy priority booking until Tuesday 1 September when tickets will go on sale to the publi. Contact Tegan@lmp.org for more information and to reserve your seats for 26th or go on the waiting list for 23rd.

To ensure each concert is delivered in line with COVID-19 guidelines, tickets are limited to just 25 people per concert. Tickets cost £100 per person and include a three-course meal and a glass of wine/prosecco alongside our 60-minute concert. We are also inviting an additional £20 donation to support us as we continue to find innovative ways to reach our audiences in the face of ongoing challenges brought on by the pandemic.

We are SO looking forward to welcoming you to these brilliant concerts!

 

String Trio: Ruth Rogers (violin), Judith Busbridge (viola), Sebastian Comberti (cello) 

Haydn Trio in G 
Beethoven C minor Op 9 
Dohnanyi Serenade  

 

These tickets can’t be booked online, so do contact tegan@lmp.org or the LMP office on 020 8686 1996 for further details.

Menus and information about the Fidelio Café can be found via their website.

Mannington Live Music with LMP

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London Mozart Players join Sheringham Little Theatre to hold a special event mixing music, words and poetry in the walled garden at Mannington Hall.  The event will consist of live classical music inspired by the experiences and emotions of four young performers during lockdown – ranging from family and separation to countryside and reflection.  Afternoon tea boxes for two, with sandwiches, savouries, scones and cakes, can also be ordered in advance via Sheringham Little Theatre’s website (please let them know if you require any dietary requirements at time of booking).

To ensure everyone’s safety socially distanced areas will be allocated for groups of up to six people. Visitors are asked to bring a travel rug, fold-up seats, and umbrellas in case of rain. There will be no interval.

If Government guidelines change and prevent a live show, the concert will go ahead and be recorded. A 50% refund would be available on tickets purchased for the live event on the basis that everyone would be able to watch the “virtual” version to support those involved.

Performance starts at 18:00 (Doors open 16:30).

JAM on the Marsh – Fauré: Requiem

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GABRIEL FAURÉ: REQUIEM

New Poetry by Grahame Davies
I. Introitus et Kyrie
II. Offertorium
III. Sanctus
IV. Pie Jesu
V. Agnus Dei
VI. Libera me
VII. In Paradisum

The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park conductor
Simon Hogan organ
London Mozart Players

A virtual concert of music and readings for all affected by Covid-19. The Fauré Requiem with new readings by poet Grahame Davies commissioned for this event by JAM on the Marsh. More information via jamconcert.org

Jam on the Marsh with Paul Mealor

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Peter Aviss: The Seafarer
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Judith Bingham: The Hythe (commissioned by JAM 2012)
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
Paul Mealor: Piano Concerto (world premiere – commissioned jointly by JAM and the North Wales International Music Festival 2020)

John Hudson piano
Michael Bawtree conductor
London Mozart Players

This virtual concert is the world premiere of a Piano Concerto, by one of the best-known and most-performed composers of our time, Paul Mealor. Paul was recently made President of JAM, a role that reflects his long-standing collaboration with JAM, having composed several works for the charity and having been a previous Festival Curator of JAM on the Marsh. Paul’s new work comes at the end of this evening’s concert and is preceded by Romney Marsh-based composer Peter Aviss’ The Seafarer; Judith Bingham’s The Hythe – also commissioned by JAM; Bartok’s Romanian Dances and Samuel Barber’s ever-popular Adagio.

 

This concert has been achieved in partnership with Orchestras Live and is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund.