Tasting Notes: England

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Tasting Notes redefines the classic wine tasting experience. Enjoy the fusion of wine and music as you’re served a selection of canapés and 5 quality wines which have been thoughtfully paired with string quartets. Whether you’re a connoisseur or a newcomer, you’ll be made to feel welcome as our wine and music experts guide you through the evening with friendly and informative spoken introductions to enhance your tasting experience.

After the tasting – and included in the price of your ticket – continue your evening down in the Crypt where we offer a full bar and live jazz music until late. 

This season, we’re taking you on a European tour where you’ll discover wines and music from France, Italy and England. For the last stop on our tour, we’re staying on home turf to explore wine from the thriving English produce scene.

Tasting Notes: Italy

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Tasting Notes redefines the classic wine tasting experience. Enjoy the fusion of wine and music as you’re served a selection of canapés and 5 quality wines which have been thoughtfully paired with string quartets. Whether you’re a connoisseur or a newcomer, you’ll be made to feel welcome as our wine and music experts guide you through the evening with friendly and informative spoken introductions to enhance your tasting experience.

After the tasting – and included in the price of your ticket – continue your evening down in the Crypt where we offer a full bar and live jazz until late. 

This season, we’re taking you on a European tour where you’ll discover wines and music from France, Italy and England. This Tasting Notes travels South to the beautiful Italian countryside – as the country with the largest production, we were spoiled for choice choosing the wines you’ll discover tonight. 

Tasting Notes: France

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Tasting Notes redefines the classic wine tasting experience. Enjoy the fusion of wine and music as you’re served a selection of canapés and 5 quality wines which have been thoughtfully paired with string quartets. Whether you’re a connoisseur or a newcomer, you’ll be made to feel welcome as our wine and music experts guide you through the evening with friendly and informative spoken introductions to enhance your tasting experience.

After the tasting – and included in the price of your ticket – you can participate in a high-paced auction to win enviable prizes or continue your evening down in the Crypt where we offer a full bar and live jazz music until late. 

This season, we’re taking you on a European tour where you’ll discover wines and music from France, Italy and England. We’re kicking things off in the sun-kissed vineyards of France; a country that’s at the heart of the wine world, famous for its delicious and haute couture produce.  

Industry Insights

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Industry Insights is a free series of interactive webinars from London Mozart Players, created to help young people explore different career paths in music and arts administration. Hosted by Rebecca Toal (the co-host of popular podcast ‘Things Musicians Don’t Talk About’), the series brings together 5 arts professionals who will talk though their own career journeys, share their tips and tricks for forging your own career path and answer any questions you may have.
Who is it for?
These sessions are for anybody interested in a career in the music or wider arts industries. The sessions are suitable for anyone leaving school or college or looking for their first career. We’ve created these sessions to be suitable to watch in class.
How much does it cost?
Nothing! Our Industry Insights sessions are completely free.
When are they?
We are holding live webinars on Monday 24 June with various sessions between 9.30am to 3.30pm. Join us on the day to have your questions answered in real time.
How do I sign up?
Fill in the simple sign-up form on this page: http://londonmozartplayers.com/industry-insights-free…/
I can’t make it on the day – is there a way to still see the sessions?
We can send you a recording of the sessions if you’re not able to make it to the live ones. Please use our sign-up form and tick the required box.

Britten Pears Arts: Stan and Mabel

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Paul Rissman Stan and Mabel

 

Polly Ives Narrator

Ruth Rogers Director

London Mozart Players

Grayshott Friends’ Concert

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Mozart String Quintet in G minor K.156

Schubert String Quintet in C Major

JAM on the Marsh: JAM Festival Orchestra

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Ralph Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps

Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

Peter Warlock Capriol Suite

George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

 

JAM Festival Orchestra

London Mozart Players

Ruth Rogers Leader

Aki Blendis Violin

John Frederick Hudson Piano

Michael Bawtree Conductor

JAM on the Marsh: Fauré Requiem

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Gabriel Jackson Mass of St Mary

Charles Villiers Stanford Three Latin Motets, Op.38

Janet Wheeler Beati quorum via

Jack Oades Siochana, Peace, Shalom

Faure Requiem

 

Canterbury Cathedral Choir

London Mozart Players

Simon Blendis leader

David Newsholme conductor 

Jamie Rogers Organ

Grahame Davies Poet

LMP Friends Live Coffee Meeting

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Exclusive coffee meeting for LMP Friends at the Cube, Fairfield Halls, with guest speakers and musicians.

Coffee, tea and biscuits served from 10.15am

Introductions and Notices: 10.45am

Concert: 11am

Wotton Concert Series: London Mozart Players with Júlia Pusker

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Mozart Serenade No. 9 in D, K.320 Posthorn

1 Adagio Maestoso – Allegro con Spirito

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K.218

Britten Simple Symphony

Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 Jupiter

 

Ben Hoffnung conductor

Simon Blendis leader

Julia Pusker violin

London Mozart Players

JAM on the Marsh: From Holst to Hudson

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Gustav Holst St. Paul’s Suite

John Frederick Hudson New Commission

Frederick Delius Aquarelles

Jago Thornton New Commission

Edward Elgar Introduction & Allegro

 

Nicholas Cleobury conductor

Simon Blendis leader

Mark Padmore tenor

Ben Goldscheider horn

London Mozart Players

LMP Friends Event 2024

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An exclusive concert and afternoon tea for LMP Friends at Denbies Wine Estate.

The Ages of Mozart: Angela Hewitt

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Programme to include:

Mozart Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16
Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat Major, K.271 ‘Jeunehomme’
Mozart Symphony No.36 in C Major, K.425 ‘Linz’
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Angela Hewitt piano/director

Mozart didn’t spend his 35-year-long life twiddling his thumbs. In fact, we wrote over 200 hours of music; that’s more than a solid week of back-to-back Mozart.

This concert won’t be a week long (thankfully) but it will be a whistle-stop tour of Mozart’s career, providing snapshots of how the musical legend came to be.

On the tour you’ll hear everything from Mozart’s very first symphony – an impressive feat for an 8-year-old by any standards – to one of his last, No.36 ‘Linz’. Say a prayer for the musicians during this finale; adrenaline-junkie Mozart instructs them to ‘play as fast as possible’. World-renowned concert pianist Angela Hewitt performs Mozart’s ‘Jeunehomme’ piano concerto – a technically wicked piece written in his early twenties.

Mendelssohn and The Schumanns

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Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Clara (Wieck) Schumann Three Romances, Op.22 (orchestrated by Benjamin de Murashkin)
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 ‘Italian’
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Louis Schwizgebel piano

This concert has no interval.

Three’s a crowd – unless you’re Felix Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann.

Robert raved about Mendelssohn, waxing lyrically of the ‘unforgettable man’ in his letters. Unforgettable as he may have been, the sentiment wasn’t mutual; Mendelssohn didn’t mention Robert once when he put pen to paper. Oops.

Personal slights aside, Mendelssohn – already at the top of his game with works including his ‘Italian’ Symphony – was eager to support the struggling Robert and favoured Clara as a performer. Mendelssohn even conducted an early version of Schumann’s Piano Concerto – written for Clara – before it flourished into the version you’ll hear in this concert.

In between being her husband’s number one fan, Clara was forging her own successful career as a pianist and composer. While she didn’t rate her own compositions highly, the popularity of her Three Romances speaks volumes about her talent.

Four World Seasons: Vivaldi and Panufnik

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Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Roxanna Panufnik Four World Seasons
Ruth Rogers (director/solo violin)

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has earned its place as a classical music favourite. And for good reason – it seems to have it all, from the joy of spring to a blazing summer thunderstorm. Yet in between these traditional soundscapes lies the subtleties of the world’s micro-seasons that don’t get as much love.

Enter Four World Seasons; Roxanna Panufnik’s colourful composition commissioned and premiered by LMP. Written for the same instruments as Vivaldi’s masterpiece – give or take the odd Tibetan singing bowl – Panufnik’s spin-on-a-classic transports you from Japanese cherry-blossom season to the Autumnal folk rhythms of Albania.

While your ears travel through time and space, your eyes will be transported to each season through live, digital projections.

Stories of the Folk

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Tchaikovsky Serenade
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances
Holst St. Paul’s Suite
Jeff Moore Winchester Tales

Simon Blendis leader/director
Jeff Moore conductor
Create Music Strings 
Culbaba Theatre
Hastings Sinfonia 

Traditional folk tunes have long been passed down through family generations…

Learned by ear and developed each time the music reached new people, folk music is loved for its ability to tell the stories of the people who partake in its tradition.

It’s no surprise that the composers in this concert felt compelled to travel the world to forge their own interpretations of the music they heard on their adventures, capturing the unique soundscape of each community, and honouring the centuries of folk tradition.

In this concert, we’ll whisk you away to the different countries that influenced these compositions, complete with short insights about the stories that inspired the music.

We are working with Create Music in East Sussex to deliver education projects in the surrounding area. Students from Create Music will join us to perform side-by-side with the players for several pieces in this concert.

LMP in Neustadt

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major KV 467
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 Scottish

LMP with The Academy Choir

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Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339 and Sinfonia Concertante in Eb
Haydn Theresienmesse

Conductor Matthew Best
Violin Ruth Rogers
Viola Judith Busbridge
The Academy Choir