St Alfege - Thomas Tallis Society Concert on 24 March

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:12 to Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:21

Friday 1 March 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (£8) School children £4 Concert: London Youth Wind Band. Conductor Geoffrey Harniess. Including Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets

Saturday 2 March 1.10pm FREE Recital: Virtuoso Ensemble presents trios from late 16th and early 17th century. Music by Wert, Agostini, Luzzaschi, Marenzio. Beautiful quintet by Scarlatti for five female voices (Holly Carter, Louise Eekelaar, Rosemary Galton, Bethia Hourigan and Roseanna Skikun). Director Emily Gadd. Continuo - Toby Carr (theorbo) and Aileen Henry (harp). www.virtuosa.org.uk

Thursday 7 March 1.10pm FREE Recital: Trinity Laban Jazz Ensemble. Leo Aarons-Richardson, Saxophone; Peter Hill, Drums; Paul Baxter, Bass

Saturday 9 March 1.10pm FREE Recital: Madelaine Jones, piano. Dan Edwards, cello. Beethoven – 12 Variations on a theme by Handel, WoO 45; Wagner – ‘To The Evening Star’ from Tannhäuser (arr. Schulz); Strauss – Cello Sonata, Op.6

Saturday 9 March 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (£5 for under 16s) Concert: Choirs of Blackheath Centre for Singing. Brahms German Requiem. Conductor: Joel Thomas, Soprano: Helen Winter, Baritone: Ricardo Panela

Thursday 14 March 1.10pm FREE Recital: Trinity Laban. Iain Gibbs, violin; Christopher Atkinson, piano

Friday 15 March 7.30pm Tickets: £12 (£10) Concert: St Paul’s Sinfonia. Conductor Andrew Morley. Music by Beethoven (‘Egmont’ Overture), Knotts (Dolorato), Mozart (Symphony No.25), Brahms (piano Concerto No.2), Irina Lyakhovskaya, piano

Saturday 16 March 6.30pm FREE Pre concert talk: Kantanti Soloists. “Elgar before and after the war” with live performances of some of his chamber music from the Kantanti Principals. 7.30pm FREE Concert: Kantanti Ensemble. Directed by Lee Reynolds. Concerto Gala. Elgar. Cello Concerto: Jamie Walton, cello. Bruch. Double Concerto: Lander Echevarria, viola; Lorenzo Iosco, clarinet. Strauss, Orchestral Songs, Paul Austin Kelly, tenor.

Thursday 21 March 1.10pm FREE Recital: Trinity Laban. Julia Weatherly, soprano

Friday 22 March 10.30am Children FREE, Adults £10 Concert: Bach to Baby. Classical accordion recital featuring Milos Milivojevic. Due to popular demand, classical accordionist Milos Milivojevic returns to St. Alfege's with a rousing programme.

Sunday 24 March 7.30pm Tickets: £10, £8 Concert: Thomas Tallis Society Choir. An American programme that includes Copland – In the Beginning, Howells – Take him earth for cherishing (written to commemorate JF Kennedy, 50th anniversary of his death this year), plus pieces by Whitacre and Lauridsen. Conducted by James Burton.

Thursday 28 March 1.10pm FREE Recital: Trinity Laban. Alicia Griffiths harp