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ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

PHONE 020 7222 1061Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm £2 booking fee applies

ONLINE sjss.org.uk £1.50 booking fee applies

IN PERSON Monday to Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm (until 6.00pm on public concert days). The Box Office opens one hour before the start of Sunday and Bank Holiday concerts.

POST Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Cheques should be made payable to St John’s Smith Square.

CONCESSIONS AND REDUCTIONSAvailable for many of our concerts to senior citizens, full-time students, registered unemployed, school children (under 16) and people who are registered disabled. Westminster CitySave card holders are entitled to a 10% discount on a pair of tickets for any public concert.

Parties of ten or more qualify for a 10% discount.

YOUNG FRIENDS If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up for our free Young Friends scheme!

Members are entitled to purchase tickets to selected events at a significantly reduced price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’.

Our Young Friends also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts and offers.

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! To join today, please visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone Box Office on 0207 222 1061.

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Please NoteWe may need to substitute artists and to vary our concert programmes from the published information without warning.

Latecomers are admitted only at a suitable pause in the concert.

Please note that tickets may not be exchanged or refunded.

BOOKING INFORMATION——

Wed 6 January 1.00pm

EUCHARIST© Jonathan Dods

Epiphany

Rev Graham Buckle celebrantCantandum choirGilly French director

Victoria O magnum mysterium (Mass and Motet)

Free admission

Thu 7 January 1.05pm

DANIEL COOK© Ash Mills

Organ

Merkel Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern from Sonata No. 6 in E minor Op. 137Langlais La Nativité (Poèmes évangéliques, No. 2)Litaizen Variations sur un Noël AngevinBach Canonic Variations: Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her BWV 769Reger Chorale Fantasia on Wie schön leuchtet uns der Morgenstern Op. 40

£10, YF

Sun 10 January 3.00pm

GEMMA LOIS SUMMERFIELD & SIMON LEPPERFerrier Awards Winners’ Recital© Scott Cadenhead

Soprano and Piano

Winner of last year’s Kathleen Ferrier Competition, soprano Gemma Lois Summerfield, performs a selection of songs through the ages with one of Britain’s most highly regarded accompanists, Simon Lepper.

£14 (£10), YF

Tue 12 January 7.30pm

LUKAS GENIUŠASSouthbank Centre’s International Piano Series© Zeneka Levin

Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op. 10 No. 1Brahms Sonata No. 1 in C Op. 1Bartók 3 BurlesquesProkofiev Sonata No. 7 in Bb Op. 83

£35, £28, £15, £10

Thu 14 January 1.05pm

LUBA TUNNICLIFFE & HANNAH WATSONPark Lane Group Young Artists

Luba Tunnicliffe violaHannah Watson piano

Vieuxtemps Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 36Edwin Roxburgh Ricercare for Viola and PianoHindemith Sonata Op. 11 No. 4

£10, YF

Fri 15 January 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITHComplete Chopin Cycle© B Ealovega

Piano

Chopin Introduction and Rondo in Eb Op. 16 • Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, Op. posth. • Waltz in F minor Op. 70 No. 2 • Waltz in A minor • Polonaise in G# minor Op. posth. • Mazurka No. 16-20 Op. 24 No. 3-4, and Op. 30 No. 1-3 • Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1

£20, £15

Sun 17 January 3.00pm

LONDON PIANO TRIOBeethoven Cycle© Elija Paul Villanueva

Robert Atchison violinOlga Dudnik pianoDavid Jones cello

Beethoven Variations on Wenzel Mueller’s ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’ Op. 12a • Trio in Eb Op. 1 No. 1 • Trio in Bb Op. 97 ‘Archduke’

£14 (£10), YF

Wed 20 January 1.05pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERSBeethoven Explored© Eric Richmond

Howard Shelley piano

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Op. 58

£12

Thu 21 January 1.05pm

OPERA DANUBE

A Waltz along the Danube

Opera Danube’s Young Artists 2015/16

A selection of operetta excerpts, including works by Strauss, Suppé, Lehar, Millöcker. As well as a preview of Opera Danube’s upcoming production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.

£10, YF

Thu 21 January 7.30pm

FRANCOISE-GREEN PIANO DUOThe Viennese Salon© SB Imagery

Fantasy

Antoine Francoise pianoRobin Green piano

Mozart Sonata in C K421Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E Op. 9 Vlad Maistorovici New workSchubert Fantasie in F minor D940

£14 (£10), YF

Fri 22 January 1.00pm

LUNCHTIME DIALOGUE© Matthew Andrews

Part of Reverend Graham Buckle’s monthly series of conversations with important figures in the local area.

In this dialogue, Reverend Buckle speaks to Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, 79th Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the first black woman to be Chaplain to the Queen.

Free admission

Sat 23 January 7.30pm

ISLINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY

Camden Symphony Orchestra

Michael Bowden conductor

Handel Four Coronation AnthemsSchubert Mass in G

£20, £18, £15, £10

Sun 24 January 3.00pm

FIDELIO TRIOFrench Piano Trios Series© Noirin O Sullivan-Moloney

Darragh Morgan violinAdi Tal celloMary Dullea piano

Ravel Ma mère l’oye Satie Selected Music for Piano Trio arr. John White (premiere)Michael Zev Gordon In the Middle of Things (premiere)Ravel Piano Trio

£14 (£10), YF

Tue 26 January 7.30pm

JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZETSouthbank Centre’s International Piano Series© B Ealovega

Piano

Beethoven Sonata in E Op. 109 • Sonata in Ab Op. 110 • Sonata in C minor Op. 111

£35, £28, £15, £10

Wed 27 January 7.30pm

YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA© Matthew Andrews

Benjamin Baker violinTimothy Ridout violaJames Blair conductor

Suppé Overture Pique DameBruch Concerto for Violin and ViolaTchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’

£20 (£16), £15 (£12), £10 (£8)

Thu 28 January 1.05pm

FLORIAN MITREA© Daniel Delang

Synthesis and transcendence – Viennese piano music

Mozart Sonata in C minor K457Schoenberg 6 Little Pieces Op. 19Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op. 111

£10, YF

Thu 28 January 7.30pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERSMozart Explored: 1783© Eric Richmond

Graham Ross conductorLaura van der Heijden celloPeter Francomb horn

M Haydn Symphony No. 25 in GJ Haydn Cello Concerto in D Hob.VIIb:2Mozart Horn Concerto in Eb K417 • Symphony No. 36 in C K425 ‘Linz’

£32, £26, £21, £15

Fri 29 January 7.30pm

OPERA DANUBE© Seb Charlesworth

Orpheus Sinfonia

Oliver Gooch conductorSimon Butteriss director

Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld

£25, £20, £15, £10

Sat 30 January 7.30pm

OPERA DANUBEOrpheus Sinfonia

Oliver Gooch conductorSimon Butteriss director

Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld

£25, £20, £15, £10

Sun 31 January 2.30pm

OPERA DANUBEOrpheus Sinfonia

Oliver Gooch conductorSimon Butteriss director

Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld

£25, £20, £15, £10

JANUARYFEBRUARY

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Mon 1 February 7.30pm

CORINTHIAN ORCHESTRA

Night of Russian Masterpieces

Michael Seal conductor

Shostakovich Festive OvertureBruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27

£20, £15, £10

Thu 2 February 1.05pm

SALOMON ORCHESTRA

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay leaderTimothy Walden principal celloRobin O’Neill conductor

Dvořák The Noonday WitchBrahms Double Concerto Op. 102Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

£17 (£14), £14

Wed 3 February 1.05pm

LONDON MOZART PLAYERSMozart Explored© Matthew Andrews

Howard Shelley piano

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K414

£12

Wed 3 February 7.30pm

STEVEN OSBORNESouthbank Centre’s International Piano Series© B Ealovega

Piano

Schubert Impromptus D935: No. 1 in F minor • No. 4 in F minorDebussy Masques • Images, Set 2 • L’isle joyeuseRachmaninoff 3 Études-tableaux Op. 33 No. 2 in C • Op. 33 No. 3 in C minor • Op. 33 No. 5 in D minor • Op. 39: No. 2 in A minor • Op. 39 No. 5 in Eb minor • Op. 39 No. 8 in D minor • No. 9 in D

£35, £28, £15, £10

Thu 4 February 1.05pm

THE GESUALDO SIXYoung Artists’ Series© Hannah King

Owain Park director

Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories Feria Quintaand plainsong propers for Maundy Thursday

£10, YF

Thu 4 February 7.30pm

LA NUOVA MUSICA© B Ealovega

David Peter Bates directorSophie Bevan soprano

Vivaldi Gloria • Gelido in ogni vena from Il FarnaceHandel Da Tempeste from Giulio Cesare • Gloria •

Dixit DominusVivaldi Agitata da due venti from Griselda

£45, £35, £25, £15

Fri 5 February 7.30pm

ARCANGELO© Marco Borggreve

Vilde Frang violinJonathan Cohen conductor

Haydn Symphony No. 47 in GMozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A K219 • Symphony No. 29 in A K201 • Violin Concerto No. 1 in Bb K207

£25, £22, £18

Tue 9 February 7.30pm

TABEA DEBUSYoung Artists’ Series© Maximilian Motel

There is only one Bach?

Tabea Debus recorderLea Rahel Bader baroque celloJohnnes Lang harpsichord

JS Bach Organ Partita ‘Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig’ BWV768 • Inventio No. 7 in E minor • Cello Suite No. 4 in Eb BWV1010 • Recorder Sonata No. 1 in Eb BWV525 • French Suite No. 2 in C minorCPE Bach Flute Sonata in E minor H551 • Harp Sonata in G Wq.139/H563 • Fantasia in C for Harpsichord H284Telemann Sonata in C TWV41:C2

£12 (£8), YF

Thu 11 February 1.05pm

NARDUS WILLIAMS & PETER FOGGITTPark Lane Group Young Artists© James Keates

Soprano and Piano

Brahms 8 Lieder Op. 57Rihm Der Reigen dreht ohn Unterlass and Weltgeheimnes from Vier späte Gedichte von Friedrich RückertWalton A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table

£10, YF

Thu 11 February 7.30pm

BENEDETTI ELSCHENBROICH GRYNYUK TRIOSouthbank Centre’s International Chamber Music Series© Mark McNulty

Nicola Benedetti violinLeonard Elschenbroich cello Alexei Grynyuk piano

Schubert Piano Trio in Bb D898Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50

£35, £28, £15, £10

Fri 12 February 7.30pm

CHOIRS OF ETON & WINCHESTER COLLEGE© Opera Omnia

Academy of Ancient Music

James Gilchrist evangelistClint Van der Linde countertenorStephen Layton conductor

Bach St John Passion

£50, £44, £38, £19

Sat 13 February 7.30pm

PUBLIC PASSIONS: STEPHEN FRY

Orchestra of St John’s

This is a series of concerts in which celebrities choose the programme and discuss their choices which are then played by the Orchestra of St John’s. This, the first in the series, features Stephen Fry.

£26, £20, £15, £10

Sun 14 February 3.00pm

LIGETI QUARTETYoung Artists’ Series© Gianluca de Girolamo

John Zorn Cat O’Nine TailsPeter Maxwell Davies Quartet MovementBeethoven Grosse Fuge Op. 133Schnittke String Quartet No. 3Ligeti String Quartet No. 2Elliot Galvin Valentine (Ligeti Quartet and St John’s Smith Square Commission 2016)

£14 (£10), YF

Wed 17 February 7.30pm

MARTINO TIRIMOThe Great Piano Quintets© Nicos Louca

Phillipe Graffin violinMaria Wloszczowska violinVladimir Mendelssohn violaAmy Norrington celloMartino Tirimo piano

Beethoven String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3Schnittke Piano QuintetBrahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34

£22, £17, £14, £10, YF

Thu 18 February 1.05pm

ROGER SAYEROrgan Series© Chris Christodoulou

Organ

Rheinberger Sonata No. 7 in F minor Op. 127 Saint-Saëns Fantasie No. 1 in EbDuruflé Suite Op. 5

£10, YF

Thu 18 February 7.30pm

ORCHESTRA VITAE© SB Imagery

Antoine Francoise pianoRobin Green pianoMichael Cobb conductor

John Adams Short Ride in a Fast MachineMozart Piano Concerto for two pianos No. 10 in Eb K365/316aShostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor Op. 93

£24, £18, £16, £10

Fri 19 February 1.00pm

LUNCHTIME DIALOGUE© Matthew Andrews

Part of Reverend Graham Buckle’s monthly series of conversations with important figures in the local area.

Free admission

Fri 19 February 7.30pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH© B Ealovega

Sonata No. 2

Chopin Waltz No. 10 in B Minor Op. 69 No. 2 • Nocturne No. 9-10 in B and Ab Op. 32 No. 1-2 •

Waltz No. 3 in A Minor Op. 34 No. 2 • Waltz No. 15 in E Op. posth. • Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 in C# minor • Mazurka No. 21 in C# Minor Op. 30 No. 4 • Mazurka No. 22-25 in G# Minor, D, C, and B minor Op. 33 No. 1-4• Waltz No. 11 in Gb Op. 70 No. 1 • Prelude in Ab Op. posth. •

Waltz No. 16 in Ab Op. posth. •

Nocturne Op.27 No. 2 in Db •

Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 35

£20, £15

Sun 21 February 3.00pm

WERTHER ENSEMBLE© Oliver Markham

Piano Quartets from the British Isles

Jamie Campbell violinHannah Strijbos violaJames Barralet celloSimon Callaghan piano

Howells Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 21Alwyn Rhapsody for Piano QuartetBliss Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 5Walton Piano Quartet in D minor

£14 (£10), YF

Wed 24 February 7.30pm

LONDON PHOENIX ORCHESTRA© Bayard Bryan

Lev Parikian conductor

Verdi Force of Destiny Overture Berlioz Roméo et Juliette: Love SceneFalla El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire DanceLiszt HamletStrauss Death and TransfigurationElgar Salut d’Amour

£15, £12, £9

Thu 25 February 1.05pm

HOMAGE TO SCHUMANN© Bayard Bryan

Fraser Langton clarinetRosalind Ventris violaJames Willshire piano

Schumann Fairy Tales for clarinet, viola and piano György Kurtág Hommage to Robert SchumannRory Boyle New Work

£10, YF

Thu 25 February 7.30pm

FRANCOISE-GREEN PIANO DUOThe Viennese Salon© SB Imagery

For Nannette and Babette

Antoine Francoise pianoRobin Green piano

Mozart Sonata for piano four-hands in Bb K358Berg Wozzeck interludes arr. Francoise-Green piano duoChristian Elliott New WorkSchubert Grand duo D812

£14 (£10), YF

FEBRUARY

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

Box Office 020 7222 1061sjss.org.uk

As a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, you are at the heart of our audience. Every generous donation is put towards sustaining St John’s Smith Square, as ticket sales alone do not cover our costs. As recognition, our Friends receive ticket and restaurant discounts, priority booking, and are the first to find out about what we have on.

To become a Friend of St John’s Smith Square, please phone our Box Office on 020 7222 1061 or visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns

THANK YOUSt John’s Smith Square is deeply grateful for the support shown by our Gold Friends and 300 Club Members. Thank you to:

Anonymous, Dennis Baldry, David Balance, P. Bowman, Sir Alan Bowness, Luca Caravaggio, J. Carden, The Countess of Chichester, Margaret Croucher, John Daniels, Paul Duizend, N. Evans, E.F. Field, Jeremy Gray & Gilly French, Angela & David Harvey, Abel Herrero-Ducloux, A.P. Jonas, Jacqueline & Robert Kilgour In Memory of J.P. Legrand, Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss, Graham Lloyd-Brunt, Hyancinth Lund, Adrian Mumford, Margarita Nikolayeva, S. Paetke, Jill Prawer, K. Robbie, Judy Skelton, E.O. Siebert, Lynne Simmons, P.J. Spink, Marilyn Stock, Tony Thornton, F.P. Tudor, Lady Vanneck, Henry Wickham, and Danny & Lillan Wyler

YOUNG FRIENDS If you’re aged 16-25, make sure you sign up for our free Young Friends scheme!

Members are entitled to purchase tickets to selected events at a significantly reduced price of £5. These events are marked ‘YF’.

Our Young Friends also receive invitations to special events throughout the year, as well as other targeted discounts and offers.

There’s no catch and it’s entirely FREE to join! To join today, please visit sjss.org.uk/friends-st-johns or phone Box Office on 0207 222 1061.

ALL OF OUR FRIENDS RECEIVE: • 10% off standard tickets booked in advance

through our Box Office (two per event)• 10% off food and drink in our restaurant • Season brochure• Regular advance information about

our concerts and events• Other offers and promotions

throughout the season

BRONZE FRIENDS (£35/£30 direct debit) receive:• 10 ticket vouchers for our

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series• Priority booking 2 days ahead of

the general public• Reduced £1.50 booking fee

SILVER FRIENDS (£60/£55 direct debit) receive:• A ticket for every concert in our

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series• Priority booking 7 days ahead of

the general public• Reduced £1.50 booking fee• Acknowledgement of your generosity

on our website

GOLD FRIENDS (£125/£115 direct debit) receive:• Two tickets for every concert in our

Thursday Lunchtime Concerts series• Priority booking 7 days ahead of

the general public• Invitations to exclusive members’ events

such as ‘Meet the Artists’ receptions• No booking fee• Best seat in the house/priority waiting list• Credit of your generosity on our website

and in our brochure

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St John’s Smith Square is just off Millbank between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges, close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, and a short walk from Westminster tube station.

CAR PARKINGSt John’s Smith Square is within the congestion charging zone. Parking meters are in operation during the day Monday–Friday until 6.00pm. In the evenings and at weekends there are usually ample spaces locally. There is Westminster City Council car parking on Great College Street and Arneway Street.

RAILVictoria, Waterloo, Vauxhall & Charing Cross

TUBEWestminster, St James’s Park & Victoria

BUS3 and 87 to Horseferry Road C10 and 507 (limited hours) to Millbank 88 to Horseferry Road 11, 211, 148 and 24 to Westminster Abbey

SANTANDER CYCLESA docking station is located in Smith Square and there are also stations on Horseferry Road, Page Street and Great College Street.

Fri 26 February 7.30pm

TAMARA STEFANOVICHSouthbank Centre’s International Piano Series© Timothy Cochrane

Piano

Copland Piano VariationsCarter Matribute • Sistribute Intermittences • CaténairesIves Sonata No. 1

£35, £28, £15, £10

Sat 27 February 7.00pm

ROYAL ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

Ivana Gavric piano Orlando Jopling conductor

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 ‘The Year 1905’

£18, £12, £8

Sun 28 February 3.00pm

THE BROOK STREET BAND© Hayley Madden

Margherita Durastanti: Handel’s Italian Muse

Nicki Kennedy sopranoRachel Harris baroque violinFarran Scott baroque violinTatty Theo baroque celloCarolyn Gibley harpsichord

Handel Armida Abandonata • O Qualis de Coelo Sonus • Cara Speme • Crudel Tiranno Amor HWV97 • Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G minor • Trio Sonata Op. 5 No. 4 in G

£14 (£10), YF

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