Past Seasons: 2024–2025
5 October 2024
Lyrical Brilliance
St Barnabas Church, W5 1QG · 7pm
Charles Villiers STANFORD Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor, Op. 78
Lowell LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 39
Peter Robertson, viola
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique”
Programme notes by Martin Jones.
23 November 2024
Sea, Sax & Symphony
St Barnabas Church, W5 1QG · 7pm
Claude DEBUSSY La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
Paul CARR Saxophone Concerto
Rob Burton, saxophone
George LLOYD Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Programme notes by Martin Jones.
22 February 2025
Symphonic Journeys
St Barnabas Church, W5 1QG · 7pm
Ruth GIPPS Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 30
Sergei RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, Op. 1
Erna Vala Arnardóttir, piano
Béla BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123
Programme notes by Martin Jones.
22 March 2025
Chamber Music Soirée
St Mary’s Perivale, UB6 8SS · 7.30pm
Samuel BARBER Agnus Dei
The Voice Section
Mel Compton, director
Francis POULENC Flute Sonata
Peter Robertson, flute
David Smith, piano
Johannes BRAHMS Two Songs, Op. 91
I. Gestille Sehnsucht
II. Geistliches Wiegenlied
Friedrich KÜCKEN Der Himmel hat eine Thräne geweint, Op. 63
I. Gestille Sehnsucht
II. Geistliches Wiegenlied
Sze Ying Chan (mezzo-soprano)
Kate Day, clarinet
Simon Morris, piano
Max BRUCH Eight Pieces, Op. 83, Nos. 1–3
I. Andante
II. Allegro con moto
III. Andante con moto
David Weedon, clarinet
David Way, viola
David Smith, piano
Gabriel FAURÉ Dolly Suite
Berceuse
Mi-a-ou
Le jardin de Dolly
Kitty-valse
Tendresse
Le pas espagnol
Veronica Colyer & Sze Ying Chan, piano duet
Ernest John MOERAN Prelude for Cello and Piano
Emma Wakeling, cello
David Smith, piano
Francis POULENC Oboe Sonata
I. Élégie
II. Scherzo
III. Déploration
Veronica Colyer, oboe
David Smith, piano
Orlando di LASSO O che bon eccho!
Alan Jay LERNER / Frederick LOWE Ascot Gavotte
Ernst TOCH Geographical Fugue
The Voice Section
Mel Compton, director
10 May 2025
Electrifying Ealing
St Barnabas Church, W5 1QG · 7pm
Leonard BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Ángela LUQ Electric Violin Concerto, “Machina humana”
Roberts Balanas, electric violin
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Valse de la reine, Op. 22, No. 3
Arthur BLISS A Colour Symphony, Op. 24
Programme notes by Martin Jones.