Music
Music
JANUARY 2025
The Chamber Music Collective Saturday 25 January
Once upon a January afternoon ...
A stunning line-up of world-class musicians in the heart of Ealing.
MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op.25
3-4pm. Ealing Green Church, Ealing Green, W5 5QT
£13 (concessions £10, under-18s £5)
07852 690426 • thechambermusiccollective@gmail.com • www.thechambermusiccollective.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/the_chamber_music_collective
february
Questors Choir Wednesday 8 February
Saint-SaËns Requiem Workshop
We are running a one-day workshop exploring the Saint-Saëns Requiem, culminating with an informal run-through of the complete work. Questors will perform the Requiem in concert in March 2025.
Registration from 10.30am. St Stephen’s Church, The Avenue, W13 8HB
£20 for non-members; this includes music, and will be discounted from your subscription if you join Questors. You can turn up and pay on the day.
07821 587670 • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org
West London Sinfonia Saturday 15 February
West London Sinfonia Concert
MOZART: Overture Die Zauberflöte
SCHUMANN: Konzertstück for 4 horns
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C
conductor Philip Hesketh, leader Iwona Boesche
7.30pm. St Michael and All Angels Church, Bath Road, Chiswick W4 1TT
£15 (concessions £12, child/student £5)
020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • www.westlondonsinfonia.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/westlondonsinfonia
Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 22 FEBRUARY
Ruth GIPPS: Symphony No. 2
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
Erna Vala (piano), Ealing SO / John Gibbons
7pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG
Tickets via website or at the door
£17 (under-25/student £6, accompanied under-18 free), including programme
020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk
MARCH
The Chamber Music Collective Saturday 8 March
International Women’s Day
A stunning all-female line-up of performers and composers for International Women’s Day.
CLARA SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
LOUISE FARRENC: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 30
3-4pm. Ealing Green Church, Ealing Green, W5 5QT
£13 (concessions £10, under-18s £5)
07852 690426 • thechambermusiccollective@gmail.com • www.thechambermusiccollective.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/the_chamber_music_collective
Questors Choir Saturday 15 March
Saint-Saëns Requiem
Questors Choir, with professional guest soloists, presents an evening of beautiful sacred music from the French Romantic tradition. In addition to the Requiem, the programme will include Gounod’s Ave Maria, Franck’s Panis Angelicus, and music by Fauré and Chaminade.
7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG
£16 (under-12 free). No booking fee.
07821 587670 • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/QuestorsChoir/
Ealing Choral Society Saturday 15 March
Ealing Choral Society at the Cadogan Hall: Haydn CREATION
Ealing Choral Society is thrilled to return to the Cadogan Hall, alongside a superb trio of soloists and the City of London Sinfonia, to perform Haydn’s glorious masterpiece, The Creation. This joyous oratorio tells the story of the creation of the world as depicted in the Biblical book of Genesis, complete with a cast of characters and almost cinematic orchestral score. Performance sung in English.
7.30pm. Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
£30, £22, £15, £12. ENCORE members 10% off
Box office: www.cadoganhall.com/whats-on/haydn-the-creation/book/1045834/ • 020 7730 4500
Facebook: @EalingChoralSoc
Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 22 MARCH
Chamber concert
Instrumental and vocal music for small groups from ESO members and the Voice Section
7.30pm. St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Middlesex, UB6 8SS
Free but donations invited
020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk
West London Sinfonia Saturday 29 MARCH
West London Sinfonia Concert
BRITTEN: Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
CHAUSSON: Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer
ZEMLINSKY: The Mermaid
conductor Philip Hesketh, leader Iwona Boesche
7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG
£15 (concessions £12, child/student £5)
020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • www.westlondonsinfonia.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/westlondonsinfonia
MAY 2025
Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 10 MAY
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Symphony Dances
Angela LUQ: A concerto for electric violin (ESO commission: 1st performance)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Valse de la Reine
BLISS: A Colour Symphony
Roberts Balanas (electric violin), Ealing SO / John Gibbons
7pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG
Tickets via website or at the door
£17 (under-25/student £6, accompanied under-18 free), including programme
OPEN REHEARSAL FOR FAMILIES 4-5pm; free, but donations welcomed
020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk
JUNE 2025
West London Sinfonia Saturday 7 June
West London Sinfonia Concert
HAYDN: Symphony No. 88
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG
£15 (concessions £12, child/student £5)
020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • www.westlondonsinfonia.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/westlondonsinfonia
JULY 2025
West London Sinfonia Saturday 5 July
West London Sinfonia Concert
MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G
NANCY VAN DE VATE: Gema Jawa
DVOŘÁK: Romance, Op. 11 (violin Iwona Boesche)
PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony
conductor Philip Hesketh, leader Iwona Boesche
7.30pm. St Anne’s Church, Kew Green, TW9 3AA
£15 (concessions £12, child/student £5)
020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • www.westlondonsinfonia.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/westlondonsinfonia
Questors Choir Saturday 12 July
40 Years of Singing Together
1985 saw Questors Choir’s first performance, and the choir will celebrate its birthday with a retrospective programme, with repertoire highlights from the choir’s four decades together..
7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG
£16 (under-12 free). No booking fee.
07821 587670 • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/QuestorsChoir/
REGULAR EVENTS
The Hanwell Voice Studio
SINGING LESSONS
Singing lessons with a professional opera singer from English National Opera. Master a solid vocal technique, essential for success in performance. Tuition for all musical styles. Beginners welcome. Virtual singing lessons also now available.
The Hanwell Voice Studio, W7
Enquiries (Lydia Marchione, AGSM): 07791 170662 • www.lydiamarchione.com
Ealing Junior Music School Saturdays
Younger Years
EJMS is a Saturday morning music school for 3–18-year-olds; we are based at Twyford C of E High School in Acton. We provide individual instrumental tuition on almost every instrument of the orchestra, as well as guitar and singing lessons, in a relaxed and fun environment. We run some 22 orchestras and ensembles and three choirs, including one for parents, along with musicianship classes for our youngest pupils. Parents can relax in the café. Ensemble-only pupils are welcome. Sorry, we do not do piano lessons.
Every Saturday in term-time. Twyford CofE High School, Uxbridge Road, Acton, W3 9PP
020 8566 8393 • admin@ejms.org.uk • www.ejms.org.uk • www.facebook.com/www.ejms.org.uk/
Music at St Mary’s Perivale SUNDAYS
St Mary’s Perivale SUNDAY Concerts – audience welcome, and online
Sunday 12 January: The Bridge Quartet and Christopher Kent (actor)
Sunday 19 January: Andrew Yiangou and Joanna Kacperek (piano)
Sunday 26 January: Fenella Humphreys (violin), Viv McLean (piano), Anthony Pinching (narrator)
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Sunday 9 February: The Adams Piano Quartet
Sunday 16 February: The Toponogova Piano Quintet
Sunday 23 February: Ben Wragg (violin), Abi Wragg (cello), Joseph Wragg (baritone), Elara Wragg (piano)
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Sunday 2 March: Symphonia Academica
Sunday 9 March: The Rautio Trio
Sunday 16 March: The Astatine Trio
Sunday 23 March: The Richardson Piano Quintet
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3pm. St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Middlesex, UB6 8SS
Free but donations invited, whether at the church or watching online.
020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk
Ealing Chamber Music Club Mondays
The club allows amateur players to find other people with similar interests and abilities, and then to put together groups for works they’d like to play. Players can perform to other club members at the monthly meeting, which takes place at 8pm on the second Monday of every month except January and August at St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, UB6 8SS.
Please check our website nearer the time for further details.
020 8840 8641 • djrsmith@aol.com • www.ealingchambermusic.wordpress.com
Ealing Choral Society Mondays
Sing With Us!
Our new year term starts on 6 January 2025 rehearsing Haydn’s joyous Creation for performance at Chelsea’s Cadogan Hall in March, with a concert of music from the British Isles to come in June.
We welcome all voices committed to making excellent choral music. Current members range in age from 20s to 80s. Ages 16 to 23 may enjoy free membership. Singers under 30 years benefit from a substantially reduced membership subscription. We currently offer a 50% reduced membership subscription for new tenors and basses joining us.
7.35-9.45pm. Ealing Green Church Hall, Ealing W5 5QT
07932 460388 • membership@ealinghoralsociety.org.uk • www.ealingchoralsociety.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EalingChoralSoc/
Dalcroze Eurhythmics Ealing Mondays
Dalcroze Eurhythmics for adults
Explore music through movement in this fun method developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Improve your flexibility, balance, coordination and self-expression. No prior experience necessary. Your tutor is Kaye Barker (Diplôme Supérieur, Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, BA (Oxon), PGCE.
6.30-8pm except 10 & 17 February.
St Andrew’s Church Centre, Mount Park Road, Ealing, London W5 2RS
Drop-in £15 (seniors or students £13)
£88 for any 6 sessions (students or seniors £68). No need to be on consecutive weeks.
07773 461087 • dalcrozemoves@gmail.com • www.dalcrozemoves.com
Music at St Mary’s Perivale TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
St Mary’s Perivale WEEKDAY Concerts – audience welcome, and online
Tuesday 14 January: Kasparas Mikuzis (piano)
Thursday 16 January: Luba Ulybysheva (cello)
Tuesday 21 January: Ariel Lanyi (piano)
Thursday 23 January: Karen Sharp jazz quartet
Tuesday 28 January: Daniel Lebhardt (piano)
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Tuesday 4 February: Yuanfan Yang (piano)
Thursday 6 February: Daryl Guiliano (cello), Dominika Blatt (piano)
Tuesday 11 February: Tomoki Park (piano)
Thursday 13 February: Sebastian Wyss (violin), Matt Lam (piano)
Tuesday 18 February: Parvis Hejazi (piano)
Thursday 20 February: Jelena Horvat (violin), Kumi Matsuo (piano)
Tuesday 25 February: Tommaso Carlini (piano)
Thursday 27 February: Trio Sonorité
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Tuesday 4 March: Francis Grier (piano)
Thursday 6 March; Ugne Liepa Zuklyte (violin), Roelof Temmingh (piano)
Tuesday 11 March: Sherri Lun (piano)
Thursday 13 March: Halcyon Quartet
Tuesday 18 March: Mayumi Sakamoto (piano)
Thursday 20 March: Sara Trickey (violin), Dan Tong (piano)
Tuesday 25 March: Simone Tavoni (piano)
Thursday 27 March: The Perhaps Jazz Trio
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2pm. St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Middlesex, UB6 8SS
Free but donations invited, whether at the church or watching online.
020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk
Questors Choir Wednesdays
TRY OUT YOUR VOCAL SKILLS IN OUR VARIED PROGRAMME
We are a friendly mixed voice group of around 70 singers. Led by our inspiring MD Paul Ayres, we love to learn and perform everything from folk to classical including opera, musical theatre, popular songs and much else besides. There are no auditions, and no previous experience is required – only enthusiasm!
Come and join us on Wednesday evenings.
8-10pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG
First 3 sessions free of charge
07821 587670 (musical director) • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org
www.facebook.com/QuestorsChoir
Julian Light Operatic Society Thursdays
We are rehearsing for our spring concert with a programme called When the Curtain Goes Up – opening numbers, and others, from the world of light opera and musicals, for two concert performances at The Studio, Questors on 7th/8th April 2025.
New members – particularly sopranos – are welcome.
Rehearsals: Thursdays 7.45-9.45pm. Haven Green Baptist Church, Castlebar Road, W5 2UP
Ealing Voices Thursdays
Sing with us
Join our friendly, un-auditioned choir! We welcome new singers with some choral experience in all voice parts. We perform three concerts per year in Ealing – please see the website for our current programme and schedule. Music Director: Michael Veazey.
Term-time, 7.30-9.30pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, W5 2QA
£60 per term (concessions available)
info@ealingvoices.org.uk • www.ealingvoices.org.uk
Brentham Ladies’ Choir Thursdays
Brentham Ladies’ Choir is a small, friendly choir that always welcomes new members. We sing a variety of music including folk songs, light classical, and songs from the musicals. This choir has existed for more than 40 years, and is now under the enthusiastic direction of John Hudson. There is no formal audition, and we do not require previous experience or for you to read music, but you must be able to sing in tune! We offer a free three-week trial period, so why not find that voice again?
Next concert: 2pm Thursday 3rd April, Pitshanger Methodist Church.
2-3.30pm in school term time. Pitshanger Methodist Church Hall, W5 1QS (on E2 and E9 bus routes)
£35 per term.
Secretary (Genevieve Ellis): 079797 52424
Capital Concert Brass Thursdays
Come and play brass!
CCB is a small group mostly playing brass instruments, plus other instruments too sometimes.
Our aim is to enjoy ourselves and entertain others. We welcome brass players, including ‘rusty’ ones, music readers interested in learning brass, and others with compatible instruments.
Weekly at 8pm. Holy Cross Church, Ferrymead Gardens, Greenford, UB6 9NJ
Modest subscription
alan@capitalconcertbrass.co.uk • www.capitalconcertbrass.co.uk
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