Music
Music
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
APRIL
Ealing Voices Saturday 5 April
The operatic drama of Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and Verdi’s Stabat Mater
Ealing Voices are delighted to present Messa di Gloria, Puccini’s opera-that-never-was, together with Verdi’s Stabat Mater from his four sacred pieces, and some additional pieces.
7.30pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, Ealing W5 2QA
Advance tickets £16 (£20 on door); under-16s free
info@ealingvoices.org.uk • www.ealingvoices.org.uk • www.facebook.com/groups/18533554000/
Julian Light Operatic Society Monday & Tuesday 7 & 8 April
When the Curtain Rises
Our spring concert showcases opening numbers, and others, from the world of light opera and musicals, for two concert performances.
7.30pm. The Studio, Questors Theatre, Mattock Lane, W5
£15 (concessions £13)
Tickets from Questors Theatre box office: www.questors.org.uk • 020 8567 0011
HEOS Musical Theatre Wednesday - Saturday 9-12 April
Anything Goes
Join us aboard the SS American, en route from New York to London, for this multi Tony award-winning musical by Cole Porter. It features high-energy tap routines, hilarious comedy, and show-stopping songs including I Get A Kick Out of You, You’re the Top, Blow Gabriel Blow and, of course, Anything Goes.
Evenings 7.45pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm. The Questors Theatre, Mattock Lane, Ealing W5 5BQ
£18 - £22
Box office: www.questors.org.uk or 020 8567 0011
Enquiries: 020 8567 4075 • info@heos.org.uk • www.heos.org.uk • Facebook: @heosmusicaltheatre
MAY & JUNE
The Chamber Music Collective SaturdayS 3 May & 28 June
Saturday afternoons at Ealing Green Church
A stunning line-up of world-class musicians in the heart of Ealing!
3 May:
BEETHOVEN: String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87
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28 June:
Cecil ARMSTRONG GIBBS: Little Suite (1941) – world premiere
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
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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
Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 10 MAY
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Symphonic Dances
Angela LUQ: A concerto for electric violin (ESO commission: 1st performance)
Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
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
Gloc Musical Theatre Wednesday - Saturday 14-17 May
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical
We invite you to “Be Our Guest” and experience the magic of Disney’s much-loved classic musical, an enchanting tale, as old as time, of love, friendship, and transformation brought to life through captivating music and unforgettable characters.
7.30pm, plus Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. The Questors Theatre, 12 Mattock Lane, W5 5BQ
£16
Box office: 020 8567 0011 • www.questors.org.uk/event.aspx?id=1314
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
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/
Dalcroze Eurhythmics Ealing THURSDAY - SATURDAY 24-26 July
Dalcrozemoves Summer school
Enjoy three days of music and movement with Kaye Barker (Diplôme Supérieur, Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva) and friends. Discover your creativity and improve your flexibility, balance and coordination. No prior experience necessary.
9am-5pm. St Andrew’s Church Centre, Mount Park Road, Ealing, London W5 2RS
£300 (seniors & students £270). Early Bird (deadline 30 April) £270 (seniors & students £250)
07773 461087 • dalcrozemoves@gmail.com • www.dalcrozemoves.com/dalcroze-courses/
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 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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Sunday 27 April: The Elmore String Quartet
Sunday 4 May: The Continuum Chamber Choir
Sunday 25 May: The Cygnus Piano Trio
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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.
djrsmith@aol.com • www.ealingchambermusic.wordpress.com
Ealing Choral Society Mondays
Sing With Us
A celebration of British song will close out another successful season with an evening of folk treasures and audience favourites. Ealing Choral Society welcomes singers of all backgrounds with a commitment to learning and performing choral works to a high standard. We offer reduced membership to singers under 30 years; free for ages 16-23. Take advantage of our 50% reduced membership offer for new tenors and basses. If you enjoy singing, come along and join 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. 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 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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Tuesday 1 April: Clara Sherratt (piano)
Thursday 3 April: The Elvira Trio
Tuesday 8 April: Misha Kaploukhii (piano)
Tuesday 15 April: Gabriele Sutkute (piano)
Thursday 17 April: Kyle Hutchings (piano)
Tuesday 22 April: Yang Yang Cai (piano)
Thursday 24 April: The Philip Clouts jazz trio
Tuesday 29 April: Noah Zhou (piano)
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Thursday 1 May: Nicola Tait (cello), Colin Stone (piano)
Tuesday 6 May: Pedro Lopez Salas (piano)
Thursday 8 May: Nikita Lukinov (piano)
Tuesday 13 May: Ivelina Kristeva (piano)
Thursday 15 May: Mee-Hyun Esther Park (violin)
Tuesday 20 May: Harvey Lin (piano)
Thursday 22 May: Eva Zavaro (violin)
Tuesday 27 May: Michal Szymanowski (piano)
Thursday 29 May: Ineza Jazz Quartet
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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
The Julian Light Operatic Society put on a yearly production at Questors Theatre. We always welcome new singers, and we believe this is a fantastic opportunity to perform with a full orchestra at a high-quality venue as a principal or in the chorus.
Every Thursday, 7.45-9.45pm. Haven Green Baptist Church, Castlebar Road, W5 2UP
inform@julianoperatic.org • www.julianoperatic.org
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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