2007-2008 Season

at St. George’s, Beckenham

Saturday 10 November 2007 - 7.30pm

Chamber Recital given by Father Malcolm Hancock (French horn), Dominic Moore (violin) and Daniel Becker (piano)

Bach Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (including Chaconne)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 ‘Moonlight’
Brahms Horn Trio, Op. 40

Saturday 17 November 2007 - 7.30pm

Orchestral Concert

Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C major, K 314 (soloist: Daniel Bates)
Tchaikovsky Suite from The Seasons, Op. 37a
Haydn Symphony No. 83 in G minor, ‘The Hen’

Saturday 9 February 2008 - 7.30pm

Orchestral Concert

Handel Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/9 in F major
Bach Concerto for violin, oboe & strings, BWV 1060 (soloists: Owen Dennis and Dominic Moore)
Elgar Elegy
Dvorák Serenade for Strings, Op. 22

Saturday 17 May 2008 - 8pm

Concert in the St George’s Arts Festival with the Choir of St. George’s

Rossini Overture Il Signor Bruschino
Schubert Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished'
Mozart Coronation Mass K 317

Saturday 28 June 2008 - 7.30pm

Orchestral Concert

CPE Bach Symphony No. 2 in B flat, Wq 182/2
Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364b (soloists: Dominic Moore, violin and Edward Vanderspar, viola
Haydn Symphony no. 45 in F sharp minor, 'Farewell' (until next season!)

2008-2009 Season dates

all at St. George’s, Beckenham at 7.30pm

Saturday 11th October 2008

Saturday 13 December 2008 - Handel's The Messiah with Londinium

Saturday 14 February 2009 - Valentine's Concert

Saturday 27 June 2009

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Past Concerts

Saturday 7 July 2007 at 7.30pm

St George's, Beckenham

Mendelssohn: Overture "The Fair Melusine"

Schumann: Cello Concerto with soloist Adrian Brendel

INTERVAL

Beethoven: Eight Symphony

Saturday 16 June 2007 at 7.30pm

Spirit of Paris - SGCO @ LSO St Luke's

Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D 'Paris'

Britten - Les illuminations, Op. 18 with soprano, Katherine Broderick

INTERVAL

Debussy - Danse sacrée et danse profane with harpist Suzanne Willison-Kawalec

Haydn - Symphony No. 82 in C 'The Bear'

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

St George's Chamber Orchestra makes its LSO St Luke's debut with a programme of works inspired by the sights, sounds and musical culture of Paris. The Orchestra is joined by two fabulous young soloists for what promises to be a wonderful evening at one of London's newest and most beautiful venues.

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Saturday 19 May 2007 at 8.00pm

St. George's Arts Festival

Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D 'Paris'

Choir of St. George's Beckenham - A cappella item

Mendelssohn - Hear my Prayer (with Choir of St. George's, Beckenham and Soloist Susannah Startup)

INTERVAL

Haydn: Nelson Mass

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

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Saturday 13 May 2006 at 5.30 pm

St. George's Arts Festival

Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro

Beethoven: Violin Concerto with soloist Dominic Moore

INTERVAL

Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

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Saturday 1 April 2006 at 7 pm

Grieg: Holberg Suite

Britten: Les Illuminations with Katherine Broderick, soprano

INTERVAL

Barber: Adagio

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

Join the St. George’s Chamber Orchestra, Beckenham’s professional orchestra, and their conductor Madeleine Lovell for an enchanting evening of 19th and 20th-century classics. Soprano Katherine Broderick, winner of the Maggie Teyte Prize, will perform Benjamin Britten’s astonishing cycle of Rimbaud settings, Les Illuminations. This work brilliantly conveys the poet’s kaleidoscopic imagination in ten short pieces of vividly individual character. The programme opens with Grieg’s Holberg Suite in which the composer fondly recalls music of a bygone age, melding it with the beautiful lyricism and lush harmonies of his own folk-influenced style. Barber’s spellbinding Adagio is followed by Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, a four-movement masterpiece overflowing with exquisite melody and vivacious energy.

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Saturday 18 March 2006 at 7 pm

Chamber Recital by principal players of the SGCO

Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K. 493

Mahler: Quartettsatz

Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

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Saturday 11 February 2006 at 7 pm

St. Valentine's Concert with Harp and Orchestra

Handel: Concerto Grosso in G, Op 6/1

Mozart: Serenade 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', K525

Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

Ravel: Introduction and Allegro

Solo Harp: Suzanne Willison

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

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Saturday 10 December 2005 at 7 pm

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture

Beethoven: Fourth Piano Concerto with soloist Daniel Becker

INTERVAL

Mozart: Jupiter Symphony

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

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Saturday 12 November 2005 at 7 pm

Violin and Piano Recital by Dominic Moore and Daniel Becker

Mozart: Sonata in G, K. 379

Beethoven: Sonata in F, Op. 24 'Spring'

Janacek: Sonata

Faure: Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

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Saturday 17 September 2005 at 7 pm

Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto with soloist Thomas Hull

INTERVAL

Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in spring & Summer night on the river

Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B flat major 'La Reine'

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

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Music on a Summer Evening

Saturday 23 July 2005 at 7.30pm

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, featuring Air on a G string

Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate for Soprano and Orchestra
Soprano - Marie Vassiliou

INTERVAL

Mozart: Two Opera Arias
Susanna's recitative and aria "Giunse alfin il momento - Deh vieni non tardar" from Le Nozze di Figaro
Fiordiligi's recitative and aria "Come scoglio" from Cosi fan tutte

Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D

Summer has arrived, and what better way to spend a relaxing evening than with great music played by the 24 virtuoso musicians of the SGCO. Bach’s sublime Orchestral Suite in D opens the concert, containing one of his most celebrated pieces - the Air on a G string. We are delighted to welcome the wonderful soprano, Marie Vassiliou, to sing Mozart’s effervescent Exsultate Jubilate, along with two beautiful opera arias. To end, Haydn at his exhilarating best in the Symphony No. 96 in D.

First Concert of the New Year

Saturday 19 February 2005 at 7.00 pm

at

the Parish Church of St. George, High Street, Beckenham

Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 In G, K.216
soloist: Ning Kam

Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

The programme opens with the exhilarating overture to La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart’s operatic masterpiece from the last year of his life. This is followed by perhaps the most well-loved of Mozart’s violin concertos, the G major, performed by the internationally acclaimed soloist Ning Kam. Bartok’s seductive Romanian Dances make an engaging prelude to Beethoven’s Second Symphony – a work which traverses the deepest lyrical pathos and the most high-spirited jollity.

Ning Kam studied at the Yehudi Menuhin school, before attending the Curtis Institute of Music and Cleveland Institute of Music. She performs regularly with orchestras around the world, and has won prizes at several major international competitions, including Second Prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium in 2001. Her recent performance at the Purcell Room in London was described as ‘gutsy and electrifying’ by The Times.

Christmas Concert

Sunday 5 December 2004 at 7.30 pm

at

the Parish Church of St. George, High Street, Beckenham

Corelli: Christmas Concerto

Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495
soloist: Pip Eastop, playing on the hand horn

Elgar: Serenade for strings in E minor, Op. 20

Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C major, ‘The Bear’

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell

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The St. George's Chamber Orchestra presents

A chamber recital

Saturday 20 November 2004 at 5.00 pm

Haydn: Piano Trio Trio In G Major, Hob. XV:25 (‘Gipsy Rondo’)

Ravel: Piano Trio

Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat Major, Op. 97 (‘Archduke’)

Dominic Moore (violin), Michael Atkinson (cello) and Daniel Becker (piano)

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Saturday 18 September 2004 at 7.00 pm

at

The Parish Church of St. George's, Beckenham

Handel: Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6/4

Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K.466
soloist: Daniel Becker

Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G, Op. 40
soloist: Dominic Moore

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D. 485

Conductor: Madeleine Lovell