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  1. Listen and Watch Again – Beethoven & Rachmaninoff

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    JOHN SUNDERLAND

    John Sunderland

    IT WAS GOOD to see so many of you at the concert at St Paul’s a few weeks ago. I thought that those who came, and also those who missed it, might be interested to see a film of the concert which my piano teacher Iago Nunez, has very kindly produced and edited.

    Here are the links to the complete performance of the Beethoven Piano and Cello sonata, op 69, and the Rachmaninoff Vocalise.

    FINDLAY SPENCE

    Findlay Spence

    I had a lot of fun preparing for and playing at this event and it was a joy to work with Findlay Spence, the young cellist and scholar at St Paul’s. We raised on the evening almost £30,000 of the £45,000 we need for St Paul’s to purchase a new cello for Findlay and thank you so much to everyone for donating so generously. If anyone who would like to donate hasn’t yet had the opportunity to do so……Donations can be made online below. All contributions, however large or small, would be gratefully received! They will go to the St Paul’s Foundation which will purchase the cello to be made available on long term loan to Findlay – it will make a huge difference to his ability to pursue what I am sure is going to be a very successful career.

    Thanks again and best regards. Happy viewing! John

    Donations can be made online via this link

  2. Sunday 29th January, 11am, Orchestral Mass – The Conversion of St Paul

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    The Choir of St Paul’s Knightsbridge with members of the Thames Chamber Orchestra; Preacher, Fr Alan Gyle; with a Champagne reception after mass.

    Music will include
    Missa Brevis in C – Mozart
    How happy and blest are they – Mendelssohn
    A specially commissioned anthem by Findlay Spence
    Voluntary for organ and orchestra.

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  3. Charities’ carol concerts – December 2016

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    St Paul’s Church will host a number of charities’ carol concerts throughout December.

    • 30th November – City Veterans
    • 1st December – Prostate UK
    • 5th December – Breast Cancer Care
    • 6th December – St Paul’s Knightsbridge Foundation Carol Concert
    • 7th December – Rainbow Trust
    • 8th December – STOLL
    • 9th December – Sands Lights of Love event
    • 12th December – St George’s Kidney Patients
    • 13th December – GOSH
    • 14th December – The Haven
    • 15th December – Macmillan Cancer Care
    • 20th December – St Paul’s Knightsbridge Parish Carol Concert
  4. Haydn’s London Ladies

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    Clare McCaldin (mezzo) & Paul Turner (piano)

    When Haydn made his very successful visits to London in the 1790s, he was already an international celebrity. He was welcomed into musical society where he made many strong friendships, including with a number of women.

    This concert tells the story of Haydn’s relationship with these women, some of whom were not only admirers of his music but artists themselves, through the vocal and piano music associated with them. 

    Haydn’s London Ladies – Rebecca Schroeder, Anne Hunter, Therese Jansen, Harriet Abrams and Emma Hamilton – are fascinating in their own right, They illustrate how precarious the social position of women was at this time, Totally reliant on family or the right kind of husband for status and income, even the most celebrated were subject to swift and terrible changes of fortune, as the stories of these Ladies demonstrate.

    More info via McCaldin Arts website: http://mccaldinarts.com/projects/haydns-london-ladies/

    McCaldin Arts

  5. A Concert of Remembrance with Readings

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    poppy-field-galleryProgramme

    Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 (Sir Edward Elgar)
    Farewell to Arms (Gerald Finzi)
    Organ Concerto in G minor (Francis Poulenc)
    Adagio for Strings (Samuel Barber)
    Sinfonietta No.2, Op.65 (Malcolm Arnold)

    Keith Marshall – conductor
    Paul Hopwood – tenor
    Michael Papadopoulos – organ
    Thames Chamber Orchestra

    Additional readings by The Reverend Alan Gyle.

    Ticket prices:

    £25 / £15 / £10

     

    Michael Papadopoulos             Paul Hforgöttingen
    Michael Papadopoulos          Paul Hopwood