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Sunday 12th July 4pm
St George's College Choir, Argentina

Mabres Ángeles, Navajas Catalina, Goodall Josefina, Miller Estanislao, Baratti Marcelo, Chiappe Yamila, Villar Sofía and Cameron Adelaide

Conductor: Diego Romero Mascaró

Visiting from Quilmes, the choir performs a mixture of traditional and folk songs, with guitar interludes.

I want to be ready – Spiritual
Las mañanitas – Mexican popular song
La viditay San Lorenzo – Bolivian tune
Se equivocó la paloma – Carlos Guastavino
Póngale por las hileras – Félix Paloma
Nostalgias (tango) – Cobián - Cadícamo
Al jardín de la república (zamba) – Los chalchaleros
Luna tucumana (zamba) – Atahualpa Yupanqui
Chacarera del rancho (chacarera) – Hermanos Ábalos

Solo guitarists: Josefina Goodall & Franco Perrone

Estudio – Heitor Villa Lobos
Preludio Cello Suite N° 1 – J.S. Bach

Admission free, retiring collection

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Sunday 19th July 4pm
Stirling Silver Flute Trio

Claire Overbury, Ruth Sunderland and Rebecca Pullman

These brilliant young professional flautists perform a delightful programme of flute trios.

Sandra Howard - Irish Suite
Thomas Weelkes - Six English Madrigals
Thoma Simaku - From Across the Sea
Allan Blank - The Three Graces
Anton Bernhard Furstenau - Trio for Three Flutes op. 14

Admission free, retiring collection

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Sunday 26th July 4pm
English Ayres: Sister Awake!

An Elizabethan woman's life told in lute songs, ballads and poetry. Music by Dowland, Campion, Purcell, Morley
Poems by Elizabeth I, Katharine Phillips, Mary Wroth.

Jeni Melia, soprano, renaissance guitar
Kathryn Hamilton-Hall, ballad singer, reader,
Chris Goodwin, lute, baritone

Admission free, retiring collection

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August
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Sunday 9th August
6.00 pm

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Merlyn Quaife: Camino de Santiago

Australian soprano, Merlyn Quaife’s decision to walk the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St James) came after a complete physical and emotional collapse. It was a time of reflection, planning, simply being and being simple.

Merlyn describes the journey as ‘greater than any performance’ and a fitting way to say thank-you for her restored health. Every church she found empty was an invitation to sing, even if only a few lines. The open road also elicited snippets of a range of songs. Any church mass with a pilgrim blessing was attended (for Merlyn an essential part of the experience). Only rarely did she allow other pilgrims to hear that she is a singer.

In her presentation, Merlyn invites you to share some of her experiences, reflections and songs that came to her as she walked 800 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago.

To see information about Merlyn Quaife go to:
www.merlynquaife.com

Tickets: £12/£8 concession
For reservations please ring 020 7242 1979 or email stgeorges_concerts@yahoo.co.uk

*Please note this concert is not part of the
Sunday Recital Series*

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September
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Sunday 6th September 4pm

Madeleine Easton - violin

Admission free, retiring collection

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Sunday 13th September 4pm

Pinar Celik - piano

Admission free, retiring collection

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Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th September
OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND

Sat: 10am-7pm. Sun: 12noon-5pm. Tours on the hour, first come basis. Last tour Sat 5pm, Sun 3pm.

Lecture Sun 4pm: Hawksmoor’s Freemasonry and Esoteric Symbolism. Acclaimed Hawksmoor and Bloomsbury Exhibition in Undercroft. Children’s drawing activity in Exhibition.

The last of Hawksmoor's six London churches and consecrated in 1730, St George's is instantly recognisable by its majestic portico and stepped tower with newly carved lions and unicorns. Reopened in 2006 following a five-year restoration, 2009 is your chance to see the recently finished, beautiful North Gallery.

Entry free

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Sunday 27th September 4pm
Situation Opera: Concerto Series

Michael Trainor violin
Nathalie Chalkley soprano
Emma Selby bassoon

Conductor: Nick Newland

W.A. Mozart:
Violin Concerto No.1 in Bb major
Se il padre perdei from Idomeneo
Deh Vieni
from Le Nozze di Figaro
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major

The first concert in the 2009-2010 Concerto Series begins with two reasonably overlooked works. The first violin concerto is a delightful exploration of the composer's own ability on the instrument as, unlike most of his works, the violin concerti originated in his own performance interests.  Between the two instrumental concerti, soprano Nathalie Chalkley presents two arias from Mozart's operas, accompanied by the orchestra. Joining this is the only Bassoon Concerto which survives to the modern day, and which still forms a staple of the instrument's repertoire but  rarely heard in today's concert halls.

Admission free, retiring collection

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October
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Sunday 25th October 4pm
Situation Opera: Concerto Series

Amelia Jones violin
Hugh Fairbairn & Ola Olsson trumpets

Lukas Kmit viola

Conductor: Nick Newland

W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No.2 in D major
A. Vivaldi: Double Trumpet Concerto in C major
F.A. Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major

Continuing the orchestra's journey through Mozart's violin repertoire, Amelia Jones performs the second violin concerto before Hugh Fairbairn and Ola Olsson present Vivaldi's exciting Concerto for Two Trumpets.  Concluding the programme, violist Lukas Kmit performs Hoffmeister's viola concerto.

Admission free, retiring collection

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Sunday 8th November 4pm

Saori Nakazawa - soprano

In this charming programme, Saori performs a mixture of Japanese and English art songs.

Admission free, retiring collection

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Sunday 22nd November 4pm
Situation Opera: Concerto Series

Joanna Hort violin
Mariko North piano
Aisling Manning violin

Conductor: Nick Newland

J.S. Bach:
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

W.A. Mozart:
Piano Concerto No.21 in C major
Violin Concerto No.3 in G major

Opening this concert, Joanna Hort presents Bach's first violin concerto, before pianist Mariko North performs the stunning Piano Concerto No.21 (featured in the Swedish film Elvira Madigan, representing a lazy boat ride on a placid lake and which has led to the nickname of this concerto). Following this, the orchestra continues its journey through Mozart's violin concerti with Irish violinist Aisling Manning performing No.3.

Admission free, retiring collection

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