BBC Proms Saturday Matinee 5 BBC Singers & Arditti Quartet
BBC Singers Endymion Programme: Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth
Thea Musgrave: Ithaca (BBC commission: world premiere)
Bayan Northcott: Hymn to Cybele
Brian Ferneyhough: Dum transisset I–IV (London premiere)
Taverner: Dum transisset
Jonathan Harvey: Dum transisset sabbatum
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas – In nomine Domini (Benedictus)
Gabriel Jackson: In nomine Domini (BBC commission: world premiere)
Wednesday 22 September, 2010 7.30pm
Puccini: Madama Butterfly Grange Park Opera - Rising Stars
Hye-Youn Lee Jesus Leon Programme: Puccini’s tragic story of love betrayed.
Friday 8 October, 2010 7.30pm
Barbara Bonney Celebrity Recital Series
Fiona Campbell Alisdair Hogarth Programme: Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - 'Oh guarda sorella'
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - 'Porgi amor'; 'Non so piu'; 'Voi che sapete'
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - 'Prendero quell brunettino'
Mendelssohn: Six Duets, Op.63
Tuesday 12 October, 2010 7.30pm
The Tallis Scholars Ex exultavit Choral At Cadogan 2010/11
Peter Phillips H Praetorius Programme: Praetorius: Magnificat II
Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat
Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
Hassler: Ad dominum cum tribularer
Byrd: Infelix ego
Praetorius: Cantate domino
Praetorius: Videns dominus
Schütz: Es ist erschienen
Schütz: Die mit Tränen säen
Schütz: Ich bin eine rufende Stimme
Schütz: Selig sind die Toten
Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm
Thursday 14 October, 2010 7.30pm
An Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan With the London Chorus
Richard Suart London Chorus Programme: Excerpts from The Mikado, Gondoliers, Iolanthe, and The Pirates of Penzance
Saturday 16 October, 2010 7.30pm
Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble Choral At Cadogan 2010/11
London Concert Choir Michael Chance Programme: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (concert performance)
Friday 22 October, 2010 7.30pm
The King's Singers Nightsong
Roger Vignoles Programme: Brahms: Nachtwache 2
Schubert: Zur guten Nacht
Mendelssohn: Fruehlingsahnung; Die Primel; Fruehlingsfeier
Brahms: An die Heimat
Schubert: Grab und Mond
Reger: Nachtlied
Schubert: Der Gondelfahrer
Schumann: Der Eidgenossen Nachtwache
Rheinberger: Um Mitternacht
Brahms: Der Abend
Strauss: Traumlicht
Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana
Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Comedian Harmonists: Tea for Two; Mein kleinergruener Kaktus; Wochenend und Sonnenschein
Saturday 30 October, 2010 7.30pm
City of London Sinfonia and Holst Singers Britons and Baltics Choral At Cadogan 2010/11
Stephen Layton Craig Ogden Programme: Benjamin Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Eriks Esenvalds: Song of Silence (concerto for guitar and strings)
Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten
Britten: Chorale after an old French Carol
Constant Lambert: The Rio Grande
Wednesday 3 November, 2010 7.30pm
Armonico Consort
with the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Super Size Polyphony
Programme: Tallis: If ye love me
Ockeghem: 36 part canon Deo Gratias
Plainsong - O Virtus Sapientiae - Hildegard of Bingen
Plainsong - Et Ecce Terae Motus
Brumel: Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus - Kyrie
Plainsong - Et Ecce Terrae Motus
Brumel: Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus - Gloria, 9
Plainsong - Salve Regina - attributed to Hermann Contractus
Striggio: Ecce Beatam Lucem
~ Interval ~
Byrd: Ave Verum
Plainsong - Et Ecce Terrae Mortus
Brumel: Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus - Sanctus, Benedictus
Plainsong - Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans - Hildegard of Bingen
Tallis: Spem in Alium
Wednesday 17 November, 2010 7.30pm
I Fagiolini Dial 'M' for... Madrigal, Mannerist, Monteverdi and Misunderstood Choral At Cadogan 2010/11
Robert Hollingworth Monteverdi Programme: Including English madrigals by Weelkes, Tomkins and Nicolson. German madrigals by Schütz and Hassler, Monteverdi madrigals from books III and IV, De Wert ‘Qual musico gentil’. The concert will also feature the world premiere of an exciting new commission for I Fagiolini’s 25th anniversary by Orlando Gough using words by renaissance poet Tasso.
I Fagiolini's Gough commission is sponsored by PRS for Music Foundation and the National Centre for Early Music
Thursday 18 November, 2010 7.30pm
The Swingle Singers Snapshots
The Swingle Singers Programme: World famous multi-award winning a cappella group the Swingle Singers return to Cadogan Hall with a kaleidoscopic programme of musical snapshots. Taking us on a whirlwind tour, the Swingle Singers explore songs of Italy and Spain, the rich folk traditions of Turkey and the passionate tangos of Argentina. This 'musical photo album' also features songs from their upcoming West Side Story-inspired project "Romeo ♥ Juliet" and the return of some very special "classic Swingle" numbers that fans have been eagerly awaiting, alongside stunning new repertoire additions such as an arrangement of Norma Winstone's A Timeless Place.
Saturday 20 November, 2010 7pm
Chelsea Opera Group Médée
Yvonne Howard Andrew Greenwood Programme: Cherubini: Médée
Wednesday 24 November, 2010 7pm
New Sussex Opera Hugh the Drover - 'Love in the Stocks'
Nicholas Jenkins Michael Moxham Programme: Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover
Monday 29 November, 2010 7.30pm
Aled Jones In Concert
Programme: Aled Jones has been a household name since the mid-1980s when his uniquely pure treble voice reverberated worldwide sending shock waves of delight and admiration to music lovers everywhere.
Sunday 5 December, 2010 7pm
London International Orchestra 25th Anniversary Gala Concert in aid of Help for Heroes
In the presence of The Rt Hon Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC John Craig Innes Programme: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Khachaturian: Adagio from ‘Spartacus’
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Saint-Saens: The Swan
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6
Strauss: Overture to 'Die Fledermaus'
and favourite tenor arias
Tuesday 7 December, 2010 7.30pm
Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Christmas With the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Stile Antico Puer natus est Choral At Cadogan 2010-11
Thomas Tallis William Byrd Programme: Plainchant - Veni Emmanuel
John Taverner: Audivi vocem de caelo
Robert White: Magnificat
William Byrd: Rorate caeli
Thomas Tallis: Gloria from Missa Puer natus est
William Byrd: Tollite portas
Thomas Tallis: Sanctus & Benedictus from Missa Puer natus est
William Byrd: Ave Maria
Thomas Tallis: Agnus dei from Missa Puer natus est
William Byrd: Ecce Virgo Concipiet
Thomas Tallis: Videte miraculum
Plainchant - Puer natus est
John Sheppard: Verbum caro
A festive celebration of Tudor music for Christmas and Advent by this upcoming vocal ensemble.
Friday 10 December, 2010 7.30pm
London Gay Men's Chorus Make Your Own Kind Of Christmas
London Gay Men's Chorus Programme: The perfect start to Christmas. The 150-strong London Gay Men’s Chorus returns with its trademark mix of fabulous pop hits and stunning classical pieces, all laced with a generous splash of festive spirit.
Saturday 11 December, 2010 3.30pm
London Gay Men's Chorus Make Your Own Kind Of Christmas
London Gay Men's Chorus Programme: The perfect start to Christmas. The 150-strong London Gay Men’s Chorus returns with its trademark mix of fabulous pop hits and stunning classical pieces, all laced with a generous splash of festive spirit.
Saturday 11 December, 2010 7.30pm
London Gay Men's Chorus Make Your Own Kind Of Christmas
London Gay Men's Chorus Programme: The perfect start to Christmas. The 150-strong London Gay Men’s Chorus returns with its trademark mix of fabulous pop hits and stunning classical pieces, all laced with a generous splash of festive spirit.
Sunday 12 December, 2010 6pm
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Bach Cantatas Pilgrimage
Sir John Eliot Gardiner The Monteverdi Choir Programme: J.S. Bach:
Cantata No.61 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe
Cantata No.36 Schwingt feudig euch empor Cantata No.70 Wachet! bechet!
Wednesday 15 December, 2010 7.30pm
Handel's Messiah With the ECO and Raymond Leppard
Raymond Leppard Rodolfus Choir Programme: Handel: Messiah
Saturday 18 December, 2010 7.30pm
Kingston Choral Society & The Purcell Orchestra
Mary Bevan Christopher Ainslie Programme: J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), Parts 1, 2, 5 & 6
Bach’s ever-popular Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio) provides the perfect respite from the frantic festive build up.
Sunday 19 December, 2010 7pm
The King’s Singers Joy To The World
Programme: Trad. arr. Carl Davis: Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Poem: Christina Rossetti 'Christmas Eve'
Trad. Basque arr. Edgar Pettman: The Angel Gabriel
Trad. French arr. Philip Lawson: Noel Nouvelet
Trad. arr. Bob Chilcott: What Child is This?
Poem: Charles Causley: Ballad of the Bread-Man
Tchaikovsky arr. Jeremy Lubbock: The Crown of Roses
J.S. Bach: O Little One Sweet
Philip Lawson: Lullay My Liking
Reading: Christmas 1915
Gruber arr. John Rutter: Stille Nacht
June Collin: The Quiet Heart
Poem: Rudyard Kipling: Eddi's Service
John Rutter: There is a Flower
Trad. arr. Philip Lawson: Joy to the World
Camille Saint-Saëns: Serenade d'Hiver
Reading: John Julius Norwich: A Correspondence
Trad. arr. Geoffrey Keating: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Monday 20 December, 2010 7.30pm
All Angels & Hendon Band of the Salvation Army A Portrait of Christmas
Programme: All Angels and Hendon Band of The Salvation Army renew their association in this year’s concert of Christmas music. All Angels will be contributing several spots during the evening and there will be audience participation in carol singing to add to this ‘brass and voice’ run-up to Christmas.
Tuesday 8 February, 2011 7.30pm
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Psalms Choral At Cadogan 2010/11
Daniel Reuss Felix Mendelssohn Programme: Mendelssohn: Three Psalms Op.78
- Warum toben die Heiden; Richte mich, Gott; Mein Gott, warum hast du... Sibelius: Rakastava (The Lover) Op.14
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Cyrillus Kreek: Psalms of David
- Psalm 22, Psalm 104, Psalm 141, Õnnis on inimene
Cyrillus Kreek: Estonian religious folk songs
- Armas Jeesus, Sind ma palun; Jeesus kõige ülem hää; Kui suur on meie vaesus Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen
- Ode VI; Kondakion; Ikos; Ode IX; Prayer after Kanon
Tuesday 15 March, 2011 7.30pm
The Hilliard Ensemble A Hilliard Songbook Choral At Cadogan 2010-11
Piers Hellawell Robert Fayrfax Programme: Piers Hellawell: The Hilliard Songbook
- True beauty; By Falsehood; On Black and White; True beauty; Emerodde; Iacent; True beauty; Saphire Robert Fayrfax: Most clere of colour
Anon: Madame d'amours
William Cornysh: Ah Robin
Anon: Remember me my dear
Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
Anon: Passacalli della vita
PhilippeVerdelot: Divini occhi
Cipriano de Rore: O sonno
Gavin Bryars: From the First Book of Madrigals
- Web; Stormy; Almond Tree; Just as the ash-glow; Within minutes Ivan Moody: Arkhangelos
Sheryngham: Ah! Gentle Jesu
Arvo Pärt: And one of the Pharisees
Trad. Armenian, arr. Komitas Vardapet: Sharakans: Ov zarmanali
Hays hark nviranc ukhti, Surp, Ter zorutheanc
Arvo Pärt: Most Holy Mother of God
Guillaume de Machaut: Gloria from Messe de Notre Dame
Wednesday 20 April, 2011 7pm
Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Programme: J.S. Bach: St John Passion
Tuesday 10 May, 2011 7.30pm
The Tallis Scholars Lamentation Choral At Cadogan 2010/11
Peter Phillips Tomas Luis de Victoria Programme: Victoria: Dum complerentur
Palestrina: Dum complerentur
Palestrina: Peccantem me quotidie
Victoria: Lamentations for Holy Thursday
Victoria: Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Palestrina: Tribulationes civitatum
Palestrina: Tu es Petrus
Victoria: Vidi speciosam
Thursday 12 May, 2011 7.30pm
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Zurich International Concert Series 2010-11
Alexander Lazarev Principal Singers from the Bolshoi Opera Programme: Tchaikovsky: Extracts from Eugene Onegin
- Polonaise, Tatiana’s Letter Scene, Onegin’s Aria, Final Duet
Tchaikovsky: Music from The Nutcracker (Mravinsky)
- Act I (No.6 to end of Act), Act II (No.14 Pas de Deux to end of Act)
