Music

November

Ealing Choral Society Saturday 16 November

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: St Nicolas

Come and enjoy Britten’s much-loved cantata covering the dramatic sequence of events in the legendary life of Saint Nicolas, together with the following works:

McDOWALL: Ave Maris Stella

HOWELLS: Hymn for St Cecilia

HOLST: Two Psalms & St Paul’s Suite

London Concordia Ensemble (leader Fenella Humphreys), conductor Jonathan Williams

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, W5 1QG

£17 (concessions £15, under-18 £3)

07957 923341 • www.ealingchoralsociety.org.uk

Box office: www.wegottickets.com/event/478308 or phone as above

Julian Light Operatic Society Wednesday - Saturday 20-23 November

The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert and Sullivan)

Desperate to dodge the tower executioner’s blade, a falsely imprisoned colonel seeks the help of his old sergeant’s family. A girl, jester and lovesick jailer are unwittingly entangled in a journey of bribery and impersonation.

This tragicomedy explores the vagaries of true love and forced marriage, accompanied by Sullivan’s acclaimed musical score.

7.45pm + Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Questors Theatre, W5 5BQ

£10 to £20 according to date and concessions

07976 577232 • inform@julianoperatic.org.uk

Box office: www.questors.org.uk/event.aspx?id=831

West London Sinfonia Saturday 23 November

Concert: Music of Shadows

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture

BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (tenor James Hutchings, horn Chris Eyre)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 15

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

£14 (concessions £12, children/students £5)

020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • westlondonsinfonia.org

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 30 November

Doreen CARWITHEN: Overture, The Men of Sherwood Forest

Howard BLAKE: Piano Concerto

MAHLER / Deryck Cooke: Symphony No. 10

Julian Trevelyan, Ealing Symphony Orchestra / John Gibbons

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

£14 (under-25 and full-time students £5, under-18 free). Phone or email for season ticket details.

020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

December

Petros Singers Saturday 7 December

The Festival of Christmas

Our Christmas concert celebrates the traditions and rituals that have developed around the festive season. We’ll be decking the halls, quaffing wassail, hanging holly and ivy, roasting chestnuts and counting every lord, lady, partridge and pear tree. Alongside our traditional audience carols, the programme features music by Praetorius, Betty Roe and Bob Chilcott. We promise a winter wonderland full of gifts, decorations, feasting and drinking.

7.30pm. St Peter’s, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London, W6 9BE

£17 (concessions £15, under 18s/students £5)

tickets@petrossingers.org • www.petrossingers.org

Ealing Common Choir Saturday 14 December

“Twelve Days to Christmas” Come and Listen: Come and Sing!

Come and listen; come and sing. From Handel to Hark the Herald!

COME AND LISTEN: VICTORIA: O Magnum Mysterium, HANDEL: Zadok the Priest, BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin, HANDEL: The King Shall Rejoice, BUXTEHUDE: Magnificat, HANDEL: My Heart is Inditing, TAVENER: The Lamb

Interval

COME AND SING: O Come All Ye Faithful, Coventry Carol, A Maiden Most Gentle, Silent Night, Ding Dong Merrily, Away in a Manger, Deck the Halls, Twelve Days of Christmas, White Christmas, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Chestnuts roasting (arr Chris Richardson), When Santa got Stuck (arr Chris Richardson), Sleigh Ride (arr Chris Richardson), Christmas is Coming, Hark the Herald, We Wish you a Merry Christmas

6 for 6.30pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, Ealing, W5 2QA

£12 including a mince pie and mulled wine; 16 and under free

Tickets on the door or via choir members

mailing@smce.org.uk • www.smce.org.uk

FEBRUARY

West London Sinfonia Saturday 8 February

Concert: WLS Winds and Strings

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante for Winds (oboe Bruno Bower, clarinet Andrew Keck, horn Chris Eyre, bassoon Carolyn Sewell)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2

Conductor Philip Hesketh, leader Iwona Boesche

7.30pm. St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park, W4 1TT

£14 (concessions £12, children/students £5)

020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • westlondonsinfonia.org

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 15 February

RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead

RACHMANINOV: Opera, Francesca da Rimini

Soloists, Ealing Symphony Orchestra / John Gibbons

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

An Ealing Music and Film Festival event. Booking via their website.

Tickets: www.ealingmusicandfilmfestival.org

ESO contact: 020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

MARCH

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 14 march

ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)

Bella Tang (piano), Ealing Symphony Orchestra / John Gibbons

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

£14 (under-25 and full-time students £5, under-18 free)

ESO contact: 020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

West London Sinfonia Saturday 28 March

Concert: Mahler’s Song of the Night

MAHLER: Symphony No 7

Conductor Philip Hesketh, leader Iwona Boesche

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane W5 1QG

£14 (concessions £12, children/students £5)

020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • westlondonsinfonia.org

MAY

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 16 May

DEBUSSY: Iberia (Images)

Paul CARR: Saxophone Concerto

COPLAND: Symphony No. 3

Rob Burton (saxophone), Ealing Symphony Orchestra / John Gibbons

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

£14 (under-25 and full-time students £5, under-18 free)

ESO contact: 020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

July

West London Sinfonia Saturday 4 July

Concert: Summer on the Green

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks

MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp (flute Derek Benton, harp Catrin Meek)

HAYDN: Symphony No 104

Conductor Philip Hesketh, leader Iwona Boesche

7.30pm. St Anne’s Church,Kew Green, TW9 3AA

£14 (concessions £12, children/students £5)

020 3475 4200 • info@westlondonsinfonia.org • westlondonsinfonia.org

Ealing Symphony Orchestra Saturday 11 July

George LLOYD: Symphony No. 2

William ALWYN: Pastoral Fantasia

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

David Way (viola), Ealing Symphony Orchestra / John Gibbons

7.30pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

£14 (under-25 and full-time students £5, under-18 free)

ESO contact: 020 8567 4075 • secretary@ealingso.org.uk • www.ealingso.org.uk

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.

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 20 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.

8.30am - 1.30pm. Twyford CofE High School, W3 9PP.
Charges vary, depending on course taken.

admin@ejms.org.uk • www.ejms.org.uk

The Friends of St Mary’s Perivale SUNDAYS

SUNDAY CONCERTS AT ST MARY’S PERIVALE

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20 October: The Artisti con Brio Ensemble

27 October: Alena Walentin (flute), Niklas Walentin (violin), Viv McLean (piano)

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10 November, 7.30pm: Christopher Kent (actor), Gamal Khamis (piano) (please note time)

17 November: Mengyang Pan (piano)

3pm, except as above. St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Perivale, UB6 8SS
Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Ealing Chamber Music Club Mondays

New playing members (and visitors) are always welcome at our regular evenings.
Free refreshments.

2nd Monday in the month, except January, August and September. Please phone to check before coming.

8pm. St Mary’s Church Perivale, UB6 8SS

020 3143 3206 • ealingchambermusic@gmail.com • www.ealingchambermusic.wordpress.com

Capital Chorus Mondays

WEEKLY REHEARSAL

We’re a friendly, diverse and welcoming group of men who love to sing close-harmony songs in the barbershop style. Whatever your age or experience, come and meet us at our weekly open rehearsal. Barbershop could be the exciting, rewarding, fun hobby you’re looking for.

7.45 - 10.15pm. Kingsdown Methodist Church, Northfield Avenue, Ealing, W13 9PR

07963 595930 • www.capitalchorus.co.uk

The Love2sing Choir Mondays

THE LOVE2SING EALING CHOIR – Daytime

Take part in fun, friendly and informative rehearsals and twice-yearly concerts. Choir meets for 35 rehearsals a year (term lengths vary 10-13 wks). Styles include musical theatre, pop, rock, big band, Motown, traditional choral and more.

1-3pm. North Hanwell Baptist Church, Cuckoo Avenue, W7 1BW

Monthly: £20.40

07989 560603 • admin@love2sing.co.uk • www.love2sing.co.uk

The Friends of St Mary’s Perivale Tuesdays

TUESDAY AFTERNOON PIANO RECITALs at St Mary’s Perivale

15 October: Mihai Ritivoiu

22 October: Dominic Degavino

29 October: Florian Mitrea

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5 November: Anna Tsybuleva

12 November: Thomas Kelly

19 November: Ryan Drucker

26 November: Jianing Kong

2pm. St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Middlesex. UB6 8SS

Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Petros Singers Tuesdays

Welcoming new tenors and basses

We’re a well-regarded auditioned chamber choir with a reputation for high-quality singing and innovative programmes. Check our website to see what concerts we have planned, and email our membership secretary if you’d like to join us for some trial rehearsals. We’d love to hear from tenors and basses, and also offer free bursaries to all singers age 27 and under.

8-9.45pm. St Peter’s Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London W6 9BE

membership@petrossingers.org • www.petrossingers.org

The Friends of St Mary’s Perivale Wednesdays

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS AT ST MARY’S PERIVALE

16 October: Thomas Carroll (cello), Graham Caskie (piano)

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6 November: The New Street Ensemble

13 November: Lasma Taimini (violin) / Samuel Queen (baritone)

20 November: The Odysseus Piano Trio

27 November: Pasha Mansurov (flute), Takashi Kikuchi (viola), Jozef Janik (piano)

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7.30pm. St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Middlesex. UB6 8SS
Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Ealing Folk Club Wednesdays

Hosted by the OddFellas. Listeners, singers, players, all welcome – as long as it’s unplugged, anything goes.

First Wednesday of every month, 8-11pm
Upstairs in the Reading room at the Grange pub, Warwick Road, Ealing, London W5 3XH

We also have an English(ish) Tunes session at the Grange on the last Wednesday of the month 7.30-10.30pm. Join in the playing, introduce your own tunes; any instruments welcome.

020 8567 2955 • bob_little@ntlworld.com

Gregorian Chant: Ealing Abbey Lay Plainchant Choir Wednesdays

Director Fr Peter Burns OSB.
Exploring the riches of the Gregorian Chant tradition. New members always welcome. We usually sing at a Parish Liturgy once each month at 12 noon. A group also sings at a local care home monthly.

6.30 for 6.40 - 8pm. Bulbeck Room of the Ealing Abbey Parish Centre
Voluntary contribution of £2 per session

020 8862 2160 • gregorianchantealing@gmail.com • www.ealpc.org

Questors Choir Wednesdays

COME AND SING WITH QUESTORS CHOIR

Like singing choral music? Not sure? Free on Wednesday evenings? If ‘Yes’, and you’re over 16 years old, why not come along and try us? We’re a well-established, friendly, West Acton-based, Ealing community choir of around 60 members. First three sessions are free of charge, with no obligation to join. You will not be asked to audition: just turn up, join in and do your best!

8 - 10pm. St Martin’s Church hall, Hale Gardens, W3 9SQ. Just a short walk from Ealing Common tube station (Piccadilly & District lines), 207, 427, 607 and 440 bus routes, and with on-street parking outside.
£140 yearly / £130 early birds / £110 concessions. £60 (£50 for concessions) each term. Free for 16-25s.

07802 720333 • more@questorschoir.org • www.questorschoir.org

The Love2sing Choir Wednesdays

THE LOVE2SING EALING CHOIR – evening

Take part in fun, friendly and informative rehearsals and twice-yearly concerts. Choir meets for 35 rehearsals a year (term lengths vary 10-13wks). Styles include musical theatre, pop, rock, big band, Motown, traditional choral and more.

7.30-9.30pm. North Hanwell Baptist Church, Cuckoo Avenue, W7 1BW
Monthly payments £29

07989 560603 • admin@love2sing.co.uk • www.love2sing.co.uk

Julian Light Operatic Society Wednesdays

The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert and Sullivan)

From September, we are cracking on with our rehearsals for G&S’s The Yeomen of the Guard. Gilbert’s libretto examines the vagaries of true love, power and forced marriage, accompanied by some of Sullivan’s finest music. Believe or not, but all voice parts welcome, especially sopranos and altos.

7.45pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, Ealing, London W5 2QA

No admission charge (membership fee if you decide to join)

07976 577232 • inform@julianoperatic.org • www.julianopoeratic.org

Ealing Common Choir Thursdays

Where singers are welcome

Experience the pleasure of singing an amazingly wide repertoire to a high standard. We give 3-4 concerts a year interspersed with workshops and social events.
You should be able to read music, sing in tune and sight-read a simple line.

7.30 - 9.30pm. St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, Ealing, W5 2QA

£40 per term. Try the choir for free for your first ever 3 weeks. Concessions for all students.

chair@smce.org.uk • www.smce.org.uk

St Barnabas Church Fridays

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS AT ST BARNABAS

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18 October: Megumi Fujita (piano)

25 October: tbc

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1 November: Sarah Gabriel (soprano), Viv McLean (piano)

8 November: Corinne Morris (cello), Peter Limonov (piano)

15 November: The Heron Piano Trio

22 November: The Alkyna String Quartet

29 November: tbc

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1pm. St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG

Free with a retiring collection

020 8997 7691 • hmather@btopenworld.com • www.barnabites.org/page/12/friday-lunchtime-concerts
Ealing Youth Orchestra Fridays

Regular Friday term-time rehearsals, 5 concerts a year plus annual European tour. Aged 13-19, Grade 6 standard and above.

6-9pm. Twyford CofE High School, Acton

Full audition details at www.eyo.org.uk or email EYO Chair Chris Brown chair@eyo.org.uk