Gainsborough, Thomas Linley the Younger,
Dulwich Picture Gallery (331)
Don't miss our forthcoming concerts!
The Academy Choir and Orchestras celebrate their 30th anniversary this year. Details of our principal concerts are in the accompanying boxes.
Enquiries: 020 8946 7312
Email: events@stjohnswimbledon.org.uk
THE ENGLISH MOZART
(Booking now open)
Saturday 27 February 2010 at 8pm
St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon
The untimely drowning at age 22 of Mozart's childhood friend and exact contemporary, Tom Linley, robbed England of a young man who was already a great composer in the Handelian mould and seemed set to become one of the giants of the classical era, alongside Mozart and Haydn
TOM LINLEY: Storm Chorus - A thrilling masterpiece written for Sheridan's production of Shakespeare's Tempest
HANDEL: Water Music, Nos 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 22
TOM LINLEY: The Song of Moses - Tom’s great oratorio about
the crossing of the Red Sea
and drowned Egyptian host
Grace Davidson - Soprano
Natalie Clifton-Griffith - Soprano
John Savournin - Bass
The Academy Choir
The Academy Baroque Players (Leader Joanna Lawrence)
Andrew Edwards Conductor
Tickets at £17.50 (central section), £15 (unreserved),
£10 (students & unemployed) are available from:
ASM, 15 Highbury Road, London SW19 7PR
Please enclose cheque payable to ASM and a S.A.E.
Tickets also available at the church door on the night (subject to availability)
Enquiries: 020 8946 7312
Website: www.academychoirwimbledon.co.uk
Saturday 5 May at 7.30pm
The Easter Story
Oratorio in six scenes for soloists, chorus and orchestra about Easter, the Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit
(first performance) by
Andrew Edwards.
Saturday 20 November at 7.30pm
30th anniversary concert,
launching the Wimbledon Music Festival 2010.
Programme TBA