Don't miss our forthcoming concerts!
The organ will take centre stage in the next concert by the Academy Choir and Orchestra, in St John’s Church Spencer Hill Wimbledon on Saturday 17 March at 7.30pm.
The programme will combine two classics of the organ repertoire, Poulenc’s exhilarating Organ Concerto (with strings and timpani), and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb (for soloists, choir and organ), with Haydn’s Heiligmesse, the first of the six great settings of the Mass which Haydn wrote at the end of his life, alongside The Creation and The Seasons.
St John’s has an organ of medium size but heritage quality. It combines some of the finest work of organ makers Norman & Beard, who built the original organ in 1904, with a choir rank and manual added by Walker and Sons in 1926. A century and more later, the organ now needs refurbishment, and there will be an opportunity at the concert to contribute to the St John’s Organ Fund.
The organ soloist will be Michael Higgins, Director of Music at St John’s and a leading light of Wimbledon music. Andrew Edwards will conduct the Academy choir and professional orchestra.
Later Academy concerts this year, both in St John’s Church, will be:
- 26 May at 7.30pm: summer concert, programme & time TBC
- 10 November at 7.45pm: opening concert of the Wimbledon Music Festival 2012
Purcell programme, including Dido & Aeneas and Come ye sons of art away
Sat 17 March 2012 at 7.30 pm
St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, London SW19 4NZ
THE ACADEMY CHOIR
THE ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
Leader Charlotte Edwards
HARRIET JOHNSON (Soprano)
GILES PILGRIM MORRIS (Counter-tenor)
ANDY EVANS (Tenor)
ANDREW COPEMAN (Bass)
MICHAEL HIGGINS (Organ)
ANDREW EDWARDS (Conductor)
Rejoice in the Lamb Britten
Organ Concerto Poulenc
Heiligmesse Haydn
Tickets at £20 (front section) or £15 elsewhere (students & unemployed, £10) available in advance from ASM, 15 Highbury Road, London SW19 7PR. Please enclose cheque payable to ASM and a SAE.
Tel: 020 8946 7312.
Tickets may also be bought at the Church door on the night from 7.00 pm.
Members of the audience will be invited in addition to contribute to
the St John’s Organ Fund.