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Upcoming Concerts
Past Concerts
Some past concerts are available on YouTube – scroll down to see
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Have a Merry Christmas with Dulwich Choral Society on the 14th December. Expect a mix of traditional carols, instrumental works and even some barbershop songs. Sing along and be merry with our free post-show refreshments. Drinks on sale and we will be raising money for a local charity. Free to attend and we’d love to see you there.
“Join us for a transcendent evening of classical music as we commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the legendary composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Experience the timeless beauty of his compositions performed by accomplished musicians. An event not to be missed!”
Concordia Chamber Choir
Summer Concert: Folksongs
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Concordia Chamber Choir
Spring Concert:
Saturday 1st April 2023, 7.30pm
Myriad Chamber Choir
Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Friday 10 March 2023, 7:30pm
Kyrie from Missa De Angelis
Harris – Faire is the Heaven
Faure – In paradisum from Requiem
Dove – Seek him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Victoria – O magnum Mysterium
Zhou Long – Words of the Sun
Esenvalds – Stars
Ben Parry – Star of the County Down
Parry – My Soul there is a country
Sibelius – Be Still My Soul
Tippett – Deep River from Five Spirituals
Conductor: Matthew Quinn
Choral concert Saturday 17th September 7.30pm, given by the St Stephen’s Consort, organised by Nick, Kate and Lizi Vineall, conducted by Nicholas Ansdell-Evans. A wide range of lovely and unusual choral music both sacred and secular, from Josquin, Ockeghem and Byrd to Bruckner, Ivor Gurney and Ansdell-Evans. Free admission, donations in aid of St Stephen’s.
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Sunday June 19th 6pm – “Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo”
The Choristers are performing this fun cantata telling the story of Noah in music and in 30 minutes!! They would really like to have an audience and are inviting you to enjoy the journey from flood to rainbow with them.
Friday 22 April 7pm
A concert including ‘The Trout Quintet’. This is a free concert given by the Chamber Soloists of Europe. Other works included in this concert are Schumann’s 3 Canonic Studies op.56 for pedal piano, set for Piano Quintet and Brett Dean’s “Voices of Angels” 1996 also for String Quintet. After this performance the artists are taking the programme on tour across Europe. Donations for the life of St Stephen’s.
On Sunday 27 March 2022, St Stephen’s Dulwich is hosting an afternoon of concerts featuring the renowned British cellist Raphael Wallfisch who will play the Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, by J S Bach. The sixth suite will be played on a specially-constructed cello with five strings.
Raphael Wallfisch will be giving us this marathon performance of all six suites for unaccompanied cello in two concerts lasting around an hour each; the first at 4pm and the second at 6.30.
Light refreshments will be available between the two sessions.
All proceeds from this special event will go to the new Choral Scholars’ Fund at St Stephen’s.
To attend both concerts, please book through Eventbrite (click the picture.) Tickets: adults £20; children/students £10.
Myriad Choir: Christmas Mirrored, 17th December, 7.30pm
In celebration of our long-awaited return to performance, Myriad pairs well-known Christmas anthems with contemporary settings of the same texts. We hope you will share our delight in this varied programme which acknowledges tradition and innovation, multiculturalism and diversity, with music from Britain, Russia, Norway, Nigeria, Kenya, USA, Spain and Italy.
Tailleferre Ensemble: Postcards from Europe, 28th November 2021 4pm and 6pm
Join the Tailleferre Ensemble as they travel through Europe exploring the work of Arrieu, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Cecilia McDowall, and Rhian Samuel. Many of these works are written for reed trio but one of Beethoven’s Duos for clarinet and bassoon will also feature, as well as Vivaldi’s Sonata for two oboes and bassoon.
Rhapsody and Fugue: Masterworks for Cello and Piano, 26th November 2021 at 7.30pm – Alison Holford and Ben Woodward
Light in the Night, Friday 19th November 2021 at 7.30pm – Madeleine Holmes and Oliver Lallemant
The Levanto Ensemble Fragments, 10th October 2021, 7pm
The Levanto Ensemble presented a varied programme of wind chamber music ahead of their Royal Overseas League Competition. Join them for a performance of vivid minitures written in various styles.
Ionian Singers: Music from England and France, 25th September 7.30pm
Ionian Singers – Website
Champagne Night at The Opera, 17th September 7.30pm
Vocalists Miranda Heidt and Susan Parkes presented a varied recital of arias alongside virtuosic accompaniment of our music director Oliver Lallemant.
St Stephen’s Consort: A Summer Concert of English and French Choral Music, 31st July 2021
An evening of English and French choral music was given by a consort of choral scholars directed by Nicholas Ansdell-Evans. All receipts were split equally between St Stephens and the Eglise de Notre-Dame de Morsalines on the Normandy coast, where this concert was originally planned to take place.
An American in Paris: Summer Chamber Music Festival, 25th July 2021
St Stephen’s Chamber Players presented their summer festival American in Paris, featuring two concerts with a fantastic selection of American and French masterpieces of twentieth century.
Opera Asteria: The Rape of Lucretia, 18th and 20th June 2021
A new company Opera Asteria presented two performances of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. This was also partly a fundraiser for Refuge charity which helps victims of domestic abuse.
Lammas Green Music Studio, 6th June 2021
Lammas Green Music Studio returned to St Stephen’s for their second studio recital in 2021 and first one with live audiences allowed. Lammas Green Music Studio is a teaching collective paying particular importance to performance opportunities for their students.
Eusebius Quartet, 23rd May 2021
The Eusebius Quartet presented two live-audience concerts on Sunday 23rd May, 2021 at St Stephen’s Church. Over two concerts, at 3pm & 6pm, they performed the Complete String Quartets of their namesake, Robert Schumann, alongside Huw Watkins: In My Craft or Sullen Art, a piece for Tenor and String Quartet. They were joined by young British opera singer, Alex Aldren.
Art Imitates Art Series, 9-11th April
Concert managers, Jill Valentine and Jernej Albreht, curated a series of three live-streamed concerts in collaboration with the Cardinal Quartet and Tritium Trio. The concerts were streamed on St Stephen’s Facebook page and later released on the St Stephen’s Youtube channel.
9 April, 7pm – Art imitates Life
This concert was generously supported by The Carne Trust.
You can watch the performance on St Stephen’s Youtube Channel
10 April, 7pm – Art imitates Itself
This concert was generously supported by The Carne Trust.
You can watch the performance on St Stephen’s Youtube Channel
11 April, 7pm – Art imitates Drama
Spring Duets: 21 March
Listen to the concert on St Stephen’s Facebook page or Youtube channel.