Previous Lunchtime Recitals at St Clement's

Established in 2017, the Lunchtime Recitals at St Clement's has welcomed a huge number of performers into our church, performing a wide selection of music. Details of past recital series may be found here for reference. If you are interested in the present series of recitals, please do visit this term's recitals page. 

Details of forthcoming recitals will be published on our News page, and also on social media with Facebook and Twitter. Make sure to Follow us or Subscribe to get the latest news and announcements. If you are a musician interested in performing as part of a future series, please contact our Director of Music, Mr Karol Jaworski, via: music@stclementscambridge.org.

Summer 2019 Recital Series: Saturdays at 1pm

Date
11th May
18th May
​
25th May
1st June
8th June
15th June
22nd June
29th June
6th July
13th July

Performer
CU Brass Ensemble, with Pro Bono Trombone Quartet
St Clement's Players, with St Clement's Choir and
​   friends, cond: Karol Jaworski
Ami Walsh (soprano)
Tim Bossanyi (clarinet), with piano: Cleo Loi
Erasmus Chamber Choir, cond: Julian Merson
Krassimira Jelizakova-Jones and Veronica Henderson
St Clement's Players, cond: Karol Jaworski
The Orlando Singers, cond: Brian Watkins
Kristi Bryson (soprano), with piano: Adam McDonagh
The Mitchison Ensemble

Programme
Brass music through the ages
Handel: Messiah (parts II and III), with soloists Catherine White,
  Nathalie Bending, Nicholas Butler and Frank Lee
Art Song and Opera
Brahms, Schubert and Schumann
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri
Duets for Viola and 'Cello
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Beethoven: Violin Concerto, with soloist Laura Rickard
Music for a Summer's Lunchtime
Il pleure dans mon Coeur, to include Debussy and Strauss
Beethoven and Penderecki

Winter 2019

Date
26th January
2nd February
9th February
16th February
23rd February
​
2nd March

Performer
Dan Tidhar (harpsichord)
The Mitchison Ensemble
Carlo Massimo (treble), with Alberto Massimo (piano)
The St Clement's Players, conductor: Karol Jaworski
Erasmus Chamber Ensemble
   with Dan Tidhar, Ellen Jameson and Rose Bradshaw
tick tock performance ensemble
   The St Clement's Players, cond. Karol Jaworski

Programme
Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor; Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Aria and Song for Treble Voice (feat. Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, "Eroica"
Bach, Vivladi and Telemann: concertos and cantatas

Vocal Works by Women Composers
   part of The Cambridge Female Composers' Festival

Autumn 2018

Date
6th October
13th October
20th October
27th October
3rd November
10th November
17th November
24th November
1st December

Performer
​Paula Downes (soprano), Clare Bullimore (piano)
John Bryden (piano)
The Maestral Ensemble
The St Clement's Players, cond. Karol Jaworski
Erasmus Chamber Choir (with CU Consort of Viols)
​Marcus Pyle (viola), Aglaia Tarantino (Piano)
Lance Mok (piano)
Cambridge University Recorder Ensemble
St Clement's Choir and Friends, with
   The St Clement's Players, cond. Karol Jaworski

Programme
ClimateKeys: Music and conversation on climate change (speaker: Dr Hugh Hunt)
Chopin and Schubert
"On a Maestral Wind", Music from the Age of Exploration
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 (flute: Chloë Gamlin), Schubert Symphony No. 5
Voices and Viols: Music from the Renaissance
Bridge, Kramer, Vierne and Beach
"Macabre", incl. works by Liszt, Ligeti and Scriabin
Music from the Slavonic Tradition
Handel's Messiah (part I); soloists: Catherine White, Nathalie Bending,
​   Chris Ainsworth-Patrick, Frank Lee

Summer 2018

Date
2nd June
9th June
16th June
23rd June
30th June
7th July
14th July
​21st July

Performer
​Michael Dawson
Patrick Welche, Ellen Jameson & Francis Knights
Jessica Lawrence-Hares (mezzo-soprano)
The St Clement's Players, cond. Karol Jaworski
The Orlando Singers, cond. Brian Watkins
Esteveao Devides (classical guitar)
Laura Rickard (violin)
Constance Chow (piano)

Programme
The Evolution of Tuba
Baroque music for recorders: Quantz, Telemann and Fux
"A Russian Banquet" - music by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and more!
Mozart symphonies and concertos
Byrd Mass for Four Voices
Guitar through the ages
Violin Sonatas: Beethoven No. 5 "Spring" and Franck Sonata in A
Bowen and Debussy piano works

Winter 2018

Date
3rd February
10th February
17th February
24th February
3rd March*

Performer
​The St Clement's Players, cond. Karol Jaworski
The Accorde Singers, cond. Andrew Foxley
Jennifer Bastable (soprano), acc. Ian de Massini
Natasha Agarwal (soprano), acc. Chris Pountain
Patrick Welche, Ellen Jameson & Francis Knights

Programme
Mozart 29, Haydn 49, Sammartini Recorder Concerto (soloist Cleo Loi)
"On the theme of Love"
Music from the Emerald Isle
Schumann and Shakespeare
Baroque music for recorders: Quantz, Telemann and Fux

  * postponed due to inclement weather

Autumn 2017

Date
14th October
21st October
28th October
4th November
11th November
18th November
25th November
2nd December
​9th December*

Performer
Lucy Armstrong and Felicity Cliffe
Jennifer Bastable (soprano)
Dan Tidhar (harpsichord)
The Mila Piano Trio
Karol Jaworski (baritone)
Felicity Cliffe (oboe)
CU Recorder Ensemble
Erasmus Chamber Choir
​Laura Rickard (violin)

Programme
String duets: incl. Delibes, Beethoven and Rossini
Female composers of French and English Song
Bach's Goldberg Variations
Beethoven and Ravel 
Oratorio, Lieder and Shakespeare Songs
Saint-Saens, Silvestrini, Loeillet and Ravel
"Masquerade"
Music for Advent
Sonatas: ​Bach, Bartok, Biber and Ysaye

  * postponed due to illness

Summer 2017

Date
1st July
8th July
15th July
22nd July
​29th July

Performer
Ian de Massini (piano)
The Orlando Singers, cond. Karol Jaworski
Anna Lush (sorpano), acc. Alex Davan-Wetton
Georgios Vardakis (piano)
Felix Kemp (baritone), acc. Timothy End

Programme
Bach's Goldberg Variations
Flower Songs and Madrigals
Baroque Songs and Arias
Liszt, Scarlatti and Ravel
​Lieder and English Song