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| Evening Concert Highlights |
| Full Concert Listings and the opportunity to purchase tickets are available on our website. |
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Mostly Bach and Handel
15 January, 7.30pm
Tickets: £20, £15, £12, £9, £6 |
| London Octave bring a little of this and that but mostly Bach and Handel for an evening featuring mezzo-soprano Sarah Jane Lewis. Enjoy one of the most versatile young voices on the British music scene performing an exciting range of works from Handel to the American Spiritual tradition. |
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Rachmaninov Vespers
16 January, 8.00pm
Tickets: £20, £18, £15, £10, £6
Russian Meal Voucher: £9.95 |
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| Celebrate Russian New Year with a Russian-themed evening of food and music in association with the Café in the Crypt. Upstairs in the Church, talented vocal ensemble Encoro under the direction of BBC Maestro mentor Sarah Tenant-Flowers present Rachmaninov's beautiful Vespers based around the text of the Russian Orthodox All Night Vigil. Complete the evening with a Russian themed meal in the Café. Meal vouchers, available for purchase from the Box Office with concert tickets, entitle the bearer to a main course and glass of house wine or soft drink before the concert. |
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Choral Masterpieces
29 January, 7.30pm
Tickets: £20, £15, £12, £9, £6 |
| The Tallis Chamber Choir joins forces with the Walthamstow High School for Girls’ Choir and the Locrian Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Ellery for an evening of classic choral works by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and Fauré. |
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Choral Classics
Austrian and German Music from Three Centuries
31 January, 7.30pm
Tickets: £25, £22, £18, £12, £6 |
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| An evening of choral delight presented by the Nonsuch Singers under conductor Graham Caldbeck. Enjoy glorious vocal works from across the centuries from Bach to Brahms, Schubert and Mendelssohn. |
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| Lunchtime Concert Highlights |
| Free lunchtime concerts are held every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1.00pm and feature some of the best up and coming talent of today. |
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Emanuel Salvador (violin) and Annie Yim (piano)
Concordia Foundation Series
9 January, 1.00pm
Free |
Portuguese violinist and graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Emanuel Salvador is joined by talented concert pianist Annie Yim for an exciting programme of works by Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Dvořák and Sarasate.
Don't miss our interview with Emanuel. |
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| Jazz In The Crypt |
| Wednesdays, 8.00pm |
| Don’t miss January’s line-up of hot young bands in this cool venue. See our website for full programme details. |
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| Meet The Artist |
| Emanuel Salvador (violin) |
 Described by the Strad Magazine as "one of the finest Portuguese violinists of his generation", Emanuel Salvador has already performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the U.K., Kazakhstan, Portugal, Holland, Mexico, Spain, Italy and Malta. He has been awarded top prizes at Isolde Menges and Beckenham Festival competitions and scholarships from Barbirolli Memorial, Wolfson and Gulbenkian Foundations, Jovens Músicos and the Instituto Camões Grant.
After graduating from Artave (a specialist music school) as the best student of the year he moved to London, where he gained a BMus from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with Professor John Glickman, and a MMus from Royal College of Music studying with Felix Andrievski.
As a concerto soloist Emanuel has played with several orchestras including Sinfonica UANL, Rotterdam Ensemble, Newbury Symphony, Norte and Nova Amadeus, His festival appearances include Gaia International, Proms in St. Judes and Ampthill and the International String Orchestra Festival in Malta.
Since September 2005 Emanuel has been the leader of Orquestra do Norte in Portugal.
Q: Emanuel, thanks so much for agreeing to answer some of our questions. Will your concert on 9 January with Annie Yim (piano) be your first appearance at St Martin's?
No, this will be a return visit, but it will be my first appearance as part of the Concordia Foundation series at the gloriously renovated St. Martin-in-the-Field's! The last time I performed at St. Martin's was back in 2003.
Q: Your roots lie in Portugal, but you are a graduate of an English college (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) will your recital here be a 'home' performance?
Yes, definitely! I spent 6 years of my life in London (first at the GSMD and later at the RCM for my Master's Degree), and I still go back there regularly for concerts. Playing in London is usually very rewarding as I feel audiences are very appreciative and it is easy to "feel at home".
Q: You must have a busy schedule as leader of the Orquestra do Norte in Portugal, how do you balance this with your solo and chamber appearances?
My schedule is definitely very busy. In a year I normally have around 130/140 concerts of which 30% are solo and chamber music performances. In order to balance my orchestral commitments with my solo and chamber music projects I try to assign regular periods of the year to these specific projects, like the duo with Annie Yim, the violin and harp duo with Ieuan Jones and all the solos with different orchestras.
Q: We are very much looking forward to your recital here, what does the rest of 2009 hold in store for you?
This year will be full of new and exciting projects. Mendelssohn will play a big role in it as it will be the 200th anniversary of his birth. I will play his violin concerto in E minor with the Rotterdam Ensemble in Malta (as part of ISOFestival), and later at the Doelen Hall (Rotterdam) in June. His Violin and Piano Concerto is scheduled for May in Portugal with Orquestra do Norte. Also in May, I will do a new project with Rafaela Salvador (my sister, who is a contemporary dancer based in Lisbon), of her new choreography which uses Bach's Sonata in A minor for solo violin. In late January and also in Portugal, will do some concerts with Ieuan Jones (harpist) to commemorate the 150th anniversary of L. Spohr. One of the concerts will be broadcasted live for Portuguese classical radio.
Also scheduled for 2009 is Brahms Concerto, Freitas Branco Concerto, and a gipsy themed concert with Orquestra do Norte in which I will play Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen and Ravel Tzigane's.
Thank you for your time Emanuel. We look forward hearing you and Annie Yim on 9 January. |
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| ITP Competition |
Congratulations to December's ITP Competition winner Mr Brian Cohen.
For your chance to be in to win a meal for two at the Café in the Crypt and two free tickets to a concert of your choice, simply email your answer to the question below to music@smitf.org with 'competition' in the subject field.
Q: Which vocal ensemble is performing with conductor Sarah Tenant-Flowers on 16 January? |
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