Dear LCMS Friends and Supporters,

I am delighted to introduce the first LCMS season in our new venue – the elegant and recently renovated Georgian church of St John’s, Waterloo.

We host a range of exceptional string quartets – the Heath Quartet in September, followed by the Carducci, Chilingirian, Sacconi, and Brother Tree Sound – the latter joined by virtuoso horn player Ben Goldscheider.

We also welcome back the Chamber Principals of London in a programme to include Schubert’s beautiful String Quintet, and in November a wonderful quartet of baroque musicians in a programme built around Biber’s remarkable Rosary Sonatas.

We welcome two famous piano trios, the Gould Trio and Greenwich Trio, as well as two distinguished duos – Mathilde Milwidsky and Amadeus Wiesensee in a programme including violin sonatas by Ravel and Elgar, and Raphael Wallfisch and Simon Callaghan in a programme including cello sonatas by Brahms and Ethel Smyth.

Our larger ensembles include the English Symphony Orchestra in two magical chamber orchestra arrangements of Mahler and Strauss, and the Firebird Orchestra in a programme to include Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Haydn’s ‘Miracle’ Symphony.

Our season closes with the Hanover Band in a programme of eighteenth-century orchestral classics, ending, naturally, with Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ Symphony.

I very much look forward to seeing you at the concerts in our beautiful new venue.

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