Autumn season: Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square

Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square

Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square have announced a varied Autumn Season. Southbank Sinfonia will be exploring French music with Poulenc, Ravel, and Farrenc, going through Alice's looking glass with Joby Talbot, Missy Mazzoli, Caroline Shaw, and Haydn, exploring Mozart's re-imagined with Jonathan Dove and Jonathan Harvey, as well as exploring the night sky with conductor Olivia Clarke and presenting Raymond Briggs' The Snowman with Howard Blake's enchanting score and The Bear and the Piano with music by Daniel Whibley. And still with families, the Southbank Sinfonia continues its Musical Zoo sessions

Elsewhere during the season, Bampton Classical Opera present Salieri's At the Venice Fair, Baroque Encounter present Handel's Tolomeo, and London Opera Company present Wagner's The Valkyrie. The Kensington Symphony Orchestra perform Elena Kats-Chernin, John McCabe and RVW, Aram Khachaturian's 120th anniversary is celebrated, London Mozart Players and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason perform Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

Lunchtime concerts feature a range of chamber music and soloists including Halcyon Quartet, the Kleio Quartet, winners at the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition 2023, Azul Piano Trio, trumpet trio Natrio and organists Roger Sayer, Polina Sosnina, and Charles Andrews.

And, of course, the Christmas Festival returns in December with a host of guests including Tallis Scholars celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Full details from the SJSS website.