Friday lunchtime concerts

Music in the heart of London's West End

Concert guide: July-September 2025

July 4              Funny Bones Trombone Quartet
“An All-American programme” arranged by Jack Myles  
Bernstein, Piazzolla, Lauridsen, Gershwin & de Abreu     
 
July 11            Monty Guo violin Daniel King Smith piano
Brahms           Violin Sonata No.2 in A major
Ysaÿe               Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2
Hubay             Carmen Fantasy Brilliante
 
BEETHOVEN PIANO SOCIETY OF EUROPE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL
July 18            Sandro Russo piano
J S Bach         Prelude from Gotte Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (trancr. Seymour Bernstein) 
Bach-Busoni Chaconne from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 
Beethoven       Polonaise in C major, Op 89 
Schumann      Fantasy in C major, Op 17 
Busoni            Fourth Ballet Scene (Waltz and Galop), Op 33a
 
July 25            Tomos Boyles piano              
Bach               Prelude and Fugue in Bb minor from The Well-Tempered                                                                           
Clavier Book 1 BWV 867
Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt
Der Müller und der Bach (S.565/2)
Liebesbotschaft (S.560/1)
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen (S.562/1)
Aufenthalt (S.560/3)
Beethoven       Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111
 
Aug 1              Mihai Ritivoiu piano
Beethoven       Sonata Op. 28 in D major "Pastoral"
Liszt                Années de pèlerinage, première année - Suisse: Au bord d'une source, Vallée d'Obermann
Debussy          Préludes, Book I:  Les collines d'Anacapri, Des pas sur la neige, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
 
Aug 8              Vincent Ling piano
Beethoven       Sonata in G major, Op.31 No.1
Brahms           6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118 (complete)
Ravel               La Valse
 
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Aug 15            Royal Academy of Music presents
Yulia Sozanska violin  
Khrystyna Mykhailichenko piano
Beethoven       Sonata for violin and piano No.8 in G major, Op.30 No.3 
Ravel               Sonata for violin and piano no.2 in G major, M.77 
 
Aug 22            Yu-Chieh Lin piano
Haydn             Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI: 48
Scriabin           Fantasie Op. 28 
Debussy           From Images Book 2, L. 111
3. Poissons d'or
Chopin            Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op 42 
 
Aug 29            Royal Academy of Music presents
Sophie Patterson mezzo-soprano
Siyuan Xu piano 
Jake Heggie               Paper Wings
Jules Massenet           “L’improvisateur”
Francis Poulenc        Banalités
Claude Debussy         Trois Chansons de Bilitis 
Leonard Bernstein     La bonne cuisine  
William Bolcom         Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1 
 
Sept 5              Kevin Tan piano (15- year-old child prodigy)
Beethoven       Sonata No.21 in C Major Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’
Ravel               Miroirs M.43
Chopin            Polonaise-Fantaisie in Ab, Op.61
Liszt                Polonaise No.2 in E major 
 
Sept 12            Milda Daunoraite piano
Poulenc          15 Improvisations (selection)
Ravel               Valses Nobles et Sentimentales 
Boulez             12 Notations
Messiaen         Regard de l’Esprit de Joie from Vingt regards sur l'Engant-Jésus
 
Sept 19            Jiali Wang piano       
Dutillieux       Prelude No.3 
Brahms           Piano Sonata No.2 in F-sharp minor Op.2 
De Falla         Fantasia Baetica 
Chaminade     Humoresque Op.87 "Autrefois" 

Sept 26            Royal Academy of Music presents
1pm                 Fika Duo  
Emma Loerstad flute
Zoe Meadowcroft guitar
Piazzolla, Béla Bartók, Tōru Takemitsu     
 
3pm                 The Band of the Grenadier Guards
Featuring Guards Big Band