HILARY DAVAN WETTON APPOINTED ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Posted 05/05/2010

The London Mozart Players has appointed Hilary Davan Wetton as its Associate Conductor. Hilary first conducted the orchestra in 1969 and has had a continuing relationship with it ever since. Recent performances have included a most successful series with Roger McGough narrating his own poems for Carnival of the Animals.

In recent years the LMP has worked regularly with Hilary and enjoys a productive and highly successful relationship with him. In his new role, Hilary will be involved in the LMP's highly successful residencies in Lincolnshire and will help to develop the orchestra's relationships in its home community of Croydon.

Hilary Davan Wetton is well known as the Conductor/ Presenter of the Classic FM Masterclass series and as Jo Brand's organ teacher for the BBC TV series Play It Again. He is Music Director of the City of London Choir and Conductor Emeritus of the Milton Keynes Orchestra and the Guildford Choral Society. His most recent recording (In Terra Pax, with the CLC and the Bournemouth Orchestra) reached number 2 in the classical charts last Christmas.

 

LMP RECORDING WINS CANADIAN JUNO AWARD

Posted 19/04/2010

On Saturday 17 April 2010 the LMP won the Juno Award in the category Classical Album of the Year for the recording of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Piano and Violin, Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Canadian composer André Mathieu's Concertino No. 2 with Canadian pianist Alain Lefèvre and violinist David Lefèvre on the Analekta label.

The recording is available from the LMP Office for £10, plus P&P and can be ordered by emailing cds@lmp.org.

LMP CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT CROYDON CLOCKTOWER

Posted 05/05/2010

The LMP Chamber Ensemble returns for another exciting concert in Braithwaite Hall at the Croydon Clocktower. The concert has a slightly unusual line-up this time of viola, cello and bassoon. They will play a selection of works for this combination of instruments. The musicians will join you afterwards for tea and a biscuit.

Tickets are £12 (£10 concessions) and can be booked through the Clocktower website.

 

FAIRFIELD PIANO FUNDRAISING CONCERT

Posted: 08/04/2010

Fairfield is organising a fundraising concert on 14 April 2010 at 7.30pm for the purchase of a new Steinway grand piano. The existing Steinway has served the Hall well for over 30 years, but it needs replacing. Pianist John Lill, the LMP and conductor Hilary Davan Wetton are teaming up for a wonderful concert of piano music. The programme includes Beehoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and Moonlight Sonata, Liszt's Sonata in B minor and Elgar's Salut d'amour.

Tickets are available from the Fairfield Box Office on 020 8688 9291 or go to the Fairfield website to book tickets online.

 

JULIETTE BAUSOR APPOINTED PRINCIPAL FLUTE

Posted: 15/02/2010

Juliette Bausor has been appointed as the LMP's new Principal Flute, replacing Michael Cox. Currently Juliette is also Principal Flute for Northern Sinfonia at the Sage, Gateshead.

Juliette studied flute with Anna Pope at the Purcell School of Music in London before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where her flute professors included Philippa Davies, Paul Edmund Davies and Samuel Coles. She went on to further her tuition at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, with Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas.

Subsequent to a string of prestigious accolades, including winning the Gold Medal in the Shell/LSO Competition, Harrods Bank Prize and Gold Medal in the Royal Over-Seas League Competition and reaching the Grand final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, Juliette became highly in demand as a soloist and has since appeared as Concerto Soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Academy of St Martins in the Fields, and more recently with Northern Sinfonia and London Mozart Players. She also enjoys giving chamber and solo recitals throughout the UK, including numerous Wigmore Hall and South Bank appearances and notable collaborations with the Coull, Elias, Badke and Carducci String Quartets, Ensemble 360, violinist Thomas Zehetmair, soprano Kate Royal and harpist Catrin Finch. Success on an international scale is reflected in tours around Europe and to places as far away as Thailand, Vietnam, The Untied Arab Emirates, Namibia, Australia and New Zealand.

YOUNG PEOPLE THINK CLASSICAL MUSIC IS COOL

Posted: 29/01/2010

Who says young people don't like classical music? Four young people from Croydon prove them wrong in this week's Croydon Advertiser! Please click on the image on the right to download the full article.

 

 

 

 

 

RICHARD STILGOE AND PATRICIA HODGE JOIN LMP FOR CONCERT IN EASTBOURNE

Writer and perfomer Richard Stilgoe and actress Patricia Hodge join the LMP for a weekend in The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne. They will be reciting Walton's Façade on Saturday 6 February. We are delighted that these very distinguished performers are joining us for this wonderful piece!

Other works performed that weekend are Brahms's Sextet No. 1, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Bruckner's String Quintet.

This weekend takes place from Friday 5th-Sunday 7th February. Tickets start at £273 per person for the weekend, which includes two concerts, accommodation for two nights, most excellent breakfasts, two table d’hôte meals with the musicians, afternoon tea on the Saturday and plenty of sea air! It is a fantastic way to lift your spirits in this gloomy weather.

For more information and booking, please call The Grand Hotel on 01323 412345.

LMP IS CHARITY OF THE MONTH AT WAITROSE CROYDON

We love our local Waitrose here at LMP HQ. It's across the road and it has yummy food. We now love them even more. We have been chosen as one of the three local charities this January! If you shop in the Croydon branch, all you need to do is make sure you receive a green token when you pay for your shopping and put it in the Community Matters boxes next to the exit. The LMP one is the one on the left!

Waitrose divides £1000 between the three charities, based on the amount of tokens received by each charity. Please help us raise as much money as possible!

Thank you.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DONATE MONEY TO THE LMP?

Supporting the LMP financially has never been easier. We recently signed up to Easyfundraising, which allows us to raise funds indirectly when people shop online and use a special search engine. The great thing about this is, is that it doesn't cost you any extra money, but it helps us raise vital funds.

If you would like to participate in this scheme, please add the following link as your search engine:
http://lmp.easysearch.org.uk/

If you haven't done your Christmas shopping yet, please click on the banner below to shop at over 600 online retailers, including Amazon and John Lewis, and help raise money for the LMP.

Thank you!

LMP WEEKEND AT THE GRAND HOTEL IN EASTBOURNE

The brochures for our annual LMP Weekend at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne have been sent out. If you are a regular attender of this weekend, but have not received your brochure, please call the The Grand directly on 01323 412 345. You can of course also call The Grand directly to book your place. If you haven't attended before, but would like more infomation, please ring the LMP office on 020 8686 1996 to request a copy of the brochure.

The LMP Weekend will take place from Friday 5 - Sunday 7 February 2010. It's a wonderful weekend with two chamber concerts, two three-course table d'hote dinners in the company of members of the orchestra, a delicious Afternoon Tea on the Saturday with the famous Palm Court Orchestra and of course fresh sea air.

The inclusive price for the weekend starts at £136.50 per person per night for the two-night period, based on two adults sharing a Standard double room.

BREAKING NEWS!

Recently the LMP announced its new Music Director. South-African born Gérard Korsten starts as the new artistic figurehead of of the orchestra from 2010/11. You can download the press release and find more information here.

Gérard will appear with the LMP on 15 May 2010 in Fairfield Halls, Croydon. This is a great way to get a taster of what's to come!

SOLD OUT INDEED!

Snapped by David Wilson, our General Manager, at a concert in the district of South Holland. Just the way we like it!