Concerts & Tickets

St. John's Smith SquareWednesday 24th November 2021 - 7.30 pm

• Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Overture
• Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
• Strauss Ein Heldenleben
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Rustam Khanmurzin

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 13th October 2021 - 7.30 pm

• Wagner Lohengrin Prelude
• Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
• Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist William Bracken

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 16th June 2021 - 7.00 pm

• Elgar In the South
• Glazunov Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major
• Conductor James Blair

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 7.00 pm

• Suppe Light Cavalry Overture
• Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor
• Conductor James Blair

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 14 October 2020 - 7.00 pm

• Wagner Siegfried Idyll Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major
• Conductor James Blair

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 18th March 2020 - 7.30 pm (Cancelled)

• Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture
• Elgar Sea Pictures
• Strauss An Alpine Symphony
• Conductor James Blair

St. John's Smith Square Tuesday 28th January 2020 - 7.30 pm

• Glazunov Carnival Overture
• Medtner Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Alexander Karpeyev

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 20th November 2019 - 7.30 pm

• Strauss Don Juan
• Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
• Elgar Falstaff
• Ravel Daphnis and Chloé: Suite No.2
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Savitri Grier

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 9th October 2019 - 7.30 pm

• Berlioz Le carnaval romain
• Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
• Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, a selection of movements
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Dominic Doutney

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 12th June 2019 - 7.30 pm

• Borodin Polovtsian Dances
• Weber Clarinet Concerto No.1
• Shostakovich Symphony No.5
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Joseph Shiner

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 6th March 2019 - 7.30 pm

• Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
• Sibelius Violin Concerto
• Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Dan-Iulian Druțach

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 23rd January 2019 - 7.30 pm

• Webern Im Sommerwind
• Brahms Double Concerto in A minor
• Mussorgsky (arr Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloists Federico Piccotti & Erica Piccotti

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 21st November 2018 - 7.30 pm

• Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no.1
• Verdi Force of Destiny Overture
• Mahler Symphony no.1
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Rustam Khanmurzin

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 3rd October 2018 - 7.30 pm

• Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
• Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
• Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Ronan O'Hora

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 13th June 2018 - 7.30 pm

• Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
• Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
• Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Savitri Grier

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 14th March 2018 - 7.30 pm

• Arnold Tam O'Shanter
• Strauss Oboe Concerto
• Rachmaninov Symphony No.2
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Steven Hudson

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 24th January 2018 - 7.30 pm

• Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
• Mahler Symphony No. 6
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist: Antonio Oyarzabal

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 29th November 2017 - 7.30 pm

• Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture
• Sir John McEwen Viola Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Timothy Ridout

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 27th September 2017 - 7.30pm

• Weber Der Freischütz Overture
• Brahms Piano Concerto No.1
• Borodin Symphony No. 2
• Conductor James Blair
• Soloist Nikola Avramovic

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 14th June 2017 - 7.30pm

• Kodály Dances of Galánta
• Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
• Brahms Symphony no. 4
• James Blair Conductor
• Scott MacIsaac Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 8th March 2017 - 7.00pm

• Rossini William Tell
• Brahms Violin Concerto
• Elgar Enigma Variations
• James Blair Conductor
• Luca Blasio Violin

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 25th January 2017 - 7.30pm

• Nigel Westlake Cudmirrah Fanfare II
• Grainger (arr. Stokowski ) A Medley of Three Short Pieces
• Carl Vine Celebrare Celeberrime
• Sculthorpe Earth Cry
• Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 3
• Scott Wilson Conductor
• Piers Lane Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 23rd November 2016 - 7.30pm

• Suppé Poet and Peasant
• Ginastera Harp Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
• James Blair Conductor
• Oliver Wass Harp

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 28th September 2016 - 7.30pm

• Wagner Die Meistersinger Overture
• Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song
• Dvorak Symphony No 7
• James Blair Conductor
• Ke Ma Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 15th June 2016 - 7.30pm

• Verdi Joan of Arc Overture
• Schumann 'Cello Concerto
• Saint-Saens Organ Symphony
• James Blair Conductor
• Oscar Alabau 'Cello

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 9th March 2016 - 7.30pm

• Elgar Overture Cockaigne
• Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
• Elgar Enigma Variations
• James Blair Conductor
• Aleksandar Djermanovic Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 27th January 2016 - 7.30pm

• Suppé Pique Dame Overture
• Bruch Concerto for Violin and Viola
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
• James Blair Conductor
• Benjamin Baker Violin
• Timothy Ridout Viola

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 18th November 2015 - 7.30pm

• During this concert we welcomed into the YMSO ten students from the Conservatorio of San Pietro a Majella, Naples
• Mendelssohn Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
• Sibelius Symphony No. 2
• James Blair Conductor
• Charlie Lovell-Jones Violin

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 30th September 2015 - 7.30pm

• Strauss Four Last Songs
• Strauss Alpine Symphony
• James Blair Conductor
• Claire Seaton Soprano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 24th June 2015 - 7.30pm

• Humperdinck Overture Hansel and Gretel
• Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
• Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Music
• Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral Music
• Wagner Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde’s Immolation
• James Blair Conductor
• Susan Bullock Soprano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 11th March 2015 - 7.30pm

• Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
• Cecil Forsyth Viola Concerto
• Elgar Symphony No.1
• James Blair Conductor
• Timothy Ridout Viola

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 21st January 2015 - 7.30pm

• Verdi The Sicilian Vespers
• Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• Strauss Ein Heldenleben
• James Blair Conductor
• Martin Bartlett Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 26th November 2014 - 7.30pm

• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 K466
• Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor
• James Blair Conductor
• Ronan O'Hora Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 8th October 2014 - 7.30pm

• Berlioz Overture Le Corsaire
• Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
• Nielsen Symphony No. 5
• James Blair Conductor
• Vitaly Pisarenko Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 18th June 2014 - 7.30pm

• Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
• Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1
• Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite
• James Blair Conductor
• Bartholomew LaFollette Cello

St. John's Smith Square Monday 7th April 2014 - 7.30pm

• Walton Crown Imperial
• Walton Viola Concerto
• Parry Symphony No.3
• James Blair Conductor
• Timothy Ridout Viola

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 12th March 2014 - 7.30pm

• Borodin Polovtsian Dances
• Grieg Piano Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
• James Blair Conductor
• Vesselina Tchakarova Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 22nd January 2014 - 7.30pm

• Tchaikovsky Overture: Romeo and Juliet
• Elgar 'Cello Concerto
• Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn
• Sibelius Symphony No.7
• James Blair Conductor
• Oscar Alabau 'Cello

St. John's Smith Square Monday 11th November 2013 - 7.30pm

• Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
• Music from the films including Schindler's List, Dambusters, ET, Out of Africa, Superman, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Star Wars
• James Blair Conductor
• Konstantinos Destounis Piano

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 2nd October 2013 - 7.30pm

• Borodin Overture Prince Igor
• Glazunov Violin Concerto
• Rachmaninov Symphony No.3
• John Wilson Conductor
• Andrew Haveron Violin

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 19th June 2013 - 7.30pm

• Beethoven Overture Fidelio
• Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for 'Cello and Orchestra
• Dvořák Symphony No.8
• Leander Kippenberg Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 13th March 2013 - 7.30pm

• Gottschalk Night in the Tropics
• Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3
• Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
• Ravel Daphnis and Chloé: Suite No.2
• Ronan O'Hora Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 23rd Jan 2013 - 7.30pm

• Dvorak Carnival Overture
• Strauss Four Last songs
• Mahler Symphony No.1 "The Titan"
• Susana Gaspar Soprano
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 21st November 2012 - 7.30pm

• Reznicek Overture Donna Diana
• Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
• Leland Chen Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 3rd October 2012 - 7.30pm

• Franck Le Chasseur Maudit
• Liszt Totentanz for piano and orchestra
• Puccini Cappricio Sinfonico
• Respighi Pines of Rome
• Ashley Fripp Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square Wednesday 27th June 2012 - 7.30pm

• Strauss Don Juan
• Shostakovitch Piano Concerto No. 2
• Saint Saëns Organ Symphony
• Bruno Fontaine Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 28th March 2012 - 7:00pm

• Delibes Excerpts from Coppélia
• Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
• Elgar Enigma Variations
• Bruno Ferrari Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 2nd January 2012 - 7:30pm

• Programme of Orchestral and Choral Music with the London International Choral Festival
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 23rd November 2011 - 7:30pm

• Suppé Overture Pique Dame
• Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals (Narrators Worbey and Farrell)
• Arnold Concerto for 2 Pianos (3 hands) (Arranged for 1 piano 4 hands by Worbey and Farrell)
• Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Ravel)
• Worbey and Farrell Soloists
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 21st September 2011 - 7:30pm

• Borodin Prince Igor Overture
• François-Joseph Fétis Fantasie Symphonique for Organ and Orchestra
• Brahms Symphony No.2 in D major
• James O'Donnell Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 29th June 2011 - 7:30pm

• Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight - Soloist: Gen Li Dam Busters Raiders of the Last Ark 633 Squadron Superman Where Eagles Dare Out of Africa Schindler's List Fantasia First of the Few Die Hard
• Gen Li Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 2nd March 2011 - 7:30pm

• Weber Overture Der Freischütz
• Shostakovich Symphony No 10
• Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto
• Michael Petrov Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 2nd January 2011 - 7:30pm

• Programme of Orchestral and Choral Music with the London International Choral Festival
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 24th November 2010 - 7:30pm

• Weber Overture The Flying Dutchman
• Schumann Piano Concerto
• Schumann Symphony No.4
• Roberto Plano Soloist
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 23rd June 2010 - 7.30pm

• Rossini Overture William Tell
• Adrian Beecham Six Spanish Songs for Soprano and Orchestra
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 17th February 2010 - 7:30pm

• Elgar In the South
• Guilmant Organ Symphony No.1
• Debussy Prélude à L'après midi d'un faune
• James O' Donnell Soloist
• Jean-Luc Tingaud Guest Conductor

Westminster Cathedral 2nd January 2010 - 7:30pm

• David Bednall A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687 (World Premiere)
• Walton Crown Imperial
• Coates London Suite
• Lehar Gold and Silver Waltz
• Arnold Peterloo Overture
• Handel Zadok the Priest
• Rutter Gloria
• Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
• James Blair Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 18th November 2009 - 7.30pm

• Massenet Overture Le Roi de Lahore
• Debussy Fantaisie pour piano et Orchestre
• Franck Symphony in D minor
• Romain David Soloist
• Jean-Pierre Marty Guest Conductor

St. John's Smith Square 3rd June 2009 - 7.30pm

• Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
• Haydn Trumpet Conerto in Eb
• Elgar Symphony No.1
• Hugh Morgan Soloist
• James Blair Conductor