Friday lunchtime concerts

Music in the heart of London's West End

 

 

Concert guide: January-March 2025

All concerts start at 1pm unless otherwise specified - check out the latest concert programme

 

Jan 10               Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra

1pm Free
Music for chamber ensembles by Dvorak, Shostakovich, Richter Mendelssohn & Bandolim
 

Jan 17              Royal Academy of Music presents The Maknickas Family Trio 

1pm Free
Julius Maknickas cello 
Greta Maknickaite violin
Ignas Maknickas piano
Trios by Rachmaninoff  & Brahms
 

Jan 24              Stephanie Ding Draughon piano

1pm Free
Beethoven Sonatas Op. 109 in E major
Op. 110 in A-flat major & Op.111 in C minor
 
 

Jan 31              The Band of the Grenadier Guards

1pm Free
Woodwind Ensemble
Andrew Porter conductor
 

Feb 7               Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents Junior Guildhall Brass Band

1pm Free
Spencer Down conductor
Saint-Saëns, Peter Yorke, Horowitz, John Williams & Queen
 

Feb 14             Royal Academy of Music presents
Elisabeth Cullen soprano, Samuel Mills tenor, Cherry (Hiu Ching) Wong piano

1pm Free
Including arias by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Schumann, Schubert & R. Strauss
 

Feb 21             
Royal College of Music presents RCM Sackbut Ensemble

1pm Free
Sue Addison director

Band of the Welsh Guards

3pm Free
Stephen Shepherd Baritone Saxophone  
Walton, Trott, Copland & Ives

 

Feb 28             Royal Greenwich Brass Band

1pm Free
Stephen Maw conductor
“Classical Brass”
Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Suppe, Delibes  
 

Mar 7              Royal Academy of Music presents RAM Harp Department

1pm Free
Chamber music with harp by Rota, Bissell, Gorb & M. Castelnuovo Tedesco
 
 

Mar 14            
Royal Academy of Music presents RAM Trumpet Ensembles 

1pm Free
Directed by Eric Aubier 

Royal College of Music presents Wigfield Brass Quintet

3pm Free 

Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra

7.30pm Free 
Music for Strings & Brass 

 

Mar 15            Tetra Brass Quartet

3pm Free
Haydn, John Cage, Alex Vaughan & Anton Simon          
 

Mar 16            Regent Hall Band of the Salvation Army

3pm Free                 
Paul Sharman conductor
 

Mar 18            Regent Hall Band led by Paul Sharman

7.30pm Free
An open rehearsal for all brass & percussion players
Come and play or come and listen
                         

Mar 21            
The Band of the RAF Regiment   

1pm Free                 
Symphonic Brass Ensemble 

Berkeley Brass Septet

3pm Free
Musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama & the Royal Academy of Music 

 

Mar 22            The Household Troops Band of the Salvation Army

3pm Free                 
Carl Saunders conductor
 

Mar 28            
Guildhall School of Music and Drama presents Junior Guildhall String Ensemble

1pm Free
Julian Claydon conductor
Dvorak Serenade for Strings

The Band of the Grenadier Guards 

3pm Free
Andrew Porter conductor
Presenting the music of Peter Graham