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2013 Series SponsorsTemple Music Foundation

September to December 2013

Monday 23 September, 7:30pmMiddle Temple Hall£45, £35, £25, £15, £10, £5

Temple Song 2013

Annette Dasch sopranoJulius Drake pianoOne of today’s leading sopranos, Annette Dasch makes her Temple Songdebut with Julius Drake. ShowcasingRichard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder incelebration of his bicentenary, she will alsobe performing Schumann’s Lieder op 35.

This concert is generously supported by Peter and

Fiona Espenhahn and Malcolm Herring.

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Wednesday 2 October, 7pmThe Temple Church£25, £20, £15

Endymion Ensemble“Endymion always communicate thepleasure they experience in musicmaking” – The Times

“The brilliant Endymion” (Sunday Times)exists to deliver world-class performancesof chamber music throughout London, theUK and abroad. They will be continuingthe celebration of Wagner’s bicentenarywith Siegried Idyll, composed for his wifeCosima’s birthday and performed first onChristmas morning 1870.

Strauss Prelude to CapriccioTil Eulenspiegel lustigeStreich

Barber Adagio for stringsWagner Siegfried Idyll

This concert is generously supported by

Lord and Lady Lloyd

Tuesday 8 October, 7pmThe Temple Church£20, £15, £10

Silent Film: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

David Briggs organJoin us in the atmospheric Temple Churchto hear the newly restored organ (recentlyrededicated by Her Majesty The Queen)played by English performer and composerDavid Briggs, and watch John Barrymorestarring in the renowned silent adaptationof the Robert Louis Stevenson classic abouta Victorian scientist who turns himself intoa murderous abomination.

This concert is generously supported by

The Morris Venables Trust.

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in the programme, please visit www.templemusic.org or call 0207 427 5641

Tuesday 15 October, 7pmThe Temple Church £20, £15, £10

Sacconi String Quartet

“A beautiful blend of sound…highlyengaging” The Times

Purcell ChaconyBritten String Quartet No.2Puccini CrisantemiVerdi String Quartet

The Sacconi Quartet is recognised for itsunanimous and compelling ensemble,performing with style and commitmentand consistently communicating with afresh and imaginative approach. Over thepast decade they have enjoyed a highlysuccessful international career,performing regularly throughout Europe,at London’s major venues, in recordingsand on radio broadcasts.

This concert is generously supported by

The R & I Pilkington Trust.

Saturday 19 October, 11am to 4:45pmMiddle Temple Hall and The Temple Church£25 including sandwich lunch

Come and Sing with John RutterWe welcome back acclaimed composerand director John Rutter for another of hisever-popular ‘Come and Sing’ days. Thechoir rehearses throughout the day, firstlyin the glorious acoustics of Middle TempleHall and then, later in the afternoon, inthe atmospheric Temple Church.

All abilities accepted for this fun Saturday of

music-making.

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in the programme, please visit www.templemusic.org or call 0207 427 5641

Thursday 7 November, 7pmThe Temple Church£20, £15, £10

The Wallfisch-York Duo

Raphael Wallfisch celloJohn York piano"Raphael Wallfisch and John York areamong our best cello-duo teams: theirnames are a guarantee of excellence"International Record Review

Raphael Wallfisch, one of the mostcelebrated cellists on the internationalstage, and renowned pianist John York,continue the celebrations of Britten’scentenary and Verdi’s bi-centenary.

Verdi/ Buxton Orr Falstaff Tales ofWindsor Forest

Britten Cello SonataWagner/Liszt ‘Abendstern’ from

TannhaüserBridge Cello Sonata

This concert is generously sponsored by

Sir Richard Aikens and members

of Brick Court Chambers.

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Monday 11 November, 7:30pmThe Temple Church £40, £30, £20

The SixteenHarry Christophers conductorCeremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors

Plainsong Veni creator spiritusByrd Laudibus in sanctisTallis Jesu salvator saeculi,

Verbum PatrisSheppard Medi vitaSheppard Sacris solemniisTallis Haec dies

Iam Christus astraascenderatMiserere nostri

Byrd Infelix ego

This concert is generously sponsored

by Quadrant Chambers

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Thursday 14 November, 7:30pmThe Temple Church£45, £35, £25, £15, £10, £5

Temple Song 2013

Roderick Williams baritoneJulius Drake piano

Brahms Die Schöne Magelone

Renowned English baritone RoderickWilliams is in demand worldwide as arecitalist. Reviewed recently by TheGuardian as having ‘a wonderful evennessof tone, immaculate diction and carefulshading...’ he is sure to delight audiencesin the wondrous setting of The TempleChurch with a performance of thebeautiful Brahms song cycle.

This concert is generously sponsored

by Fountain Court Chambers.

Wednesday 20 November, 7pmThe Temple Church£20, £15, £10

Nicholas Daniel oboeChristopher Robinson

music directorAurora OrchestraThe Temple Singers and Choristers of The Temple ChurchBenjamin Britten Antiphon

A hymn to the virgin6 Metamorphosesafter OvidFive Flower SongsSt Nicolas Cantata

The Cantata, Saint Nicolas, written in1948 by Benjamin Britten, presentslegendary incidents in the life of Nicolas,patron saint of children, seamen andtravelers, including his faith, his miraclesand his enduring legacy.

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Monday 2 December, 7pmMiddle Temple Hall£45, £35, £25, £15, £10, £5

"A passionate, humorous and deeply movingportrait of the relationship between Chopinand Sand" Music Web International 2010(Wigmore Hall)

Lucy Parham pianoSamuel West narratorJuliet Stevenson narratorThe third programme of words and musicscripted and adapted from letters and diariesby Lucy Parham chronicles the romantic lifeof one the greatest and most popularcomposers for solo piano – Frédéric Chopin.The narrative follows his turbulentrelationship with the controversial literaryfigure George Sand, their time together inMajorca, his fragile health and his ultimate

demise in poverty inParis at the age of 39. The readings areinterspersed withsome of his mostloved and poignantcompositions.

This concert is generously

supported by the Golden

Bottle Trust.

For further details and information about our concerts, or notification of any changes

in the programme, please visit www.templemusic.org or call 0207 427 5641

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