Lara St. John, A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SERENATA MUSIC SEASON.
We anticipated a spectacular performance of Avner Dorman's Violin concerto No.2, Nigunim, by St. John and were not disappointed. The work varies from quiet understated moments to wild Gypsy and Klezmer like fiddling. Her encore with bassist Joe Phillips and cellist Ben Bolt-Martin wowed the audience with their improvisations.
Nicholas Ellis' thoughtful interpretation of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream overture and Copeland's Appalachian Springs Suite added to the musicality of evening.
We now look forward to our final presentation, April 18, Tom Allen will provide the commentary for The Brahms Effect. Clarinetist Graham Lord and the London Symphonia String Quartet, Joe Lanza, violin, Emile Pare, violin, Kelvin Enns, viola, and Ben Bolt-Martin will perform the Brahms Clarinet Quintet and other pieces.
We look forward to seeing you during this exciting season.
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See our concert listings on the right for more good music in the London area.
We encourage you to tell your friends to follow us at serenatamusic.com. They can receive our email notices if they send us a note to serenatamusic@gmail.com or call us at 519-852 8332.
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The Serenata Music schedule for 2025-26 is as follows:
Saturday, October 4, 2025. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church,
London Symphonia, Mozart, Ravel, and beyond. David Jalbert, piano.
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Friday, November 14, 12:30 to 2:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. The Musicians from Marlboro. Free concert.
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Saturday, January 17, 2026, 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia, The Ancient Flame. Lara St. John, violin.
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Saturday, April 18, 2026. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia. The Brahms Effect with Tom Allen, narrator, Graham Lord, clarinet.
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Please contact us if you are not on our mailing list at serenatamusic@gmail.com or 519-433-8332.
For tickets to all Serenata Music concerts scroll down.
Like us on Facebook: Serenata Music; or Twitter: @serenataconcerts.
Serenata Music concerts are at the von Kuster Hall, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western.
London Symphonia Concerts are at the Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington St., London.
Other performances are at the Wolf Performance Hall, London Public Library, 251 Dundas St.
We anticipated a spectacular performance of Avner Dorman's Violin concerto No.2, Nigunim, by St. John and were not disappointed. The work varies from quiet understated moments to wild Gypsy and Klezmer like fiddling. Her encore with bassist Joe Phillips and cellist Ben Bolt-Martin wowed the audience with their improvisations.
Nicholas Ellis' thoughtful interpretation of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream overture and Copeland's Appalachian Springs Suite added to the musicality of evening.
We now look forward to our final presentation, April 18, Tom Allen will provide the commentary for The Brahms Effect. Clarinetist Graham Lord and the London Symphonia String Quartet, Joe Lanza, violin, Emile Pare, violin, Kelvin Enns, viola, and Ben Bolt-Martin will perform the Brahms Clarinet Quintet and other pieces.
We look forward to seeing you during this exciting season.
****************
See our concert listings on the right for more good music in the London area.
We encourage you to tell your friends to follow us at serenatamusic.com. They can receive our email notices if they send us a note to serenatamusic@gmail.com or call us at 519-852 8332.
********************
The Serenata Music schedule for 2025-26 is as follows:
Saturday, October 4, 2025. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church,
London Symphonia, Mozart, Ravel, and beyond. David Jalbert, piano.
******************
Friday, November 14, 12:30 to 2:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. The Musicians from Marlboro. Free concert.
******************
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia, The Ancient Flame. Lara St. John, violin.
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Saturday, April 18, 2026. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia. The Brahms Effect with Tom Allen, narrator, Graham Lord, clarinet.
*************************************
Please contact us if you are not on our mailing list at serenatamusic@gmail.com or 519-433-8332.
For tickets to all Serenata Music concerts scroll down.
Like us on Facebook: Serenata Music; or Twitter: @serenataconcerts.
Serenata Music concerts are at the von Kuster Hall, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western.
London Symphonia Concerts are at the Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington St., London.
Other performances are at the Wolf Performance Hall, London Public Library, 251 Dundas St.
Saturday, October 4, 2025
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Biographies
Alon Goldstein, Piano
Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8 P.M.
Alon Goldstein, piano, in a program bridging the gap between the Romantic and the Modern musical periods. Works by Shubert, Liszt, JanáÄek, and Debussy provide an eclectic survey of where music was heading prior to the disrupting events of the first half of the 20th century.
Note there is a change in the program.
Schubert, Sonata No.19 in C minor;
Liszt, From Années de pèrelinage; Last scene from Wagnerâs Tristan and Isolde;
Janacek, Piano Sonata I.X.1905;
Debussy, Selections from Preludes, Book II.
It is a pleasure to welcome back Alon Goldstein to the Serenata Music stage after a four year absence. He is one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, artistic vision and innovative programming. He has played with the Israel, London, Radio France, and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras as well as the Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, and Vancouver symphonies under such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Leon Fleisher, Peter Oundjian, Yoel Levi and others. Over the past several years he has also taught and played at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival, New Yorkâs International Keyboard Festival and "Tel Haiâ international piano master classes held in Israel. He recently played and recorded the Mendelssohn Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with the Israel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yoav Talmi. This collaboration scored a major success on a 17-concert Latin American tour. In addition to his solo performances he plays with the the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio.
For more information see http://www.alongoldstein.com/index.htm
We are continuing our support of the musicians of Orchestra London Canada and their audience by offering Orchestra London ticket holders a Serenata Music concert ticket at half price. Please bring your Orchestra London ticket May 2, 2015
Concerts of interest:
May 3, 3 P.M. London Youth Symphony and London community Orchestra. http://www.lco-on/ca
May 4, 8 P.M. London Promenade Orchestra.
http://www.londonpromenadeorchestra.ca
Musicians of Orchestra London
https://www.facebook.com/orchestralondoncanadamusicians
AN AFTERNOON AT THE PROMS Sunday April 26, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington St, London, ON
THE LONDON CONNECTION
Wednesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. Dundas Street United Church, 482 Dundas St., London, ON
TICKETS FOR BOTH PERFORMANCES: $10 - $50 available at the door, or online at: musiciansorchestralondon.wordpress.com
Note there is a change in the program.
Schubert, Sonata No.19 in C minor;
Liszt, From Années de pèrelinage; Last scene from Wagnerâs Tristan and Isolde;
Janacek, Piano Sonata I.X.1905;
Debussy, Selections from Preludes, Book II.
It is a pleasure to welcome back Alon Goldstein to the Serenata Music stage after a four year absence. He is one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, artistic vision and innovative programming. He has played with the Israel, London, Radio France, and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras as well as the Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, and Vancouver symphonies under such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Leon Fleisher, Peter Oundjian, Yoel Levi and others. Over the past several years he has also taught and played at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival, New Yorkâs International Keyboard Festival and "Tel Haiâ international piano master classes held in Israel. He recently played and recorded the Mendelssohn Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with the Israel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yoav Talmi. This collaboration scored a major success on a 17-concert Latin American tour. In addition to his solo performances he plays with the the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio.
For more information see http://www.alongoldstein.com/index.htm
We are continuing our support of the musicians of Orchestra London Canada and their audience by offering Orchestra London ticket holders a Serenata Music concert ticket at half price. Please bring your Orchestra London ticket May 2, 2015
Concerts of interest:
May 3, 3 P.M. London Youth Symphony and London community Orchestra. http://www.lco-on/ca
May 4, 8 P.M. London Promenade Orchestra.
http://www.londonpromenadeorchestra.ca
Musicians of Orchestra London
https://www.facebook.com/orchestralondoncanadamusicians
AN AFTERNOON AT THE PROMS Sunday April 26, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington St, London, ON
THE LONDON CONNECTION
Wednesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. Dundas Street United Church, 482 Dundas St., London, ON
TICKETS FOR BOTH PERFORMANCES: $10 - $50 available at the door, or online at: musiciansorchestralondon.wordpress.com