The Serenata Music program featuring Graeme Lord , clarinet, and the London Symphonia String Quartet with commentary by Tom Allen was a fitting end to our 20th season. The eclectic choice of music (Gerald Finzi, from Five Bagatelles, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, from Clarinet Quintet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from Clarinet Concerto in A Major, Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint, and Brahms, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B Minor Op. 115) provided the audience with much to absorb. Mr. Allen s commentary added to the evening s pleasure. Graeme Lord s empathic playing of the Brahm s quintet contrasted to the jolting Steve Reich piece in which Mr. Lord played solo against 10 clarinet lines which he had previously recorded. it was an artistic tour de force. We look forward to hearing moire from Mr. Lord.
The final London Symphonia concert with Tanya Miller conducting, not only gave us a world premiere of Alexis Marsh s flute concerto with Laura Chambers, flute , but also a stirring rendition of Shostakovich s Chamber Symphony. Beethoven s 7th symphony proved to the audience that our local symphonia can do justice to this venerable music.
SERENATA MUSIC PROGRAM 2026-27
Saturday, October 17, 2026 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church, London Symphonia,
Kerson Lepng, violin.
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 4 P.M. Metropolitan United Church, The Musicians from Marlboro.
Saturday, February 6,, 2027. Metropolitan United Church,. London Symphonia, Cameron Crozman, cello.
Saturday, April 10, 2027, 7:30 P.M. London Symphonia. Joe Lanza, The best of Baroque.
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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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London Symphonia Concerts and the Jeffrey Concerts are at the Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington St., London.
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London Symphonia-Serenata Music Concerts
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The final London Symphonia concert with Tanya Miller conducting, not only gave us a world premiere of Alexis Marsh s flute concerto with Laura Chambers, flute , but also a stirring rendition of Shostakovich s Chamber Symphony. Beethoven s 7th symphony proved to the audience that our local symphonia can do justice to this venerable music.
SERENATA MUSIC PROGRAM 2026-27
Saturday, October 17, 2026 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church, London Symphonia,
Kerson Lepng, violin.
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 4 P.M. Metropolitan United Church, The Musicians from Marlboro.
Saturday, February 6,, 2027. Metropolitan United Church,. London Symphonia, Cameron Crozman, cello.
Saturday, April 10, 2027, 7:30 P.M. London Symphonia. Joe Lanza, The best of Baroque.
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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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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.
London Symphonia Concerts and the Jeffrey Concerts are at the Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington St., London.
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Tickets Are Available From
London Symphonia-Serenata Music Concerts
London Symphonia box office.
https://londonsymphonia.ticketspice.com/; contact@londonsymphonia.ca or call 226. 270. 0910
Jeffrey Concerts.https://www.grandtheatre.com/event/jeffery-concerts
519 672-8800
Tickets Are Available From
London Symphonia-Serenata Music Concerts
London Symphonia box office.
https://londonsymphonia.ticketspice.com/; contact@londonsymphonia.ca or call 226. 270. 0910
https://londonsymphonia.ticketspice.com/; contact@londonsymphonia.ca or call 226. 270. 0910
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Biographies
Canadian Guitar quartet
The Canadian Guitar Quartet, featuring Julien Bissaillon, Renaud Côté-Giguère, Bruno Roussel and Louis Trépanier
Since its debut in 1999, the Canadian Guitar Quartet has toured extensively in North and South America, from one standing ovation to the next, establishing a reputation as one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world. The CGQ has appeared with orchestra across Canada, and has recorded three critically acclaimed CDs.
The quartet has been broadcast on both CBC and Radio-Canada, has had a special performance feature on Bravo! Television, was featured in the webcast at Chicagoâs Northwestern University, on CBCâs overseas networks, and in various international magazines. Following the CGQâs first concert at the 92Street Y in New York, part of the Art of the Guitar series, Don Witter Jr., of the New York Classical Guitar Society, wrote: âThe Canadian Guitar Quartet made one of the greatest New York City Debuts of any artistic ensemble in decades ⦠STUNNING !!!â.
Concerts in some of Canadaâs most prestigious concert halls, such as the Winspear Center, the Palais Montcalm, the Glenn Gould Studio, and National Gallery of Canada, as well as their performances in seminal events such as the Guitar Foundation of Americaâs annual convention, Yaleâs Guitar Extravaganza, the Norfolk and Ottawa chamber music festivals, have allowed the Canadian Guitar Quartet to develop an international reputation. The mix of dynamic original music and classical masterpieces make a CGQ concert an unforgettable experience.
âThe Canadian Guitar Quartet tackles all with great brilliance and an optimal mastery of their instrumentsâ (Guitart magazine â ITALY).
www.canadianguitarquartet.com/ for more information.
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Since its debut in 1999, the Canadian Guitar Quartet has toured extensively in North and South America, from one standing ovation to the next, establishing a reputation as one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world. The CGQ has appeared with orchestra across Canada, and has recorded three critically acclaimed CDs.
The quartet has been broadcast on both CBC and Radio-Canada, has had a special performance feature on Bravo! Television, was featured in the webcast at Chicagoâs Northwestern University, on CBCâs overseas networks, and in various international magazines. Following the CGQâs first concert at the 92Street Y in New York, part of the Art of the Guitar series, Don Witter Jr., of the New York Classical Guitar Society, wrote: âThe Canadian Guitar Quartet made one of the greatest New York City Debuts of any artistic ensemble in decades ⦠STUNNING !!!â.
Concerts in some of Canadaâs most prestigious concert halls, such as the Winspear Center, the Palais Montcalm, the Glenn Gould Studio, and National Gallery of Canada, as well as their performances in seminal events such as the Guitar Foundation of Americaâs annual convention, Yaleâs Guitar Extravaganza, the Norfolk and Ottawa chamber music festivals, have allowed the Canadian Guitar Quartet to develop an international reputation. The mix of dynamic original music and classical masterpieces make a CGQ concert an unforgettable experience.
âThe Canadian Guitar Quartet tackles all with great brilliance and an optimal mastery of their instrumentsâ (Guitart magazine â ITALY).
www.canadianguitarquartet.com/ for more information.
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