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 2025-26
Saturday, October 4, 2025 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church, London Symphonia,
David Jalbert, piano.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western University. The Musicians from Marlboro.
Saturday, January 17, 20206. Metropolitan United Church,. London Symphonia, Lara St. John, violin.
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 7:30 P.M. Graeme Lord, clarinet, London Symphonia String Quartet, Tom Allen, commentator.
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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, 2025, 12:30 P.M., von Kuster Hall, Western University, The Muisicians from Marlboro.
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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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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.
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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
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 2025-26
Saturday, October 4, 2025 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church, London Symphonia,
David Jalbert, piano.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western University. The Musicians from Marlboro.
Saturday, January 17, 20206. Metropolitan United Church,. London Symphonia, Lara St. John, violin.
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 7:30 P.M. Graeme Lord, clarinet, London Symphonia String Quartet, Tom Allen, commentator.
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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, 2025, 12:30 P.M., von Kuster Hall, Western University, The Muisicians from Marlboro.
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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.
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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
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
Alain Trudel
Trombone
Music director of Orchestra London, lâOrchestre Symphonique de Laval, the National Broadcast Orchestra, as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Alain Trudel is one of the most sought after conductors on the Canadian Scene.
A frequent guest with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Trudel will make his debut with lâOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), and with the Saint-Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra during the 2010-2011 season.
Trudel made his Opera de Montréal debut in 2009, Conducting Mozartâs The Magic Flute, as well as the 30th anniversary gala, which was released as a live CD and nominated at LâADISQ. In 2010 he will make his debut at lâOpéra de Quebec.
Highly committed to the new generation of musicians, Trudel is the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, and has been regularly invited to conduct the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Their recording of Mahlerâs 6th Symphony and Le sacre du prinptemps was nominated as âBest Orchestral Album of the Yearâ at the 2010 Juno Awards.
Beyond the borders of Canada, Trudel has conducted orchestras in the UK, the USA, Japan, Hong-Kong and in Latin America. Highly appreciated for his collaborative spirit, he has worked with many world famous artists, among them Ben Heppner, Anton Kuerti, Measha Brueggergosman, Pinchas Zukermann and Isabel Bayrakdarian.
First known to the public as a trombone soloist, Alain Trudel made his solo debut at the age of 18, with Charles Dutoit with lâOrchestre Symphonique de Montreal. He has been guest soloist with leading orchestras on five continents, and was the first Canadian to be a Yamaha international artist.
Alain is very happy to come back to his roots, as he will be Hannaford Street Silver Bandâs principal guest conductor at the start of the 2010-2011season.
Alain Trudel is the recipient of numerous Awards, among them the Virginia Parker, Le grand prix du disque Président de la République de lâAcadémie Charles Cros (France), and more recently the Heinz Unger Prize for conducting. He has also been named an Ambassador of Canadian Music by the CMC.
A frequent guest with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Trudel will make his debut with lâOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), and with the Saint-Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra during the 2010-2011 season.
Trudel made his Opera de Montréal debut in 2009, Conducting Mozartâs The Magic Flute, as well as the 30th anniversary gala, which was released as a live CD and nominated at LâADISQ. In 2010 he will make his debut at lâOpéra de Quebec.
Highly committed to the new generation of musicians, Trudel is the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, and has been regularly invited to conduct the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Their recording of Mahlerâs 6th Symphony and Le sacre du prinptemps was nominated as âBest Orchestral Album of the Yearâ at the 2010 Juno Awards.
Beyond the borders of Canada, Trudel has conducted orchestras in the UK, the USA, Japan, Hong-Kong and in Latin America. Highly appreciated for his collaborative spirit, he has worked with many world famous artists, among them Ben Heppner, Anton Kuerti, Measha Brueggergosman, Pinchas Zukermann and Isabel Bayrakdarian.
First known to the public as a trombone soloist, Alain Trudel made his solo debut at the age of 18, with Charles Dutoit with lâOrchestre Symphonique de Montreal. He has been guest soloist with leading orchestras on five continents, and was the first Canadian to be a Yamaha international artist.
Alain is very happy to come back to his roots, as he will be Hannaford Street Silver Bandâs principal guest conductor at the start of the 2010-2011season.
Alain Trudel is the recipient of numerous Awards, among them the Virginia Parker, Le grand prix du disque Président de la République de lâAcadémie Charles Cros (France), and more recently the Heinz Unger Prize for conducting. He has also been named an Ambassador of Canadian Music by the CMC.