Luton Music Club

28/10/2024

TONIGHT! We would love to see you there.

Leon McCawley Date: 28th October 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Leon McCawley It is always a pleasure to welcome Leon McCawley back to Luton Music. We have enjoyed remarkable recitals from him over the last five years and this programme of Romantic piano music promises....

27/10/2024

TOMORROW EVENING. We would love to see you there.

Leon McCawley Date: 28th October 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Leon McCawley It is always a pleasure to welcome Leon McCawley back to Luton Music. We have enjoyed remarkable recitals from him over the last five years and this programme of Romantic piano music promises....

27/10/2024

TOMORROW EVENING. Do come. Leon McCawley is a delightful performer.

Leon McCawley Date: 28th October 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Leon McCawley It is always a pleasure to welcome Leon McCawley back to Luton Music. We have enjoyed remarkable recitals from him over the last five years and this programme of Romantic piano music promises....

25/10/2024

MONDAY 28th October. 7.30pm. ST MARY’S CHURCH, LUTON.

Highly regarded concert pianist and recording artist, Leon McCawley is making a return visit to Luton Music Club to perform a programme of Romantic piano music which will include works by Beethoven, Rachmaninov, J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.

Programme
Beethoven – Sonata in A major Op 2 No.2
Rachmaninov – Étude-tableau in A minor Op 39 No.2
J. S. Bach arr. Liszt – Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV543

Interval

Mendelssohn – Rondo capriccioso Op 14
Mendelssohn – Six Songs Without Words Op 19b
R. Schumann – Sonata No.2 in G minor Op 22

This concert is taking place on Monday 28th October in beautiful St Mary's Church, Luton. Doors will open at 7pm and the concert will start at 7.30pm. Tickets are available on the door. Under 18’s in full-time education – free admission. This recital will last approximately two hours including a short interval. More information about this is available at

Leon McCawley Date: 28th October 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Leon McCawley It is always a pleasure to welcome Leon McCawley back to Luton Music. We have enjoyed remarkable recitals from him over the last five years and this programme of Romantic piano music promises....

14/10/2024

We so enjoy hosting Music on Mondays.
One of Luton's cultural hidden gems.
This evening featuring composition by Luton Music Club chair Richard Sisson, with guest appearance by actor Joanna David.

13/10/2024

TOMORROW! We would love to see you there.

BLISS with Joanna David Date: 14th October 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Katherine Mansfield Joanna David BLISS A reading of the short story by Katherine Mansfield with Joanna David This programme was prompted by the theme of this current season...

11/10/2024

TONIGHT!

Monday 14th October 7.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Luton. Doors open 7pm. Tickets on the door. We have an unusual but enjoyable evening for you as we have invited highly regarded actress Joanna David to join us.

The concert will start with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in F after which Joanna will read Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Bliss”. The second half of the evening will feature a score interpreting musically the story Bliss and written by Richard Sisson as a commission for the Royal Ballet of New Zealand.

BLISS with Joanna David Date: 14th October 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Katherine Mansfield Joanna David BLISS A reading of the short story by Katherine Mansfield with Joanna David This programme was prompted by the theme of this current season...

30/09/2024

TONIGHT!

We would love to see you in St Mary's Church on Monday 30th September. We are welcoming back award-winning horn player Ben Goldscheider for a return visit. This time Ben will be accompanied by the Heath String Quartet to perform music by Mozart, Haydn, York Bowen and Eleanor Alberga. The concert will start at 7.30pm and the doors will be open from 7pm. Tickets are available on the door. St Mary's is a beautiful, listed church and there is plenty of comfortable seating. http://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/ben-goldscheider-heath-quartet/

28/09/2024

We would love to see you in St Mary's Church on Monday 30th September. We are welcoming back award-winning horn player Ben Goldscheider for a return visit. This time Ben will be accompanied by the Heath String Quartet to perform music by Mozart, Haydn, York Bowen and Eleanor Alberga. The concert will start at 7.30pm and the doors will be open from 7pm. Tickets are available on the door. St Mary's is a beautiful, listed church and there is plenty of comfortable seating. http://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/ben-goldscheider-heath-quartet/

13/09/2024

TONIGHT! Do come.
Music on Mondays. 16th September. 7.30pm (doors open from 7pm). St Mary's Church, Luton. Do join us for a return visit of the popular Delphine Trio.

Programme
John Ireland – Trio in D minor
Per Nørgård – Spell

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio in B flat Op 11
Daniel Schnyder – A Friday Night in August
Paul Juon – Trio Miniatures Op 18a & 24a

Further details at www.lutonmusic.org.uk

30/08/2024

TONIGHT! Do come.

MUSIC ON MONDAYS. Monday 2nd September, 7.30pm in beautiful St Mary's Church, Luton. Popular returning artists - pianist John Lenehan and viola player Sarah-Jane Bradley will perform music for piano and viola. Tickets on the door. Doors open from 7pm. http://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/sarah-jane-bradley-john-lenehan/

Programme

Robert Schumann – Märchenbilder Op 113
William L. Harris – Suite for Viola & Piano
Arnold Bax – Legend

Interval

Sergei Prokofiev – Two pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Sergei Rachmaninov – Sonata in G minor Op 19

19/08/2024

TONIGHT! Do come.

We are very excited to be partnering with Luton Music once again for our opera gala! We will be joined by renowned bass-baritone Andrew Slater and our very own vocal director and dramatic soprano Rachel Nicholls for a fundraising concert of arias, duets and choruses from the operas of Mozart, Verdi and Puccini.

Monday 19th August, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Luton, LU1 3JF

There is no entry fee for this concert. There will be a retiring collection to raise funds for Bedfordshire Youth Opera.

14/08/2024

14/08/2024

Get your tickets now for a very special summer concert. Rising star Laura Lootens was the winner of the Andres Segovia International Classical Guitar Competition 2022. Earlier this year Laura was named as one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars, shining a light on 30 young players who are doing something very special. Laura performs for us as part of a UK summer tour.

Programme
JK Mertz, Elegie
F Chopin, Valse Op64
M Ponce, Allegretto vivo : piu lento espressivo
A Barrios, Un Sueno en las floresta
Interval
I Albeniz, Asturias
G Rochberg, Excerpts from Caprice Variations
N Paganini, Romanza from the Grande Sonata
M Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Capriccio Diabolico

04/08/2024

31/07/2024

TONIGHT! 7.30pm. Do come - St Mary's is a lovely church and the seats are comfortable. Doors open from 7pm.

Our next concert is on Monday 5th August in our usual venue of beautiful St Mary's Church in Luton. It starts at 7.30pm with the doors open from 7pm. It will follow a workshop held earlier in the day in which participants will explore in a practical way the connection between music and painting or drawing. At 7.30 pm there will be an interview with artist Dr. Elizabeth Haines and composer Edward Picton-Turbervill. After a short break the second half will consist of music performed by Lyla Levy-Jordan (mezzo-soprano), Edward Picton-Turbervill (piano) and Makoto James (organ). The programme will feature a range of pieces by such composers as J.S. Bach, Tallis, Ligeti, Messiaen, Ravel, Kurt Weill, Picton-Turbervill and Madeleine Dring. NB You do NOT need to have attended the afternoon workshop in order to enjoy the evening event. http://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/tbc/

The Relationship between Literature, Art & Music Date: 5th August 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF     The Relationship between Literature, Art & Music with Dr Elizabeth Haines This event has been curated to explore our season’s theme of The Relationship between Liter...

15/07/2024

Just imagine how hot and sweaty it will be in the Royal Albert Hall during the Proms season so why not attend our concerts in the cool and spacious environment of St Mary's Church in Luton. We would be very pleased to meet some of you who have been lurking out there but not attending.

TOMORROW NIGHT!

Our next concert is on Monday 22nd July in beautiful St Mary's Church, Luton (our usual venue). It will start at 7.30pm and the doors will be open from 7pm. If you haven't yet attended one of our fortnightly concerts do think about trying them out. We book outstanding musicians many of whom have international reputations. You don't need the bother of travelling to London to hear them play - hear them in Luton! Tickets on the door.

Programme
Franz Josef Haydn – Trio in E minor Hob.XV:12
Judith Weir – O Viridissima
Dmitri Shostakovich – Trio No.2 Op 67

INTERVAL

Antonín Dvořák – Trio No.3 in F minor Op 65

More details of this and forthcoming coming concerts www.lutonmusic.org

05/07/2024

Looking forward to this!! 🎉🎉

05/07/2024

Monday 8th July 7.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Luton. Doors open from 7pm. Tickets on the door.
Internationally celebrated Mezzo-Soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Simon Lepper perform an evening of songs by a variety of composers including Clara Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Rebecca Clarke, Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim.

Kitty Whately & Simon Lepper Date: 8th July 2024 Time: 7:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church, Luton LU1 3JF Kitty Whately Simon Lepper If one was looking for an illustration of our season’s theme, The Relationship between Literature, Art & Music, perhaps one of the most obviou...

22/06/2024

TOMORROW NIGHT!
Our next concert features the Berkeley Ensemble and guitarist Laura Snowden celebrating the music of Malcolm Arnold. The programme also includes music by Mussorgsky and by the contemporary composer Tim Watts. This concert will take place at St Augustine’s Church in the Limbury area of Luton. It will start at 7.30pm and the doors will be open from 7pm. Tickets are available on the door. For details please go to http://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/berkeley-ensemble-laura-snowden/

10/06/2024

TONIGHT!

Music on Mondays. 10th June, St Mary's Church, Luton. 7.30pm (doors open from 7pm). Pianist Tom Hicks will play music associated with night time.

Programme:
Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes Op 48
Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes Op 55
Alexander Scriabin – Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand
Claude Debussy – Rêverie, Nocturne & Clair de lune

INTERVAL

Clara Schumann – Notturno
F***y Hensel – Notturno
Ludwig van Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata, Quasi una fantasia Op 27 No.2

Tickets on door.
More details at www.lutonmusic.org.uk

09/06/2024

TOMORROW

Music on Mondays. 10th June, St Mary's Church, Luton. 7.30pm (doors open from 7pm). Pianist Tom Hicks will play music associated with night time.

Programme:
Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes Op 48
Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes Op 55
Alexander Scriabin – Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand
Claude Debussy – Rêverie, Nocturne & Clair de lune

INTERVAL

Clara Schumann – Notturno
F***y Hensel – Notturno
Ludwig van Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata, Quasi una fantasia Op 27 No.2

Tickets on door.
More details at www.lutonmusic.org.uk