Events
Event Date: 28 March 2010
Martin Neary's 70th Birthday Concert
Martin Neary
Martin Neary's 70th Birthday Concert
at St John's Smith Square, London
on Sunday 28th March 2010 at 7:30 pm
in aid of The Music Therapy Charity
Martin Neary celebrates his 70th birthday by performing music with which he has been particularly associated in his life as a chorister at HM’s Chapel Royal, Organ Scholar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Organist and Master of Music at Winchester Cathedral, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey and twice President of the Royal College of Organists. In addition his daughter, Alice Neary, will perform Haydn’s C major Cello Concerto with the Goldberg Ensemble.
Programme
Henry Purcell ~ Suite from Abdelazer & I was glad
Jonathan Harvey ~ Come Holy Ghost & Song of Spring (World Première)
Josef Haydn ~ Cello Concerto in C (Alice Neary, Cello)
Interval
Herbert Howells ~ By Waters of Babylon
John Taverner ~ Two Hymns to the Mother of God & Take him earth for cherishing (UK Concert Première)
George Frideric Handel ~ Dixit Dominus
Alice Neary cello
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Rowan Fenner soprano
Charles Richardson counter-tenor
Oliver Jones tenor
Dhilan Gnanadurai baritone
Timothy Dickinson bass
Christian Wilson organ
English Chamber Singers
Goldberg Ensemble leader David Adams
Martin Neary conductor
The Music Therapy Charity is especially important to Martin and Penny Neary as their son, Thomas, who is autistic, has benefitted from music therapy for many years.
BOOKING INFORMATION
St. John's, Smith Square, London SW1
General Manager: Paul Davies
Tickets £35, £25, £18, £12 (unreserved)
By telephone 020 7222 1061
Online www.sjss.org.uk
By fax 020 7233 1618
By post Box Office, St. John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA.
Debit Credit Cards Mastercard, Visa and Maestro accepted.
Booking fees by telephone £2.00 per transaction(£1.50 to Friends of St. John’s). Online £1.50 per transaction.
Advance Booking: The Box Office is open for advance bookings from10am-5pm (until 6pm on concert days) Monday to Friday. Advancebookings cannot be made after 6pm or at weekends/bank holidays.The Box Office opens at 6.30pm on the day of the concert. Public booking opens on Monday 1 February.
Underground - Westminster (District, Circle and Jubilee) St. James Park (District and Circle lines) Victoria (District, Circle and Victoria Lines)
Buses - 3, 87 to Millbank (Lambeth Bridge); C10, 507 to Horsferry Road (Lambeth Bridge); 88 to Marsham Street.
Trains - Victoria, Waterloo, Charing Cross.
Car parking - On Sundays there is usually ample space locally.