Wiltons Music Hall

after poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky
performed by Samantha Bloom.

We saw Sam perform this wonderful and brave piece a few months ago in Kent
and are thrilled she will be performing it here.  Mayakovsky was a
Russian poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism.

A Cloud in Trousers was Mayakovsky's first major poem  and it depicted the heated subjects of love, revolution, religion and art, written from the vantage point of a spurned lover. The script features poetry from a collection of his works.

This show is mesmeric and fuses poetry and music, Sam is accompanied by two musicians.

"It takes an actor of exceptional abilities to convey and make convincing
such intense work... Samantha Bloom delivers just such an impassioned
performance... the sense of intimacy is extraordinary." **** Metro Life

"The gamine Bloom manages to convey this emotional journey, seen from a male
perspective, with sensitivity, while touching on borders of mental and
emotional extremity tempered with some dark humour" The Independent

Date: Friday 3rd July
Time: 8pm (lasts about an hour and a quarter)
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 020 7702 2789 or click here for online

Tiny Wallop's Musical Extravaganza - Music Hall with a naughty
little twist. The beginning of a special journey of three episodes from
the Tiny Wallop players. This week THEY need YOU!

Wilton’s MUST be saved…….Join Tiny Wallop and his troupe of questionables for an evening singing and dancing, of joining in their games and play or just watching from afar, in your very own seat reserved for fun! All whilst trying to hold on to their beloved music hall before they get thrown to the dirty wolves that live in the land under the land of the sewers. Will the bailiffs come for them or will you be able to save them?
Magic and Cinema from 7.30pm..

Victorian jewels to feast your cockney eyes upon. Two spoonfuls of tawdry filth washed down with half a cup of yes.

Date: 4 July at 7.30pm the evening starts with a weird and wonderful short film, magic, choices tbc, and the extravaganza starts at 9pm.

Tickets: £10

Box Office: 020 7702 2789 or CLICK HERE

A staged reading, in a new version by Lou Stein.

This amazing story was originally broadcast for Radio 3 two years ago and received great acclaim. We are trying it out for the stage, with all proceeds going towards Downright Excellent a local charity which provides services for under 5s with Down's Syndrome.

The Possessed focuses on a terrorist cell, seemingly a group of normal locals who wreak havoc and destruction in their own town. Alarmingly current this Russian masterpiece is full of fantastic characters, romance and intrigue.

Stars Paul McGann, Susannah York and Dexter Fletcher. We are hoping to curate more readings of this nature as we develop the dramatic profile of Wilton's Music Hall.

Date: Sunday 5th July at 6pm
Tickets: £8
Bookings: 020 7702 2789 or CLICK HERE

The End of Gay Pride

David Hoyle hosts and stars in a live pilot for a new television comedy - "Laughter Shock" - an extreme lesbian and gay sketch show which will be filmed here on the evening.

Featuring 8 of the most exciting new gay, lesbian and transgendered comics from across the UK who will each perform stand-up in between screenings of pre filmed sketches they have written and star in.

Not only will this night be about unearthing and celebrating 'outsider' talent but David will also duet with surprise guest singers and at the end of the show will reveal the true purpose of the evening.

TICKETS: £5 (£3 concessions for OAPs and Students, only available on the door)
BOX OFFICE: 0844 847 2256 or ONLINE (there is a booking fee)
TIMES: 7.30pm to 11pm
This event is devised, produced and promoted by Brown Eyed Boy TV and Radio Company

Tiny Wallop's Phantasmagorical Extravaganza - The Wallops bring to you an evening of magic and mysticism, along with their usual charm and frivolous ways. The second installment of this troupes plight to save their beloved Music Hall.....Join Tiny Wallop and his troupe of questionables for an evening singing and dancing, of being amazed and awed by their spiritual conjuring, of learning your fate or watch others as they do, of joining in their games and play, in your very own seat reserved for fun and enchantement, and maybe even a little tremble of excitement!

Victorian jewels to feast your cockney eyes upon. Two spoonfuls of tawdry filth washed down with half a cup of yes.

Date: 11 July at 7.30pm the evening starts with a weird and wonderful short film and magic, choices tbc, and the extravaganza starts at 9pm.

Tickets: £10

Box Office: 020 7702 2789 or CLICK HERE

Viv came to Wilton's on our last open day and played our lovely Bluthner piano for free. He has since curated a super romantic evening of pieces for us. Our new wine list will be up and running and Bliss Catering will be bringing their delicious tapas.
Viv McLean studied at the Royal Academy of Music where he held the Hodgson Fellowship and received financial assistance from the Hattori Foundation and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. He made his Wigmore Hall recital debut through winning the Friends of the Royal Academy Wigmore Award. Whilst studying at the Academy, Viv was the piano winner at the Royal Overseas-League Music Competition and was selected as one of three winners of the National Federation of Music Societies' Young Artists Competition, leading to various recitals and concerto appearances throughout Great Britain

Programme:

Schubert -Impromptus  D. 899

Tiny Wallop's Massive Little Big Top - This week join the Wallops as they (reluctantly) embrace the delights of the circus life. The third installment of this troupes journey in their mission to save their Music Hall...Join them as Tiny Wallop, Madame Jo Jo, Mister Morning Glory, Miss Mini Fanny and Fingers McPhee transport you to the underside of a massive little big top, will they be able to re-enact the magic of the circus with just a moments notice? 

Come and aid them in their quest to find balancing triplets, flying trapeze acts and dancing bears. All whilst they share their usual Walloping blend of song, dance and game-time fun with you. Victorian jewels to feast your cockney eyes upon. Two spoonfuls of tawdry filth washed down with half a cup of yes.

Dates: 18 July at 7.30pm the evening starts with a weird and wonderful short film, magic, choices tbc, and the extravaganza starts at 9pm.

Tickets: £10

Box Office: 020 7702 2789 or CLICK HERE

Fauré's early piano quartet marked one of the most stunning chamber music debuts of any composer, setting a new benchmark for emotional freedom and virtuosity for four players. His radiant second quintet, written over forty years later, served notice that he had lost none of his fire.

Programme:

Fauré - Piano Quartet No 1 Op 15 (1876-9)

Fauré - Pianto Quintet No 2 Op 115 (1919-21)

Fauré - Works for Violin and Cello

PLUS: British Premiere

Marco-Antonio Pérez-Ramirez - Les synapses émotionnelles

Pre-concert talk: A new kind of Chamber Music?

- Roy Howat and Peter Sheppard Skærved in conversation.

We are delighted to be joined for this concert by the great Fauré and Debussy specialist, Roy Howat. In recent years, Roy has shed new light on the understanding of French piano music through his extraordinary playing and revelatory editorial work.

Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Neil Heyde

Guests: Roy Howat and Diana Mathews

Tickets: £10

Bookings: 020 7702 2789

Times: 5.30pm pre concert talk, 6pm concert start

We are holding a guided tour to explain the history of Wilton's and the local area. It is led by our expert guide and lasts one hour. The cost is £5 and we suggest you book your place in advance on 0207 702 2789.

We will be open from 11am to 4pm for you to look around. There will be history sheets available, a bar and  cafe. Anyone can come, booking not necessary and entrance is free.

We hope you will enjoy looking at our crumbling walls at your leisure and we hope you will learn something new about our fascinating history

Mozart

presented by Vignette Productions and supported by Wilton's Music Hall

Vignette Production's presentation of Mozart's masterpiece is set in the opulent and richly expressive era of the 1920s - but as if witnessed through the black and white 35mm lenses of the cinematic golden age of the 1940s. Le nozze di Figaro exists in an ever-tangling web of subtle deception and sexual intrigue. Mozart allows us to spy in into this exciting yet twisted world of a society on the verge of self-destruction. 

Containing some of Mozart's most sublime music and exquisite ensemble writing with Beaumarchais' carefully and honestly scripted story this opera represents the epitome of music theatre.

Vignette is a dynamic new arts company with an exciting young cast and production team who present opera in an innovative and accessible way that will explode stuffy notions of what opera is with out sacrificing excellence for gimmickry.

Director: Andrew Staples

Conductor: Graham Ross

Designer: James Perkins

Lighting: Sally Ferguson

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Tickets: £35 (no concessions)

Bookings: 020 7702 2789 OR CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE

Time: 7.30pm

Cinema Club returns with yet MORE unseen archive footage of London. This will be a truly memorable evening with food and bar. Please call the office on 020 702 9555 to book your place.

Mozart

presented by Vignette Productions and supported by Wilton's Music Hall


Vignette Production's presentation of Mozart's masterpiece is set in the opulent and richly expressive era of the 1920s - but as if witnessed through the black and white 35mm lenses of the cinematic golden age of the 1940s. Le nozze di Figaro exists in an ever-tangling web of subtle deception and sexual intrigue. Mozart allows us to spy in into this exciting yet twisted world of a society on the verge of self-destruction.

Containing some of Mozart's most sublime music and exquisite ensemble writing with Beaumarchais' carefully and honestly scripted story this opera represents the epitome of music theatre.

Vignette is a dynamic new arts company with an exciting young cast and production team who present opera in an innovative and accessible way that will explode stuffy notions of what opera is with out sacrificing excellence for gimmickry.

Director: Andrew Staples
Conductor: Graham Ross
Designer: James Perkins
Lighting: Sally Ferguson

Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Tickets: £35 (no concessions)

Bookings: 020 7702 2789 OR CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE

Time: 7.30pm

In the autumn of 1795, Beethoven was in the Opera with an unknown lady. They had gone to see Gionvanni Paisiello's incredibly successful opera La Molinara which was presented in Vienna as Die Schone Mullerin. 



A woman in the adjacent loggia was lamenting that she had owned a set of variations on the aria Nel cor piu piu non mi sento from the opera, but had lost them. Beethoven went home that night, and wrote these variations.

The next morning, he sent them around to the woman with a note: 'Variations etc... Lost by la.... found by Luigi van Beethoven. These are so light, that the lady will, if she wishes, be able to play them at sight.'

Programme:



Ludwig van Beethoven - Variations on Nel cor piu piu non mi sento (Paisiello) WoO 70 1795


Ludwig van Beethoven - E Flat Major String Trio Op 3 (1792)


Niccolo Paganini - Capriccio 'Nel cor piu piu non mi sento' MS 44 (1821 version)
 David Matthews - String Trio No 1


Ludwig van Beethoven - E Flat Major Piano Quartet Op 16 (1794-6)

PLUS: World Premiere


Judith Bingham - Ghiribizzo & L’Usignolo from The Lost Works of Paganini. (2009) 



Pre-concert talk: 'Beethoven in Vienna'

Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde


Guest Artist: Aaron Shorr - Piano



Tickets: £10


Bookings: 020 7702 2789 


Times: 7.00pm pre concert talk, 7.30pm concert start

Dvořák wrote his astounding ‘American’ Quintet, in the tiny Czech community of Spillville Iowa.  During his stay in the community, Dvořák would play the new organ in the church of St Wenceslaus, and get up early in the morning to walk along the banks of the Turkey River. This piece is soaked in the atmosphere of a composer completely at home, with his own people, in a ‘new- found land’.

Antonín Dvořák-Miniatures Op 75a (1887)

Antonín Dvořák-Terzetto Op 74 (1887)

Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet Op 94 ‘American’ (1893)

Plus World Premier: Luke Styles - New work for two violins and electronics

Pre-Concert Talk - ‘Not a string quartet- Dvořák breaks the mould’

Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff

Guest Artists: Bridget MacRae - Cello, Diana Mathews - Viola

We are delighted to welcome the distinguished
Canadian cellist Bridget MacRae to our series. Bridget is the principal
cellist of the Munich Chamber Orchestra,and a professor at the
Hochschule in Karlsruhe. 

Tickets: £10

Times: 5.30pm Pre concert talk, concert starts at 6pm.

Bookings: 020 7702 2789

spanIn 1770, the Oxford Magazine poured scorn on the craze for all
things Italians: “There is indeed a kind of animal, neither male nor
female, a thing of the neuter gender, lately started up among us.  It
is called a Macaroni.  It talks without meaning, it smiles without
pleasantry, it eats without appetite, it rides without exercise, it
wenches without passion.” However, the impact of Italian culture on the
London music world was enormous. This concert explores that, from the
ground breaking virtuosity and colour of Corelli, through to the last
great Italian arrival of the century, Marie Antoinette’s violinist,
Viotti.

Programme:

Archangelo Corelli - Sonata La Folia