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Concerts at St Michael’s
St Michael’s hosts the Spring into Summer 2025 festival of concerts, featuring orchestras, ensembles, and solo artists, providing entertainment and inspiration. See details of each concerts below.
Supporting young musicians in Southampton
7pm FRIDAY 2ND MAY, 2025
SU Music present
Showcase ’25
The first concert in this season of concerts at St Michael’s, sees the postgraduate music students from Southampton University demonstrating their creativity and talent in a series of signature pieces. Coposers featured include: Schubert, Liszt, Puccini, Schumann, Chopin, Dvorak, Ireland, Grieg, and Debussy. An evening not to miss!
Admission free | Interval | Refreshments
Donations to support St Michael’s Music
7pm SATURDAY 10TH MAY. 2025
Simon Harper & Eleanor Perks
Winter into Spring: a song recital
Simon Harper (tenor) and Eleanor Perks (piano) present “Winter into Spring: a song recital” at St Michael’s. The programme will include Finzi’s song cycle Let us garlands bring, Copland’s Four Early Songs, and songs by Faure and Schubert.
A former chorister of St Michael’s, Simon now sings as a Lay Clerk in Hereford Cathedral Choir, and is Musical Director of Hereford Chamber Choir, Ledbury Choral Society, Kington Choral Society, and Cotswolds-based Cantores Chamber Choir.
Interval | Refreshments
Tickets £15 (free for under 18s)
5pm SATURDAY 17TH MAY, 2025
Sinfonietta’s
summer concert
Southampton University Chamber Orchestra (the Synphonietta), conducted by Benjamin Oliver, present this afternoon concert with a programme including Copland’s Appalachian Suite, and music from Shaw, Saint-Saens, and Raff.Interval | Refreshments
Tickets £12, Sixty+ £9, Students and under 18s £6
LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES JUNE TO JULY
The Pennard Ensemble
(and others!)
Admission free | Refreshments
Donations to support St Michael’s Music
1pm FRIDAY 13TH JUNEA Scholar’s Farewell by Miko Kisiak
2pm MONDAY 23RD JUNEPiano recital by organ scholar, Nathan Yam
1pm FRIDAY 2ND JULYChamber music from The Pennard Ensemble
7pm WEDNESDAY 9TH JULY, 2025
Summer Pudding Concerta feast of music
Scholars, choristers, and St Michael’s regulars, young and old, show us their incredible talents in this ever-popular feast of music… and puddings! Great fun for all!
Admission free | Refreshments
Donations to support St Michael’s Music
7pm FRIDAY 18TH JULY, 2025
Voice and brass …
Unexpected harmonies
A unique and atmospheric programme for soprano, trombone, and piano, featuring Imogen Baker (soprano) and James Druce (trombone). There’s music by Handel, Previn, Shostakovich, Strauss, and others — with a mix of solo and collaborative pieces that explore the lyrical, expressive, and even playful sides of this unusual ensemble
Interval | Refreshments
Tickets £15, Students and under-18s £6
THURSDAY 7pm, 28TH AUGUST, 2025
John Law | Jon Lloyd
Naissance
The saxophone and piano duo, Naissance, present music for contemplation and renewal. Both improvised and composed, in a style between jazz and classical, they explore sound and silence, shade and light, atmosphere and mood, in an uplifting musical experience.
Interval | Refreshments
Tickets £15 (£5 for under 18s)
Previous concerts…
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- Imogen Baker (soprano)
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- J Fashole-Luke (jazz pianist)
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- Xinyi Wu (violin) and David Owen Norris (piano)
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- Nathan Yam (violin)
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- The pudding party…
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- SU Strings Orchestra
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- Emily Manning (flute)
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- Southampton Uni Chamber Choir
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- St Michael’s Junior Choir
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- Yihan Chen (piano)
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- Miko Lisiak (conductor, composer, pianist, DJ)
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- Yijia Cheng (soprano)
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- Sinfonietta
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- James Druce
