Champagne Christmas

Essential info

Award-winning pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith returns to St James's Church, Piccadilly for a special Christmas recital. Featuring a stunning virtuoso programme of solo piano music, the temperature will raise the roof as Mailley-Smith will also perform Tom Hodge's brilliant Variations on a theme of Paganini in a World Premiere.

Champagne Christmas - by candlelight and with champagne

• Mozart - Sonata in A minor K310
• Chopin - Scherzo No 2
• Chopin - Second Movement from first piano concerto (arr Balakirev)
• Chopin - Revolutionary Etude

• Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
• Tom Hodge - Four brief variations on a theme by Paganini (world premiere)
• Rachmaninov - Vocalise (with Rowena Calvert - cello)
• Saint-Saens - Allegro Appassionato (with Rowena Calvert - cello)
• Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano version)

Outstanding young cellist Rowena Calvert will join Mailley-Smith as a guest artist in performances of Rachmaninov and Saint-Saens. Champagne will be served during a 30 minute interval in the magnificent setting of St James's Church, right in the heart of London. A truly unique early Christmas event just a few hours after the lighting-up of the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. Don't miss it!

Warren Mailley-Smith's debut CD was featured as Classic FM's hot property of the week and he has been invited to perform for the Royal Family on many occasions as well having made Carnegie and Wigmore Hall debuts to critical acclaim

Critic's choice

Tall and talented, Warren Mailley-Smith is the embodiment of a modern Romantic concert pianist…”

Musical Opinion

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Performance time

• Thursday evening at 19.30

Ticket prices

• Unreserved seats
• £15
• Please note: Prices are subject to a booking fee of £1 per ticket

Ticket delivery

• Your tickets will be held for you to collect at the venue's box office one hour before the performance
  Please remember to bring along the voucher from your confirmation email
  

Event information

• Doors open at 18.30
  Performance begins at 19.30 and ends at 21.15
• Running time: 1.45hrs
• No dress code

Venue information
St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL

• Underground: Piccadilly Circus
• Buses: 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 22 and 38
• This venue has disabled access - please contact the venue directly for specific details