The Wathen Hall at St Paul's School (London) in London is considered one of the most successful smaller concert halls to be built in London over the past decade. Designed by BHM Architects and opened in 1999 it forms part of the St Paul's School Music department and is used for school concerts as well as external events. The hall seats 316 people. Artists appearing there during the opening season included pianists Murray Perahia

Murray Perahia

Murray Perahia KBE is an American concert pianist and conductor.-Early life:Murray Perahia was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to a family of Sephardi Jewish origin. According to the biography on his Mozart piano sonatas CD, his first language was Judaeo-Spanish or, Ladino. The family...

 and Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu is a Romanian concert pianist. He has won a number of the most prestigious awards in classical piano, including first prizes in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition....

, and violinst Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a violinist, violist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union.-Youth:Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition....

. The Wathen Hall has become well known as a recording venue for solo and chamber music and its acoustics have been widely praised.

Music at St Paul's

Music at St Paul's is an annual subscription concert series held at the Wathen Hall. Tickets are available to members of the general public, as well as to pupils and staff of St Paul's School and Colet Court

Colet Court

Colet Court is a preparatory school for boys aged 7 to 13 in Barnes, London. It forms the preparatory department of St Paul's School, to which most Colet Court pupils go at the age of 13.-History:...

 and their families.

2004-2005 Series

• Simon Mulligan (piano)
• The Swingle Singers
  The Swingle Singers
  The Swingle Singers are a mostly a cappella vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France by Ward Swingle with Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont, Jean Cussac and others. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the group's lead soprano through 1972. Until 2011 the group...
  
  
• The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
• The Maggini Quartet
  Maggini Quartet
  The Maggini Quartet is a British string quartet. Its members are Susanne Stanzeleit , David Angel , Martin Outram and Michal Kaznowski ....
  
   with David Campbell
  David Campbell (British clarinetist)
  David Campbell, , is a British clarinetist.David Campbell is internationally recognised as one of Britain's finest musicians and was described by the doyen of British clarinettists, Jack Brymer, as 'the finest player of his generation'....
  
   (clarinet)
• The Big Chris Barber
  Chris Barber
  Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber is best known as a jazz trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and vocalist/banjoist Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with...
  
   Band

2006-2007 Series

• Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale & Walton: Façade (narrated by Jacqui Dankworth and Frances Jellard)
• Barbican Piano Trio
• James Gilchrist (tenor)
• Gabrieli Consort
• Cantabile

2007-2008 Series

• Emma Kirkby
  Emma Kirkby
  Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, DBE is an English soprano singer and one of the world's most renowned early music specialists. She attended Sherborne School For Girls in Dorset and was a classics student at Somerville College, Oxford, and an English teacher before developing a career as a soloist...
  
  & the London Handel Players
• Philip Moore & Simon Crawford Philips (piano)
• Jacqui Dankworth & Quartet
• Peter & the Wolf; Carnival of the Animals

External links

• Wathen Hall
• St Paul's School