Classical

15 December 2009

St Paul's Cathedral EC4M 8AD[map]

Sponsored by Lloyds TSB, featuring the Cathedral Choir, City of London Orchestra and celebrity reads. All welcome.

20 December 2009

Cecil Sharp House NW1 7AY[map]

The annual all-day event of festive celebration. An afternoon Tea Dance with caller Brenda Godrich and music from Maggie Fletcher, Vic Godrich and Alison Messer. An Evening Concert hosted by Taffy Thomas MBE with an array of performers including the Hoddesdon Crownsmen, Towersey Morris Men, Laura Thomas, Students from the Fosbrook Folk Education Trust School of Traditional Dance, Music and Song, the Cecil Sharp House Community Choir and you, the audience. Lots of carols for everyone to sing.

10 December 2009 to 17 December 2009

Handel House Museum W1K 4HB[map]

Soloists from Pegasus, one of London’s leading chamber choirs, return to Handel House to perform their ever popular Christmas programme of Georgian carols and highlights from Messiah. A wonderful cosy Christmas experience in the intimate surroundings of Handel’s music room.

15 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Inspired by the great choral works of the medieval and early modern periods, Alamire expands or contracts according to its chosen repertoire and often combines with instrumentalists, creating programmes to illustrate musical or historical themes.

18 December 2009

Kings Place N1 9AG[map]

In the 17th century, many Alehouses were turned into Musick-Houses where one might meet Henry Purcell and other composers presenting new works, or just duelling with local folk-musicians. Norwegian wizards of baroque and folk music revisit this repertoire with spectacular results.

8 December 2009

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

A performance of works by Beethoven: 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli op.120; Franck: Prelude, Aria and Finale; and Ravel: 'La valse'.

2 February 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G BWV816; Henri Dutilleux: Prélude No. 3 Le Jeu des contraires; Frédéric Chopin: 2 Nocturnes Op. 27, Polonaise fantaisie in Ab Op. 61; Maurice Ravel: La valse.

24 February 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Le tombeau de Couperin: 6 Pieces; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor Kk64, Sonata in D minor Kk9 / L413, Sonata in C Kk72, Sonata in C Kk132 / L457, Sonata in D Kk29 / L461; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2, Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49, Nocturne in C minor Op. posth, Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66, Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4, Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23.

12 February 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Programme to include works by Elgar, Quilter, Stanford, Gurney and Vaughan Williams.

23 February 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 'Spring', Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2, Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96.

26 November 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

Led by the violinist Alina Ibragimova, performing Haydn Quartet in D Major, Op.20/4 and Haydn Quartet in G Major, Op.77/1.

2 December 2009

The Space E14 3RS[map]

Recorder quintet Consortium5 invites the audience to join them on an exploration of the hidden treasures of Elizabethan and Jacobean consort repertoire, both from England and contemporary European musical cultures. Discover a wealth of sounds ranging from timeless spirituality to artful counterpoint and the jaunty rhythms of courtly dances.

16 December 2009

The Space E14 3RS[map]

Mansoon Bow was born in Japan of Korean origin. She began studying the violin at the age of three and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she worked first with Richard Deakin and then with Mayumi Fujikawa. Upon graduation in 2007, she continued to pursue her studies with Mayumi Fujikawa in a Master's Degree Course at Trinity College of Music, where she is a recipient of Full Scholarship, namely the Derek Butler Scholarship, the Bratton Scholarship, Leverhulme Scholarship and the Cavatina Music Prize. Mansoon has been awarded prestigious prizes in the Osaka International competition 2000, Classic competition, Soloist competition and David Martin/Florence concerto Prize at the Royal Academy of Music where she was also a recipient of the Poulett Scholarship and the Bloch Award.

6 December 2009

Orange Tree Theatre TW9 2SA[map]

A Coffee Concerts by Allegri Quartet, performing Mozart: quartet in f major Tippett 2; Mendelssohn: Quintet D Major.

31 January 2010

Orange Tree Theatre TW9 2SA[map]

A Coffee Concerts by Allegri Quartet, performing Zemlinski: no. 3; Brahms: no. 3.

25 February 2010

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

A Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series featuring Amandine Savary on piano.