Classical

7 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Johannes Brahms: 8 Zigeunerlieder Op. 103; Francis Poulenc: Poèmes de Ronsard and Songs by Brahms and Duparc.

10 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Alan Louis Smith: Vignettes; Ellis Island: Pause; Scott Joplin: Peacherine Rag, Mechanical Rag; Harry Von Tilzer: Coax Me; Victor August Herbert: Ask Her While the Band is Playing; Turner Layton: After You've Gone; Irving Berlin: If You Don't Want My Peaches, What'll I Do, I Love a Piano.

19 February 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Barcarolle Op. 6 No. 1 from Fantasy Pieces, The Night Winds Op. 5 No. 3, The White Peacock Op. 7 No. 1; Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata in E flat minor Op. 26; Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Liszt): Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543; Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin: tude in E Op. 8 No. 5, tude in B flat minor Op. 8 No. 11, tude in D sharp minor Op. 8 No. 12; Nikolai Karlovich Medtner: Sonata tragica Op. 39 No. 5.

10 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

A Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series featuring Stephen Disley on organ.

13 January 2010

Purcell Room SE1 8XX[map]

Eric Tanguy: Invocation for solo cello (UK premiere); Geoffrey Poole: On the high wire for solo cello (London premiere); Zoltan Kodaly: Sonata for solo cello, Op.8.

20 March 2010

Purcell Room SE1 8XX[map]

The Collegium Musicum was an important part of Bach's musical life during his time in Leipzig, but his main employment was that of Cantor to the city's four churches. Bach's cantatas from this period are abundant and sublime but it is perhaps his musical depictions of the Passion of Christ which show the greatest depth and intensity. The St John Passion was performed several times during Bach's time in Leipzig and he continued to revise the work right up to the end of his life. I Fagiolini's perfiormances of pre-classical vocal masterpieces have been rightly praised throughout the world. They are accompanied by Baroque specialists the Feinstein Ensemble.

24 November 2009

St Martin-in-the-Fields Ltd WC2N 4JJ[map]

A lunchtime concert from the choir of eight.

9 December 2009

Kings Place N1 9AG[map]

After the groundbreaking arrival of Rite of Spring, Stravinsky found himself at the turning point between the past and the future of music. His 'little songs', written directly after the epic masterpiece, form the basis of this evening's journey through the composer's vocal and instrumental landscape.

29 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Performing the work of George Frideric Handel: oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.

13 January 2010

Kings Place N1 9AG[map]

Swingle singers is an a cappella group, based in London, UK; made up of eight young singers who continue a fine singing tradition that was started over forty years ago.

11 December 2009

Cadogan Hall SW1 9DQ[map]

The orchestra performs a colourful programme including Elgar's dramatic overture Polonia, Karlowicz's meditative tone and Schumann's romantic Fourth Symphony. The charismatic young British violinist Charlie Siem joins the Orchestra to perform Karlowicz's Violin Concerto, a light-hearted work full of exuberance and vitality. Sir Edward Elgar: Symphonic prelude Polonia, Op. 76; Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Symphonic poem, Eternal Songs, Op. 10, Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8; Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120.

12 May 2010 to 13 May 2010

Queen Elizabeth Hall SE1 8XX[map]

Recognized as one of the world's great ensembles, the Takács Quartet plays with a unique blend of drama, warmth and humor, combining four distinct musical personalities to bring fresh insights to the string quartet repertoire.

11 May 2010

Cadogan Hall SW1 9DQ[map]

Palestrina: Surge Illuminare, Missa Papae Marcelli.