Classical

4 February 2010

Cadogan Hall SW1 9DQ[map]

Rachmaninov vespers and choral masterpieces by Kalinnikov and Grechaninov.

1 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in C; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F K138, Symphony No. 29 in A K. 201. Retrospect Ensemble celebrates the dawn of a new decade with this programme of popular Viennese classics.

15 January 2010

Purcell Room SE1 8XX[map]

Kenneth Leighton: Study-variations for solo piano, Op.56; Robert Saxton: Sonata on a theme of Walton for solo cello; Edward Harper: In memoriam Kenneth Leighton for cello & piano (London premiere); Sally Beamish: Bridging the day for cello & piano (London premiere); Kenneth Hesketh: Poetic conceits for solo piano.

26 November 2009

St. John's Notting Hill W11 2NN[map]

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Prelude; Schubert: Three Schwanengesang Songs; Dvorak: Silent Woods; J.S. Bach: Preludes from The Well-Tempered Clavier; Sollima: Violoncelles, Vibrez.

28 February 2010 to 2 March 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

A pre concert talk with Richard Stokes who explores the Schubert songs featured in the evening concert.

23 February 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

A pre concert talk with Roderick Swanston on Beethoven's Violin Sonatas.

12 May 2010 to 13 May 2010

Queen Elizabeth Hall SE1 8XX[map]

The event presents a pre-concert talk. Beethoven Quartets from inside and outside with Roderick Swanston.

31 January 2010

The Roundhouse NW1 8EH[map]

A Live perform from Rolf Hind.

22 January 2010

The Roundhouse NW1 8EH[map]

Celebrating 30 years of Roots Magazine with the best of folk and roots music.

13 January 2010

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class concert season of opera and song.

10 February 2010

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

Ibert: Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte; Gounod: Vous qui faites l'endormie Faust; Tchaikovsky: Gremin's Aria Eugene Onegin; Shostakovich: Songs by British Poets; Rachmaninov: Aleko's Cavatina Aleko ; Schubert: 3 Italian Songs; Liszt: Die Vtergruft; Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Butterworth: Songs from A Shropshire Lad; Britten: Bottom's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream; Bernstein: Captain Hook's Monologue Peter Pan.

27 November 2009

Royal Academy Of Music NW1 5HT[map]

The Royal Academy Soloists, the Academy's elite string ensemble, perform under the direction of Clio Gould, leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Violin of London Sinfonietta.

12 December 2009

Barbican EC2Y 8DS[map]

This evening programme brings to London one of the music world's most exciting current partnerships. Mariss Jansons took over the Royal Concertgebouw in 2004, following in the illustrious path of Riccardo Chailly and, before him, Bernard Haitink; over the last half century they have between them shaped one of the world's finest ensembles. Brahms's mighty Fourth symphony was the composer's last, and is an undisputed highpoint in orchestral music. From its earnest but troubled-sounding opening to its dramatic end, it is a grippingly passionate work, rich in powerful themes. Also programmed are two works from Czech composers, Martinu's Sinfonia concertante for 2 orchestras and the Overture from Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride.

13 December 2009

Barbican EC2Y 8DS[map]

It is no hyperbole to describe Mahler's Second Symphony as among the most ambitious, profound and moving works in all music. Across almost one-and-a-half hours it draws on substantial musical forces to explore no less a topic than that of life, death and immortality. The result is both deeply spiritual and powerfully human. The 'Resurrection' Symphony is always one of the most eagerly awaited events of any concert season, and no more so than when the orchestra is the Royal Concertgebouw, an ensemble with a strong link to Mahler dating to 1903, when the composer conducted them in his Third Symphony.

4 December 2009

St Martin-in-the-Fields WC2N 4JJ[map]

Festive musical entertainment courtesy of the Royal Norwegian Embassy.

7 October 2009 to 26 May 2010

The Fairfield Halls & Ashcroft Theatre CR9 1DG[map]