Classical

29 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Join musicians from the Aurora Orchestra for a magical feast of stories and music from around the world.

30 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Join musicians from the Aurora Orchestra for a magical feast of stories and music from around the world. Featuring the première of a new story with music composed by Luke Bedford.

3 January 2010 to 4 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in D Op. 18 No. 3, String Quartet in Eb Op. 127, String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1.

5 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Beethoven: String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 'Harp', String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2, String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131.

29 November 2009

Royal Academy Of Music NW1 5HT[map]

A performance of Bach cantatas: 'Wer nur den lieben Gott lsst walten' ('If you but permit God to prevail') BWV93, 'Du Hirte Israel, hore' ('Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel') BWV104, 'Liebster Immanuel, Herzogder Frommen' ('Dearest Emmanuel, Lord of the righteous') BWV123.

10 January 2010

Royal Academy Of Music NW1 5HT[map]

The second year of the Bach Cantatas Series begins with a very special performance with Peter Schreier, celebrated tenor and conductor, whose interpretations of Bach's Oratorios, Passions and Cantatas continue to set the benchmark for today's singers. Peter Schreier will direct a specially-expanded choir and orchestra, playing on modern instruments. The concert will also incorporate the presentation to Peter Schreier of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Prize for 2010.

7 February 2010 to 5 December 2010

Royal Academy Of Music NW1 5HT[map]

Royal Academy of Music is presenting a Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series with Iain Ledingham.

3 December 2009

Cadogan Hall SW1 9DQ[map]

The first half of the concert features the Bach Choir singing a selection of carols and uplifting Christmas music. After the interval join with the choir in well known carols leaving you filled with the spirit of Christmas.

26 November 2009

Radlett Centre WD7 8HL[map]

The group, formed in 2002, performs throughout the UK and abroad. With broadcast performances to their credit, they are festival prize winners both at home and overseas. Music tonight by Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert.

9 December 2009

St James's Church Piccadilly W1J 9LL[map]

The Band of the Life Guards performs a varied programme of military music and traditional Christmas music by soloists and big band.

29 November 2009

All Saints Arts Centre N20 9EZ[map]

A series of short recitals in the church of All Saints' Friern Barnet. Tonight The Barnet Baroque Blowers - Malcolm Messiter oboe, Melanie Rothman oboe, John McDougall bassoon, Paul Sherman double-bass, Birgitta Birchall harpsichord.

18 December 2009

St Andrews Holborn EC4A 3AB[map]

Baroque Christmas music from The Esterhazy Singers and the Praetorius Brass Quintet. Audience carols and festive readings will complete an uplifting evening with proceeds to the Richard House Children's Hospice in East London, which supports children with life-threatening diseases.

31 December 2009

Handel House Museum W1K 4HB[map]

David Wright (harpsichord) and Zarah Hible (mezzo soprano) will bring this special anniversary year to a dramatic close with a virtuosic display of music by Handel and Purcell.

10 December 2009

Kings Place N1 9AG[map]

Performed with a dancer Megan Saunders and live interactive film, this staged performance of Bartk's seminal collection for the piano, Mikrokosmos, was greeted with great acclaim in 2008. Composed between 1926 and 1939, it was described by the composer as 'a synthesis of all the musical and technical problems', and these playful, beautiful and exciting works encapsulate Bartk's stunning compositional sound world.

11 December 2009

Kings Place N1 9AG[map]

Performed with a dancer Megan Saunders and live interactive film, this staged performance of Bartk's seminal collection for the piano, Mikrokosmos, was greeted with great acclaim in 2008. Composed between 1926 and 1939, it was described by the composer as 'a synthesis of all the musical and technical problems', and these playful, beautiful and exciting works encapsulate Bartk's stunning compositional sound world.

17 December 2009

St James's Church Piccadilly W1J 9LL[map]

A festival of traditional and modern Christmas choral music with some audience participation.

11 December 2009

St Johns SW1P 3HA[map]

A programme of seasonal music and readings by Metro Voices, directed by Grenville Jones and Jenny O'Grady.

1 May 2010

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

ABC perform their debut album "The Lexicon of Love" in its entirety, twenty seven years after its debut release. Accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and award-winning conductor Anne Dudley this is your chance to hear this 1982 chart topping classic live.

11 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Serge Sergeievitch Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Op. 119; Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40.

4 January 2010

Wigmore Hall  W1U 2BP[map]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte K. 520, Das Veilchen K. 476, Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge K. 596, An Chloe K. 524; Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung, In der Frühe, Begegnung, Elfenlied, Das Köhlerweib ist trunken from 'Alte Wiesen: Sechs Gedichte von Keller'; Zemlinsky: In der Sonnesgasse, Herr Bombardi, Ehetanzlied, Entbietung, Und kehrt er einst heim; Guastavino: La rosa y el sauce; Ginastera: Cinco canciones populares argentinas Op. 10.