Music

5 March 2012

Rough Trade East E1 6QL[map]

21 March 2012

1901 Arts Club SE1 8UE[map]

Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund recital series. Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, administered by the Philharmonia Orchestra, has given invaluable support to countless young musicians since 1968. Its anonymous founder and benefactor provided enough money to enable exceptionally talented students to bridge the difficult gap between full-time study and professional status. Many Martin Music Scholarship Fund award winners have gone on to extremely successful orchestral or solo careers with names such as Natalie Clein, Nigel Kennedy, Freddy Kempf, Steven Isserlis and Jennifer Pike forming part of the Fund's alumni.

16 May 2012

1901 Arts Club SE1 8UE[map]

Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund recital series. Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, administered by the Philharmonia Orchestra, has given invaluable support to countless young musicians since 1968. Its anonymous founder and benefactor provided enough money to enable exceptionally talented students to bridge the difficult gap between full-time study and professional status. Many Martin Music Scholarship Fund award winners have gone on to extremely successful orchestral or solo careers with names such as Natalie Clein, Nigel Kennedy, Freddy Kempf, Steven Isserlis and Jennifer Pike forming part of the Fund's alumni.

18 April 2012

1901 Arts Club SE1 8UE[map]

Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, administered by the Philharmonia Orchestra, has given invaluable support to countless young musicians since 1968. Its anonymous founder and benefactor provided enough money to enable exceptionally talented students to bridge the difficult gap between full-time study and professional status. Many Martin Music Scholarship Fund award winners have gone on to extremely successful orchestral or solo careers with names such as Natalie Clein, Nigel Kennedy, Freddy Kempf, Steven Isserlis and Jennifer Pike forming part of the Fund's alumni. Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund recital series.

29 February 2012

O2 Academy Islington N1 0PS[map]

See some of 2012’s freshest, new, emerging talent on stage and attend industry workshops.

25 February 2012

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

The Mods are marching on Barking for a storming night of sounds from the 60s. Dance the night away to original stars of the greatest decade music has ever known, featuring blue eyed soul singer Steve Ellis the original lead vocalist from Love Affair, R'n'B legend Chris Farlowe and Northern Soul icon Lorraine Silver. Plus the very best of Stax, Atlantic and early Motown; Northern Soul and Ska from BBC DJ Alex Dyke.

14 April 2012 to 13 October 2012

The Pelton Arms SE10 9PQ[map]

A live performance from The Mod Band.

20 February 2012

93 Feet East E1 6RU[map]

19 February 2012

Royal Academy Of Music NW1 5HT[map]

JS Bach Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86 (Verily, verily I say unto you); Schleicht, spielende Wellen, und murmelt gelinde!, BWV 206 (Glide, O sparkling waves and murmur softly!) ‘Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch’ belongs to Bach’s first Easter festival at Leipzig, in 1724. This modestly proportioned and lightly scored cantata begins with a movement for bass solo containing Christ’s words ‘Verily, verily I say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name He will give it you’. Bach presents it as a triple fugue with string accompaniment. Among striking features to be found elsewhere are a florid Italianate violin obbligato which enlivens the picturesque textual imagery of the alto aria, a chorale accompanied by two playful oboes d’amore, and a warmly expressive aria for tenor. ‘Schleicht, spielende Wellen’ was composed in 1734 as part of the birthday celebrations for Friedrich Augustus the Second who had succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony and King of Poland in the previous year. It was two years later, though, before Bach first performed this splendid ‘dramma per musica’, on the same Elector’s birthday. The text rather unpromisingly concerns a vacuous dispute between the four rivers of the countries under Augustus’s rule. It hardly need be said that Bach’s music soars above this unlikely panegyric, and nowhere more so, perhaps, than in the robust, swaggering polonaise in which the Vistula, which flows through Warsaw, pays obsequious homage to her new ruler.

22 May 2012

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch RM11 1QT[map]

A gig from Madagascan guitarist Modeste Hughes and his trio. Hughes takes his inspiration from the sounds of his childhood in the bush, from the birds to the whistling of the shepherds, to the traditional music of the Betroka region.

11 March 2012

Green Note NW1 7AN[map]

Singer-guitarist from Madagascar performs his own compositions.

17 February 2012

The Nest N16 7XJ[map]

A night of live music from Modestep and Union

1 June 2012

The BoomBoom Club SM1 2EY[map]

Five-piece London based band playing classic mod anthems from the 60s.

Recurring event

Anam Cocktail Lounge N1 9EZ[map]

A soundtrack of midweek beats from guest DJs and acoustic acts.

4 March 2012

The Vortex Jazz Club N16 8JH[map]

Performance by the Sheffield Medics' Original Jazz Orchestra.

18 February 2012

Shacklewell Arms E8 2EB[map]

24 March 2012

The Dublin Castle NW1 7AN[map]

Recurring event

The Gowlett SE15 4HY[map]

Andy, aka Momma Ryan, brings her popular set to a cosy crowd.

5 March 2012

Cafe OTO E8 3DL[map]

Recurring event

Camden Rock NW1 9NX[map]

A once-monthly club night.