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    • VIOLA SERIES The English Viola

      • Eniko Magyar, viola, and painist Tadashi Imai. Delius arr L Tertis Violin Sonata No 3; Patterson's 'Tides of Mananan', Op 64; Bridge's Allegro Appassionato; Berceuse; Norse Legend; Serenade; Moto perpetuo; Wilson's 'Mürriche Erde'; and Bliss's...

    • The Tsarina's Slippers

    • The Tsarina's Slippers

      Tchaikovsky's most charming stage work, 'Cherevichki' ('The Tsarina's Slippers'), comes to Covent Garden for the first time, under the baton of Alexander Polianichko and with an almost entirely Russian cast. Based on a Christmas tale by Gogol,...

    • Messiah

      • Handel's oratorio is presented in a new staging by the award-winning director Deborah Warner. From the melodic beauty of 'Comfort ye' to the grand spectacle of the 'Hallelujah! Chorus', the singing of John Mark Ainsley, Brindley Sherratt, Sophie...

    • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano

    • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano

      The Japanese composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and producer plays solo piano arrangements of his award-winning film soundtracks , such as 'The Last Emperor' and 'Merry Christmas, Mister Lawrence'.

    • Duke Bluebeard's Castle/The Rite of Spring

    • Duke Bluebeard's Castle/The Rite of Spring

      The opera/dance double bill begins with Daniel Kramer directing Bartók's only opera, with Michaela Martens as Judith, who insists on unlocking the bloody secrets of her husband, Duke Bluebeard's past (Clive Bayley). Then, Stravinsky's dark...

    • Baroque Extravaganza

      • Bach's Concerto for two violins in D minor; Vivaldi's Recorder Concerto in C minor; Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue in D; Bach's 'Brandenburg Concerto No 4'; Vivaldi's 'Spring' (from 'The Four Seasons'); Bach's Air 'on the G String'; Telemann's...

    • Camerata Salzburg

    • Leonidas Kavakos

      Camerata Salzburg directed by violinist Leonidas Kavakos presents Lutoslawski's 'Musique funèbre'; JS Bach's Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto BWV1052); and Mozart's Symphony No 36 ('Linz').

    • THE BERNSTEIN PROJECT West Side Story Experience 2

      • Spend the day learning and sharing Latin American, mambo, cha-cha and paso doble dance styles inspired by the music of 'West Side Story' and its dramatic context, featuring leading stage and Latin choreographers. The event climaxes with an...

    • PLG Young Composers' Symposium

      • The Park Lane Group Young Composers' Symposium brings together student composers at Birmingham Conservatoire, City University, Goldsmiths College, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Kingston University, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of...

    • Handel's 'Dixit Dominus'

      • Handel's 'Dixit Dominus', plus works by Purcell and Avison. Peformed by Collegium Musicum of London and Belsize Baroque under Peter Owens, with soloists.

    • Padmore sings Purcell and Handel

      • The English Concert and tenor Mark Padmore perform Purcell's songs from the odes and masques, including' The Fairy Queen' and 'Hail! Bright Cecilia'; Handel's songs from the English oratorios, including 'Acis and Galatea', 'Theodora' and the 'Ode...

    • St Andrew's Day Celebration

      • The Medici Choir directed by John Baird present a celebration of Scotland's saint in words and music.Bach's 'Sleepers Wake'; Boris Ord's 'Adam Lay Y Bounden'; Elizabeth Poston's 'Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree'; Trad 'The Angel Gabriel'; Trad...

    • SCHNITKE: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Cello Concerto

      • Alfred Schnittke's Cello Concerto No 2; and Joseph Haydn's 'The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross'. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, with cellist Alexander Ivashkin, and Lisa Milne (soprano),...

    • Venus and Adonis/Dido and Aeneas

      • James Hurley directs an English Baroque double bill, beginning with John Blow's Arcadian tale of the fatal attraction between the goddess Venus and the young shepherd, Adonis (as told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses). Followed by Henry Purcell's...

    • Kavakos and Angelich

    • Leonidas Kavakos

      The violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Nicolas Angelich perform JS Bach's Chaconne in D minor (from Partita No 2, BWV1004); Schumann's Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor, Op 121; Bartók's Rhapsody No 1 for violin and piano; and Enescu's Violin...

    • Purcell and Charpentier

      • Camden Chamber Choir directed by Peter Lea-Cox presents Purcell's 'I was Glad'; 'Behold, now praise the Lord'; 'Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem'; 'I will give thanks unto the Lord'; and Charpentier's 'In Navitatem Domini canticum'.

    • CANCELLED War Child Concert

      • Last Night of the Proms soloist and Classical Brit Award-winner, the trumpeter Alison Balsom has gathered together an extraordinary line-up to perform in aid of the charity War Child at the exquisite, art-deco Bloomsbury Ballroom. Featuring...

    • Mahler 6

      • The Whitehall Orchestra under Michael Nebe, with cellist Leonid Gorokhov. Dvorák's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104; and Mahler's Symphony No 6 in A minor.

    • WIMBLEDON MUSIC FESTIVAL Gala Finale

      • The Dante Quartet, clarinettist Andrew Marriner, and Richard Watkins, horn, with bassoon and double bass. Mozart's Horn Quintet in E flat, K407; and Schubert's Octet.

    • LSO String Ensemble

      • An LSO String Ensemble performs Strauss's Sextet from 'Capriccio'; Kodály'd Duo for Violin and Cello; and Schubert's String Quintet, D956.

    • Mozart's Requiem

      • Situation Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Nick Newland presents Mozart's Serenade No 10 (Gran Partita), K361; and Requiem.

    • SCHNITTKE: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Film: 'The Agony'

      • As part of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Schnittke festival, a screening of Elen Klimov's 1974 film 'The Agony', with score by Alfred Schnittke. An account of Rasputin's influence on Russia's monarch and the damning events that followed,...

    • Sacred Music for Voices and Brass

      • Amici Chamber Choir and Westminster Brass under Jeremy Haneman and Sharon Broughall, Charlotte Mobbs (soprano), Laura Trayhurn (mezzo -soprano), William Petter (tenor) and Hubert Matthews (bass), with organist Erik Dippenaar. Mozart's Solemn...

    • GREAT PERFORMERS Concerto Cologne/Philippe Jaroussky

    • Philippe Jaroussky

      Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs arias by Handel and JC Bach with the Concerto Cologne, which also plays instrumental music. Handel's 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba' (from 'Solomon'); J C Bach's 'No,che non ha la sorte'; Aria: 'Vo...

    • Four-Hands Piano

      • The four-hand piano duet Aristizabal-Barandiaran plays Adolfo Zabala's 'La cascada de Oro'; Anita Donostia's 'Haurrentzako-Infantiles-Enfantines I, II and III; and Ravel's 'Ma Mère L'Oye'.

    • Alceste

      • Chelsea Opera Group presents a concert perfomance of Gluck's Italian 'reform' opera of 1767, based by Calzabigi on the tragedy by Euripides, with much new music for performance in Paris in this French version, now more usually heard. Starring...

    • Piano Trio

      • The violinist Anna Blackmur and friends play a programme including Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor; and Saint-Saëns's Rondo Capriccioso.

    • Blossom Street Singers

      • The Blossom Street Singers, a dynamic chamber vocal ensemble of young professional singers, present an evening of a cappella Christmas choral music, from beloved favourites by Britten to premieres of new carols, alongside arrangements of popular...

    • Clarinet Quintet

      • The Arcanto Quartet, with clarinettist Jörg Widmann. Webern's 'Langsamer Satz'; and Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115.

    • Salvation Army Christmas Concert

      • The International Staff Band of the Salvation Army and the International Staff Songsters are joined by special guests for their annual Christmas concert.

    • CELEBRATING MENDELSSOHN Elias and Friends

      • The Elias Quartet, with pianist Tim Horton and Laurene Durantel, double bass. Mendelssohn's Quartet in E flat, Op 44/3; Sextet in D, Op 110; and Quartet in F minor, Op 80.

    • Elijah

      • North London Chorus directed by Murray Hipkin, with soloists, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth with a performance of his oratorio 'Elijah',Saturday, November 28th, at St. James Church, Muswell Hill.

    • Waves rous'd and Ominous

      • Fulham Symphony Orchestra under Marc Dooley, with cellist Philip Higham. Matthews's 'Fanfare in Sea'; Adès's Prelude to 'The Tempest'; Finzi's Cello Concerto; Bridge's 'The Sea'; and Britten's 'Four Sea Interludes' and Passacaglia from 'Peter...

    • GREAT PERFORMERS The English Concert/Messiah

    • Harry Bicket

      Handel's oratorio 'Messiah' is performed by The English Concert under Harry Bicket, with Lucy Crowe (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor) and James Rutherford (bass).

    • Wagner and African Songs

      • Dulwich College Concert Choir, Symphonic Wind and Symphony Orchestra under Richard Mayo, Dan Ludford, Barbara Lake and Robin Smith, with Leo Baker, bassoon. Wagner's Overture to 'Rienzi'; Weber's Bassoon Concerto (second and third movts);...

    • Handel's 'Messiah'

      • Handel's oratorio 'Messiah' is presented by the English Chamber Orchestra and The Choir of the 21st Century under Howard Williams, with Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Mae Heydorn (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) and Hakan Vramsmo...

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