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Classical Concerts in London UK A selection of forthcoming live music |
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| 15 September 2017 | |
| 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)7765 147 324 £10. £12 on the door; concessions £10 | Mosaic - London Myriad Ensemble London Myriad Ensemble Following a very successful concert in February, London Composers Forum takes pride and delight in joining forces for a second time with the London Myriad Ensemble, to present a concert at Lauderdale House, showcasing the music of the ten Forum composers who featured in the February concert. Since its conception as a professional chamber group in 2004, the London Myriad Ensemble has performed regularly in the UK and internationally. As first prize International Competition winners in 2009, the ensemble performs a wide repertoire as a flexible ensemble with a wind quartet as its core which expands to quintet when required. ww.londonmyriad.com With a keen interest in new music and in expanding the repertoire for woodwind chamber ensemble, the London Myriad Ensemble welcomes this second collaboration with London Composers Forum and the chance to explore the broad variety of exciting and accessible music which Forum composers have contributed. The works in the programme range from jazz-inspired through to pastoral, humorous, festive and elegiac in character and present a fascinating cross-section of the creative mix that makes London Composers Forum a vibrant and dynamic focus for new music in the capital. This concert is supported by the RVW Trust. London Composers Forum is open to all composers interested in composing contemporary classical music. New members are welcomed regularly. |
| 25 September 2017 | |
| 1.10pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL United Kingdom Details: Web site | An Evening in Seville Echoes Festival |
| 28 September 2017 | |
| 7pm Bolívar Hall 54, Grafton Way London W1T 5DL United Kingdom Details: Web site | Centenary Homage to Antonio Lauro Echoes Festival |
| 5 October 2017 | |
| 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site £25. No concessions | Madame Viardot's Salon Members of Salon Musical and Test-of-Time Entertainment Songs, violin and piano music by Fauré, Chopin, Duparc and Elgar Poetry by Baudelaire Salon Musical is a unique show of theatre and music where audience members escape the every-day and venture into a world of beautiful music and poetry as well as flirtation, gossip and intrigue. A cast of five young professional performers, two singers, an actor, a violinist and a pianist, all graduates from the top London music and drama conservatoires, play historical characters and weave together music and scripted dialogue. The show's creation has involved academic research as well as professional direction and costume design. Experience has shown that the shows bring alive the past in an informative yet entertaining way. The performers engage with the audience throughout the evening to create a relaxed, immersive and intimate social gathering. Picture yourself as a guest at the home of celebrated 19th century singer, composer and pianist Pauline Viardot, being introduced to emerging composer Gabriel Fauré, eminent and provocative poet Stéphane Mallarmé and their protégés. They will be performing their latest music and poetry and you will witness their spontaneous music-making. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/SalonMusicalUK/ Twitter: @salonshows Test of Time facebook: @testoftimeentertainment Test of Time twitter: @testoftime2012 https://www.testoftimeentertainment |
| 6 October 2017 | |
| 7.30pm The Oak Building Herne Hill School 127 Herne Hill London SE24 9LY United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival: Harp Recital - Alexander Thomas |
| 7 October 2017 | |
| 11am Herne Hill United Church Red Post Hill London SE24 9PW United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival: Coffee Morning Music - Fuzion Trio |
| 8pm The Half Moon 10 Half Moon Lane London SE24 9HU United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival - Alt-classical - World Music - iyatraQuartet and syzygy |
| 8 October 2017 | |
| 1.30pm Brockwell Hall Brockwell Park London SE24 United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival: Family Concert - Flautotonic |
| 10 October 2017 | |
| 8pm Canopy Beer Arch 1127 Bath Factory Estate, 41 Norwood Road London SE24 9AJ United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival: Gorgeous Guitars - Peter Black and Steve Morrison |
| 11 October 2017 | |
| 7.30pm The Oak Building, Herne Hill School 127 Herne Hill London SE24 9LY United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival: Dance with the Winds - London Consorts of Winds |
| 13 October 2017 | |
| 1.10pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL United Kingdom Details: Web site | Tessitori, viola-guitar duo - Iberian Music Echoes Festival |
| 14 October 2017 | |
| 7.30pm St Faith's Church Red Post Hill London SE24 9JQ United Kingdom Details: Web site | Herne Hill Music Festival: Charity Concert for Practical Action: Haruko Seki Piano Recital |
| 2 November 2017 | |
| 7pm King's College (Chapel) Strand Lane London WC2R 2LS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Fernando Espí, guitar - Antonio Torres 200 Echoes Festival |
| 8 November 2017 | |
| 1.10pm St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL United Kingdom Details: Web site | Pedro López, flute and Panaretos Kyriatzidis, piano: History of the Tango Echoes Festival |
| 9 November 2017 | |
| 7.30pm Barbican Hall Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Britten Sinfonia - Elder conducts Brahms Mark Elder conducts Britten Sinfonia in an intimate chamber orchestra performance of Brahms, Finzi and Mahler |
| 10 November 2017 | |
| 7.30pm The Wallace Collection (Great Gallery) Hertford House, Manchester Square, Marylebone London W1U 3BN United Kingdom Details: Web site | La Grande Chapelle: Music in the Time of El Greco Echoes Festival |
| 2 December 2017 | |
| 7.30pm Barbican Hall Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Britten Sinfonia |
| 27 February 2018 | |
| 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street London EC2Y 9BH United Kingdom Details: Web site | Jeremy Denk, piano and Britten Sinfonia - rhapsody of jazz and dance-inspired music by Gershwin and Stravinsky |
| 28 March 2018 | |
| 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street London EC2Y 9BH United Kingdom Details: Web site | Britten Sinfonia - Stravinsky and Mozart Britten Sinfonia celebrates Easter with a double-bill of choral masterpieces: Stravinsky’s Mass and Mozart's Missa Brevis. |
| 19 May 2018 | |
| 7.30pm Barbican Hall Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Beethoven Symphonies Nos 4 and 5 Thomas Adès and Britten Sinfonia’s journey through Beethoven’s Symphonies reaches the half-way point. |
| 23 May 2018 | |
| 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street London EC2Y 9BH United Kingdom Details: Web site | Volatile substances: Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia mix the music of Beethoven and Gerald Barry |
| 24 May 2018 | |
| 7.30pm Barbican Hall Silk.Street London EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Thomas Ades juxtaposes Beethoven’s life-affirming Symphony No 6 with Gerald Barry’s passionate The Conquest of Ireland |