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| 3 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm St Clement Danes Strand London WC2R 1DR United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £18 unreserved | The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins Angmering Chorale George Jones, conductor Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass Walford Davies: RAF March Vaughan William: Old Hundredth Eric Coates: God is Out Strength and Refuge (Dam Busters March) Hubert Parry: Jerusalem The Angmering Chorale has been singing for over 30 years. From a small inaugural group in 1976, The Chorale has grown to over 130 singers. Under Musical Director George Jones, the repertoire of The Chorale ranges from Bach to The Beatles. |
| 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)7801 932 359 £15 (concessions 10) | Thorsten Lindner & Daniel de Borah Piano Recital Thorsten Lindner, piano Daniel de Borah, piano Piano solos and duos: Bach-Busoni: Chaconne from Partita No 2 for solo violin, BWV 1004 Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor for four hands, D 940 Schubert-Liszt: Ständchen Schumann: 3 Novelettes, Op 21 Nos 1, 2, 8 Chopin: 3 Mazurkas, Op 56 No 2, Op 17 No 4, Op 68 No 4 Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este Ravel: Jeux d'eau Daniel de Borah: www.danieldeborah.com |
| 7.30pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road Highgate N6 5BS United Kingdom Details: Clare Fischer Web site +44 (0)20 8348 5050 £12/£8 | Guitar Concert Carlo Ambrosio, guitar Manuel de Falla: Homenaje Carlo Ambrosio: Sonatina op. 12 To the memory of Benjamin Britten Impromptus Op 24 To the memory of Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal Op 70 After John Dowland William Walton: Bagatelles Manuel Maria Ponce: Preludio Variazioni su Las Folia de España e |
| 4 February 2012 | |
| 10am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site Free entry | With an emphasis on 'grow your own' we've a day of family events, stalls, live music and edibles Atlantic B3 Hammond trio |
| 7.30pm St John's Church Waterloo Road London SE1 8TY United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £18 unreserved | Choral IKONS Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London Rupert Gough, conductor Tavener: Song for Athene Gorecki: Totus tuus Pärt: Magnificat Rihards Dubra: Ave Maria The Choir of Royal Holloway is considered to be one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Their recordings on the Hyperion label have attracted top reviews from all major music publications. Equally at home on the concert platform, the choir gives around 40 concerts a year with a particular specialism in music from the late renaissance and contemporary music, especially from the Baltic States. Their most recent collaboration with Tim Garland and Acoustic Triangle sees an exciting crossover between contemporary choral music and jazz. |
| 2 February 2012 until 4 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm Wilton's Music Hall 1 Graces Alley London E1 8JB United Kingdom Details: Wilton's Music Hall Web site +44 (0) 20 7702 2789 £20 | Dream Hunter Charmian Bedford Caryl Hughes Brian Smith Walters Jeremy Huw Williams Lontano Ensemble Libby Larsen: Trio in Four Movements Annea Lockwood: Monkey Trips Nicola LeFanu: Dream Hunter (libretto by John Fuller) Set in Corsica in the late nineteenth century, the opera Dream Hunter explores the ambiguity surrounding the mazzere – women gifted with the prescience of death. If they foresee death, do they also cause it? The men hunt by day, but the women hunt in their dreams. Angela and Catarina are the daughters of Domenico, a widowed smallholder. Sampiero, son of the mayor, is betrothed to Angela, but it is her younger sister Catarina whom he really desires. The opera turns on a collision of two worlds: the world of dreams, where our fantasy knows no bounds, and the ‘real’ world where our actions will be judged. As the story unfolds, imagination and reality become entwined. |
| 5 February 2012 | |
| 5pm The David Josefowitz Recital Hall Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road London NW1 5HT United Kingdom Details: Sally Burningham Web site +44 (0)20 8444 5014 £10 | Peter Cigleris, Rosalind Acton and Yuki Negishi Peter Cigleris, clarinet Rosalind Acton, cello Yuki Negishi, piano Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat John Ireland: Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Graham Williams: Jigsaw for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (first performance) Jonathan Pitkin: new work for clarinet and piano (first performance) Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor Music Past and Present |
| 5.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £9/7 online, 10/8 at the door | London based pianist Rika Zayasu with special guest saxophonist and composer Nick Roth Rika Zayasu, piano Nick Roth, saxophone Bach: French Suite no.1 Evis Sammoutis: Prelude and Allegro Hommage à Bach (2002) Edd Caine: [...] Simplest of all tongues (2008) Debussy: Extracts from Préludes from book I VI. Des pas sur la neige VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin Thomas Simaku: Des Pas Chromatiques (2005) Christian Mason: On Love and Death (arrangement for soprano saxophone and piano, 2009) Sibelius: 5 pieces op. 75 No. 4 The Birch No. 5 The Spruce John Stringer: Disquiet (2004/5) Stravinsky: 3 Mouvements de Pétrouchka |
| 7.30pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Guitar Recital |
| 7 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £11/9 online, £12/10 at the door (pass for concerts 4-8 also available) | The Complete Beethoven Julian Jacobson, piano Beethoven: Sonata Op 7 in E flat Beethoven: Sonata Op 28 in D (Pastoral), Beethoven: Sonata Op 31 No 1 in G Beethoven: Sonata Op 101 in A 6:30pm: pre concert talk and interview with Julian 7:30pm: performance Loyalty Card Holders - this concert does not apply to our loyalty scheme The forge can accept only cash on the door. Dine in Caponata Restaurant before the concert. (It is not possible to dine during the performance.) |
| 7.30pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Cello and Piano recital |
| 8 February 2012 | |
| 1pm St George's Church Hanover Square London W1S 1FX United Kingdom Details: Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7734 6650 Entrance Free (retiring collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) | Leonard Schreiber in Recital Leonard Schreiber, violin Veronika Shoot, piano Bach: Air On The G String Debussy: Sonata in G minor, L. 140 Schnittke: Stille nacht Prokofiev: Sonata No 2 in D Major, Op. 94 bis Leonard Schreiber, acclaimed as one of the most exciting and promising soloists of his generation, performed twice last season with the Orphesu Sinfonia. For the first lunchtime concert of Orpheus' Spring 2012 Season, Leonard will be joined by internationally renowned young pianist Veronika Shoot in an eclectic recital ranging from Bach's timeless Air on the G String to Scnittke's 1978 revision of 'Silent Night' and two elegant and virtuosic volin sonatas by Debussy and Prokofiev. |
| 4pm Lincoln's Inn Chapel Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3TL United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £18 unreserved | English Choral Tradition in association with NADFAS Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields Andrew Earis, director Byrd: Mass for Four Voices Tallis: If Ye Love Me Stanford: Three Motets Vaughan Williams: Five English Folk Songs Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin In 2009-10 St Martin-in-the-Fields was delighted to welcome the return of the St Martin's Choral Scholarship Scheme. Ten choral scholars now sing Choral Eucharist at 1pm and Choral Evensong at 5pm each Wednesday during term time, as well as receiving an extensive programme of training in different aspects of church and choral music. A pre-concert tour of Lincoln's Inn is available to purchase. Tours start from the main gate on Serle Street at 2.30pm. "... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." The Chapel bell, which tolls whenever a bencher dies, has been immortalized in the words of John Donne, the seventeenth century poet and priest who was Preacher of Lincoln's Inn before he became Dean of St Paul's. The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The first mention of a Chapel in Lincoln's Inn comes from 1428. The current Chapel was built between 1620 and 1623 by Inigo Jones. |
| 9 February 2012 | |
| 7pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, London London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door | Sound Park Austria presents Music and The Moving Image Sound Park Austria Through the concert the music and the film will develop a dialogue and they eventually will meet by the end of the concert on stage. This evening will present songs and compositions by London based Austrian composer Vinzenz Stergin who will present his work cycle– ‘The Original Procrastinator’ |
| 10 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London Wc2N 4JJ United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £25, 22, 18, 12, 8 | Vivaldi Four Seasons and Gloria by Candlelight Aoife Miskelly, soprano Katie Bray, mezzo soprano Persephone Gibbs, violin English Baroque Choir Brandenburg Baroque Soloists Jeremy Jackman, conductor Programme Period Performance Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival Vivaldi - Gloria in D Vivaldi - Four Seasons English Baroque Choir's reputation as one of London's leading amateur choirs continues to grow with performances that demonstrate its high quality and versatility. Whether performing Baroque masterpieces to packed audiences in St John's, Smith Square and St Martin-in-the-Fields, 20th century English and American music in The Atrium Vintners Place, Evensong in England's finest cathedrals or Christmas music at th V&A and on C4's Richard & Judy, EBC's collective dedication to the highest standards of musicality shines through under the baton of musical director Jeremy Jackman. There are around 70 members of the choir, which performs at least four concerts a year in London venues as well as travelling throughout England and undertaking tours abroad and festival engagements. Past foreign visits have been to Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. Brandenburg Baroque Soloists is one of the exciting new orchestras playing on period instruments. It was created as an offshoot of the highly successful Brandenburg Sinfonia for a performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in 2004. The orchestra is a judicious mixture of regular Sinfonia players who play on both modern and original instruments with some of the finest period instrument specialists drawn from the same pool as Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Gabrieli Consort. The repertoire of the orchestra has expanded steadily to include the standard baroque choral classics including Handel's Messiah, the Bach Passions, numerous oratorios and of course the Brandenburg Concertos. |
| 9.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £14 unreserved | Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight Cardiff Polyphonic Choir Neil Ferris, conductor Rachmaninov: Vespers Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival Concert lasts approximately 1 hour without an interval |
| 12 February 2012 | |
| 11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee) | Jacquin Trio Jessica Grimes, clarinet Zoe Matthews, viola Charis Cheung, piano Schumann: Märchenerzählungen Op.132 i. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell ii. Lebhaft und zehr markiert iii. Ruhiges tempo, mit zartem ausdruck iv. Lebhaft, zehr markiert Kurtag: Hommage a R. Sch Op 15d i. (Merkwurdige Piroutten des Kappelmeisters Johannes Kreisler) ii. (E. [Eusubius]: der begrenzte Kreis) iii. (…und wieder zuckt es schmerzlich F. [Florestan] um die Lippen) iv. (Felho valék, már su¨t a nap…) v. In der Nachtvi. Abschied (Meister Raro entdeckt Guillaume de Machaut) Solfa Carlisle: new work Mozart: 'Kegelstatt Trio' KV 498 i. Andante ii. Menuetto iii. Rondeaux - Allegretto |
| 4.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8348 8716 £13 (concessions 11) | Tim McArthur supported by Kate Brennan Tim McArthur, vocals Kate Brennan, vocals Just back from his second season as Dame in Hereford, Tim celebrates with a brand new cabaret. Tim's previous appearances have included the Purcell Room, Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, and Pizza on the Park. He also performs as his comedy character Sister Mary McArthur. Other shows include Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered and Classic Moments, Hidden Treasures (Jermyn Street Theatre), Silence and Bathhouse (Above The Stag), Blair on Broadway (Arts Theatre), Cole (Upstairs at The Gatehouse) and UK tours of Forever Plaid and Helen Lederer's One Night Stand. Since graduating in 2010, Kate‘s credits include Seasonal Sauce (Watermill Theatre), A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Rose Theatre) and The Lost Christmas (Southbank Centre). |
| 7.30pm Henrietta Barnett School Central Square, Hampstead London NW11 United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8959 3886 £15 | Beethoven Violin Recital Sivann Maayani-Zelikoff, violin Ishay Shaer, piano Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.1 in F minor Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor L 140 Beethoven: Violin Sonata NO. 9 "Kreutzer" Mill Hill Music Club Two foremost young artists from Israel in a rare London appearance perform masterpieces by Beethoven Prokofiev and Debussy. Tickets obtainalbe from Mr Michael Rawling, 2a Millway, Mill Hill, London NW27 3RE. |
| 15 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm Leighton House 12 Holland Park Road London W14 8LZ United Kingdom Details: Lauriane Bradford Web site +44 (0)7890 603128 £18 (£15 for KCMS friends and students) | Flute and Piano Duo Adam Walker, flute James Baillieu, piano Martinu: Scherzo Barber: Canzone Schubert: Variations on Trockne Blument in E minor, D802 Bartok: Suite Paysanne Hongroise Messiaen: Vocalise-etude Messiaen: Le merle noir Widor: Suite for flute and piano, Op 34 This concert takes place in the magnificent Art Studio of Frederic, Lord Leighton, in Kensington. The price of the ticket includes a glass of wine/fruite juice during the interval. |
| 16 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm College Chapel King's College, The Strand London WC2R 2LS United Kingdom Details: Web site 020 7766 1100 £18 unreserved | Ladies Barbershop meets Afro Cuban Capital Connection Debi Cox, director London Lucumi Choir Daniela Rosselson, director Contrasting performing styles celebrating the power of the voice. The King's College Chapel at the Strand is seen by many as the spiritual heart of the College. It is a focus for Christian worship at the Strand as well as a place of peace in the busy college. Situated in the heart of the Strand campus directly above the Great Hall, the College Chapel is a Grade 1 listed building designed by the eminent Victorian architect, George Gilbert Scott. |
| 7.30pm St John's, Smith Square London SW1P 3HA United Kingdom Details: Web site | Oxford Philomusica plays Mozart in aid of Mayfair and St James' Committee of Cancer Research UK |
| 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)7814 616 727 £10 | Yana Burova (violin) and Fiammetta Tarli (piano) Yana Burova, violin Fiammetta Tarli, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano No.2 in A major, op 100 Respighi: Sonata for violin and piano in B minor Pizzetti: Tre Canti for violin and piano in A major Bartók: Romanian Dances Performing from an early age, both Yana and Fiammetta have studied at some of the most esteemed classical music academies and performed extensively across the UK and Europe. |
| 19 February 2012 | |
| 11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, London London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee) | Evropska String Quartet Rowena Kennally, violin Adam Hill, violin Anisa Arslanagic, viola Max Ruisi, cello Janacek: String Quartet no. 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata' Schumann: String Quartet no. 1 in A minor Keys and Coffee Concert Series Join us for brunch after the concert at our onsite eatery |
| 20 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, London London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £10/8 online, £12/10 at the door (series passes available) | Fidelio Trio Darragh Morgan, violin Robin Michael, cello Mary Dullea, piano Robert Schumann: Funf Stucke im Volkston Op 102 (cello and piano) Morgan Hayes: Vladimir and Estragon (piano trio) (first performance) John Woolrich: The Night will not draw on (piano trio) Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No 2 in F Major Op 80 Schumann Plus In 2009 The Fidelio Trio performed their Schumann + series, incorporating new Irish piano trios, at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin to great acclaim. Now they present Schumann's wonderful piano trios and other masterworks in London where they will also perform, as centre piece, new British piano trios by renowned composers closely associated with The Fidelio Trio. This is the second concert in the Schumann + series. Please note these concerts will have no intermission. |
| 21 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site Price: £11/9 online, £12/10 at the door | The Complete Beethoven - Concert 5 - Julian Jacobson Julian Jacobson, piano Beethoven: Sonata Op 49 No 1 in G Sonata Op 81a in E flat - 'Les Adieux' Sonata Op 49 No 2 in G minor Sonata Op 106 in B flat - 'Hammerklavier' The fifth concert in a major series of eight concerts including all 35 piano sonatas composed by the great master of sonata form, including three early works never before performed in a Beethoven cycle. Each concert will be be introduced by a pre-concert interview with a Beethoven specialist. |
| 22 February 2012 | |
| 1pm St George's Church Hanover Square London W1S 1FX United Kingdom Details: Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7734 6650 Entrance Free (retiring collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) | TangoFugue with the Pythagoras Quartet Mark Lee, violin Nuno Carapina, violin Clifton Harrison, viola Marie Girbal, cello Bach/Mozart: Five Fugues for String Quartet KV 405 Mendelssohn: Capriccio for String Quartet Op. 81 Astor Piazzolla: Four For Tango Astor Piazzolla arr. Clifton Harrison: Fugata This performance by the Pythagoras Quartet continues the season's theme of showcasing young orchestral musicians by featuring Clifton Harrison, the Orpheus Sinfonia's Principal Violist. The Pythagoras Quartet aim to inspire audiences to think outside the box, by performing contemporary works alongside convential string quartet repertoire. In their exiciting and original TangoFugue recital we will hear a selection of Clifton Harrison's arrangements of Argentine composer Piazzolla, juxtaposed with the composer's original works, Mendelssohn's lively Capriccio and Mozart's Five Fugues for String Quartet, themselves based on Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier", in a unique programme spanning four centuries. |
| 7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site Price: £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door | Natalie Duncan Influences from jazz, soul and classical music shine through Natalie Duncan's far from run-of-the-mill and movingly observational songs. With a voice having the raw power and emotion of a blues queen, Natalie's recent signing to Verve will propel her quickly to the big stage. |
| 23 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy Savoy Hill, Strand London WC2R 0DA United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £18 unreserved | A Garland for the Queen Vivamus Rufus Frowde, conductor Bryd: Mass for Five Voices Cornysh: Magnificat Plus works selected from the Royal Collections for Elizabeth I (Triumphs of Oriana) and Elizabeth II (A Garland for the Queen) The Queen's Chapel is the last surviving building of a hospital founded by Henry VII for homeless people in 1512. It stands on the area of London known as the Savoy. The Chapel belongs to Her Majesty The Queen in Her Right as Duke of Lancaster. It is a 'free' chapel or 'peculiar' not falling within any bishop's jurisdiction, but remaining firmly within the Church of England. Vivamus is a small, London-based chamber choir whose members are predominantly post-graduate students and young professionals. Vivamus enjoys singing a diverse and challenging range of repertoire from well-known classics to new works by living composers. For more examples of our repertoire see our recent concerts. |
| 26 February 2012 | |
| 11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee) | Ivana Gavric, piano Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op 57 'Appassionata' Grieg: Sonata 3 Slåtter Op 72 Keys and Coffee Concert Series Join us for brunch after the concert at our onsite eatery |
| 27 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £10/8 online, £12/10 at the door (series passes available) | SCHUMANN + Fidelio Trio Darragh Morgan, violin Robin Michael, cello Mary Dullea, piano Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata in A Minor Op 105 Simon Bainbridge: Piano Trio (UK premiere) Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No 3 in G Minor Op 110 |
| 28 February 2012 | |
| 7.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £24, 20, 15, 10 | Faure Requiem by Candlelight Sonia Grane, soprano Alistair Ollerenshaw, baritone Wimbledon Choral Society Brandenburg Sinfonia Michael Higgins, organ Neil Ferris, conductor Fauré: Pavane Duruflé: Fugue sur le carillon des heures de la cathedrale de Soissons Franck: Panis angelicus Lefebure-Wely: Toccata in E flat Saint-Saëns: Ave Verum Corpus Fauré: Ave Verum Corpus Widor: Final from Symphonie no 5 Fauré: Requiem Wimbledon Choral Society is a choir of over 160 members with a wide age range including several students, and has a reputation for giving concerts of the highest quality, presented with professional soloists and orchestra. In Neil Ferris, our new musical director who joined us in September 2009, we have a professional musician of the highest calibre. He is assisted very ably by Norman Harper, Assistant Musical Director, and Michael Higgins as our rehearsal accompanist. We are very fortunate to enjoy the tremendous support of our President, Ian Partridge CBE, and also that of our regular audience members who travel to hear and see our performances. |
| 29 February 2012 | |
| 1pm St George's Church Hanover Square London W1S 1FX United Kingdom Details: Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7734 6650 Entrance free (retiring collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) | Glendower Duo in Recital Hannah Morgan, clarinet Thomas Besnard, piano Françaix: Tema con variazioni Saint-Saëns: Sonata in E flat major, Op 167 Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, FP. 184 Thomas Besnard has previously performed at Orpheus concerts and recitals both as an orchestral pianist and with the Berkeley Ensemble. As the Glendower Duo, Besnard himself and clarinetist Hannah Morgan are considered one of the most exciting and innovative duos in London, performing classical repertoire while promoting contemporary works for the clarinet and piano. their performance on the 29 Febraury will feature Francaix's jazz influenced Tema con variazioni, Saint-Saens' haunting, unforgettable Sonata and Polenc's energetic Sonata for clarinet and piano. |
| 8 February 2012 until 3 March 2012 | |
| 7.30pm Upstairs at the Gatehouse Highgate Village London N6 4BD United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8340 3488 Tue, Wed, Thu and Sun £12 (concessions £10). Fri and Sat £16 (concessions £14) | Verdi: La Traviata Merry Opera Company Claire Egan, soprano Anna Jeruc-Kopec, soprano Paloma Bruce, soprano Joe Morgan, tenor Robin Bailey, tenor Matthew Quirk, baritone Stephen Svanholm, baritone Oliver Brignall, tenor Glenn Tweedie, tenor Marcin Kopec, baritone Marcin Gesla, bass Kristin Finnigan, mezzo-soprano Gemma Morsley, mezzo-soprano Niall Webb, clarinet Neill McTaggart, violin Mark Chivers, viola Nicholas Allen, cello Stephen Hose, conductor, piano, accordion Sunday at 4pm. Kit Hesketh-Harvey's new version of La Traviata is set in the cultural melting-pot of East London's galleries, clubs and cafes where burlesque artiste Violetta is the reigning queen, adored by everyone from barristers to baristas. But she's hiding a fearful secret. When she unexpectedly and unconditionally falls for young City trader Al, neither has any idea where it may lead - especially since Al harbours a secret too ... |
| 4 March 2012 | |
| 11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee) | Zilia String Trio Ruth Rimer, violin Laurie Anderson, viola Hester Chapman, cello Haydn: Divertimento No 2 in A minor Schubert: Trio in B flat major (D 471) Haydn: Divertimento No 3 in B minor Maxwell Davies: 'Farewell to Stromness' (arranged for String Trio) Keys and Coffee Concerts The name Zilia comes from the semi-fictional "Davidsbündler" league created by Robert Schumann. The composer used an imagery circle of fantasy people, inspired by his associates, to give himself multiple personalities as a music critic. Florestan and Eusebius are perhaps the best known, but also notable were Meister Raro (Friedrich Wieck) and Cilia or Zilia (Clara Wieck, later Clara Schumann). The Zilia String Trio is united by a desire to use music as a mature art form to make a difference to the wider community. Join us for brunch after the concert at our onsite eatery |
| 6 March 2012 | |
| 6.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £11/9 online, £12/10 at the door | The Complete Beethoven - Concert 6 + Julian Jacobson Julian Jacobson, piano Beethoven: Sonata Op 2 No 3 in C Sonata Op 10 No 2 in F Sonata Op 13 in C minor 'Pathétique' Sonata Op 109 in E |
| 7.30pm Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace London SW1X 9DQ United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7730 4500 (box office) £30, 22.50, 15 | French Romantics: The Doctors' Orchestra in aid of Freedom from Torture Min-Jin Kym, violin The Doctors' Orchestra Stephen Brearley, conductor Berlioz: Overture Les Francs-Juges Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Lalo: Symphonie Espagnol Franck: Symphony in D minor For the third successive year, The Doctors’ Orchestra is playing at Cadogan Hall in support of the charity Freedom from Torture. The orchestra is made up of doctors from the UK, Europe and further afield, all of whom are outstanding musicians. Their all-French programme opens with Berlioz’s early overture from his unfinished opera Les Francs-Juges, followed by Debussy’s somnambulant masterpiece Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune. The orchestra is joined by the dazzling young violinist Min-Jin Kym, for Lalo’s vibrant Symphonie Espagnol. The evening concludes with César Franck’s famous Symphony in D minor - a piece which provoked the French musical establishment through its embracing of divisive Germanic influences. Freedom from Torture (formerly The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture), is dedicated to the treatment of torture survivors. Since 1985 almost 50,000 people have been referred to it for help. Their holistic approach includes medical consultation, forensic documentation of injuries, therapeutic support and practical help to people who have suffered the most appalling abuse, so that they can start to rebuild their lives. All proceeds of this concert will go towards supporting this work. |
| 7 March 2012 | |
| 1pm St George's Church Hanover Square London W1S 1FX United Kingdom Details: Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7734 6650 Entrance Free (retiring collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) | Busch Ensemble in Recital Mathieu van Bellen, violin Lisa Randalu, viola Jonathan Bioxham, cello Omri Epstein, piano Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor,Op 15 Two undoubted classics of the repertoire: Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, considered the first major piece of its kind and renowned in its day for its technical complexity, and Fauré's rich and dazzling Quartet in C minor. |
| 8 March 2012 | |
| 7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site Price: £10/8 online, £12/10 at the door | An ornithological anthology of song Sophie Bevan soprano Joseph Middleton piano Aviaries from around the world! Sophie Bevan was awarded the 2010 Critics' Circle award for Exceptional Young Talent for her outstanding work in opera and concert. Together with pianist Joseph Middleton (winner of the pianist's prize at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and Kathleen Ferrier Awards) she will present a recital exploring the many and colourful songs inspired by birdsong including works by Strauss, Schubert, Grieg, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Granados. |
| 9 March 2012 | |
| 1pm St Barnabas Church Ealing London United Kingdom Details: Web site | Winner - BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Competition 2011 |
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