Classical Concerts in London UK
A selection of forthcoming live music

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3 July 2009
 
7.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£12 (Concessions £10 ). Box office: 07939 267 779
An Extravagance of English Eccentrics

Infinite Riches:
Nicola and Alexandra Bibby (piano duo)
Carole Boyd (Lynda Snell from The Archers)
Special Guest Tim Bentinck (David Archer from The Archers)

A recital of words and music celebrating the good, the great and the hilarious of English literature, including works by Dickens, Walton, Shakespeare, Vaughan-Williams and Edith Sitwell.

www.bibbypianoduo.co.uk
 
4 July 2009
 
6pm
St Barnabas' Church
Pishanger Lane
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£10 adults, £6 concessions, 11s and under free
EYO summer concert

Ealing Youth Orchestra
Ealing Schools Orchestra

Copland: Fanfare for a Common Man
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Ives: Variations on 'America'
Hywel Davies: 37-part Invention (world premiere)
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever and The Liberty Bell
Bernstein: West Side Story - Symphonic Dances

A concert to celebrate 50 years of Ealing Youth Orchestra.

Past members who would like to play with EYO or join the audience for this concert should contact 50thchair AT eyo DOT org DOT uk or visit our website for further details. An exhibition on the history of the orchestra will be on display at the concert, and Ealing Youth Orchestra: 50 Years On will be on sale, price £3.

Tickets available on the door and via our website: www.eyo.org.uk
 
7.30pm
All Saints
West Dulwich
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Copland, Barber and Rachmaninov

Charlotte Scott, violin
Lambeth Orchestra
Chris Fifield, conductor

Copland: Appalachian Spring
Barber: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

 
7.30pm
Barnardo's Church
Tanners Lane, Barkingside
London
IG6 1QG
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
+44 (0)20 8550 7481

£12 | £10 concessions | Under 18s free
American Dreams

The Meljon Singers
Janette Ruocco, conductor

African American spirituals, Hollywood hits, Broadway melodies and inspiring works by some of America's leading young composers

Yes, we can! – entertain you in style, with a sparkling selection of vocal music for the Fourth of July.

For over four centuries ‘America’ has represented hope and opportunity for millions of the oppressed and the disadvantaged; a land where you can make your dreams come true. 'American Dreams' paints the portrait of a nation through music, from Juan de Lienas and the days of the Spanish missions to some of the most beautiful and accessible choral music being written today. The programme includes African American spirituals, Hollywood hits and Broadway melodies, as well as inspiring works by some of America's leading young composers.

From 'C' to shining 'C' with The Meljon Singers - yes, we can!

Special offer - Book and pay for two tickets in advance and claim an additional free ticket
 
5 July 2009
 
11.30am
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£7 (Concessions £5. Schoolchildren £1.)
Piano Recital

Christina McMaster, piano

The programme includes:
Franck: Prelude, Aria and Finale
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major D959

Christina McMaster graduated with BMus (Hons) in 2008, and currently studies at Trinity College of Music, where she has received the Elsa and Leonard Cross Scholarship. She is based in London and performs extensively in and around the capital both as soloist and chamber musician. Recent performances have included appearances at Blackheath Halls, St James's, Piccadilly, and St-Martin-in-the-Fields. www.christinamcmaster.com
 
7.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

£10 (Concessions £8 ). Box Office +44 (0)20 7692 0137
A Concert of Music by Julian Dawes

Julian Dawes' music draws on a wide range of sources. His style has a bold, powerful ambience, with an individual dissonance and polytonal harmony which is full of unexpected touches. His music displays an intriguing individual voice, vivid contemporary musical imagination, and assured craftsmanship.

 
9 July 2009
 
6pm
St John's Waterloo
Waterloo Road
London
SW1 8TY
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Free
Free Rush Hour Concert with Southbank Sinfonia

David Corkhill, conductor

Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
Mozart: Symphony No.39

Avoid the rush ... enjoy a glass of wine and great music!
 
7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
London
SW1X 9DQ
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Handel Anniversary Concert

Helen Neeves, soprano
Mark Chambers, counter-tenor
Mark Dobell, tenor
London Concert Choir
Counterpoint
Mark Forkgen, conductor

Handel: Coronation Anthems
Handel: Foundling Hospital Anthem
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks

 
19 June 2009 until 9 July 2009
 
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
City of London Festival

 
10 July 2009
 
7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Square
London
SW1X 9DQ
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Young Chil Lee conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5

Dima Tkachenko, violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Young Chil Lee, conductor

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5

Following Glinka's dashing and exciting Overture, award-winning Ukrainian-born violinist, Dima Tkachenko, performs Tchaikovsky's Cossack-dancing Violin Concerto. Initially rejected as 'too difficult to play', Tchaikovsky's sumptuous violin work has secured its rightful place as one of the world’s greatest concertos. The talented conductor Young Chil Lee, who already holds three major positions with
European orchestras, takes the helm and conducts the concert's grand finale, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5.
 
7.30pm
St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street, Barbican
London
EC2Y 8DA
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
E-mail
+44 (0)20 8367 3517

Tickets £15, 12
A Summer Evening Concert of Baroque Discoveries

Carys Lane, soprano
Angela Henckel, soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy, alto
William Balkwill, tenor
Andrew Kidd, bass
National Westminster City Chorus
Saraband Consort
Paul Ayres, conductor

Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729): Magnificat in G (modern premiere, from an edition newly-prepared by Dr Margaret Williams)
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722): Cantata 'Gott sei mir gnädig'
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740): Credo in F (London premiere,
from an edition newly-prepared by Ben Byram-Wigfield)
Louis Grabu (fl 1665-1690): Chacon, from Albion and Albanius (London modern premiere, from an edition newly-prepared by Dr Bryan White)
G F Handel (1685-1759): No, di voi non vo' fidarmi
G F Handel: Quel fior che all'alba ride

Join the City Chorus and top Baroque ensemble the Saraband Consort for a rare opportunity to hear some beautiful and unjustly-neglected works from the 17th and 18th centuries. Though the music is around 300 years old, there are three London premieres on offer! Enjoy music by Bach's fellow pupil Heinichen, Bach's teacher Kuhnau, and the mysterious Catalan composer Louis Grabu, who, after working as Master of the King's Musick for Charles II, disappears, leaving no further historical trace. Lotti's Crucifixus (well-known as an individual short piece) is presented in the context of his Credo in F. And be entranced by the intertwining vocal acrobatics of sopranos Carys Lane and Angela Henckel, in virtuoso Italian duets by Handel: music which was later to provide the composer (when he was working to a strict deadline) with material for Messiah.

Programme:

Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) Magnificat in G
Modern premiere
from an edition newly-prepared by Dr Margaret Williams

If you like Vivaldi, you’ll love Heinichen. Heinichen was a fellow-pupil of Bach’s, and we are excited to be giving the modern-day premiere of the energetic Magnificat in G.

Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722) Cantata “Gott sei mir gnädig”

If Bach is your favourite, discover why.
Where did both Bach and Heinichen learn their art?
Their teacher was Johann Kuhnau, cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig (Bach took on this position on Kuhnau’s death). We shall sing his stunningly beautiful cantata Gott sei mir gnädig. Why this music is not better known is a mystery to us!
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) Credo in F
London premiere
from an edition newly-prepared by Ben Byram-Wigfield

Although Lotti’s Crucifixus is already a well-known choral piece, but only recently has his Credo in F been discovered, which contains the 8-part Crucifixus section. We give the London premiere of the complete Credo.

Louis Grabu (fl 1665-1690) Chacon, from Albion and Albanius
London modern premiere
from an edition newly-prepared by Dr Bryan White

If you’re into Purcell, Grabu will delight you.
On his restoration, King Charles II appointed Catalan composer Louis Grabu as Britain’s second-ever Master of the King’s Musick, and we shall sing music from his opera Albion and Albanius, with words by Dryden.

and music by G F Handel (1685-1759)

Our guest soprano soloists Carys Lane and Angela Henckel will perform two Handel duets, No, di voi non vo' fidarmi and Quel fior che all'alba ride. Although the titles may be unfamiliar, chances are you may know the tunes, as Handel later recycled them for Messiah. In order to celebrate Handel’s 250th anniversary year, we offer a rare opportunity to hear the ‘original versions’ of For unto us a Son is born, All we like sheep, And He shall purify, and His yoke is easy.

Tickets can be purchased in advance from our website www.citychorus.info, or by ordering by email tickets@citychorus.info or by phone +44 (0)20 8367 3517. Remaining tickets are on sale on the door on the night.
 
11 July 2009
 
8pm
Grosvenor Chapel
South Audley Street
London
W1K 2PA
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£12 (£10 concessions) or advance booking online
Music for a Summer's Evening

Helen Tunstall, harp
Choir of the 21st Century
Howard Williams, conductor

Edward Cowie: Summer from Four Seasons (world premiere)
Elgar: As Torrents in Summer
Holst: Summer (female voices and harp)
Bainton: Summer
Delius: Midsummer Song

 
12 July 2009
 
8pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
+44 (0)7543 335 456

£15 (concessions £12). Includes drinks
Moving Chamber Choir presents Songs for a Summer Evening

Moving Chamber Choir






"This wonderful selection of songs to celebrate Summer combine English and Norwegian Folk Songs and a selection of songs from popular shows by Gershwin, Kander & Ebb and many others. You will leave with dancing in your hearts and feet."
 
13 July 2009
 
7.30pm
St Andrew's CE Primary School
Nursery Waye, Uxbridge
Middlesex
UB8 2BX
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
King Leo: the eco-musical

St Andrew's CE Primary School Choir
Paul Withams, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo

 
14 July 2009
 
7.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
E-mail
+44 (0)20 7701 0269

£12 (concessions £10 )
Handel: Ariodante (concert performance)

Scarlet Opera

A concert performance of one of Handel's greatest operas, Ariodante, to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of his death and to raise funds for future productions from this new and upcoming company. www.scarletopera.com
 
15 July 2009
 
7.30pm
St. Michael's Church
Chester Square
London
SW1W 9HH
United Kingdom

Details:
London Concord Singers
E-mail
+44 (0)20 7354 3195

£10 (concessions £6) including glass of wine
Bad Weather and Bad Marriages

London Concord Singers
Malcolm Cottle, conductor

Judith Bingham: The Darkness is no Darkness
Aulis Sallinen: The Beaufort Scale
Robert Hugill: The Woodward Scale
Howard Helvey: Three Teasdale Madrigals
Luigi Dallapiccola: Cori di Michelangelo Buonarotti il Giovine
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Peter Philips: Beati estis
Peter Philips: Ave Verum Corpus
Orlandus Lassus: Missa Ad imitationem Vinum bonum
Orlandus Lassus: Precatus est Moyses
Philippe de Monte: Super Flumina Babylonis
William Byrd: Quomodo Cantabimus

 
16 July 2009
 
7pm
The Temple Church
Inner Temple Lane
London
EC4Y 7BB
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£10 on the door
Hear My Prayer

The Giltspur Singers
Dr Christopher Maxim, conductor

To include:
Purcell: I was glad
Purcell: Remember not, Lord, our offences
Purcell: Hear my prayer
Purcell: O God, thou art my God
Mendelssohn: Entfleih' mit mir
Mendelssohn: Es fiel ein rauf
Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer
Mendelssohn: Kyrie eleison

In addition to the choral music, the programme will include recorder music by Purcell and one of Mendelssohn's organ sonatas.
 
8.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£9 (concessions £7.50
John Etheridge and the Special Quartet

John Etheridge, guitar
Steve Lodder, kbds
Jeff Clyne, dbass
John Marshall, drums

 
23 July 2009
 
1.05pm
St. Olave's Church
8 Hart Street
London
EC3R 7NB
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Contemporary Cabaret Songs

Cabaret Fou:
Sarah Dacey, soprano
Rob Fokkens, baritone
Belinda Jones, piano
Matt Dibble, clarinet
Alice Dixon, cello

Cabaret Fou explore the genre of cabaret song, from its beginnings in French cafes, post war America, to 21st century Britain. A hugely exciting range of output will come from composers Laurence Crane, Geoff Hannan, Roger Masch, Graham Fitkin, David Blake, Rob Fokkens and Kerry Andrew. Come and be entertained by songs that are rude, lewd, beautiful, provocative, sinister, hilarious and politically twisted. Cabaret Fou's previous performances include Lauderdale House, Peterhouse Theatre Cambridge and Tete A Tete Opera Festival 2007. They return to this year's festival on 8th August at 10pm (www.tete-a-tete.org.uk).

'colourful, challenging and witty. There’s a talent there for the irreverent.' - Classical Source

 
24 July 2009
 
7.30pm
St Paul's Church
Covent Garden
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Concert in aid of the church restoration fund

The Cavendish Singers
Manvinder Rattan, conductor

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: O, No John (A Fancy of Folksongs)

 
31 July 2009
 
7.30pm
St. Mark's Church
251 Old Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5QT
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Free Admission
Sketching with my Flute

Samantha Chang, flute
Joyce Tang, piano

Woodall, Albert: Serenade
Taffanel, Paul: Fantaisie on Mignon
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid: Sonata Appassionata in F# minor Op. 140
Tan, Mizi: Suite
Tan, Mizi: Two Lyrics of Yi People
Tan, Mizi: A Caged Partridge's Longing
Tzibin, Vladimir: Tarantella

Free Admission, featuring music from Samantha Chang's debut album "Flute Sketches"
 
30 July 2009 until 16 August 2009
 
Riverside Studios
Hammersmith
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
+44 (0)20 8237 1111
Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival

More than thirty new works of entirely 21st century drama and storytelling, led by music and the voice
 
23 August 2009
 
7.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
0800 234 6236

£20, including wine in the interval
A Summer Evening filled with Opera and Song

Sheree Oxenham, soprano
Anthony Caplan, tenor
Margaret Marinkovic, piano
Sue de Botton, narrator

The programme includes much-loved items, arias and songs performed in the beautiful surroundings of Lauderdale House. Price includes glass of wine during the interval. All proceeds in aid of Raphael Jewish Counselling Service.
 
31 August 2009
 
1pm
Cadogan Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
BBC: Henry Wood Promenade Concert: New Generation Artists

Ashley Wass, piano
Other Young Generation artists

To include:
McCabe: Sonata (Study No 12 - Homage to Tippett) (Proms commission - world première)

 
5 September 2009
 
7pm
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
BBC: Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

David Pyatt, horn
BBC NOW
Jac van Steen, conductor

Janácek arr Talick: Suite The Cunning Little Vixen
McCabe: Horn Concerto (Rainforest IV)
Dvorák: Symphony No 9 in E minor (New World)

 
13 September 2009
 
6.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

£8 (concessions, including MU/Equity, £6, schoolpupils £1)
Mellow Sunday

Anne Freeman, vocals
Keith Abbs, clarinet
Andrew Robinson, piano

An easy-going, family-friendly cabaret. Relax with an early evening entertainment of favourite songs and instrumentals, including jazz standards, songs from the shows, big ballads, Latin American numbers and more. Have a drink; enjoy an hour's music and forget about Monday! Finishes at 7.30pm. Enquiries: af@capitalopera.com

Tickets at the door.
 
20 September 2009
 
11.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

£7 (concessions £5; schoolchildren £1)
The Brooks Quartet with accordionist Ksenija Sidorova

David O'Leary, violin
Daniel Pioro, violin
Ian Anderson, viola
Jessica Hayes, cello
Ksenija Sidorova, accordion

Join us for this special performance to raise funds for our long-term supporter the Elias Fawcett Trust, which creates concert opportunities for young musicians. Why not come to the concert and stay for a light lunch? Special lunch tickets at £13.50 must be booked in advance and include a light lunch and wine or soft drinks. Tickets for under-16s are £7.

The Quartet are studying at the Royal Academy, where they won the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Prize in its inaugural year. They work regularly with Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, who has recently appeared with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and at Spitalfields Festival.
 
24 September 2009
 
7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
John McCabe 70th Birthday Concert

Sacconi String Quartet
The King's Singers
John McCabe, piano

Haydn: Variations in F minor
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5
Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill
McCabe: Cartography
Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum I
McCabe: The Lily-white Rose (world première)
Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum II
Byrd: Civitas sancti tui
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

 
7.30pm
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
London
N6 5HG
United Kingdom

Details:
+44 (0)7904 228 455

£10 (concessions £8)
Chamber Music from Brahms and Beethoven

Orfeo Mandozzi, cello
Caroline Clipsham, piano
Michael Grant, clarinet

Beethoven: Gassenhauer Op. 11
Brahms: Clarinet Trio Op. 114
Works by Nino Rota, Max Bruch and Astor Piazzolla

Internationally-renowned cellist Orfeo Mandozzi is joined by award-winning London musicians Caroline Clipsham (piano) and Michael Grant (clarinet) to perform a rich programme of trio music.
 
25 September 2009
 
7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
London Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket Office
Web site
E-mail
+44 (0)20 7840 4242
Address: 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP

Tickets £9-£38 Premium seats £55
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Adriana Kucerova, soprano
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Mahler: Symphony 2 (Resurrection)

Gustav Mahler's almighty Resurrection Symphony was stirring inside the composer for over seven years, and when it finally arrived in 1892, it was the composer's most weighty attempt yet 'to express precisely what words cannot'. Encased in the work's superlative scale is the most uplifting and reassuring testament of faith from any composer; a fervent expression in music of everlasting transcendence and renewal. 'With wings which I have won for myself...I shall soar upwards', proclaims Mahler's huge assembly of instruments and voices in music which will triumphantly fill the Royal Festival Hall.

Please note there will be no interval during this performance.
 
26 September 2009
 
7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
London Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket Office
Web site
E-mail
+44 (0)20 7840 4242
Address: 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP

Tickets £9-£38 Premium seats £55
London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Adriana Kucerova, soprano
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano
London Philharmonic Choir

Kurtág: Stele
Mahler: Symphony 2

Gustav Mahler's almighty Resurrection Symphony took shape in the composer's imagination gradually, over seven years. Finally completed in 1892, it took on his daunting attempt 'to express precisely what words cannot'. Encased in the work's superlative scale is the most uplifting and reassuring testament of faith from any composer; a fervent expression in music of everlasting transcendence and renewal. 'With wings which I have won for myself ... I shall soar upwards', proclaims Mahler’s huge assembly of instruments and voices-in music that will triumphantly fill the Royal Festival Hall.

Kurtág's Stele is a short, monumental work for large orchestra, including cimbalom, vibraphone, celesta and marimba. Liquid motifs weep above deep undertones and anger threatens a distant peace, until the music arrives at an uneasy stillness that seems to recall the lake of tears in Bartok's opera Bluebeard's Castle. A stele is a pillar or slab inscribed with a memorial, and the vast scale of the work suggests granite behind the lamenting.

FREE Barlines post-concert event | Central Bar, Level 2 | Royal Festival Hall

An informal discussion with Vladimir Jurowski following the evening’s performance.
 
2 October 2009
 
7.30pm
St John's
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom

Details:
+44 (0)20 7222 1061

£20, 16, 12, 10
Mozart Mass in C Minor

The Laudate Choir
City of London Sinfonia
Erica Eloff, soprano
Joana Seara, soprano
Howard Ionascu, conductor

Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Handel: My Heart is Inditing
Gabriel Jackson: Salve Regina

 
6 October 2009
 
1.05pm
Bishopsgate Institute
230 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4QH
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
City Music Society: Zalas Trio

Zalas Trio

Bartók: Contrasts
McCabe: Fauvel's Rondeaux

Pre-concert talk at 12.15pm
 
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Square
London
SW1X 9DQ
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Opus 60 Concert Series

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

Daniel Jemison, bassoon
Clio Gould, violin
(6 October concerts)

John Anderson Oboe
Christopher Parkes French Horn
(13 October concerts)

7pm
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Dvorák: Symphony No.6

9pm
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4
Dvorák: Symphony No.7

Also Tuesday 13 October, 7pm
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Dvorák: Symphony No.8

Tuesday 13 October, 9pm
Mozart: Horn Concerto No.2
Dvorák: Symphony No.9, 'From the New World'

OPUS 60 - Experience sixty minutes of fabulous music from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

If you think that concerts of classical music are rigid and musty, think again. You get to choose with the Opus 60 concerts: part or whole, early or late. The music offered here is timeless in its appeal: moving, thrilling and charming. Mozart's elegance and gift for captivating melody can be enjoyed in these four very different concertos, inspired by the characters of the respective solo instruments; soulful and bubbly bassoon, bracing and mellifluous French horn, nimble and pastoral oboe, and the silvery and singing violin. Dvorák’s last three symphonies are staples of the repertoire. No.7 is passionate and darkly intense, No.8 outgoing and exuberant, while No.9 is the fiery and soulful outcome of the Czech composer's extended visit to New York and includes the famous Largo that is universally loved. Symphony No.6 is a wonderful piece of unbridled zest and great beauty, something to relish. Like everything that Dvorák wrote, this Symphony is consummately written, and, also typical of this composer, the music is generous, heartfelt, vividly communicative and stimulating.

OPUS 60 FINE WINE AND CHEESE PLATTER

£7.50 per person, with food served from 6.00pm and 8.00pm

Mixing music, food and wine is an age-old pastime cherished by many. Cadogan Hall will be offering a platter of delicious cheeses, accompanied by fine wine, crackers and fruit. So, whether you decide to indulge and listen to the Orchestra twice in one evening, or just pop along to one of the hour-long concerts, you can enjoy this mouth-watering add-on at just £7.50 per person.

To book the Opus 60 Cheese Platter, please call Cadogan Hall's Box Office on +44 (0)20 7730 4500.
 
16 October 2009
 
7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AP
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Verdi: Requiem

Soloists
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Brighton Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

 
17 October 2009
 
7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
London Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket Office
Web site
E-mail
+44 (0)20 7840 4242
Address: 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP

Tickets £9-£38 Premium seats £55
Mendelssohn: Elijah

London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor

Premièred in Birmingham, a German oratorio with a Christian soul composed by a practising Lutheran from a famously Jewish family; if any work can prove victorious over the entrenched boundaries that have long criss-crossed the European consciousness, it's
Mendelssohn's towering dramatic oratorio Elijah. 'I was able to sway at will the enormous mass of orchestra, choir and organ', effused Mendelssohn in the letter that winged its way from the West Midlands back to Leipzig. He had created the large scale masterpiece that would crown his career, and a ground-shaking and inspiring monument to the nobility of faith. This concert is dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
 
20 October 2009
 
7.30pm
St John's
Smith Square
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
McCabe and Prokofiev

The Salomon Orchestra
Philip Ellis, conductor

McCabe: Symphony Edward II (first public performance)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

 
21 October 2009
 
7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
London Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket Office
Web site
E-mail
+44 (0)20 7840 4242
Address: 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP

Tickets £9-£38 Premium seats £55
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Maria João Pires piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Trevor Pinnock, conductor

Liszt (orch. Adams): The Black Gondola
Beethoven: Piano Concerto 3
Mendelssohn: Symphony 3 (Scottish)

Mendelssohn, wandering the streets of Edinburgh and rambling the hillsides of the Hebrides in 1829, was utterly overcome. Not even the composer's self-professed love for the UK could have prepared him for the impact of the dramatic Caledonian coastline and imposing capital. In his splendid symphonic souvenir of Scotland, Mendelssohn creates music that moves from dark standing stones to gregarious and light Scottish folk tunes. This excursion in sound is one of the most vivid musical creations of the nineteenth century, and for all its perfection and poise, remains compelling today.
 
24 October 2009
 
7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London
SE1 7TP
United Kingdom

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

Colin Currie, percussion
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Rautavaara: Incantations (world première)
Bruckner: Symphony 8

After evenings of indescribable electricity with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in recent seasons, here Colin Currie takes flight once more with a world first: the première performance of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Incantations, a piece that promises to marry aura and animation, finesse and fireworks. Over a hundred years before, Austrian Anton Bruckner had been hard at work on an Eighth Symphony. The resulting piece is one of magical solemnity - an incomparable portrait in sound glistening with the strings of Bruckner's newly discovered harp.

Rautavaara's Incantations is jointly commissioned by the London Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.
 
26 October 2009
 
7.30pm
London
United Kingdom

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Christopher Hogwood and the Britten Sinfonia - celebratory concert featuring works by composers with ...

 


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