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| 22 September 2010 | |
| 7.30pm Royal Festival Hall Belvedere Road London SE1 8ST Details: Web site | London Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No 3 London Philharmonic Orchestra open the 2010/11 season with Mahler's Symphony No. 3 |
| 23 September 2010 | |
| 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG Details: Web site +44 (0)7956 245 736 £12 (concessions £6, children £2) | The Zoffany Ensemble Manon Derome, violin Catherine Musker, viola Anthony Pleeth, cello Leon Bosch, double bass Michael Dussek, piano Schubert: Quintet in A major, 'The Trout' Other works by Schubert, and works by Rossini and Schumann The Ensemble’s core repertoire is classical and romantic chamber music. |
| 24 September 2010 | |
| 7.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £7, 10, 16, 20, 24 | Vivaldi Four Seasons and Gloria by Candlelight Brandenburg Baroque Soloists Medici Choir John Baird, conductor Persephone Gibbs, violin Vivaldi: Four Seasons Vivaldi: Gloria |
| 7.30pm St Michael and St Mary’s Church Church Square, Melbourne Derbyshire DE73 8EN Details: Web site | Scandal in the Cathedral close: the singer and the swan |
| 7.30pm Wigmore Hall Wigmore Street London W1U 2BP Details: Wigmore Hall Box Office Web site +44 (0)20 7935 2141 £18, 24, 28, 32 | JS Bach Forebears The Choir of the AAM The Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr, director and harpsichord Heinrich Bach: ' Ich danke dir, Gott' Johann Michael Bach: 'Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen' Anon: 'Es ist g'nug' H Bach: 'Sonata a 5' Johann Christoph Bach: 'Die Furcht des Herren' JC Bach: 'Ach, dass ucg Wassers gnug hatte' H Bach: 'Sonata a 5' JC Bach: 'Mein Frendin, du bist schon' |
| 9.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7766 1100 £18 unreserved. Ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink in the Cafe in the Crypt before the concert | Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight Twickenham Choral Society Christopher Herrick, conductor Rachmaninov: Vespers |
| 25 September 2010 | |
| 7.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ Details: Web site | Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony LMA Orchestra John Landor, conductor Rossini: 'Overture' from Barber of Seville Mendelssohn: 'Scherzo', 'Nocturne' and 'Wedding March' from A Midsummer Night's Dream Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F 'Pastoral Symphony' Featuring LMA's 'Mini Masterclass', a short exploration of the music during the interval |
| 7.30pm St. John's Smith Square London SW1P 3HA Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7222 1061 £15 / £10 (concessions £13 / £8) | Barber, Dvorák, William Grant Still and Jennifer Higdon (2010 Pulitzer Prize winner) Serafin String Quartet: Kate Ransom, violin Timothy Schwarz, violin Ana Tsinadze, viola Lawrence Stomberg, cello Samuel Barber: String Quartet, Op 11 (with 'Adagio for Strings') Antonín Dvorák: 'American' Quartet in F, Op 96 William Grant Still: 'Danzas de Panama' Jennifer Higdon: 'Amazing Grace' The program represents an “American Tapestry” featuring Samuel Barber’s String Quartet, Op. 11, with the famous “Adagio for Strings,” in honor of one of America’s great composers’ centenary celebration in 2010; Antonín Dvorák’s “American” Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, written when the Czech-born composer worked in New York and vacationed in Iowa; William Grant Still’s “Danzas de Panama,” in recognition of Still’s distinction as the father of African-American composers; and 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon’s “Amazing Grace.” |
| 18 September 2010 until 25 September 2010 | |
| St Asaph Cathedral St Asaph Clwyd Details: Web site | North Wales International Music Festival |
| 26 September 2010 | |
| 8pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG Details: Web site +44 (0)7774 213 131 £12 (concessions £10) | Hilda Bronstein with Chutzpah! Hilda Bronstein, singer Yair Schleider, piano, accordion, and guitar Meg Hamilton, violin and viola Dave Shulman, clarinet Paul Moylon, double bass Ronen Kozokaro, percussion An uplifting musical evening of mellow songs for the soul, vibrant Klezmer and toe-tapping Yiddish Swing. Award-winning Yiddish singer Hilda Bronstein celebrates the launch of her latest CD with London’s newest Klezmer/Swing band Chutzpah! |
| 27 September 2010 | |
| 7.25pm St. Martin's Church Vicarage Street North, Castleton, Rochdale Greater Manchester OL10 1LW Details: Web site | Farewell Concert for The Revd Ian Butterworth |
| 7.30pm St. Martin's Church Vicarage Street North, Castleton, Rochdale Greater Manchester OL11 Details: Web site | Gala Concert to mark the retirement of Ian Butterworth as Vicar of St Martin's |
| 30 September 2010 | |
| 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG Details: Web site £10 (concessions £7.50) at the door | Sergei Podobedov Piano Recital Sergei Podobedov, piano Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op.28 and other works An acclaimed interpreter of Chopin's music, Sergei Podobedov has received rave reviews since his debut with orchestra at the age of 12 performing Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto. “With maximum enthusiasm, I laud Sergei Podobedov’s exhilarating pianism. Possessor of a nonpareil technique, he communicates the iridescent colours of the classical and romantic literature with keen perception of stylistic nuances.” (Robert Stevenson, contributor to The New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians.) www.sergeipodobedov.com |
| 7.45pm St Saviour's, Pimlico Lupus Street London SW1V 3QW Details: Web site £10, concessions £8 | Songs of Belonging Canticum, chamber choir Mark Forkgen, conductor Simon Speare: Songs of Belonging The premiere of a community music theatre work for children, choir and audience. Composed by Simon Speare, one of our best-known young composers, it explores themes of refuge and asylum through the ages, through a series of songs linked by a narrator. From the Biblical Flight to Egypt to life in contemporary Britain, it draws on universal concerns of asylum seekers: the hopes and fears of those who seek a place of safety. |
| Malvern Theatre Malvern Worcestershire Details: Web site | Malvern Concert Club John McCabe, piano Start time and programme to be announced |
| 1 October 2010 | |
| 7.30pm Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street London W1U 2BP £24, 22, 16, 12 | Festlicher Bach The King's Consort: Julie Cooper, soprano Rebecca Outram, soprano Robin Blaze, countertenor David Gould, countertenor Charles Daniels, tenor Mark Dobell, tenor Ben Davies, bass Philip Tebb, bass Robert King, conductor Bach: Concerto to Cantata BWV35 Bach, after Kerll: Sanctus in D major, BWV241 Bach: Sinfonia to Cantata BWV35 Bach: Lutheran Mass in G major, BWV236 Telemann: Ouverture 'Perpetuum mobile' Bach: Lutheran Mass in G minor, BWV235 Bach's glorious Lutheran Masses, dating from the late 1730s, are full of astonishing music, with joyous choruses and ravishing solos. With eight fine singers, an unbeatable instrumental line-up, and music by a composer central to TKC across 30 years, here is an unmissable concert. |
| 6 October 2010 | |
| 7.30pm Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street London W1U 2BP Details: Web site £10, 14, 18, 20 | Southbank Sinfonia Showcase Southbank Sinfonia Sacconi Quartet Elgar: Introduction and Allegro ‘This was densely inter-communicated chamber music, with Raphael Wallfisch relishing the work’s soaring lyricism and his duetting with many an orchestral soloist’ The Times on Southbank Sinfonia’s concert at Wigmore Hall in 2009 |
| 7 October 2010 | |
| 7.30pm Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX Details: Web site £49, 39, 29, 19, 12, 10 | A Night under the Stars Joan Rodgers, soprano Victoria Simmonds, mezzo-soprano Jesus Leon, tenor Changhan Lim, baritone Jack Liebeck, violin Orion Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Toby Purser, conductor Mozart: Overture; 'Non so piu' (The Marriage of Figaro) Rossini: ’Non piu mesta’ (La Cenerentola) Puccini: ‘Che gelida manina’ (La boheme) Massenet: Meditation (Thais) Dvorak: ‘Song to the Moon’ (Rusalka) Tchaikovsky: Polonaise and Tatiana’s Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin) Bizet: Prelude and Toreador Song (Carmen) Bizet: ‘Au fond du temple saint’ (The Pearl Fishers) Verdi: Hebrew Slaves chorus (Nabucco) In aid of The Passage-helping homeless people for 30 years Griff Rhys Jones hosts an evening of operatic hits. Soprano Joan Rodgers CBE leads a line up of exciting soloists. To buy concert tickets call The Passage on 020 7592 1856 or The Southbank Centre on 0844 847 9910 Or email tickets@passage.or.uk Pre concert and post concert gala reception tickets available from the Passage-see www.passage.co.uk Discounts are available if purchasing concert tickets with reception tickets Or mail The Passage, St Vincent’s centre, Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NL |
| 8.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG Details: Web site £12 (Concessions £10) | Stan Tracey Trio Stan Tracey, piano Andrew Cleyndert, double bass Clark Tracey, drums One of the great figures of post-war jazz, Stan Tracey, now in his eighties, is as vigorous and dynamic as ever. He received standing ovations at this year’s Swanage Festival, and in August sold out one of Amsterdam’s top concert venues. Busier than ever, the trio has achieved a feeling of cohesion and group thought unique on the British scene. |
| 8 October 2010 | |
| 8pm St.John the Baptist Church Little Missenden, Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0RA Details: Susanne Clare Web site +44 (0)1494 862704 £20, 14, 8 | Consumed by a kiss: Pasticcio amoroso Julia Gooding, soprano Mark Tucker, tenor Pavlo Beznosluk, violin Adrian Chandler, violin Paula Chateauneuf, chitarrone and 5-course guitar David Roblou, harpsichord To include: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata quinta decima Monteverdi: Signor,deh, non partire: Speranza,tu mi vai : Come dolci,signor and Signor, oggi rinasco (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) Monteverdi: Ed e pur dunque vero Luigi Rossi: Gelosia, che a poco a poco Biagio Marini: Sonata terza Marini: Variata - Sinfonia Primo Tuono Dario Castello: Sonata terza, and Sonata Ottavo Fontana: Sonata Terza Decima Francesca Cavalli: Piovan le sfere su questa regia and Dormi, cara Didone (La Didone) Little Missenden Festival event 1 The demand for opera in Monteverdi's Italy became so great that a pasticcio was created as a way of recycling favourite arias and scenes, weaving chunks of operas by different composers into new plot lines. Mark Tucker and Julia Gooding are fine and expressive interpreters of baroque opera. This group of instrumentalists also has unsurpassed credentials in this repertoire. |
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