FRIDAY 15
ACADEMY Concert Orchestra play Weber, Saint-Saëns and Vaughan Williams. Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, NW1. 020 7873 7300. Free. 12.30pm.
ANN Lewis (piano) plays Chopin, Schumann and Scriabin. Swiss Church, 79 Endell Street, WC2. 020 7836 1418. Free. 1pm.
SUSUMU Okajima (violin) and Annette Saunders (piano) – Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Ysaye, Szymanowski and Milhaud. Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6. 020 8348 8716. £10/£8. 7.30pm.
TESSA Uys (piano) – Bach, Janacek, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven’s Appassionata. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10-£20. 7.30pm.

SATURDAY 16
ARDITTI Quartet – Webern, Kurtág, Sorenson, Dillon, Ferneyhough and Xenakis. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10-£20. 7.30pm.
LSO with Daniel Barenboim (piano) – Antonio Pappano conducts Brahms’ Piano Concerts No.’s 1&2. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 0845 120 7546. £5-£25. 7.30pm.
NEW Professionals Orchestra and Oliver Coates (cello) – Bernstein’s On the Town suite, Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No.1. Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, NW3. 020 8202 9289. 8pm.

SUNDAY 17
HARRIET Mackenzie (violin) and Yue Shen (piano) – Mozart’s Sonata in B flat, Fauré’s Sonata in A and Schoenfield’s Who let the cat out last night? Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6. 020 8348 8716. £7/£5. 11.30am.
LSO with Daniel Barenboim (piano) – Antonio Pappano conducts Brahms’ Piano Concerts No.’s 1&2. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 0845 120 7546. £5-£25. 3pm.
NORTH London Philharmonia – Simon Ross’s Reflections – an Overture; plus Tchaikovsky and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto (Rachel Sanders-Hewett soloist). St Mark’s Church, St Mark’s Square, NW1. £10. 7.30pm. – See Preview.

MONDAY 18
ACADEMY Manson Ensemble – world premiere of Maxwell Davies’ Military March, plus Schoenberg and Dallapiccola. Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, NW1. 08703 800 400. £5/£3. 7.30pm.

TUESDAY 19
STRING Quartet Day – the Maggini Quartet and others play Maxwell Davies. Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, NW1. 08703 800 400. Free, evening concert £5/£3. 10am; 1.05pm; 2.30pm and 7pm.

WEDNESDAY 20
SEUNG-WOOK Seong and Wei-En Hsu – Resphigi, Ravel, Mozart, Tchaikocsky and more. Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, WC2. 020 7873 7300. Free. 1pm.

THURSDAY 21
GAUDIER Ensemble – Mozart’s Horn Quintet in E flat and Clarinet Quintet in A. Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, EC1. 0845 120 7546. £6/£4. 1pm.

FRIDAY 22
CHRISTIAN Tetzlaff (violin) and Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) – Beethoven’s Sonata in A Op. 30, Shostakovich’s Sonata Op. 134, plus Sibelius and Grieg. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £15-£30. 7.30pm.

Top five gigs

FRIDAY APRIL 15: LE TIGRE
Big, punky bass and drums.
Barbican (Barbican Tube) £20/30.

FRIDAY APRIL 15: DIZZEE RASCAL
Overrated? Am I allowed to say that?
Royal Festival Hall. (Waterloo Tube) £17.50/£20.

FRIDAY APRIL 15: LYNDEN DAVID HALL
Not as good as he used to be but still worth a look. See preview.
Forum. (Kentish Town Tube) £17.50.

SUNDAY APRIL 17: AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
Or a shouty-shouty rock band with a silly name.
Electric Ballroom (Camden Town Tube) £17.50.

SUNDAY APRIL 17: MOS DEF
Hip-hopper who turned to acting but now thankfully is back to rapping.
Brixton (Brixton Tube). £22.50.