FRIDAY 6
EDLIAN Piano Trio – Glinka and Rubinstein. Swiss Church, 79 Endell Street, WC2. 020 7836 1416. Free. 1pm.
EFTYCHIA Dimitrakopoulou (soprano) and Lefki Karpodini (piano) – Grieg, Christina Athinodorou, Britten, de Falla and more. Great Hall, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1. 020 7486 9196. Free. 7.30pm.
SATURDAY 7
ORCHESTRA des Champs-Elysées and Collegium Vocale Gent – Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 0845 120 7500. £7-£35. 7.30pm.
TAKÁCS Quartet – Haydn, Bartók, Borodin. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £12-£24. 7.30pm.
HAYDN Chamber Orchestra – Stavinsky’s Pulcinella, Mozart’s Flute Concerto in D, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. Christ Church, Highbury Grove, N5. 020 7354 3195. £9/£6. 8pm.
SUNDAY 8
PIANO Masterclass with Génia – Interpretation. Markson Music Centre, 51 Fortess Road, NW5. 020 7226 9829. Advanced booking necessary. 10.30am.
NEW Helsinki Quartet – Haydn and Schubert. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10. 11.30am.
ALWYN Quartet with Richard Simpson (oboe) – Borodin, Arthur Bliss, Charles J Suck. Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, NW3. £10/£6. 3pm.
FALSTAFF – Music Theatre London present Verdi’s opera. The Drill Hall, 16 Chenies Street, WC1. 020 7307 5060. £15. 4pm. Until June 5.
ALLEGRI Quartet – Haydn, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. Presented by the London Chamber Music Society. Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1. £7/£5, students free. 6.30pm.
SARAH Louise Ings Ensemble – saxophone and piano repertoire. St Mark’s Church, Myddleton Square, off Pentonville Road, EC1. £6. 7pm.
VE Day Concert – London Concert Orchestra play evocative classics including Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Alford’s Colonel Bogey. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 0845 120 7500. £14-£29.50. 7.30pm.
MONDAY 9
TAKÁCS Quartet – Debussy and Beethoven. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £12. 1pm.
HAMPSTEAD Music Club – Ross Winters’ master class in Baroque Instrumental Music. Church of the Christian Community, 34 Glenilla Road, NW3. £3. 8pm.
TUESDAY 10
LSO with Sir Colin Davis – Smetana’s Má Vlast. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 0845 120 7500. £5-£25.
MICHAEL Schade (tenor) and Malcolm Martineau (piano) – Schubert, Liszt, Ravel, Strauss, Beethoven and Fauré. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £12-£25. 7.30pm.
WEDNESDAY 11
ACADEMY of St Martin-in-the-Fields plays Bach. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £12-£25. 7.30pm.
THURSDAY 12
FLORESTAN Trio and James Boyd (viola) play Mozart. LSO St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, EC1. 0845 120 7593. £6/£4. 1-2pm.
DEJAN Lazic (piano) – Haydn, Chopin, Brahms, Bartók, Liszt. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10-£20. 7.30pm.
JENIFFER Carter (piano) – Rachmaninov, Ginastera and Bach. Swiss Church, 79 Endell Street, WC2. 020 7836 1418. £5/£3. 7.30pm.
FRIDAY 13
ACADEMY Viol Consort and Singers – Byrd, Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins and more. Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, NW1. 020 7873 7373. Free. 1.05pm.

Top five gigs

SATURDAY MAY 7
THE SLIDES: Up and coming guitar talent. Well worth a look.
Barfly (Camden Town Tube) £6.

TUESDAY MAY 10
YOURCODENAMEIS: MILO: Stupid name but decent indie band.
Garage. (Highbury & Islington Tube) £15.

TUESDAY MAY 10
OASIS: Exclusive gig for the two-album Britpop heroes. What was that? They’ve made five albums? Bring back the days of Live Forever and Slide Away.
Astoria (Tottenham Court Road Tube) £sold out.

TUESDAY MAY 10
THE PRISCILLAS: Former Demo of the week stars rock Camden Town.
Expect a big crowd for this one.
Dublin Castle (Camden Town Tube) £5/£6.

TUESDAY MAY 10
DADDY LONG LEGS: They reckon they combine Weezer with Burt Bacharach. Judge for yourself.
Carnaervon Castle (Camden Town Tube). £5/£6.