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FRIDAY JUNE 24
SPITALFIELDS Festival Closing Concert
. Royal Academy Opera and Music Sinfonia perform Haydn, Mozart and Gluck. Christ Church, Commercial Street, W1, 020 7377 1362. 7.30pm.
A MIDSUMMER Mosaic of Music, Voice and Dance, with Manickam Yogeswaran (Tamil raga vocalist), Linda Muddimam-Rose (dance and artist) and Lawrence Ball (pianist and composer. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3, 020 7431 0144. £10, concs £6. 7.30pm.
EARLY Spanish Music at Highbury by music ensemble Eclipse, with Joy Smith on harps, Layil Barr on recorders and Tommy Foster on percussion. Christ Church, Highbury Grove, N5, 020 8802 2719. £7, concs £5. 7.30pm.
THE Garden Opera Company performs Rossini. St John’s Smith Square (SJ). £14-£20. 7pm. Details below.

SATURDAY JUNE 25
HIGHBURY Chamber Choir
perform Britten and Victoria. St Mary of Eton Church, Eastway, Hackney Wick, E9. £5, concs £3. 8pm.
ISLINGTON Choral Society, with the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, performs Mendelssohn and Poulenc. £8, concs £5. 7.30pm.
BRENT Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven, Strauss and Sibelius. St Stephen’s Church, Westbourne Park Road, W2. £10, concs £7. 7.30pm.
JAZZ in the Park by St Marylebone School. Paddington Gardens, Paddington Street, W1, 020 7563 9364. £7, concs £5. 2-8pm.
ROYAL Orchestral Society for Amateur Players, with Richard Ormrod on piano and conducted by Stuart Stratford, performs Gossec, Schumann and Brahms. SJ. £10, concs £8. 7.30pm.
PIANIST Piotr Anderzewski, with soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, performs Szymanowski. Wigmore Hall (WH). £12-£22. 7.30pm. Details below.

SUNDAY JUNE 26
FROM Dusk to Dawn
. An afternoon of songs by Faure, Debussy, Schumann and others, with soprano Sarah Moule with Dominic Harlan on piano. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3, 020 7387 5781. £9, concs £6. 3pm.
RECORDER player Michala Petri, with Lars Hannibal on harpsichord, performs Bach, Deportes and Villa-Lobos. WH. £10. 11.30am.

MONDAY JUNE 27
MEMORIAL concert for John Jezard
, with the English National Opera Orchestra and the London Metropolitan Orchestra, with music by Gershwin, Mahler and Bach. St Saviour’s Church, Eton Road, NW3. 7pm.
TENOR Sani Muliaumaseali’l, bass Eddie Muliaumaseali’l, with Gitanjali Rmad and Lindall Dawson on piano, perform Vaughan Williams, Bizet, Puccini and others. SJ. £8-£15. 7.30pm.
PIANIST Simon Trpceski performs Chopin. WH. £10, concs £8. 1pm.

TUESDAY JUNE 28
SIROCCO Trio
, with Sally Beck on flute, Louise Haines on clarinet and Chris Cooper on bassoon, performs a varied programme. Paddington Library, Porchester Road, W2, 020 7528 8240. 7pm.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 29
YOUNG Musician’s Symphony Orchestra
, conducted by James Blair, performs Dvorak. SJ. £8-£15. 7.30pm.

THURSDAY JUNE 30
JUNIOR Guildhall String Ensemble
and members of the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, perform Tippett, Hindemith and Stravinsky. SJ. £8, concs £5. 7.30pm.
BOOKING INFORMATION
WH – Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, 020 7935 2141.
SJ – St John’s Smith Square, SW1, 020 7222 1061.


Top five gigs

SATURDAY JUNE 25
BLAK TWANG: Late night rap spectacular.
Jazz Cafe. (Camden Town Tube) £12.50.

MONDAY JUNE 27
THIEVERY CORPORATION: Enduring chill out chiefs.
KoKo (Mornington Crescent Tube). £15.

TUESDAY JUNE 28
AKON: Hip-hop hit-maker who topped the charts by sampling and speeding up Bobby Vinton earlier this year.
Forum (Kentish Town Tube) £18.50.

TUESDAY JUNE 28
THE CONWAY STORY: Smashing Pumpkins sound-a-likes. Support from If I Were King.
Dublin Castle (Camden Town Tube) £5.

TUESDAY JUNE 28
TAJ MAHAL: Blues favourite – he’s good.
Also Wednesday June 29.
Jazz Cafe (Camden Town Tube) £25.