FRIDAY JULY 29
MIDSUMMER Night Concert. Pianist Rustem Hayroudinoff performs
Rachmaninoff, violinist Fritz Kreisler, accompanied by pianist Elena
Nalimova, performs Kreisler and Ravel. The Amadeus Centre, Shirland
Road, Little Venice, W1, 020 7286 5633. £30. 7.30pm.
VIVA Vivaldi. The Chamber Ensemble of London perform Vivaldi.
St Martin-in-the-Fields, (SM). £8-£18. 7.30pm.
THE Symphony of Harmony and Invention performs Handel, Haydn,
Bach and Mozart. Part of the Mostly Mozart season. Barbican (B).
£7-£27. 7.30pm.
SATURDAY JULY 30
ACADEMY of St Martin-in-the-Fields performs Schnittke, Beethoven
and Mozart. Part of the Mostly Mozart season. B. £7-£27.
7.30pm.
MOZARTS Requiem performed by the Belmont Ensemble of
London and English Chamber Choir. SM. £6-£20. 7.30pm.
VOCAL music from north India, with Rajan and Sajan Misra,
accompanied by tabla, sarangi, harmonium and tanpura. Part of the
Asian Music Circuits Music and Meditation series. LSO St Lukes,
Old Street, EC1, 020 7638 8891. £12, concs £10. 7.30pm.
SUNDAY JULY 31
ACADEMY of St Martin-in-the-Fields finish Wigmore Hall 2004/2005
season. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, 020 7935 2141. £10.
11.30am.
ACADEMY of St Martin-in-the-Fields performs Haydn and Mozart.
Part of the Mostly Mozart season. B. £7-£27. 7.30pm.
MONDAY AUGUST 1
St Martin-in-the-Fields Organ Series. SM. Free. 1pm.
TUESDAY AUGUST 2
THE Royal Overseas League Series. SM. Free. 1pm.
THURSDAY AUGUST 4
BACH Cantata Series with counter tenor William Towers. SM. £80-£18.
7.30pm.
THE National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, conducted
by James Gourlay. St Johns Smith Square, SW1, 020 7222 1061.
£10-£15. 7.30pm.
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
BARBICAN, Silk Street, EC2, 0845 120 7500
ST Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2, 020 7839 8362
Top five gigs
FRIDAY JULY 29
GILLES PETERSON: Respected vinyl collector dishes out soul, funk,
jazz, dance, all sorts really.
Jazz Cafe (Camden Town Tube) £12.50.
MONDAY AUGUST 1
THE FATBACK BAND: Free-wheeling 1970s funk outfit put the show
back on the road. Worth seeing out of curiosity.
Also Tuesday August 2.
Jazz Cafe (Camden Town Tube). £20.
TUESDAY AUGUST 2
STARSAILOR: Enduring indie voices, not as good as they once were
but if its a sunny evening, this gig could be a cracker.
Somerset House (Charing Cross/Holborn Tube) £22.50.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3
THE HOT PUPPIES
Long-tipped indie hopefuls. Alterkicks and Chento offer support.
Dublin Castle. (Camden Town Tube) £5/£6.
THURSDAY AUGUST 4
SUPERGRASS: We are young, we are clean, Feeeeel Alll-rite! Forget
the cheesy anthem of yesteryear, Super-G rarely let you down these
days.
Somerset House (Charing Cross/Holborn Tube) £22.50.
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