FRIDAY AUGUST 19
VIVALDI’S Four Seasons by the Belmont Ensemble of London, conducted by Peter Gilbert-Dyson, with music by Vivaldi, Mozart and Bach. St Martin-in-the-Fields, (SM). £8-£18. 7.30pm.
BEETHOVEN Piano Society of Europe with Sandra Simich on piano, with works by Beethoven and Brahms. St James, Piccadilly (SJP). Free. 1.10pm.

SATURDAY AUGUST 20
SPLENDOUR of the Baroque with the Locrian Ensemble, conducted by Justin Pearson, with works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel and Purcell. SM. £6-£18. 7.30pm.

SUNDAY AUGUST 21
MUSIC for a Summer’s Evening with soprano Hannah King. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3, 07879 412 892. £12. 6.30pm.
THE Children’s Orchestra Society of New York with works by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Haydn and Koussevitzky. St John’s, Smith Square, SW1, 020 7222 1061. £3. 7.30pm.

MONDAY AUGUST 22
LUNCHTIME Concert with the Los Angeles Collaboration performing Schumann and Beethoven. SM. Free. 1pm.

TUESDAY AUGUST 23
ROYAL Overseas League Series performs a lunchtime concert. SM. Free. 1pm.
BEETHOVEN Piano Fantasie, performed by Daniel Tong, with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann. SM. £8-£15. 7.30pm. See preview.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24
PIANIST Johan Hugosson performs Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Messiaen and Liszt. SJP. Free. 1.10pm.

THURSDAY AUGUST 25
BAROQUE Festival with the New London Soloists Orchestra, conducted Ivor Setterfield, with works by Bach, Marcello, Vivaldi. SM. £6-£18. 7.30pm. See preview.

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
SM – St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2, 020 7839 8362.
SJP – St James, Piccadilly, SW1, 020 7381 0441.

Top five gigs

FRIDAY AUGUST 19
22-20s: Bridesmaid band always looking in from the outside. Might make it one day.
Islington Academy (Angel Tube). £12.50.

SATURDAY AUGUST 20
FLOWERED UP: Baggy-trouser wearing crew that briefly ruled Camden Town at the end of the 1980s – but this is a sad revival.
KoKo. (Mornington Crescent Tube) £10.

MONDAY AUGUST 22
WEEZER: Still singin’ about Buddy Holly.
Also Thursday August 18.
Hammersmith Apollo (Hammersmith Tube) £26.50.

MONDAY AUGUST 22
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Category-busting fringe band looking for a break.
The Garage (Highbury and Islington Tube) £12.50.

TUESDAY AUGUST 23
OZOMATLI: Fun-time Latino hip-hop grooves. See Preview.
Islington Academy (Angel Tube) £17.50.