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FRIDAY AUGUST 26
RUSSIAN National Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Sladkovsky,
with soloists from the Kremlin Ballet, performing music by Bizet,
Tchaikovsky, Glinka and Doppler. St John’s Smith Square, SW1,
020 7222 1061. £8-£25. 6.30pm.
COMPOSERS Past and Present with the Fine Arts Sinfonia,
conducted by Michael Nebe, with works by Bach, Mozart, Strauss,
Tchaikovsky and the first and second prizewinners from the Fine
Arts Sinfonia Composers’ Competition. St Martin-in-the-Fields
(SM). £8-£18. 7.30pm.
DAVID Shaw-Parker and Hugh Kermode, on guitar and vocals,
perform the songs of folk singer Jake Thackray. St James Piccadilly,
SW1. Free. 1.10pm. See preview.
SATURDAY AUGUST 27
VIVALDI’S Four Seasons performed by the Festive Orchestra
of London, directed by Martin Feinstein. SM. £6-£18.
7.30pm
MONDAY AUGUST 29
PIANIST Ivana Mariji Vidovich performs Granados, Liszt and Elgar.
SM. Free. 1pm.
BACH, Vivaldi etc performed by the London Octave, directed by Dietricj
Bethge, with works by Pachelbel, Bach and Vivaldi. SM. £6-£18.
7.30pm.
TUESDAY AUGUST 30
YOUNG Romanian Musicians in London Series, with Ciprian Illi
on trumpet performing works by Nigel Clarke, Violeta Dinescu and
petr Eben. SM. Free. 1pm.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31
HEADS Together. A six-piece jazz band performing Ellington,
Parker, Miles Davies and others. Café in the Crypt, SM. £3,
£1.50 children. £5 after 9pm. 8pm.
MATTHEW Jones on viola with Michael Hampton on piano perform
Walton’s Violin Concerto and York Bowen’s Phantasy. St.
James’s Piccadilly, SW1. Free. 1.10pm.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1
BACH Cantatas Series Concert two, with the Feinstein Ensemble
directed by Martin Feinstein. SM. £6-£18. 7.30pm.
MUSIC Through Windows, with countertenor Glenn Kesby, soprano
Carmen Lasok, Claire Williams on harpsichord and The Courtaney Ensemble.
Gluck’s Orfeo, Handel’s Theodora and a Corelli recorder
sonata feature. St James’s Piccadilly, SW1. 0870 163 3833.
£15, concs £10. 7.30pm.
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2, 020 7839 8362.
Top five gigs
SATURDAY AUGUST 27
TDK CROSS CENTRAL: Grace Jones, The Magic Numbers, The Earlies,
Mylo, Goldfrapp, The Bees celebrate the Bank Holiday weekend. Also
Sunday August 27.
King’s Cross Freight Depot. (King’s Cross Tube) £30.
MONDAY AUGUST 29
LUTHER VANDROSS TRIBUTE: OMAR: British soul star remembers his Never
Too Much hero.
Jazz Cafe (Camden Town Tube) £17.50.
MONDAY AUGUST 29
JURASSIC 5: Brilliant hip-hop stars.
Shepherd’s Bush Empire (Shepherd’s Bush Tube). £22.50.
TUESDAY AUGUST 30
THE VINCENT VALMERA SHOW: Last week’s Demo of the Week winners
bring their ace show to Parkway. Do this one.
Dublin Castle (Camden Town Tube) £5/£6.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31
DINOSAUR JR: Performing their classic 1987 album You’re Living
All Over Me, which includes the grunge anthems Little Furry Things
and Raisins.
KoKo. (Mornington Crescent Tube) £17. |
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