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FRIDAY OCTOBER 28
PIANISTS Alena Mitricova and Gabriel Keen perform Janacek and
Liszt. Swiss Church, Endell Street, WC2, 020 7836 1418. Free. 1pm.
CHOIR of King’s College Cambridge with the Cambridge
University Chamber Orchestra, performing Britten, Walton, Howells,
Stanford, Wood, Gowers, Taverner and Rutter. St John’s (SJ).
£9-£23. 7.30pm.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
THE New Professionals Orchestra performs Barber, Beethoven and
Brahms. St John’s, Church Row, NW3, 020 8202 9289. £13.50.
7.45pm.
ECLECTIC Voices perform Haydn, Bach and Bernstein. St Anne
and St Agnes, Gresham Street, EC2, 07017 419 340. £10, concs
£5. 7.30pm.
NASH Ensemble performs Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms.
Wigmore Hall (WH). £10-£22. 7.30pm.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 30
FLORINI Piano Trio performs Beethoven, Clarke and Brahms. London
Chamber Music Series at the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1. £8,
members £5. 6.30pm.
NATIONAL Youth Strings Academy, conducted by Neville Mariner,
performing Holst, Walton, Tippett, Vaughan Williams and Elgar. SJ.
£8-£15. 7.30pm.
RECITAL by Duo Rececare, with Andrew Collis on recorders
and Graham Roberts on guitar, play Ravel, Piazzolla and others.
Burgh House, New End Square, NW3, 020 8422 1183. £8, concs
£6. 3pm.
THE Amici Piano Trio performs Ireland, Piazzolla, Shostakovich
and Mendelssohn. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3 020 8989 7319.
£10, concs £8. 7.30pm.
NEW Zealand String Quartet performs works by Psathas and
Beethoven. WH. £10. 11.30am.
SOPRANO Kate Royal and pianist Simon Lepper perform Brahms,
Debussy and Schumann. WH. £10, concs £8. 4pm.
MONDAY OCTOBER 31
PIANIST Pascal Roge performs Debussy and Ravel. WH. £10,
concs £8. 1pm.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1
World premiere of Philip Munger’s work for killed peace
activist Rachel Corrie and the second movement is dedicated to Tom
Hurndall. Hackney Empire, Mare Street, E8. 020 8985 2424. £10-£17.50.
7.45pm. See preview.
THE Rautio Piano Trio perform Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert.
SJ. £8-£16. 7.30pm.
BRENTANO String Quartet performs Mozart, Debussy and Shostakovich.
WH. £10-£20. 7.30pm.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
LONDON Chamber Orchestra performs Mendelssohn, Beethoven and
Elgar. SJ. £8-£12. 7.30pm.
PIANIST Cedric Tiberghien performs Bach’s Well-tempered
Clavier. WH. £10-£20. 7.30pm.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3
ST Albans Symphony Orchestra, with pianist Juliet Allen, performs
Wagner, Dvorak and Chopin. SJ. £10-£20. 7.30pm.
THE Romantic Muse. Pianist Ewa Kupiec performs Mendelssohn
and Schubert. Radio Three Lunchtime concert. Jerwood Hall, LSO St
Luke’s, Old Street, EC2, 020 7638 8891. £7, concs £5.
1pm.
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
St John’s, Smith Square, SW1. 020 7222 1061
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141
Top five gigs
MONDAY OCTOBER 31
LADY SOVEREIGN – Watch her get drunk as she splutters out ‘urban’
nonsense. Basement Jaxx seem to dig her, though. ICA (Charing Cross
Tube) £8.50.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1
SOUL ID + NICOLETTE SUWOTON + THE ROSABELLA TRIO –
Former Massive Attack singer Nicolette Suwoton is pick of the night
for this Breast Cancer charity gig. Jazz Café (Camden Town
Tube) £15/£18.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
DWELE – Slick soul star.
Jazz Café (Camden Town Tube) £17.50/£20.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
STEREO MCS – Down to earth hip-hopsters that still record albums
in their Brixton living room.
KoKo. (Mornington Crescent Tube) £15.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
THE FALL – He’s X-Factor’s Pete Waterman’s biggest
fan, but don’t let that put you off catching Mark E Smith’s
band. Carling Academy Islington (Angel Tube) £15. |
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