FRIDAY DECEMBER 2
FIVE Spirituals from Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, along with Durufle’s Requiem. St Mary Brookfield Church, Dartmouth Park Road, NW5. £6, concs £4. 7.45pm.
CELLIST Marianne Tyler and pianist Kathleen Gilbert perform sonatas by Handel, Bach and Brahms. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. 07966 456 586. £11, concs £9. 8pm.
SOLOISTS of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and guests. Mozart and Strauss. Wigmore Hall (WH). £12-£22. 7.30pm.
CHOIR of King’s College, Cambridge. Bach, Schutz, Tavener, Howells, Britten and others. St John’s (SJ). £10-£30. 7.30pm.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3
BELCEA Quartet with Thomas Kabuska on viola and Valentin Erben on cello. Brahms and Schoenberg. WH. £12-£24. 7.30pm.
ROYAL Orchestral Society for Amateur Musicians, with Thomas Gould on violin, performing Brahms and Tchaikovsky. SJ. £10. 7.30pm.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
CHRISTMAS Voices, a recital by Colla Voce Camerata, with soprano Jenny Ewington, baritone John Taylor and Charlotte Ellis on piano. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. 020 8740 1611. £12, concs £10. 2.30pm.
A RECITAL by Musica Primavera, with soprano Elizabeth Nash, pianist Sarah Down. Warlock, Boyce, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Standford. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. 01932 857 520. £10, concs £8. 6.30pm.
WIHAN Quartet performs Haydn, Mozart and Schumann. Part of the London Chamber Music Concert Series. Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1. 020 7242 8032. £8, members £5. 6.30pm.
PIANIST Yllka Istrefi performs Mozart, Grieg, and Bach-Busoni. Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6. 020 8348 8716. £7, concs £5. 11.30am.
VIENNA Piano Trio performs Haydn, Beethoven and Schoenberg. WH. £10. 11.30am.

MONDAY DECEMBER 5
VIOLINIST Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Milana Chernyavskaya performs Beethoven, Kurtag and Schumann. WH. £10, concs £8. 1pm.
ELYSIAN Singers of London, with the Quintessential Sackbut and Cornet Ensemble. Schutz, Praetorius, Gibbons and others. SJ. £8-£18. 7.30pm.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 6
PIANIST Andras Schiff talks and plays Beethoven sonatas. WH.
Suggested donation £10. 2pm.
TENOR Mark Padmore and pianist Roger Vignoles performs Schubert’s Winterreise. WH. £12-£24. 7.30pm.
TENOR Andrew Kennedy with pianist Simon Crawford Phillips. Mozart, Donizetti, Brahms and others. SJ. £10-£25. 7.30pm.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7
PIANIST Andras Schiff performs Beethoven piano sonatas. WH. £18-£32. 7.30pm.
PIANIST Richard Hyung-ki Joo, violinist Rafal Zambrzycki Payne and Thomas Carroll on cello. SJ. £8-£15. 7.30pm.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 8
THE Chapel Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Brahms, Verdi, Howells, Tallis and Harris. All Hallows Church, Vicar Road, NW5. £10, £8 and £5. 7.30pm.
THE English Concert, with soprano Lucy Crowe, violinist Andrew Manze and cellist Alison McGillivray, performs Handel, CPE Bach and others. WH. £12-£28.
ORGANIST Anthony Gritten performs Roth, Berveiller and others. SJ. £7. 1pm.
OSJ Voices and the Choir of Eltham College. Corelli, Jackman, Vivaldi and Britten. SJ. £10-£25. 7.30pm.

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141.
St John’s, Smith Square, SW1. 020 7222 2168.

Gig listings

Friday December 2
Sound Movement + Finka + more. If those Northern XFM deejays like ‘em then check ‘em out. Local band too. Dublin Castle (Camden Town Tube) £6/£4.50 concs

Saturday December 3
Bring and Share. DIY Disco - you bring the records, for once the DJ wont mock you. Birthday bash at The Enterprise (Chalk Farm Tube) £4 with flyer/ £5 after 11pm

Monday December 5
The Editors. They’ve sold out every venue on their tour, so everyone else likes them. Try anything to get the last ticket at Barfly (Chalk Farm Tube) £9

Tuesday December 6
James Taylor Funk Orchestra. On his 19th album (crumbs) the funkster has collaborated in the past with Tom Jones, U2, Tina Turner and The Pogues – so he must be good. Monday 5 to Sunday 11, Jazz Café (Camden Town Tube) £15

Wednesday December 7
Richard Ashcroft. Iconic singer formerly of The Verve. Also January 24 Electric Ballroom. King’s College (Temple Tube) £20

Thursday December 8
The Dead 60s. With new single Ghostfaced Killer out, they’re alive and kicking. Electric Ballroom (Camden Town) £15

Friday December 9-10
Hard-Fi. Staines’s finest and hottest new indie band. Also December 16 Astoria (Tottenham Court Road) £14.