FRIDAY 13
HELEN Wills (flute) and Roger Cuttz (piano) play Bozza, Dutilleux and Godard. Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6. 07968 946 334. £10/£8. 7.30pm.
ENGLISH Chamber Orchestra – Mozart and Schubert. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10-£20.

SATURDAY 14
PETER Wispelwey (cello) plays Bach cello suites. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10-£20. 5pm.
COLLEGIUM Musicum of London – Brahms, Schumann, Louis Spohr, Mahler. 7.30pm. £10/£5. Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, EC1. 07812 599 340.
RUSSIAN song and opera extracts performed by students from The Royal Academy of Music with Richard Shaw. Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, NW3. £8/£6. 8pm.
FALSTAFF – Music Theatre present Verdi’s opera. The Drill Hall, 16 Chenies Street, WC1. 020 7307 5060. £17.50/£15. 8pm. Until June 5.

SUNDAY 15
AMATI Quartet – Janácek and Beethoven. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10. 11.30am.
CHILDREN’S Concert with Angelina Ballerina and the National Symphony Orchestra. Ages 3 and up. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 020 7486 9105. £10/£6. 2pm, fun foyer events from 12.45pm.
FALSTAFF – Music Theatre London present Verdi’s opera. The Drill Hall, 16 Chenies Street, WC1. 020 7307 5060. £15. 4pm. Until June 5.
TALY Koren puts lyrics to Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsy, Gershwin; Everlyn Friedlander reads Holocaust poems for her late husband Rabbi Albert Friedlander. Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6. 020 7723 9991. £7/£5. 7.30pm.

MONDAY 16
ANDREAS Haefliger (piano) – Bartók and Brahms. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10/£8. 1pm.

TUESDAY 17
DREAMLIVES – Elizabeth Claxton (soprano) and Sergey Rybin (piano) perform Strauss, Berg and Schoenberg. 8.30pm. £10/£8. Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, NW3. 020 7586 7913.

WEDNESDAY 18
PIERRE-LAURENT Aimard (piano) and Keller Quartet play Ligeti. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141. £10-£22. 7.30pm.
LSO play Verdi’s Overture: The Force of Destiny, Huw Watkins’ London Concerto – LSO Concertante (world premiere) and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2. 0845 120 7500. £5-£25. 7.30pm.

THURSDAY 19
DREAMLIVES – Elizabeth Claxton (soprano) and Sergey Rybin (piano) perform Strauss, Berg and Schoenberg. 8.30pm. £10/£8. Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, NW3. 020 7586 7913.

FRIDAY 20
GABRIEL Keen (piano) – Debussy, Ives, Schumann. Swiss Church, 79 Endell Street, WC2. 020 7836 1418. Free. 1pm.
COMPETITION for strings, guitar and ensembles – part of the Czech and Slovak Music in London Festival. St Andrew’s Church, Thornhill Square, N1. Free. 5pm.

Top five gigs

FRIDAY MAY 13
ROY AYERS UBIQUITY: Still-slick funk grooves from everybody’s favourite vibes-man.
Forum (Kentish Town Tube) £15.

FRIDAY MAY 13
DRUG DEALER CHEERLEADER: All out rock and roll assault.
Bull and Gate (Kentish Town Tube). £5/£6.

SATURDAY MAY 14
THIRTEEN SENSES: Only a matter of time before people realise how good this band is.
Astoria (Tottenham Ct Rd Tube) £12.

MONDAY MAY 16
THE FUTUREHEADS: High-pitch hollering from the art-house mavericks who blow Franz Ferdinand away.
Long-time Grooves tips.
Also Tuesday May 17.
Astoria. (Tottenham Court Road Tube) £12.

MONDAY MAY 16
LEELA JAMES: Gospel-soul update from hotly-tipped talent, who unveils debut album in the summer.
Jazz Cafe (Camden Town Tube) £15.