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FRIDAY DECEMBER 9
CHRISTMAS Carol Concert in aid of the Royal Free Cancer Research
Trust. Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, NW3. £8, concs
£5, with wine and mince pies. 7.45pm.
CELLO and Piano: brothers Peter and Michael Freyhan play
sonatas by Britten, Beethoven and Bach. Lauderdale House, Highgate
Hill, N6, 020 8883 3735. £10, concs £6. 8pm.
ACTORS’ Equity Choir perform a concert in aid of St
Saviour’s Church, Eton Road, NW3. 7.30pm.
ALPHA Chamber Choir. Schubert, Finzi, Strauss, Castelnuove-Tedesco.
St John’s (SJ). £8-£15. 7.30pm.
BARITONE Sir Thomas Allen, soprano Katherine Manley, and
others, with Malcolm Martineau, perform Mozart, Rossini, Britten
and Johann Strauss. Wigmore Hall (WH). £12-£25. 7.30pm.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 10
HIGHGATE Choral Society performs festive music for Advent and
Christmas. St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate, N6,
07952 508 234. £8-£12. 7.30pm.
ROYAL Free Music Society performing Vaughan-Williams’
Fantasia, Christmas carols and other festive music. St Mark’s
Church, St Mark’s Square, NW1, 020 8980 4217. £7.50.
7.30pm.
BELCEA Quartet, with soprano Lisa Milne, violinist Isabelle
van Keulen and pianist Aleksander Madzar, performing Chausson and
Phibbs. WH. £12-£24. 7.30pm.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 11
ECCE the Classical Soloists performs Bach. SJ. £8-£20.
7.30pm.
TRIO Parnassus. Beethoven, Brahms and Smetana. Conway Hall,
Red Lion Square, WC1, 020 7242 8032. £8, members £5.
6.30pm.
PAIZO Quartet performs Nielsen and Beethoven. WH. £10.
11.30am.
MONDAY DECEMBER 12
MEZZO soprano Katarina Karneus and pianist Johan Ullen performs
Schubert, Debussy, Poulenc and Wagner. WH. £10, concs £8.
1pm.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 13
SIR Colin Davis conducts Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, with
mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, tenor Ben Heppner and bass Alasatair
Miles with LSO. Barbican, Silk Street, EC2, 0845 120 7590. £5-£27.
7.30pm.
JOGLARESA performs Stella Nuova and Medieval Italian Christmas
songs. SJ. £10-£25. 7.30pm.
MEZZO soprano Bernarda Fink and pianist Roger Vignoles. WH.
£12-£24. 7.30pm.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14
CHRIST Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, performs Britten and
Rutter. SJ. £10-£25. 7.30pm.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 15
THE Joyful Company of Singers and the City of London Sinfonia
Brass Ensemble perform and evening of traditional carols and Christmas
music. SJ. £10-£25. 7.30pm.
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
St John’s, Smith Square, SW1, 020 7222 2168.
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, 020 7935 2141.
Gig listings
Friday December 9
Lowgolds: A slow-paced, eclectic American ambient guitar band –
better than they sound! Barfly (Chalk Farm Tube). £5.
Saturday December 10
Xposure – Back to the Source: Rising stars of hip-hop, R‘n’B
and spoken word. Queen’s Crescent Community Centre (Chalk Farm
Tube). £3.
Sunday December 11
Milk and Scissors Part II: An all-dayer starting at noon. Acoustic
early on and plugged in later, plus ‘northern invasion’
with bands from Leeds. The Good Ship and The Luminaire (Kilburn
Tube). £8 for both.
Monday December 12
Gang Starr’s DJ Premier and Big Shug: There are few major rappers
out there that Premier hasn’t produced for – including
Nas, KRS-One and Jay-Z – even the dead ones like Biggie had
him on the decks. Fellow Starr Shug is launching his first album.
Jazz Café (Camden Town Tube). £15.
Monday December12
Gilles Peterson Worldwide Music Awards: International talent-spotter
Gilles P brings his best of the best to Koko. (Mornington Crescent
Tube). £22.
Tuesday December 13
Roachford: He sold more records than any other British artist at
Columbia for 10 years. Jazz Café (Camden Town Tube). £20.
Wednesday December 14
Nine Black Alps: Electric dance group – recent hit: Bang Bang
I Shot You Down, remember? Astoria (Tottenham Court Road Tube).
£11.
Wednesday December 14
The Fugees: Onstage together for the first time in 10 years, and
maybe the last. Also playing December 15. Hammersmith Apollo (Hammersmith
Tube). £36(!) |
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