Summer Concerts…

Friday 30^th July 2010: Proms Plus @ Royal College of Music

“Music Intro: An illustrated guide to the Proms and the music of tonight’s Prom 18, with members of the Australian Youth Orchestra”

17:45, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BS, FREE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/3007.shtml

PROM 18: Afterwards, at 19:30

Saturday 31^st July 2010: Southbank Sinfonia @ Marlborough College, Wiltshire

Mozart’s Overture from La Clemenza di Tito, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’

20:00, Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA, £20

http://southbanksinfonia.co.uk/2010/07/30/?ec3_listing=events

Sunday 1^st August 2010: LSO St Luke’s Fusion Orchestra & Digital Technology Group @ LSO St. Luke’s

“Join the LSO St Luke’s Fusion Orchestra and Digital Technology Group as they perform a showcase of their latest creations. Participants in the groups are all under 20 and write their own music.”

219:30, St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, EC1V 9NG, FREE (Booking Essential)

http://lso.co.uk/detailedeventinfo&showdetailstype=event&detailID=5137

Monday 2^nd August 2010: Sirocco Saxophone Quartet @ St Marin-in-the-Fields

Afternoon tea with Gershwin, Piazzolla, and Florio

15:30, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4JJ, £10 (concert & afternoon tea) £7 (concert only)

http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/jserv/concerts/view.jsp?id=3261&command=concert

Tuesday 3rd August 2010: Francesca da Rimini @ Holland Park Theatre

“Martin Lloyd-Evans stages Riccardo Zandonai’s medieval romp through treachery, love, murder and loyalty.”

19:30, Holland Park Theatre, Holland Park, Ilchester Place, W8 6LU, £10-£55

http://www.ohp.rbkc.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=225%3Afrancesca-da-rimini&catid=12%3Atheseason&Itemid=59

Wednesday 4^th August 2010: La Bohème @ Soho Theatre

“The writer, the lover, the artist, the flirt. Out tonight in Soho and falling in love.
A new set of bohemians take over Soho Theatre and bar in this electric new English translation of La Bohème, a tale of love and tragedy, indulgence and excess.”  Dir: Robin Norton-Hale, MDir: Andrew Charity

19:30, Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE, £20/£17.50

http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl1877tickets.html

Thursday 5^th August 2010: Manor House String Quartet @ St Pancras Parish Church

Mixed programme including:  Haydn’s Sonata No. 2 in A for Violin and Viola, Rolla’s Duo in G minor Op. 6 No. 2, and Handel/Halvorsen’s Sarabande in D minor

13:15, St. Pancras Parish Church, Euston Rd, NW1 2BA, FREE

http://www.stpancraschurch.org/index.php?id=16

Friday 6^th July 2010: Maria Friedman Sings Sondheim @ Cadogan Hall

Maria Friedman, Jason Carr (Piano/Musical Dir), James Potter (Cello)

19:30, Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ, £18-£30

http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=1199

Saturday 7^th July 2010: Prom 29 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain @ Royal Albert Hall

Under Semyon Bychkov, NYO performs Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Julain Anderson’s Fantasias (London premiere), and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique

19:30, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP, £5-£35

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/0708.shtml

Sunday 8^th August 2010: London Sounds @ Southbank Centre

Featuring Leandra Varanda, Lucia Viola, Adma Newport & Chico Chagas.  A packed mixed bill of summer sounds featuring some of London’s finest Brazilian artists.

14:00, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, FREE

http://festivalbrazil.southbankcentre.co.uk/discover-and-do-info?id=158&page=2&title=London+Sounds

-CA

Pick of the Concerts in London Town this week…

Wednesday 7^th July 2010: Youth Orchestra of Bahia @ Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Youth Orchestra of Bahia is the result of groundbreaking cooperation between the Venezuelan Government and the state of Bahia in northeast Brazil.  Playing a mixed programme from Gershwin to Ginastera.

19:30, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, £5, £10, £15

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/youth-orchestra-of-bahia-53172

Thursday 8^th July 2010: Aurora Orchestra; In-flight Entertainment @ LSO St Luke’s

Anew collaboration with London-based capoeira group Cordão de Ouro. An evening of virtuosic dance music, featuring works by Bach, Pärt, Rameau, Stravinsky and Balakirev.

20:00, St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, EC1V 9NG, £10, £18, £25

http://lso.co.uk/detailedeventinfo&showdetailstype=event&detailID=5045

Friday 9^th July 2010: Cellos @ St James’s Piccadilly

Tony Woollard, Hannah Ashenden, Maddelena Branduari, Ben Davis on Cellos, with a varied programme including Rathbone, Walton and Hussey.

13:10, St James’s, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL, FREE (suggested donation £3.50)

http://www.st-james-piccadilly.org/LunchtimeRecitals.html

Saturday 10^th July 2010: Brandenburg Concerts @ St Matin-in-the-Fields

London Concertante perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos 3, 5 & 6, as well as some Vivaldi and Teleman, under violinist/director Adam Summerhayes.

19:30, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4JJ, £6-£26

http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/jserv/concerts/view.jsp?id=3054&command=concert

Sunday 11^th July 2010: The Bernstein Mass @ Royal Festival Hall

The entire Mass Orchestra, a rock band, choirs, soloists, a marching band and dancers join together to celebrate the extraordinary spirit of Bernstein.

16:00, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, £10

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/bernstein-mass-46699

Monday 12^th July 2010: Pavel Haas Quartet @ Wigmore Hall

The Pavel Haas Quartet joins pianists Khatia Buniatishvili playing Haydn’s String Quartet in D Minor Op. 76 No. 2 and Shostakovich’s Pianao Quintet in G minor, Op. 57.

13:00, Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, £12/£10conc

http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/pavel-haas-quartet-25034

-CA

Pick of the Week: Concerts around London Town

Saturday 26^th June 2010:  Leonard Schreiber @ Radley Farm

Johann Strauss II’s Emperor Waltz, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 in G

18:00 – 21:00, Radley Farm, near Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0NY, £25 (Kids free)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111010722280004

Sunday 27^th June 2010: Lawrence O’Donnell  @ Royal Festival Hall

Bassoonist O’Donnell is joined by Michael O’Donnell (Oboe) and Alexander Karpeyev (Piano), playing Reich, Sheen and Poulenc

18:00, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, FREE ENTRY

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/philharmonia-orchestra-martin-musical-scholarship-fund-47952

Monday 28^th June 2010: LSO Discovery Anniversary Concert @ Barbican

LSO Discovery is 20 years old! Join Rachel Leach, various Discovery groups and the LSO for an educational and entertaining evening of music-making on the Barbican stage.

20:30, Barbican Hall, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS, £7 adults, £4 under-16s

http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=10836

Tuesday 29^th June 2010: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment @ St. Paul’s Pavilion, Southbank

Young string players are joined by Elizabeth Weisberg (Soprano), the OAE and the OAE Experience Players to perform their own song cycle based on creation myths.

18:00, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, FREE ENTRY

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/orchestra-of-the-age-of-enlightenment-53005

Wednesday 30^th June 2010:  Bartered Bride @ Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music students perform Smetana’s Bartered Bride

19:00, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BS, £10-£40

http://www.rcm.ac.uk/barteredbride#wedding

Thursday 1^st July 2010: Southbank Sinfonia @ St John’s Waterloo

A programme combining chamber works with a project developed through improvisation with members of notes inégales.

18:00, St John’s Waterloo, Waterloo Road, SE1 8TY, FREE ENTRY

http://southbanksinfonia.co.uk/2010/07/01/?ec3_listing=events

Friday 2^nd July 2010: Rhapsody in Blue and American Jazz Classics with James Pearson @ St Martin-in-the-Fields

James Pearson and Friends inc: Lizzie Ball (Violin), Andy Wood (Trombone), Matt Skelton (Drums)

19:30-21:30, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, £6-£22

http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/jserv/concerts/view.jsp?id=3093&command=concert

-CA

The Alternative World Cup

Classic Attraction’s Pick of the Best concerts this week in London Town…

Friday 18^th June 2010: Sir John Tavener: Towards Silence @ Temple Church

Medici String Quartet (Debussy & Beethoven String Quartets) joined by the Finzi Quartet, the Harpham Quartet and Fifth Quadrant (Tavener’s Towards Silence)

18:45 Temple Church, London, EC4Y 7BL, £10-20

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Saturday 19^th June 2010: Flute Recital for Karakol Orphanage @ St Mary Magdalene’s

Flautist Cat Coulter is joined by pianist Richard Shaw, with a mixed repertoire including: Bach, Poulenc, Faure and Liebermann

19:30, St Mary Magdalene’s, Munster Square, NW1 3PT, £10 (All proceeds go to Karakol Orphanage, Kyrgyzstan)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=127371810607303

Sunday 20^th June 2010: Nash Ensemble Theresienstadt Weekend @ Wigmore Hall

Nash Ensemble plays Janácek’s String Quartet No. 1 and Haas’s String Quartet No 2 Op 7

15:30, Wigmore Hall, W1U 2BP, £10-£12

http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/nash-ensemble–25320

Monday 21^st June 2010: City of London Festival: The 21-Piano Nocturne @ Guildhall Yard

21 pianists on 21 upright pianos premiere Luke Jerram’s Chopin-inspired nocturne

22:00, Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE, FREE

http://www.colf.org

Tuesday 22^nd July 2010: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: War Horse Suite @ Cadogan Hall

Adrian Sutton’s War Horse Suite, Geoffrey Burgon’s Brideshead Revisited, Christopher Gunning’s Oboe Concerto and Nigel Hess’s The Food of Love: Suite

19:30, Cadogan Hall, SW1X 9DQ, £15-£45

0207 730 4500

Wednesday 23^rd June 2010: Edward Batting Organ Recital @ Church of S.Alban-the Martyr

Edward Batting plays a recital with a mixed repertoire, including: Bach, Liszt and Dubois

19:30, Church of S.Alban-the Martyr, Brooke Street, Holborn, EC1, FREE

http://www.stalbans-holborn.com/june_%2710.htm

Thursday 24^th June 2010: Alarm Will Sound @ Wilton’s Music Hall

New York’s genre-bending chamber group, Alarm Will Sound from Barbican Music, perform Aphex Twin, Autechre, The Beatles and John Orfe

19:30, Wilton’s Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley, E1 8JB £12.50/£15

http://www.wiltons.org.uk/

Friday 25^th June 2010: IGNITE @ Wigmore Hall

45 minute Contemporary Music Concert

22:00, Bechstein Bar, Wigmore Hall, W1U 2BP, ££

http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/ignite-25480

-CA