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October 2015
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October 12, 19, 26
Monday Lunchtime concerts
Wigmore Hall
The 12th: Sol Gabetta cello, and Polina
Leschenko piano, perform Chopin,
Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
The 19th: Ogrintchouk oboe, Brovtsyn
violin, Rysanov viola and Blaumane cello
play Haydn, Britten and Mozart, and
Schubert. The 26th: Elizabeth Watts
soprano with Julius Drake on the piano
sings Liszt, Debussy and Hahn. 1.00pm
approximately one hour with no interval.
36 Wigmore Street W1U 2BP 020
7935 2121
October 14
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Krzysztof Penderecki conducts the
UK premieres of his ‘Horn Concerto’
and ‘Adagio for Strings’ as well as his
earlier work 'Threnody to the Victims of
Hiroshima' and Shostakovich's 'Sixth
Symphony'. At 6.15 pm Penderecki will
discuss his’ Horn Concerto’.
Southbank Centre Belvedere Road
SE1 8XX
0844 875 0073
October 16, 21, 23, 29
La Bohème
London Coliseum
A Puccini favourite, Benedict Andrews
directs the ENO with Corinne Winters
as Mimi and Zach Borichevsky as
Rodolfo in a contemporary setting.
Conducted by the young Italian
repertoire specialist Xian Zhang.
St Martin's Lane Covent Garden
WC2N 4ES
020 7845 9300
October 18
Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion
Ronnie Scott's
The monthly blues show with top
performers from the world of jazz and
blues: Co-led by pianist vocalist Paddy
Milner and funk blues and jazz guitarist
Tony Remy, Marcus Bonfanti, Frank
Tontoh on drums, Nick Cohen bass,
Winston Rollins trombone, Derek Nash
sax and Paul Newton trumpet.
47 Frith Street Soho W1D 4HT
020 7439 0747
October 20
The Endellion String Quartet
Wigmore Hall
The quartet will play a Haydn String
Quartet Op 76 No 6, Shostakovich's
‘String Quartet Op110 No 8’ and
Beethoven's ‘String Quartet Op 130’
36 Wigmore Street W1U 2BP
020 7935 2131
October 20
Bryn Terfel at 50
Royal Albert Hall
One of the world's most famous voices,
the Welsh Bass-baritone, known for
his portrayals of Mozart's 'Figaro' and
Verdi's 'Falstaff' will celebrate his 50th
birthday with some of his favourite music
from Mozart, Sondheim, Wagner and
Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Kensington Gore Sw7 2AP 0845
401 5005
October 20
L'Orchestre du Monde
Cadogan Hall
Januz Piotrowicz conducts and
Alexandra Soumm on violin will play
Beethoven's 'Overture Coriolan' and
Schubert's 'Symphony no 9 in C major'
with Joanna Lumley as host. A benefit
for the Gurkha Welfare Fund,
5 Sloane Terrace SW1X 9DQ 020
7730 4500
October 22
Bach Violin Concertos
St Martin-in-the-Fields
A candle-lit concert with an informal
and entertaining exploration of the
programme with London Musical Arts.
Director John Landor.
Trafalgar Square WC2N 4JJ
020 7766 1100
October 23
The Complete Chopin Cycle
St John's Smith Square
Warren Mailley-Smith continues his
cycle with ‘ Concert 2: 12 Etudes Op 10’
Smiths Square SW1P 3HA
020 7222 1061
October 24
Hertfordshire Chorus: Magnificat!
St John's Church
Bach's glorious Magnificat in D with
another by his contemporary Giovanni
Battista Pergolesi followed by Franz
Joseph Haydn's Mass for Nelson which
the composer actually named 'Mass for a
Troubled Time'.
Smiths Square SW1P 3HA
020 7222 1061
October 28
Rosenblatt Recital: Sumi Hwang
Wigmore Hall
The Korean soprano, winner of the
First Prize at the 2014 Queen Elisabeth
Competition in Belgium, has performed
across the world on concert and opera
stages. The Washington Post said of
her "pearly clarity, the intonation just,
and the tone even and pretty across the
range."
36 Wigmore Street W1U 2BP
020 7935 2141 booking enquiries online:
wigmore-hall.org.uk
October 30
Karl Jenkins Royal Albert Hall Concert
Award winning composer, Karl Jenkins
returns to the Royal Albert Hall this
autumn conducting a superb programme
of his finest works.
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
October 31
Donovan Retrospective
Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Square SW1X
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Houses of Parliament
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October 31
Carmina Burana
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore SW7 2AP
020 7586 8212
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November 5
Charles Aznavour
Royal Albert Hall
That hardy perennial is back with the
songs to take you down memory lane.
Kensington Gore SW7 2AP
020 7586 8212
SPOKEN WORD
October 7-14
BFI London Film Festival
BFI
Alistair Hope and LFF Connects:
Games joins Laurie Anderson for LFF
Connects: Performance/Music; Guy
Maddin for LFF Connects: Art; and
Chris Milk for LFF Connects: Creative
Technologies; and Christopher Nolan,
Tacita Dean, Alexander Horwath
(Director of the Austrian Film Museum)
and BFI Creative Director Heather
Stewart for LFF Connects: Film.
October 8
National Poetry Day Live
Clore Ballroom
Southbank Centre and Poetry Society
join to celebrate this year's 'light '
themed National Poetry Day: A day of
workshops and installation and poetry
parliament.uk/visiting
020 7219 4114
8/19/2015 11:13:30 AM
with poets like Karen McCarthy Woolf,
Michael Symmons Robert, Rachel
Rooney, John Hegley and more.
Royal Festival Hall SE1 8XX
020 7960 4200
October 8
The Potential of digital technologies in
relation to objects in the South Asian
Galleries
V & A
Meet at the Grand Entrance with
Alessandro Ceccarelli .
Cromwell Road SW7 2RL
020 942 2000
October 12
The Royal Navy's Role in Creating the
Legend
Royal Navy HQS Wellington
John Johnson-Allen, author and
maritime historian lectures on 'T. E
Lawrence and Red Sea Patrol'.
6.30-7.30pm
October 13
Best-Selling author, lifestyle pioneer
and award winning business consultant
and women's advocate gives talk on
"How the rise of women is changing
the world, but it is the rise of feminine
values that will truly reshape the future
of the world.
9 Ilchester Place W14 8AA
October 13
Why The Dutch Are Different