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Anna Kaznowska: Debussy, Bruch, Ligeti, Brahms

  • Written by: Brahms

The cellist and pianist Brahms's Sonata For Cello In E Minor, Bruch's Kol Nidrei, Ligeti's Sonata For Unaccompanied Cello and Debussy's Sonata For Cello.

Jacqueline Du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford

Thu 6 Jun

Free / 01865 305305

  • 13:15

Anna Peletsis And Tatiana Dardykina: A. Peletsis, R. Schumann, M. Ravel, F. Schubert, H. Dutilleux, J. Brahms, S. Rachmaninov

  • Written by: S. Rachmaninov

The pianists perform Schumann's Novellette In F Sharp Minor, Rachmaninov's Two Musical Moments In D Flat Major And E Minor, Anna Peletsis's Spring Blossom, Dutilleux's Choral And Variations, Ravel's Ma Mere L'Oye, Schubert's Fantasy In F Minor and Brahms's Three Hungarian Dances from Book 1.

Pushkin House, London WC1A

Wed 22 May

£12 (£10) / 020 7269 9770

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Anna Pulpitz

A solo performance by the vocalist.

King's Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne

Wed 29 May

Free / 0191 222 8463

  • 10:30

Annabel Warnock

A solo performance by the alto soprano.

King's Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne

Thu 23 May

Free / 0191 222 8463

  • 13:30

Apartment House

Morton Feldman: Patterns in a Chromatic Field for cello & piano .: No interval Morton Feldman's epic Patterns in a Chromatic Field is widely acknowledged as one of his finest late compositions. It is profound, enthralling and infused with a melancholic feeling of departure. Feldman wrote, 'I feel that I listen…

Purcell Room, London SE1

Fri 8 Nov

£10 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 19:45
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Arcadia Quartet

Romania's Arcadia Quartet blew everyone away at the 2012 London International String Quartet Competition, winning both the first prize and the Beethoven Prize for their interpretations of Mendelssohn and Beethoven.

Paxton House and Country Park, Berwick upon Tweed

Sun 21 Jul

£20 (£10) / 01289 386291

Here they reprise the piece that got them the top award, Mendelssohn's Quartet in A Minor Op 20 No 5, as well as Bartok's Romanian Dances and Haydn's intense Op 20 No 5. Part of Music at Paxton.

Arcadia Quartet: Hugo Wolf, Leos Janacek, Beethoven

  • Written by: Beethoven

The group performs Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade, Janacek's String Quartet No 2 'Intimate Letters' and Beethoven's String Quartet.

The Stables, Milton Keynes

Sun 20 Oct

£13.50–£18.50 ( £6; £32–£42) / 01908 280800

  • 20:00

Arditti Quartet

Widely celebrated as one of the world’s preeminent contemporary music ensembles, the Arditti Quartet is famed for its spellbinding performances that combine authority and passion. Yet its players are also respected for their perceptive readings of classic repertoire, including Janáček’s First String Quartet, whose…

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Tue 27 Aug

£8–£29 / 0131 473 2000

Part of The Queen's Hall Series.

Aristo Quartet

String quartets by Beethoven, Janáček and Shostakovich performed by Evelien Jaspers and Dmitry Ivanov (violin), Sylvain Dessane (viola) and Otto Bakker (cello).

The Hub, Edinburgh

Thu 22 Aug

£10 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Cafe Concerts.

The Armartis Wind Ensemble

The group performs a classical concert.

St Barnabas Millennium Hall, London W5

Fri 5 Jul

Free, donations welcome / 020 8998 0826

  • 13:00 – 13:45
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The Art of the Lied

Young musicians from Britain and Ireland perform songs and lieder.

St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Thu 6 Jun

£5 / 0131 226 0673

Admission is free to Friends of the Music of St Giles' Cathedral.

  • 20:00

Artemis Quartet

Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 Interval Johannes Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op.51 No.1 Two of the greatest chamber works by Beethoven and Brahms performed by the world-renowned Artemis Quartet in its International Chamber Music Season debut. Constantly haunted by 'the…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1

Tue 11 Mar

£10–£35 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 19:30

Artesian Quartet/Alauda Quartet: Ravel, Mendelssohn

  • Written by: Mendelssohn

The group performs Ravel's String Quartet In F and Mendelssohn's String Quartet In E Minor, No 2.

Royal Academy Of Music, London NW1

Tue 18 Jun

David Josefowitz Recital Hall

Free / 020 7873 7300

  • 13:05

Arunda and Trio Isara

Arunda is one of Scotland's best young wind trios, here playing a Divertissement by Mozart, Jacques Leclair's La Petite Pâtisserie, Georges Auric's Romance and Jean Françaix's Divertissement. They share a bill with the multi-national Trio Isara, hailing from Finland, Greece and Switzerland and playing Beethoven's Kakadu…

Paxton House and Country Park, Berwick upon Tweed

Tue 23 Jul

£12 (£6) / 01289 386291

Part of Music at Paxton.

Asako Ogawa: Louis Marchand

  • Written by: Louis Marchand

The harpsichordist performs the music of Louis Marchand.

Handel House Museum, London W1K

Thu 13 Jun

£9 adv booking required (£5 adv booking required) / 020 7495 1685

  • 18:30 – 19:30
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Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham

Wed 3 Jul

£4; £2.50 before Jun 19 / 01329 223100

  • 19:30

Ashley Mercer And Lucia Alvarez Nunez

The duo performs various works for brass and piano.

Trinity College Of Music, London SE10

Tue 11 Jun

Free / 020 8305 4444

  • 13:05

The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra

The orchestra performs various works.

Lauderdale House, London N6

Mon 27 May

£9 (£7.50) / 020 8348 8716

  • 14:30

Atea Wind Quintet With Richard Uttley

Works by Michael Cutting, Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Yuko Ohara, Emma-Ruth Richards and Piers Tattersall.

The Forge Venue And Caponata Restaurant, London NW1

Tue 21 May

£10; £8 adv (£8; £6 adv) / 020 7383 7808

  • 19:00

Athenaeum Winds

Wind quintet formed in 2010, with a repertoire from Haydn to MacMillan.

Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

Wed 5 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

In this concert they play Ligeti's Six Bagetelles, Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin and Jim Parker's Mississippi Five. Part of Cottier Chamber Project.

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Augusta Lees

The soprano performs various works.

St Wulfram's Church, Grantham

Sun 25 Aug

£7 (£5) / 01476 406158

  • 11:30

Aurora Orchestra: Pierre Boulez, Ives, Beethoven, Debussy

  • Directed by: Nicholas Collon (cond)
  • Written by: Debussy

Nicholas Collon conducts Debussy's Syrinx, Boulez's Memoriale, Ives's Three Places In New England and Beethoven's Symphony No 7, with Jane Mitchell, flute.

LSO St Luke's, London EC1V

Sun 7 Jul

Jerwood Hall

£10.80–£24 / 020 7638 8891

  • 19:00

Aurora Orchestra: Zeitgeist: Why? And For What?

Programme includes: Dmitry Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in F, Op.73a (arr. Barshai from Quartet No.3) Aurora delves into the shattered landscape that played host to the premiere of Shostakovich's String Quartet No.3. The quartet is a heartfelt and intensely personal response to war, performed here in Rudolf…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1

Sun 9 Jun

£10 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 17:30

Aurora Orchestra: Zeitgeist:Britten Films

Benjamin Britten: Night mail - music for the GPO film Benjamin Britten: The Way to the sea - music for the GPO film Benjamin Britten: Men behind the meters - music for the GPO film Benjamin Britten: The Tocher - music for the GPO film Benjamin Britten: Coal face - music for the GPO film Benjamin Britten…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1

Sun 29 Sep

£10 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 15:00

Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra: Innovation

Exciting fiddle group from Ayrshire, specialising in contemporary arrangements of Celtic music from around the world.

Gaiety Theatre, Ayr

Sat 28 Sep

£12 (£10) / 01292 288235

  • 19:30
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