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BBC SSO: Runnicles Conducts Mozart's Requiem
Donald Runnicles conducts a completion by the great Robert Levin of Mozart's unfinished masterpiece, also featuring the National Youth Choir of Scotland and guest soloists Miah Persson (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) and Neal Davies (bass). But first, young American virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein is…
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Sun 29 Sep
£10.50–£26.50 / 0131 228 1155
Metropolitan Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts
Enjoy Scotland's finest emerging professionals from the RCS, Scotland's national conservatoire. A different combination of instruments or voices every day with varied classical programmes. Full programmes: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk.
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh
Mon 5 Aug
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Michel De Souza, David Gowland
The baritone and his piano accompanist performs a selection of classical pieces.
Royal Opera House, London WC2E
Mon 8 Jul
Crush Room
Phone for prices / 020 7304 4000
- 13:00
Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance was written in a hurry so that Gilbert & Sullivan could open it on Broadway and finally taste those sweet, sweet American royalties, but in spite of its mercenary origin it's one of the best-loved operettas ever written, a crazily sparkling farce with a bumbling but patriotic pirate crew, some…
Bristol Hippodrome
Thu 20 Jun
£15–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325
Sat 22 Jun
£15–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325
New Theatre, Oxford
Wed 3 Jul
£15–£45 / 0870 606 3500
Thu 4 Jul
£15–£45 / 0870 606 3500
Sat 6 Jul
£15–£45 / 0870 606 3500
Tempest Flute Trio: Chick Corea, Duke Ellington, Adam Gorb, Debussy, JS Bach, Edmund Jolliffe
- Written by: Edmund Jolliffe
The trio performs Debussy's Syrinx, Duke Ellington's Caravan, JS Bach's Sonata In C Minor, Adam Gorb's A New Life For Anya, Edmund Jolliffe's Tempest Fugit and Chick Corea's Spain.
Kings Place, London N1
Sun 15 Sep
Box Office Stage
Free / 020 7520 1490
- 14:45
Thierry Huillet, Clara Cernat: Thierry Huillet
- Written by: Thierry Huillet
The pianist and violinist duo performs Thierry Huillet's The Little Prince For Violin And Piano, based on the book by Antoine de Saint Exupery's, copyright Editions Gallimard 1946.
Kings Place, London N1
Sat 14 Sep
Hall Two
£4.50 / 020 7520 1490
- 09:45
York Youth Music Festival 2013
A showcase of the musical talents of young people in York.
Grand Opera House, York
Sat 22 Jun
£6 / 0844 871 3024
Atlantic Crossings
Made in Scotland 2013 and Vocali3e present music from America, Scotland and Ireland juxtaposing art songs by Amy Beach, André Previn, and Thea Musgrave with folk song settings by John Corigliano and Joseph Haydn. The recital will feature the UK premiere of Lori Laitman’s moving song cycle, Fathers. 'Both Anne…
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Fri 16 Aug
Bach for Breakfast
ROSL Arts. Fourteenth sell-out series. Includes violinists Ben Baker and Michael Foyle, cellists Yelian He and Rowena Calvert, and pianist Kausikan Rajeshkumar performing works by Bach and contemporaries. Different artists and programmes each concert. Tea/coffee, pastries afterwards included. www.roslarts.org.uk. All…
Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
Thu 15 Aug
Tue 20 Aug
Thu 22 Aug
Boris Giltburg: Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev
- Written by: Prokofiev
The group performs Scriabin's Sonata No 3, Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux Nos. 1, 2 and 4, plus Prokofiev's Sonata No 7.
LSO St Luke's, London EC1V
Thu 10 Apr
Jerwood Hall
£10 unreserved seating (£9 unreserved seating) / 020 7638 8891
- 13:00 – 14:00
Chopin After Lunch
ROSL Arts. Music by Chopin and other romantic composers performed by international award-winning musicians, including cellist Yelian He, pianists Omri Epstein, Ashley Fripp, Kausikan Rajeshkumar, Yasmin Rowe, Ben Schoeman. Different artists and programmes each concert. Tea/coffee, shortbread afterwards included.
Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh
Mon 12 Aug
Wed 14 Aug
Fri 16 Aug
Chopin Circle in Scotland
An enthralling world premiere recital by Grace Mo - distinguished, internationally acclaimed Canadian pianist, Best Concertmaster, Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire, St. Petersburg. Grace performed in the Fringe as the prize winner of the Royal Overseas League and returns to present Chopin’s late masterpieces - a fabulous…
St Andrew's and St George's West Church, Edinburgh
Wed 7 Aug
Choral Evensong / Choral Eucharist
The professional chapel choir sings at the weekly interdenominational choral service in this extraordinary late Arts and Crafts building: truly one of Edinburgh's hidden gems. Guided tours after services. Music list and further details: www.robinchapel.org.uk.
The Robin Chapel, Edinburgh
Sun 4 Aug
Sun 11 Aug
Sun 18 Aug
City Of Hull Youth Bands And Orchestras
The group performs various ensemble and orchestral works.
Hull City Hall
Sat 29 Jun
£5–£7.50 concs available / 01482 226655
- 14:30
Sun 30 Jun
£5–£7.50 concs available / 01482 226655
- 14:30
Conversations: Philip Glass and Patti Smith
Philip Glass is joined by Patti Smith to discuss their cross-art form collaboration The Poet Speaks with writer and broadcaster Richard Coles.
The Hub, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
Danish String Quartet
Billing itself as 'your friendly neighbourhood string quartet with above average amounts of beard', the Danish String Quartet is an engaging bunch of Scandinavians (actually three Danes and one Norwegian) with a fierce dedication to quartet music.
St Mary's Parish Church, Dunbar
Sun 22 Sep
£12 / 0131 473 2000
Here the quartet plays Haydn's brilliant, game-changing String Quartet Op 20 No 5 and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet K581. Part of Lammermuir Festival.
Stenton Parish Church
Sat 21 Sep
£12
This concert features Haydn's late String Quartet Op 76 No 4 and Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 2 Op 13. Part of Lammermuir Festival.
Edward Symington
A classical recital by the organist.
Truro Cathedral
Fri 9 Aug
Free / 01872 276782
- 13:10
English National Brass Band Championships
The top 10 brass bands in England go horn-to-horn to win the opportunity to represent the country at the European Brass Band Championships 2014 in Perth.
Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham
Sat 29 Jun
Prices to be confirmed
- 10:00 – 19:00
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Under the musical direction of Brian Grant, the National Brass Band-winning ensemble plays popular classics.
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Wed 24 Jul
£19.50–£21.50 / 0844 871 7607
- 10:00 – 16:30
Thu 25 Jul
£19.50–£21.50 / 0844 871 7607
- 10:00 – 16:30
Fri 26 Jul
£19.50–£21.50 / 0844 871 7607
- 10:00 – 16:30
City Hall, Salisbury
Sun 22 Sep
£18.50–£20 (£16.50–£18) / 01722 434434
- 15:00
The Civic Hall, Bedworth
Mon 15 Jul
£20 / 024 7637 6707
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 16 Jul
£20 / 024 7637 6707
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 17 Jul
£20 / 024 7637 6707
- 10:00 – 18:00
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The Halle: Wolfgang Rihm, Britten
- Directed by: Mark Elder (cond)
- Written by: Britten
Sir Mark Elder conducts works by Wolfgang Rihm and Britten's The Prince Of The Pagodas - Pas De Six, Our Hunting Fathers and Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Purcell. With soprano Emma Bell.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Sun 23 Jun
£15–£34; £7.50–£17 under 27s / 01728 687110
- 16:00
Irina Botan: Rachmaninov, Mihail Jora, Haydn, Chopin
- Written by: Chopin
The pianist performs Haydn's Variations In F Minor, Chopin's Ballade No 3, Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux, No 1 and No 4, plus Mihail Jora's Joujoux Pour Ma Dame.
St Martin-In-The-Fields, London WC2N
Fri 27 Sep
£3.50 donation / 020 7766 1100
- 13:00
Jordan Meakin, Chris Akhurst
The organists perform various works.
Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent
Sat 13 Jul
£7.90 ( £6) / 0844 871 7649
- 12:00
Joy Lisney And James Lisney: Schubert, Rachmaninov, Girolamo Frescobaldi
- Written by: Girolamo Frescobaldi
The duo performs Frescobaldi's Toccata, Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata and Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata In G Minor.
Croydon Fairfield Halls
Tue 25 Jun
Concert Hall
£5 / 020 8688 9291
- 13:05
Lunchtime Concert
St Giles' Cathedral offers free lunchtime concerts from visiting artists.
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Sat 22 Jun
Free / 0131 226 0673
Choirs from Bigues and Santa Eulalia de Roncana, near Barcelona.
- 14:00
Mon 24 Jun
Free / 0131 226 0673
Longmont Chorale, a community choir from Colorado, gives a choral recital.
- 12:15
Sat 29 Jun
Free / 0131 226 0673
Simantrophobics, beware: this concert by the Cast in Bronze Youth Handbell Choir of Cincinnati, Ohio is definitely not for you, but everyone else could be in for a treat.
- 12:15
Mark Brafield
The organist performs various works.
Westminster Cathedral, London SW1P
Sun 23 Jun
Free, donations welcome / 020 7798 9055
- 16:45






