BASINGSTOKE
The Anvil 01256 844244
29 January Lars Vogt plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24
with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo
6 February Katia & Marielle Labeque play Poulenc's Double
Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit
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BELFAST
Waterfront Hall 01232 668798
12 February Dmitri Alexeev plays Gershwin's Rhapsody
in Blue with the Ulster Orchestra under Yan Pascal Tortelier
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BRISTOL
Colston Hall 0117 922 3686
17 February Lucy Parham plays Schumann's Piano Concerto
with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra under Emil Tabakov
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CARDIFF
St David's Hall 01222 878444
12 February Leif Ove Andsnes plays Beethoven's
Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the BBC National Orchestra of
Wales under Mark Wigglesworth
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CARLISLE
Sands Centre 0500 591996
5 February Jean-Bernard Pommier plays and
directs concertos by Bach, Mozart and Saint-Saens with the Northern Sinfonia
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COVENTRY
Warwick Arts Centre 01203 524524
17 February Kathryn Stott plays Beethoven's Fourth
Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic under Peter Maxwell Davis
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CROYDON
Fairfield Halls 0181 846 6821
3 February Katia & Marielle Labeque play Poulenc's
Double Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit
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DUNDEE
Caird Hall 01382 434940
13 February Bella Davidovich plays Chopin's First Piano
Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev
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GLASGOW
Royal Concert Hall 0141 287 5511
11 February Bella Davidovich plays Chopin's First Piano
Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev
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GUILDFORD
School of Performing Arts, University of Surrey 01483 259317
31 January 3.30pm Nikolai Demidenko gives a Beethoven recital,
including the Diabelli Variations
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HUDDERSFIELD
Town Hall 01484 223200
13 February Martin Roscoe plays Tchaikovsky's First
Piano Concerto with the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra under Rupert
D'Cruze
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INVERNESS
Eden Court Theatre 01463 234234
10 February Bella Davidovich plays Chopin's First Piano
Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev
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LEEDS
Town Hall 0113 247 6962
6 February Jean-Bernard Pommier plays and directs Bach's
Concerto in F minor with the Northern Sinfonia
13 February Lucy Parham plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with
the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra under Emil Tabakov
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LEICESTER
De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111
15 February Alexander Ghindin plays Beethoven's Fourth
Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin
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LIVERPOOL
Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789
30 January Barry Douglas plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano
Concerto (Emperor) with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
under Petr Altrichter
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LONDON
Barbican Centre 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk
7 February Richard Goode plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano
Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis
11 February Artur Pizzaro plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No
20 with the Vienna Smphony Orchestra under Vladimir Fedoseyev
14 February Philip Fowke plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano
Concerto with the London Concert Orchestra under Robin Stapleton
18 February Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Rachmaninov's Third
Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Myung-Whun Chung
St John's, Smith Square 0171 222 1061
29 January Alexander Arkadov gives an all-Russian recital,
including Shostakovich's Second Piano Sonata, Mussorgsky's Pictures at
an Exhibition, and music by Prokofiev and Glinka
2 February John Hoyland plays Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven
(Sonata Op 110), Angel Barja and Chopin
11 February Leo de Bono plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto
(Emperor) with the Beethoven Philharmonic Orchestra under David Todhunter
14 February Howard Shelley plays Mozart's Piano Concerto
No 21 with the Thames Chamber Orchestra under Keith Marshall
16 February Ian Fountain plays Ravel's Piano Concerto in G
with the Salomon Orchestra under Paul Hoskins
17 February Manuel Villet plays Beethoven's Waldstein
Sonata, Liszt's B minor Sonata, Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit
and Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka
SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/
1 February Chantal Stigliani plays Bach's Partita in B
flat, Bach-Busoni's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Handel's Suite No 11 in
D minor, Haydn's Sonata No 23, and works by Couperin and Scarlatti
2 February Royal Over-Seas League Prizewinners' Concert Micallef
Inanga Piano Duo with Backbeat. Programme includes music by Martinu
and Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
12 February Martin Feinstein, harpischord, plays and directs
Bach's Concerto in D minor with the Feinstein Ensemble of London
14 February Keith Nichols and guests. "A Tribute to Fats
Waller" - the "black Horowitz"
SBC Queen Elizabeth Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/
11 February Christopher Seed, fortepiano. "The First
Ever Left-Handed Piano" world premiere concert, with lived keyboard
relay on screen. Works by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Chopin
14 February Arcadi Volodos plays works by Scriabin (including
the Tenth Sonata), Rachmaninov and Schumann, his own Variations on a Theme
from Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmila, and Horowitz's arrangement of Liszt's
Fifteenth Hungarian Rhapsody
SBC Royal Festival Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/
2 February Katia & Marielle Labeque play Poulenc's
Double Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit
7 February, 3 pm Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven's
Sonatas Opp 13 (Pathetique), 109, and Debussy's First Book of Preludes
7 February Jean-Philippe Collard plays Ravel's Piano Concerto
in G with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit
14 February Paul Lewis plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under David Angus
15 February Joaquin Achucarro plays Falla's Nights in the
Gardens of Spain with the Orchestra of London under Benedict Gunner
16 February Mikhail Pletnev plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano
Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin
Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141
1 February, 1 pm Artur Pizzaro plays Chopin's first book
of Studies, Op 10, and Rachmaninov's Corelli Variations
1 February Ashley Wass plays Bach-Rachmaninov, Bach-Busoni,
Barber's Sonata and Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
2 February, 1.05 pm Elizaveta Kopelman plays Brahms's
First Piano Quartet with the Leopold Trio
5 February Paul Nicholson, harpsichord, plays works by Byrd,
Philips, Purcell, Handel and Muffat
7 February, 4 pm Louis Lortie plays Beethoven sonatas, including
the Waldstein and Appassionata
8 February, 1 pm Pascal Roge plays Faure, Satie, Poulenc and
Debussy's Pour le piano
8 February Louis Demetrius Alvanis plays Bach's Partita in B
flat, Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata and the four Chopin Ballades
9 February Andrew Wilde plays Haydn's Sonatas Nos 30, 32 &
49, and works by Chopin
11 February Jean Louis Steuerman plays Bach's Goldberg
Variations
15 February, 1 pm Leon McCawley plays Mozart, Chopin and Scriabin
(including the Fourth Sonata)
15 February Angell Piano Trio play minor-key Martinu, Brahms
and Mendelssohn
19 February Sandro de Palma plays Chopin's Funeral March
Sonata, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and music by Liszt
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MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000
30 January Steven Osborne plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano
Concerto with the Halle Orchestra under Ole Schmidt
12 February Artur Pizzaro plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No
20 with the Vienna Smphony Orchestra under Vladimir Fedoseyev
17 February Mikhail Pletnev plays Chopin's Funeral March
Sonata and music by Grieg
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NEWCASTLE
City Hall 0191 261 2606
4 February Jean-Bernard Pommier plays and directs concertos
by Bach, Mozart and Saint-Saens with the Northern Sinfonia
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OXFORD
Sheldonian Theatre 01865 798600
13 February Mikhail Pletnev plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano
Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin
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POOLE
Arts Centre 01202 685222
3 February John Lill plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto
with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kees Bakels
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READING
The Hexagon 0118 960 6060
12 February Martin Roscoe plays Mozart's Piano Concerto
No 20 with the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert
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ROCESTER
Abbotsholme School 01543 263304
2 February Pascal Roge plays works by Faure, Satie, Ravel,
Poulenc and Debussy
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SALISBURY
City Hall 01928 481020
30 January Nicholas Walker plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano
Concerto (Emperor) with the Sarum Chamber Orchestra under Howard
Moody
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SWANSEA
Brangwyn Hall 01792 475715
13 February Leif Ove Andsnes plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano
Concerto (Emperor) with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under
Mark Wigglesworth
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YORK
Central Hall 01904 432439
29 January Martin Roscoe plays Brahms's Second Piano Concerto
with the BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall 01904 432439
17 February Nikolai Demidenko gives a Beethoven recital,
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