BASINGSTOKE

The Anvil 01256 844244

20 October, 7.45pm Peter Donohoe joins Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) and the London Symphony Orchestra under Mark Wigglesworth for a performance of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

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BIRMINGHAM

Symphony Hall 0121 212 3333 http://www.symphonyhall.co.uk/symphony

13 October, 7.30pm Andras Schiff plays and directs Bach's Keyboard Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

21 October, 7.30 pm direct from the Swansea Festival Helene Grimaud plays Ravel's G major Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Jarvi

22 October, 8pm repeating his Royal Festival Hall programme Krystian Zimerman plays and directs both Chopin's Piano Concertos with the Polish Festival Orchestra

22 October, 9.45pm Martin Roscoe plays Chopin nocturnes

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BRISTOL

Bristol University Music Department

20 October, 1.15 pm John McCabe plays works by Rawsthorne, Saxton, Hoddinott, Vaughan Williams and himself

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CANTERBURY

29 October, 7.30pm Bernard d'Ascoli plays Debussy's second book of Preludes, Liszt's Funerailles, and a Chopin group including the Fourth Ballade and Third Scherzo

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CARLISLE

Sands Centre 01228 625208

16 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Poliansky

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DORKING

Dorking Halls 01306 881717

9 October, 7.30pm Freddy Kempf plays Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov

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GLASGOW

City Hall 0141 287 5511

27 October, 7.30pm Mikhail Rudy plays Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vanska

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KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Parish Church 01932 863546

9 October, 8pm Howard Shelley plays and directs the rarely-heard piano transcription of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the London Mozart Players

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LIVERPOOL

Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789 http://www.rlps.co.uk

12, 13 October, 7.30pm Kathryn Stott plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Petr Altrichter [two performances]

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LONDON

Barbican Hall 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk

11 October, 7.30pm Gianluca Cascioli plays Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Daniele Gatti

13 October, 7.30pm Mikhail Muntian partners violist Yuri Bashmet for a recital including Bashmet's transcription of Bach's Fifth Cello Suite and Glinka's rarely heard Viola Sonata

14 October, 7.30pm the Trio Italiano play Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Daniele Gatti

18 October, 7.30pm the Nicola Elmer joins violinist Helena Wood and cellist Katharine Wood for another performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra under David Josefowitz

21 October, 7.45pm Peter Donohoe joins Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) and the London Symphony Orchestra under Mark Wigglesworth for a performance of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

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Bishopsgate Hall 0171 638 4674

26 October, 1.05pm Ivan Klansky gives a lunchtime recital

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Blackheath Halls 0181 463 0100

Piano Works 99
the UK's annual PianoBash
20-24 October

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St John's, Smith Square 0171 222 1061

9 October, 7.30pm Angela Lear gives an all-Chopin recital

11 October, 7.30pm Jonathan Papp partners baritone Thomas Allen in songs by Poulenc, Ravel and Strauss

17 October, 3pm Katherina Wolpe plays Schumann's Symphonic Studies and the UK premieres of two works by her father Stefan - Rag Caprice and Tango

19 October, 7.30pm Eugene Asti joins soprano Sophie Daneman and baritone William Dazeley for songs by Mendelssohn, Strauss and Poulenc

21 October, 7.30pm Boris Kondin partners soprano Olga Kondina in a recital of songs and operatic arias

22 October, 7.30pm Geoffrey Saba plays Haydn's last sonata, Tchaikovsky's The Seasons and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

26 October, 7.30pm Junko Kobayashi plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Artesian Ensemble under David Drummond

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St Lawrence Jewry 0171 839 8362

11 October, 1pm Joseph Tong

18 October, 1pm Ron Abramski

25 October, 1pm Susan Clark

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SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

12 October, 7.30pm Kim Burwell partners flautist Lisa Nelsen for a Young Musicians Platform recital

14 October, 1.05pm Steven Osborne plays Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata and the first book of Debussy Preludes

15 October, 7.30pm Daniel Tong partners violinist Fiona McNaught

28 October, 1.05pm Martin Jones joins horn player David Pyatt for a programme including Beethoven's early Horn Sonata

28 October, 7.30pm Martin Feinstein plays and directs the Feinstein Ensemble in Bach's Fifth Brandenburg Concerto

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SBC Royal Festival Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

9 October, 7.30pm Radu Lupu plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Kurt Sanderling

13 October, 7.30pm Christoph Eschenbach joins Christopher Tainton for Mozart's Double Piano Concerto which he directs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

17 October, 7.30pm Mitsuko Uchida plays Bach's French Suite No 5, a selection of Debussy Preludes, and, marking the anniversary to the day of the composer's death, Chopin's D flat Nocturne

20 October, 7.30pm Krystian Zimerman plays and directs both Chopin's Piano Concertos with the Polish Festival Orchestra

25 October, 7.30pm Igo Pogorelich plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev

28 October, 7.30pm Mikhail Rudy plays Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Evgeny Svetlanov

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11 October, 1.10pm Neil Crossland joins flautist Kathryn Thomas for sonatas by Prokofiev and Taktakishvili

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The Warehouse 0171 499 8567 http://www.bmic.co.uk

28 October, 7.30pm Ian Pace plays works by Luke Stoneham, Xenakis, Michael Finnissy, Messiaen, Ligeti and Cage

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Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141

8 October, 7.30pm Anne Queffelec and the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove play Mozart's Trio in B flat K 502 and Dvorak's Piano Quintet

10 October, 7.00pm the Nash Ensemble give an all-English programme including Frank Bridge's Phantasie Piano Quartet

11 October, 1pm Imogen Cooper joins baritone Wolfgang Holzmair for songs by Mendelssohn, Franz, Schumann (Liederkreis) and Wolf (Eichendorff Lieder)

11 October, 7.30pm Sophia Rahman partners violist Ashan Pillai and alto Hilary Summers for a mixed programme of Bach-Kodaly, Schubert (Arpeggione Sonata), Brahms, Nigel Clarke and Falla

12 October, 7.30pm Graham Johnson partners soprano Felicity Lott for songs by Strauss, Chausson, Poulenc and Lord Berners

13 October, 1pm in a 'live' BBC Radio 3 New Generations broadcast, Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, late Liszt, and Prokofiev's Seventh Sonata

14 October, 7.30pm Dmitri Alexeev plays innovative late Chopin, including the F minor Fantasy, Barcarolle and Polonaise-Fantasy, and music by Scriabin

15 October, 7.30pm Amir Tebenikhin plays Bach, Brahms's Op 76 Pieces, Debussy's Preludes from Book II, and Prokofiev's Eighth Sonata

17 October, 7pm Druvi de Saram partners cellist Rohan de Saram in sonatas by Beethoven, Debussy and Strauss - but not, on the day commemorating the 150th anniversary of his death, Chopin

18 October, 1pm Andreas Staier, fortepiano, plays Haydn's last sonata and Beethoven's Op 7 - both in E flat

18 October, 7.30pm Muriel Phillips and Daniel Grimwood join bass-baritone James Rutherford for a mixed programme of Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Wagner-Moszkowski, Finzi and Blumenfeld (Sonata-Fantasia in B minor)

20 October, 1pm in a 'live' BBC Radio 3 New Generations broadcast, Zoe Mather partners violinist Matthew Trusler in sonatas by Beethoven (Spring) and Debussy, plus Saint-Saens's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

21 October, 7.30pm Roger Vignoles partners soprano Inessa Galante for Russian songs by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov and Glinka

22 October, 7.30pm marking the completion of his monumental Liszt series for Hyperion, and on the day of the composer's birth, Leslie Howard gives a recital of music by Liszt and Bach

25 October, 1pm Nelson Goerner plays Berg's Sonata and Schubert's second book of Impromptus

25, 27 October, 7.30pm exchanging the larger concert halls he more usually plays in for the intimacy and period atmosphere of the Wigmore, Alfred Brendel plays sonatas by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, as well as Schumann's Scenes of Childhood [two performances]

27 October, 1pm in a 'live' BBC Radio 3 New Generations broadcast, Francois-Frederick Guy plays sonatas by Beethoven (the youthful F major from Op 10) and Brahms (F minor)

28 October, 7.30pm Peter Donohoe plays Brahms's Piano Quintet with the Maggini Quartet

29 October, 7.30pm Yoo-Jung Kim and Olga Sitkovetsky join violinist Natalia Lomeiko for music by Beethoven (Les adieux Sonata), Messiaen, Liszt, Leclair, Grieg, Part and Schumann

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MIDDLESBROUGH

Town Hall 01642 242561

10 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Poliansky

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MILTON KEYNES

The Stables 01908 583928

25 October, 8.15pm Radu Lupu plays Chopin's F minor Fantasy, Schumann's C major Fantasy, Janacek's In the Mist and Beethoven's Appassionata

Milton Keynes Theatre 01908 606090

9 October, 7.30pm Pascal Roge plays Ravel's G major Piano Concerto with the Milton Keynes City Orchestra under Hilary Davan Wetton

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NORWICH

11 October, 8.30pm Terry Riley in concert

17 October, 5pm direct from the Swansea Festival Stephen Kovacevich repeats Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under Marko Letonja

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NOTTINGHAM

Djanogly Recital Hall 0115 951 4764

23 October, 7.30pm the Guarneri Trio Prague play Janacek

Royal Concert Hall 0115 948 2626

20 October, 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton

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POOLE

Arts Centre 01202 685222

20 October, 7.30pm the Guarneri Trio Prague play Janacek

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PRESTON

Guildhall 01772 258858

26 October, 7.30pm Kathryn Stott plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Libor Pesek

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READING

The Hexagon 0118 960 6060

28 October, 7.30pm Katia & Marielle Labeque play Brahms, Schubert's F minor Fantasy, Debussy and a two-piano transcription of Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien

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SHEFFIELD

Crucible Theatre 0114 249 6000

23 October, 7.45pm Richard Goode plays Schubert's G major Sonata and a Chopin group including the Barcarolle and Third Scherzo

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STOCKTON

Stockton Parish Church

9 October, 7.45pm Gulsin Onay and Richard Martin play Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with the Northern Sinfonia under David Haslam

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STOKE-ON-TRENT

Victoria Theatre & New Regent Theatre 01782 213800

14 October, 7.30pm Kathryn Stott plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Petr Altrichter

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SWANSEA

13 October, 7.30pm Stephen Kovacevich plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under Marko Letonja

15 October, 7.30pm Peter Donohoe joins Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Mark Wigglesworth for a performance of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

17 October, 7.30pm David Owen Norris plays Debussy, Poulenc and Faure, and, on the anniversary to the day of the composer's death, a Chopin group

20 October, 7.30 pm Helene Grimaud plays Ravel's G major Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Jarvi

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TONBRIDGE

West Kent College 01732 354763 ds.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/np03/tmc-hp.htm

9 October, 8pm John Lill plays Beethoven's Moonlight and Op 111 Sonatas, Brahms's Handel Variations, and four Rachmaninov Preludes

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TRURO

The Hall for Cornwall 01872 262466

14 October, 8pm Artur Pizarro offers an all-American programme of transcriptions and original works, including the Barber Sonata, Copland's Rodeo Suite and a Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess