BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall 0121 212 3333 http://www.symphonyhall.co.uk/symphony
16 December, 7.30pm Marc-Andre Hamelin
plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with
the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Bamert
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LONDON
Barbican Hall 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk
14 December, 7.30pm the LSO Chamber Ensemble
play piano trios by Haydn (No 27), Beethoven (Ghost), and Schubert
(B flat)
30 December, 3pm Ian Fountain
plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Philharmonia
Orchestra under David Parry
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SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk
13 December, 7.30pm Grace Francis
plays Ravel and sonatas by Beethoven (Les adieux), Bartok and Rachmaninov
(No 2 in the 1931 revision)
15 December, 7.30pm 'Bridging the Millennia' Anda
Anastasescu and the Schubert Players
of London play works by Silvestri, Turina, Copland (Piano Quartet)
and Shostakovich (Piano Quintet)
17 December, 8pm Juwon Ogugnbe and
'The Rhythms of Nigeria'
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SBC Queen Elizabeth Hall 0171 960
4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk
10 December, 7.45pm Louis Lorte
commemorates the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death with a recital including
the Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Fantasy on Polish Airs
and Allegro de Concert. Pre-concert talk by Roy Howat
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Spitalfields Winter Festival
0171 377 1362
22 December, 7.30pm David Roblou,
harpsichord and organ, partners soprano Catherine Bott in a seasonal programme
of sacred music
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Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141
11 December, 7.30pm the Nash Ensemble
play Beethoven's Quintet for Piano and Wind and Schubert's Trout
Quintet
13 December, 1pm Claire-Marie Le Guay
partners violinist Augustin Dumay in sonatas by Schumann (Op 105) and Brahms
(Op 108)
15 December, 7.30pm Graham Johnson
partners tenor Jean-Paul Fouchecourt in a recital of French song including
examples by Manuel Rosenthal and Nadia Boulanger
16 December, 7.30pm in the first of two recitals Peter Frankl joins cellist Ralph Kirshbaum in
music by Brahms (E minor Sonata), Schumann and Mendelssohn (D major Sonata)
20 December, 1pm Mikahil Rudy
plays Prokofiev and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
29 December, 7.30pm in the second of two recitals Peter Frankl joins cellist Ralph Kirshbaum in
music by Mendelssohn (B flat Sonata), Schubert (Arpeggione Sonata),
Schumann, and Brahms (F major Sonata)
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MILTON KEYNES
The Stables 01908 583928
11 December, 8pm Philip Smith
partners percussionist Evelyn Glennie
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OXFORD
Sheldonian Theatre 01865 798600 http://www.musicatoxford.igw.com
11 December, 7.30pm Jacques Loussier
and friends
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YORK
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall 01904
644194
15 December, 8pm Catherine Borner
plays Saint-Saens's Second Piano Concerto with the York University Chamber
Orchestra under Peter Seymour
17 December, 8pm the Marais Ensemble
play Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Wind and Poulenc's Trio for Oboe, Bassoon
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