What's on this week: classical music in London
The Speakeasy, Dalston
It’s the week of the noisenights summer party! And for all our concerns about hosting an outdoor event during the British summer, we’ve been served up a heatwave and possibly the best beer garden weather ever…
Laura van der Heijden will perform a brand new programme for us on Sunday, featuring Bach cello suites alongside music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Imogen Holst.
Following Laura’s set, the renowned classical guitarist Fabricio Mattos will perform samba and traditional choro music with his band throughout the afternoon. Doors at 2.30pm, live music 3-6pm, and happy hour from 5pm.
The beer garden at The Speakeasy, Dalston even has a retractable roof (which we had imagined using for quite the opposite weather), so you can keep cool in the shade all afternoon. Tickets for that one can be purchased here.
If you’re already booked up on Sunday, then there are plenty of other great events taking place across London this week. Find our recommendations below.
Tuesday 12 July, 7.30pm
For the first time ever, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Dame Sarah Connolly will be performing in the iconic Dry Berth of Cutty Sark
Friday 15 July, 1pm
Artists from The Royal Opera, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, and The Royal Ballet perform in the foyers and bar spaces of the Royal Opera House
Saturday 16 July, 7pm
ZRI bring their radical re-scoring of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet, including accordion and santouri, to the Islington Festival of Music and Art
Sunday 17 July, 1pm
Joana Ly and Martin André perform in the South Arcade, Islington Square as part of the 2022 Islington Festival of Music and Art
Sunday 17 July, 3pm
Laura van der Heijden performs Bach, Holst and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson in a Dalston beer garden, followed by live samba and bossa nova
Sunday 17 July, 4pm
Renowned classical guitarist Fabricio Mattos brings his band to The Speakeasy Dalston for an afternoon of music from Rio de Janeiro
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