What's on this week: classical music in London
Pavel Kolesnikov’s performance of The Goldberg Variations at The Jazz Cafe last week was something else. Thank you to everyone who supported and sold out another noisenight in such an incredible venue.
noisenights are back in a few weeks in London Bridge with Filipe Manu, who’s put together a programme of folk songs arranged by Benjamin Britten and Paolo Tosti, as well as a series of Tongan, Maori, and Hawaiian songs by Lili’uokalani and Queen Sālote of Tonga. More on that here.
That will be our last standard noisenight before they break for the summer… but since it’s been a slightly summery weekend, it feels like as good a time as any to mention that we’re hosting five outdoor concerts in the beer garden of The Speakeasy, Dalston from July-September. You can find all the dates here.
We did a trial run last year with cellist Laura van der Heijden (pictured above), and it was such a success we couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to expand it in to a series. In the meantime, here are our suggestions for this week’s live music, including another performance with Laura if you missed out before…
Tuesday 13 June, 6.30pm
Violinist Francesca Dego, violist Milena Simović, and cellist Laura van der Heijden perform Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco at the Fidelio cafe
Thursday 15 June, 7pm
DEBUT return to Rotherhithe’s Brunel Museum for another intimate classical concert in the Thames tunnel shaft
Friday 16 June, 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 17 June, 7.30pm
James McVinnie opens Bold Tendencies’ new ‘Slope Stage’ with a programme of Philip Glass works for organ
Saturday 1 July, 8pm
Filipe Manu performs song cycles by Paolo Tosti and Benjamin Britten, as well as compositions by Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaii and Queen Sālote of Tonga
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