What's on this week: classical music in London
**this article has been updated - find this week’s events here**
Nicola Benedetti & the Aurora Orchestra (photo: Snape Maltings)
Today marks two months until our noisenights series opens, with the first event featuring the fantastic Chineke! Duo (Sarah Daramy-Williams + Natalia Senior-Brown) performing in Hoxton.
The Chineke! Orchestra opened the Southbank Centre’s Summer Reunion series back in April - the first time the venue had opened its doors since shutting in March last year.
Our highlights this week feature more great events from that series, as well as a couple of other recommendations thrown in. Check them out below…
Wednesday 30 June, 1.10pm
Luba Tunnicliffe (viola) + Gamal Khamis (piano) perform a Benjamin Graves world premiere, alongside Britten, Adès + Schumann
Saturday 3 July, 7pm + 9pm
The Corran Quartet perform excerpts from ballets, including Swan Lake with the Sophie Adams Ballet Company
Saturday 3 July, 5pm + 7.45pm
Acclaimed British pianist Warren Mailley-Smith presents a programme of intimate Romantic works by candlelight in Piccadilly
Saturday 3 July, 8pm
Witness Steve Reich’s premier ensemble perform his minimalist masterpiece Music for 18 musicians at the Southbank Centre
Sunday 4 July, 3pm
Internationally acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto & more with the Aurora Orchestra
a bit further ahead…
Saturday 28 August, 6pm + 8pm
Sarah Daramy-Williams and Natalia Senior-Brown perform music by Errollyn Wallen, Joseph Bologne, Mozart, Schubert, and Martinů
Friday 10 September, 6.30pm + 8.30pm
Laura van der Heijden and Max Baillie play Kodály, Bach, Bartók, and a selection of folk music in Hoxton Underbelly
