'Genius for Genes'
Orion Symphony Orchestra
Gala concert in aid of the CGD Research Trust
Orion Symphony Orchestra Toby Purser Programme: Part I - Classical Genius
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor, RV522
Mendelssohn: Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", op.21
Mozart: Flute Concerto in D major, K.314
Part II - Operatic Genius
Verdi: Prelude; Ella mi fu rapita ; Caro nome (Rigoletto)
Labbra di foco (Falstaff)
Massenet: Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)
Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Wally)
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut;
Chi il ben sogno (La Rondine); Recondita armonia (Tosca)
Giordano: Vicino a te s'acqueta (Andrea Chénier)
Saturday 13 March, 2010 7.30pm
University of London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Collins Daniel Capps Programme: Mozart: *Marriage of Figaro
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.2
Mahler: Symphony No.6
Sunday 14 March, 2010 3pm
London Suzuki Group Annual Strings Concert
Programme:
Tuesday 16 March, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury Elizabeth Atherton Programme: Chilcott: Requiem
Beethoven: Mass in C
Thursday 18 March, 2010 7.30pm
Choral at Cadogan 2009-2010 Lux Aeterna The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Stephen Layton Programme: Nocturne
Bach: Komm, Jesu Komm
Pärt: Bogoroditse Djevo
Whitacre: Sleep
Tallis: O nata lux
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Stanford: Motets
Lauridsen: Nocturnes
Friday 19 March, 2010 7.30pm
Goldsmiths Choral Union Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists
Thomas Hobbs Michael George Programme: J S Bach: St John Passion (sung in German)
Saturday 20 March, 2010 7pm
The Joyful Company of Singers 21st Anniversary Gala Concert
Peter Broadbent Programme: The Joyful Company of Singers celebrates its 21st Anniversary with a special Gala Concert. Recently featured in The Times as one of the top five amateur choirs in the UK, the concert will include featured works from the choir’s history by Brahms, Parry, Rachmaninov and Poulenc.
Sunday 21 March, 2010 7pm
King’s College London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Elisabeth Meister Janet Shell Programme: Verdi Requiem
Tuesday 23 March, 2010 7pm
John Lewis Partnership
Natalie Clifton-Grifiths Jeremy Budd Programme: Dvorak:Symphony No 9 in E minor ‘From the New World’
Orff: Carmina Burana
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Zurich International Concert Series 2009-10
Andrew Litton Heidi Grant Murphy Programme: Grieg: Excerpts from Peer Gynt
Mozart: From Il Re Pastore, K.208: L’ameró, Saro Costante Barbaro! Oh Dio mi vedi divisa dal mio ben Mahler: Symphony No.4
Sunday 28 March, 2010 3pm
Masquerade Youth and Junior Choirs
Robert Clark Barry Clark Programme: A wide-ranging programme, containing music from a variety of styles and periods.
Tuesday 30 March, 2010 7.30pm
Timothy B. Schmit Support act: Nell Bryden
Programme: The American singer-songwriter Timothy B. Schmit – who is best known as a member of the Eagles – will make his UK debut as a solo artist. He will be performing songs from his new album Expando, with his full American band.
Saturday 3 April, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sondheim 80th Birthday Gala Celebration
Maria Friedman Daniel Evans Programme: A wonderful evening of the very best of Stephen Sondheim from his award-winning shows: Sweeney Todd, A little Night Music, Follies, Into the Woods and many more!
Including classic songs: Send in the Clowns, Losing My Mind, Agony and Being Alive.
Plus a special feature of a brand new UK première, written for Sondheim’s 80th birthday!
Sunday 4 April, 2010 7pm
Dennis Locorriere with his band
Dennis Locorriere Andy Fairweather-Low Programme: Plus, very special guests
Andy Fairweather-Low
& the Low Riders
Monday 5 April, 2010 7.30pm
An Evening with Tony Benn Presented by Clive Conway
Programme: *Rescheduled date*
The veteran Labour politician Tony Benn will be talking about his life in politics and what he thinks about the changes in the Labour party. Expect an evening of frank responses and entertaining political anecdotes. This is a welcome sequel to his original legendary theatre tour.
Friday 9 April, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Shostakovich Conducts Shostakovich
Hans Liberg
The Godfather of Comedy & Music – an excellent pianist and a talented comedian
Programme: A sell-out hit in concert halls throughout Europe, Liberg combines humour and extreme musical virtuosity to poke fun at the world of classical music.
Sunday 11 April, 2010 7pm
Hans Liberg
The Godfather of Comedy & Music – an excellent pianist and a talented comedian
Programme: A sell-out hit in concert halls throughout Europe, Liberg combines humour and extreme musical virtuosity to poke fun at the world of classical music.
Monday 12 April, 2010 19:30
An Evening Of Melodious Ghazals With HARIHARAN
Programme: One of the most versatile singers in India, Hariharan is firmly established as one of the leading ghazal, playback singers in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada & Telugu movies – a true pioneer of Indian fusion music.
Wednesday 14 April, 2010 7.30pm
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Zurich International Concert Series 2009-10
Emmanuel Krivine Jean-Yves Thibaudet Programme: Mendelssohn: Overture ‘Hebrides’
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2
Thursday 15 April, 2010 7.30pm
Kit & The Widow
LIVE
Programme: Western Europe’s Leading Piano-and-voicebased Lounge Act is coming to Cadogan Hall to make a DVD.Kit & The Widow request the pleasure of your company at this very special evening of handpicked songs from the past 30 years.
Friday 16 April, 2010 7.30pm
BBC Big Band Celebrates the Great British Bands
BBC Big Band Barry Forgie Programme: A wonderful celebration of the rise of Big Band and Dance Band music in the UK. Including a selection of golden favourites from the days of the BBC Dance Orchestra under the batons of Jack Payne and Henry Hall through to the music of legendary band leaders including Jack Hylton, Harry Roy, Bert Ambrose, Geraldo, Ted Heath, John Dankworth, Joe Loss - and the music of today as played by the BBC Big Band. This concert will definitely have you tapping your toes in time!
Saturday 17 April, 2010 7.30pm
The Essence of Krishna featuring
Hariprasad Chaurasia with Alarmel Valli
Programme: Presented by the Moor Park Lions in aid of The Chain of Hope
The Bansuri flute was the instrument used by Lord Krishna to invoke the call of divine love. Today no living person personifies this call better than Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia who has devoted his life perfecting winning worldwide acclaim, and making him the most sought after contemporary musician in the world today.
Tuesday 20 April, 2010 7.30pm
Upbeat Management presents The London Community Gospel Choir
Programme: If any evidence is needed of the power and beauty of the human voice then look no further. The London Community Gospel Choir is a collective of the finest voices in the country.
Wednesday 21 April, 2010 7.30pm
The Brodsky Quartet
Romantic Piano Quintets
The Brodsky Quartet Martin Roscoe Programme: Schubert: Quartettsatz D.703
Gershwin: Lullaby
Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Friday 23 April, 2010 7.30pm
Lightning Seeds plus support Presented by Chas Cole for CMP Entertainment
Programme: Lightning Seeds front man, Ian Broudie, has taken something of a back seat over recent years, producing chart topping bands such as The Coral, The Zutons and The Subways. As if he’s never been away, Ian Broudie returned in 2009 with a new Lightning Seeds album, the first for ten years, featuring ten new songs written and produced by Broudie.
Tuesday 27 April, 2010 7.30pm
Hideko Udagawa Recital
Hideko Udagawa Schumann Programme: Schubert: Sonatina in G minor, Op.137 No.3
Richard Strauss: Sonata in E flat major, Op.18
Szymanowski: The Fountain of Arethusa Op.30 No.1
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op.30 No.2
Wednesday 28 April, 2010 7.30pm
City of London Sinfonia Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto
Serhiy Salov Andreas Delfs Programme: Mozart Symphony No.35 ‘Haffner’
Schreker Chamber Symphony
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
Thursday 29 April, 2010 7.30pm
The King’s Singers A German Vespers
Charivari Agréable Kah-Ming Ng Programme: Includes the world premiere of a new performance version of Pachelbel's Vespers:
The King’s Singers and period instrument group, Charivari Agréable, join forces in this programme of German Vespers, reaffirming the richness, diversity and sublime beauty of late seventeenth century German instrumental and sacred music by Buxtehude and the Bach family.
Johann Pachelbel: Ingressus in C minor
Johann Kaspar Kerll: Sonata à 5
Johann Christoph Bach: Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren (Man that is born of a woman)
Johann Michael Bach: Ich, weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (I know that my redeemer liveth)
Johann Krieger:Sonata à 5
Johann Michael Bach: Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen
Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703):Ach, daß ich Wassers g'nug hätte
Johann Fischer (1646–1716):Trost-Klang [instrumental]
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707):An Filius non est Dei Ciacona; Jesu dulcis memoria
Johann Pachelbel: Ciacona in F minor; Magnificat in C major (orig. D)
Thursday 6 May, 2010 7.30pm
Oxford Philomusica With the Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Charlotte Mobbs Ronan Collett Programme: Fauré: Requiem Op.48 *
Howard Goodall: Eternal Light: A Requiem **
Saturday 8 May, 2010 7.30pm
Thames Philharmonic Choir Thames Festival Orchestra
Choral at Cadogan 2009-2010 Lux Aeterna The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips The Tallis Scholars Programme: Jubilate Deo
Palestrina: Surge Illuminare
Palestrina: Missae Papae Marcelli
Croce: Laudans exsultet gaudio
A Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo
A Gabrieli: Benedictus, dominus deus
Phinot: Lamentations
Festa: Quam pulchra es
Palestrina: Laudate pueri dominum
Wednesday 12 May, 2010 7.30pm
English Chamber Orchestra
Akira Mori Tasmin Little Programme: Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Italian
Thursday 13 May, 2010 7.30pm
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Zurich International Concert Series 2009-10
Pavel Kogan Igor Tchetuev Programme: Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Friday 14 May, 2010 7.30pm
Celebrity Recital Series Guy Johnston cello
Kathryn Stott piano
Mendelssohn Chopin Programme: Mendelssohn: Variation Concertante
Chopin: Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op 65
Brahms: E minor Sonata
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro
Chopin: Polonaise
Saturday 15 May, 2010 12 noon
Crash, Bang, Wallop
Goldilocks
City of London Sinfonia’s
family concert
James Redwood Dominic Wheeler Programme: Schwertsik: Goldilocks
Beethoven: Fifth Symphony, 1st Movement
Piazzola: selection of pieces
Tuesday 18 May, 2010 7.30pm
Red Priest ‘Johann I’m Only Dancing’
Piers Adams Julia Bishop Programme: A dynamic presentation of music by the greatest genius of the baroque era, Johann Sebastian Bach, performed with Red Priest’s legendary blend of creativity, wit and virtuosity.
The programme includes epic transcriptions of Brandenburg Concerto No.3 and the great Toccata and Fugue in D minor, alongside a host of dazzling allegros, whirling dances and some of the most sublime adagios
ever composed.
Wednesday 19 May, 2010 7.30pm
Quartet Pro Musica 55th Anniversary Year Concert
Purcell Haydn Programme: Henry Purcell: Chacony in G Minor
Haydn: Op. 76 No. 5 in D Major
John Cameron: A Suite for String Quartet ‘Tara’s Brooch’
Debussy: Quartet Op. 10 in G Minor
Thursday 20 May, 2010 7.30pm
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 40 Year Anniversary Concert
Programme: For forty years the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, based in the UK, has delighted audiences all over the world with its mix of swing and hot dance music.
Friday 21 May, 2010 7.30pm
National Opera Studio Showcase Concert of Operatic Highlights
Programme: Featuring excerpts from Così fan tutte, La bohéme, L’elisir d’amore, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Rigoletto, Samson et Dalila and Suor Angelica.
Saturday 22 May, 2010 7.30pm
Ealing Choral Society Choral Music from Masters of the Classical Canon
Jonathan Williams Mozart Programme: Haydn:Te Deum
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor
Mozart: Overture 'the Magic Flute'
Haydn: Alfred, Konig der Angelsachsen
Beethoven: Elegisher Gesang
Sunday 23 May, 2010 7pm
Kymi Sinfonietta
Benjamin Grosvenor Yasuo Shinozaki Programme: Sibelius: Pelleas & Melisande
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 in A major
Monday 24 May, 2010 7.30pm
Mike Batt 'A Songwriter's Tale'
Programme: Performing songs from his career as one of the UK's premier singer songwriters.
Tuesday 25 May, 2010 7.30pm
Celebrity Recital Series Janina Fialkowska
Chopin recital
Programme: Chopin
Polonaise in C minor Op.26, No.1
Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64, No.2
Grande Valse Brillante in A flat Op.38, No.1
Nocturne in B major Op.62, No.1
Prelude in F sharp minor Op.28, No.8
Prelude in A flat major Op 28, No.17
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor Op.31
Wednesday 26 May, 2010 7.30pm
The Two Moors Festival Tenth Birthday
Fundraising Concert
Julian Lloyd Webber Leon McCawley Programme: Schumann Papillons
Schumann Frühlingsnacht
Cello pieces by Fauré, Britten and Bridge
Schubert Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’
Thursday 27 May, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Janina Fialkowska performs Chopin
Jeff Hooper Barry Forgie Programme: Following the tribute to the British Big Bands in April, the BBC Big Band will take you across the pond to present an evening of American Big Band Classics with a nostalgic tribute to some of the United States greatest jazz musicians, including Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
Thursday 3 June, 2010 7.30pm
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Programme: A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping
obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment.
Friday 4 June, 2010 7.30pm
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Programme: A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping
obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment.
Saturday 5 June, 2010 7.30pm
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Erica Eloff Nicholas Warden Programme: Haydn’s Creation
No matter whether one is a Fundamentalist or a follower of Darwin, Haydn’s Creation lightens the spirit and sets the heart soaring.
Monday 7 June, 2010 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall presents the Royal College of Music’s
Rising Stars 2010
Guy Johnston Jonathan Barritt Programme: Piers Tattersall: We Shall Not Meet Between
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata no 1 in C minor, op 4
Interval
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op 70
Tuesday 8 June, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky Gala 2
Grzegorz Nowak Wen-Sinn Yang Programme: Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
Saturday 12 June, 2010 11am
Saturday Spectacular Bon Voyage!
Kevin Hathway Southbank Sinfonia Programme: Pack your bags and join Southbank Sinfonia as we explore Europe's musical treasures!
Monday 14 June, 2010 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall presents the Royal College of Music’s
Rising Stars 2010
Jianing Kong Katy Woolley Programme: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes op 25 (selection)
Johannes Brahms: Trio in E flat major, op 40
Interval
Dmitri Shostakovich: Spanish Songs Op 100
Ruaidhri Mannion: New work
György Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles
Wednesday 16 June, 2010 7.30pm
Suzanne Vega plus support: tba
Suzanne Vega Programme: Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega returns to Cadogan Hall to perform songs from her new album Close-Up Vol.1 Love Songs.
Monday 21 June, 2010 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall presents the Royal College of Music's Rising Stars 2010
Lucinda Dalton Jenny Brittlebank Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Serenade in C minor
Dimitri Scarlato: new work
Interval
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Zdes' khorosho, op 21, no 7
V molchani nochi taynoy, op 4, no 3
Rechnaja lileja, op 8, no 1
Son, op 38, no 5
Eti letnije nochi, op 14, no 5
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, op 4, no 4
Béla Bartók: Sonata BB115
Tuesday 22 June, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra War Horse Suite
Gavin Sutherland Christopher Gunning Programme: A world première of the music from the sensational award-winning show!
Geoffrey Burgon: Brideshead Revisited
Adrian Sutton: War Horse Suite World Première
Christopher Gunning: Oboe Concerto
Nigel Hess: The Food of Love: Suite – Music for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Wednesday 23 June, 2010 7.30pm
The Brodsky Quartet Romantic Piano Quintets
The Brodsky Quartet Noriko Ogawa Programme: Dvorak: Two Waltzes
Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41 No. 3
Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Tuesday 31 August, 2010 7pm
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Plays Beethoven
Richard Tognetti Dejan Lazic Programme: Vasks: Vox Amoris (UK premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
The Times calls the Australian Chamber Orchestra “the best chamber orchestra on earth”. The Washington Post says it has “the energy and vibe of a rock band with the ability of a crack classical chamber group." The ACO is famous for exhilarating, high-impact performances of Beethoven, “fired by fierce energy” and “worlds apart from the stodgy style so often heard”.
Saturday 18 September, 2010 11am
Saturday Spectacular Adventures in the Magical Kingdom
Alasdair Malloy Stephen Bell Programme:
Friday 22 October, 2010 7.30pm
The King’s Singers Nightsong
Roger Vignoles Programme: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Nachtwache 2
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Zur guten Nacht
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Fruehlingsahnung
Die Primel
Fruehlingsfeier
Johannes Brahms: An die Heimat
Franz Schubert: Grab und Mond
Max Reger(1873-1916): Nachtlied
Franz Schubert: Der Gondelfahrer
Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Der Eidgenossen Nachtwache
Josef Rheinberger(1839-1901): Um Mitternacht
Johannes Brahms: Der Abend
Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Traumlicht
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Choral dances from "Gloriana"
Benjamin Britten: The Ballad of Lady Musgrave and Lady Barnard
"Comedian Harmonists" : Tea for two, Mein kleinergruener Kaktus, Wochenend und Sonnenschein
Friday 5 November, 2010 7.30pm
Ludovico Einaudi in concert
Programme: A real event for lovers of Ludovico Einaudi's music - the composer and his piano in a special solo concert setting.
Saturday 6 November, 2010 7.30pm
Ludovico Einaudi in concert
Programme: A real event for lovers of Ludovico Einaudi's music - the composer and his piano in a special solo concert setting.
Sunday 7 November, 2010 7pm
Ludovico Einaudi in concert
Programme: A real event for lovers of Ludovico Einaudi's music - the composer and his piano in a special solo concert setting.
Sunday 19 December, 2010 7pm
The King’s Singers Joy To The World
Programme: Trad. arr. Carl Davis: Rise up, shepherd, and follow
Poem: Christina Rossetti 'Christmas Eve'
Trad. Basque arr. Edgar Pettman: The angel Gabriel
Trad. French arr. Philip Lawson: Noel nouvelet
Trad. arr. Bob Chilcott: What child is this?
Poem: Charles Causley: Ballad of the Bread-Man
Tchaikovsky arr. Jeremy Lubbock: The Crown of Roses
J. S. Bach: O little one sweet
Philip Lawson: Lullay my liking
Reading: Christmas 1915
Gruber arr. John Rutter: Stille Nacht
June Collin: The Quiet Heart
Poem: Rudyard Kipling: Eddi's Service
John Rutter: There is a flower
Trad. arr. Philip Lawson: Joy to the world
Camille Saint-Saëns: Serenade d'Hiver
Reading: John Julius Norwich: A correspondence
Trad. arr. Geoffrey Keating: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Tuesday 21 December, 2010 3pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Cracker
Programme: A glittering selection of Christmas favourites, not forgetting the sing-along carols!
Tuesday 21 December, 2010 7.30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Cracker
Programme: A glittering selection of Christmas favourites, not forgetting the sing-along carols!
