BASINGSTOKE
The Anvil 01256 844244
1 October, 7.45pm Maria Joao Pires
plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 with the Philharmonia Orchestra
under George Cleve
5 October, 7.45pm Peter Donohoe
plays five Beethoven sonatas including the Appassionata and Les
adieux
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BEVERLEY
Beverley Chamber Music Festival
01482 867430
17 September, 1pm Martin Roscoe
gives an all-Chopin recital including the First Ballade and Funeral March
Sonata
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BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall 0121 212 3333 http://www.symphonyhall.co.uk/symphony
25 September, 7.30pm Lars Vogt
plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
under Yakov Kreizberg
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BRISTOL
Colston Hall 0117 922 3683
7 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov
plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic
Orchestra under Valery Poliansky
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CAMBRIDGE
Corn Exchange 01223 357851
8 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov
plays Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic
Orchestra under Valery Poliansky
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COVENTRY
Warwick Arts Centre 01203 524524
6 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov
plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic
Orchestra under Valery Poliansky
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DUNDEE
Caird Hall 01382 434941
2 October, 7.30pm John Lill plays
Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
under Alexander Lazarev
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EDINBURGH
Festival Theatre 0131 529 6000
3 October, 7.30pm John Lill plays
Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
under Alexander Lazarev
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GOUDHURST
Finchcocks Festival
01580 211702
http://www.argonet.co.uk/finchcocks
24 September, 8pm Bernard Roberts
plays Beethoven and Brahms
25 September, 8pm Simon Nicholls and David Ward play two-piano music by Mozart and
his contemporaries
26 September, 8pm Jennifer Partridge
partners tenor Ian Partridge and guests for the songs and poetry of
Ivor Gurney
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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Dacorum Pavilion 01442 228700
8 October, 7.30pm Andrea Lucchesini
plays Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
under Daniele Gatti
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HEXHAM
Hexham Abbey Festival
01434 607272
19 September, 8.15pm Venera Bojkova
partners violinist Balint Szekely for sonatas by Beethoven, Schubert
and Brahms
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LEEDS
Town Hall 0113 247 6962
2 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov
plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic
Orchestra under Valery Poliansky
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LIVERPOOL
Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789 http://www.rlps.co.uk
29 September, 7.30pm Dmitri Alexeev
plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra under Douglas Bostock
2 October, 7.30pm Michael Roll
plays Brahms's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra under Junichi Hirokami
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LLANDUDNO
North Wales Theatre 01492 872000
3 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov
plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic
Orchestra under Valery Poliansky
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LONDON
Barbican Hall 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk
27 September, 7.30pm Yuki Matsuzawa
plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra
under Shuntaro Sato
3, 4 October, 7.30pm Alfred Brendel
plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22 with the London Symphony Orchestra
under Colin Davis [two performances]
5 October, 7.30pm Andrea Lucchesini
plays Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
under Daniele Gatti
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St John's, Smith Square 0171 222 1061
19 September, 3pm Katharina Wolpe
makes a rare London appearance, playing Schubert (including the late
A minor Sonata D 845) and excerpts from her father Stefan Wolpe's Zemach
Suite
29 September, 7.30pm Martin Jones
plays Strauss's Burleske with the New London Orchestra under Ronald Corp
30 September, 7.30pm Alasdair Nicolson
partners tenor Harry Nicoll and instrumentalists in a programme of Scottish
song through the centuries, including arrangements by Haydn, Beethoven,
Ravel and Britten
7 October, 7.30pm Diana Ambache
plays the Shostakovich and Brahms Piano Quintets with The Ambache
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SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk
23 September, 7.30pm Rameau Revisited: Les Enfants de Rameau.
Stephen Gutman plays Rameau, Dukas and
Messiaen, together with a composite set of Variations on Rameau's Le
lardon by twelve contemporary composers
3 October, 7 & 9pm Wayne Marshall
joins vocalist Kim Criswell for songs by Kurt Weill - two shows
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SBC Queen Elizabeth Hall 0171 960
4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk
27 September, 7.45pm Jean-Yves Thibaudet
joins soprano Felicity Lott, flautist Emily Beynon and cellist Steven Isserlis
for a French evening of music by Berlioz, Franck, Saint-Saens, Debussy,
Poulenc and Fauré
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SBC Royal Festival Hall 0171 960
4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk
25 September, 7.30pm Dmitri Alexeev
plays Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto with the Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House under Robert Trory
26 September, 7.30pm Maria Joao Pires
plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 with the Philharmonia Orchestra
under Kurt Sanderling
29 September, 7.30pm Lucy Parham
plays Grieg's Piano Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Peter
Robinson
30 September, 7.30pm Mitsuko Uchida
plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 with the Philharmonia Orchestra
under Kurt Sanderling
1 October, 7.30pm Derek Han plays
Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden [repeated October 8th]
3 October, 7.30pm Elizaveta Kopelman
plays Mozart's Piano Concerto in C K467 with the London Chamber Orchestra
under Christopher Warren-Green
8 October, 7.30pm Derek Han plays
Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden
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Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141
17 September, 7.30pm the Florestan Trio
with violist Thomas Riebl play Schumann's Piano Quartet and G
minor Piano Trio
21 September, 7.30pm Florian Uhlig gives
a mixed recital including Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata and the world
premieres of works by H.G. Leonhardt and Timothy Salter
22 September, 7.30pm Julius Drake partners
soprano Edith Mathis and baritone Gerald Finley in songs by Robert and Clara
Schumann
23 September, 7.30pm Sonnerie give
a concert including Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in F, BWV 1057, and Rameau's
third suite of Pieces de clavecin en concert
25 September, 7.30pm Boris Berman plays
Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor with the Goldner Quartet
26 September, 7.30pm Hiromi Okada plays
Szymanowski (including Metopes and the Etudes Op 33) and Chopin:
Third Ballade, F sharp minor Polonaise, second book of Etudes, Op 25
27 September, 7.30pm Sharon Gould partners
flautist Neil McLaren for sonatas by Bach and Schubert song arrangements
28 September, 7.30pm the Nash Ensemble
give a French programme including Faure's Piano Quartet in G
minor
29 September, 7.30pm Gottlieb Wallisch
plays Brahms's Third Sonata and music by Beethoven, Ravel and
Albeniz
30 September, 7.30pm Daniel Grimwood
partners cellist Jamie Walton for a Russian programme including
sonatas by Kabalevsky, Prokofiev and Miaskovsky
1 October, 7.30pm the Florestan Trio
play Schumann's D minor Piano Trio
2 October, 7.30pm Till Fellner plays
Bach and late Beethoven sonatas (Opp 101, 109)
3 October, 7pm Eric Schneider partners
baritone Matthias Goerne for Goethe settings by Schubert and Wolf
4 October, 7.30pm Julius Drake partners
mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in songs by Schumann, Debussy and
Chausson
5 October, 7.30pm Andras Schiff plays
Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata and joins cellist Steven Isserlis for
Chopin's Sonata in G minor
6 October, 1pm Milana Chernyavskaya partners
violinist Elisabeth Batiashvili in Brahms's G major Sonata
8 October, 7.30pm Anne Queffelec and
the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove
play Mozart's B flat Piano Trio and Dvorak's Piano Quintet
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MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/
7 October, 7.30pm Alfred Brendel
plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22 with the Halle Orchestra under Kent
Nagano
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MILTON KEYNES
The Stables 01908 583928
2 October, 8.15pm John Lill plays
Beethoven's Moonlight and Op 111 Sonatas, Brahms's Handel
Variations, and preludes by Rachmaninov
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NORWICH
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
01603 764764
http://www.nnfest.demon.co.uk
2 October, 8pm Nikki Yeoh
and cellist Matthew Barley - contemporary jazz
7 October, 8pm Nikolai Demidenko
plays Schubert, Prokofiev (Fifth Sonata), Chopin and Liszt
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NOTTINGHAM
Djanogly Recital Hall 0115 951 4764
7 October, 8.30pm Ronald Brautigan
plays music by Clementi, Dussek and Beethoven
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POOLE
Arts Centre 01202 685222
22 September, 7.30pm Lars Vogt
plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
under Yakov Kreizberg
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ROCESTER
Abbotsholme School 01543 263304
6 October, 7.30pm Anne Queffelec and
the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove
play Mozart's B flat Piano Trio and Dvorak's Piano Quintet
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RYE
Rye Festival
01797 224442
http://www.rye-tourism.co.uk/festival
18 September, 7.30pm Nikolai Demidenko
plays Chopin's First Piano Concerto with the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
under Robert Max
19 September, 3.15pm Nikolai Demidenko
joins cellist Leonid Gorokhov for sonatas by Schubert, Shostakovich and
Chopin
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ST ASAPH
North Wales International Music Festival
01745 584508
24 September, 7.30pm Gillian Weir,
harpsichord, plays William Mathias's Harpsichord Concerto with the Guildhall
String Ensemble
25 September, 7.30pm John Lill
plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the BBC National
Orchestra of Wales under Tadaaki Otaka
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SHEFFIELD
City Hall 0114 278 9789
1 October, 7.30pm Vladimir Ovchinikov
plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the Russian State Philharmonic
Orchestra under Valery Poliansky
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TRURO
The Hall for Cornwall 01872 262466
3 October, 3 pm Anne Queffelec and
the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove
play Mozart's B flat Piano Trio and Dvorak's Piano Quintet
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WAKEFIELD
Wakefield College 01924 276897
2 October, 7.30 pm Neil Crossland plays
Rameau, Schubert and Liszt, plus his own Piano Suite
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WINDSOR
Windsor Festival
01753 623400
28 September, 8.15pm Joanna MacGregor
plays Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata and works by Bach, Chopin, Thelonious
Monk, Janacek and Bartok
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