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- London Chamber Orchestra - The London Chamber Orchestra is the longest established professional chamber orchestra in the UK, founded in 1921 by Anthony Bernard. Principal conductor Christopher Warren-Green is joined by long-standing friend, Julian Lloyd-Webber, whose joint passion for English music is represented in the programme, featuring Delius, Vaughan Williams and Elgar. This is entirely appropriate for marking, as this concert does, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. 18 May. www.cadoganhall.com
- Ballet Revolución - Making its London debut, Ballet Revolución is an explosive Cuban cocktail of ballet, contemporary dance and hip hop from a company of amazingly talented dancers and live musicians! With a soundtrack that includes hits by Shakira, Ricky Martin and Beyoncé, and high energy choreography performed by a virtousic cast of dancers skilled in everything from classical ballet to salsa, this is an irresistible display of "energy, passion, athleticism and infectious joy!" (Sunday Telegraph Australia). From 25 April until 19 May. www.sadlerswells.com
- Spring Awakening - Winner of eight Tony Awards and four Olivier Awards, Spring Awakening is the contemporary musical adaption of one of literature’s most controversial and frequently banned plays. Against a backdrop of energetic pop-rock music, the audience discovers a group of adolescents in the midst of the thrilling and mysterious time of their sexual discovery. Spring Awakening evokes a world where children are told what to do and who to be — when they fight back, they set in motion a chain of events which will leave their friends and elders changed forever. From 9 May until 19 May. http://sedos.co.uk
- Vivaldi Gloria by Candlelight - Belmont Ensemble of London and English Chamber Choir with Peter G Dyson - Conductor. Programme includes Vivaldi - Gloria in D, Handel - Dixit Dominus, Handel - Let the Bright Seraphim, Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Vivaldi - 'Summer' from 'Four Seasons' and Purcell - Trumpet Sonata in D. 19 May. www.smitf.org
- Swan Lake on Ice - The 26 World, European and National Championship skaters, who between them hold more than 250 competition medals, take contemporary ice dance to a new level with their awe-inspiring and agile feats, some of which are so complex they haven’t yet been named. Leading ice choreographer Tony Mercer combines daring high-speed leaps, throws and lifts with the most graceful and sublime ice dancing, performed on a specially-created frozen stage. With Tchaikovsky’s glorious and memorable music performed by a live orchestra, this innovative portrayal of the classic love story and the triumph of good over evil will take your breath away. This never-seen-before performance, specially adapted for the magnificent setting of the Royal Albert Hall, will feature sumptuous costumes, stunning projection, and magical special effects. From 18 May until 20 May. www.royalalberthall.com
- Johannes Moser cello; Paul Rivinius piano - Brahms and Britten - The Brahms sonata here was written for an amateur cellist and looks back to the baroque; Britten's sonata was conceived for the great Rostropovich and in some ways looks back to Brahms. Together the two works are played by a German-Canadian described by Gramophone as 'one of the finest' young virtuosi in his field. 21 May. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
- Brilliant Baroque Concerti - Brandenburg Sinfonia with Robert Porter - Director. Programme includes Vivaldi - Sinfonia No 1, Holst - Book Green Suite, Purcell - Chacony, Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in A minor, Vivaldi - Sinfonia No 2, Cherubini - Sonata No 2 in F for Horn and Strings, Mozart - Salzburg Symphony No 2 and Capuzzi - Concerto for Tuba. 22 May. www.smitf.org
- The Flying Dutchman - Last year’s performances of Wagner’s final opera, Parsifal, were hailed as ‘a staging that is as good as any Wagner seen in London in the last 20 years’ (The Guardian). Now ENO presents his earliest masterpiece, The Flying Dutchman, in a new production by Jonathan Kent, formerly at London’s cutting-edge Almeida Theatre and now a successful opera director in demand from Santa Fe to St Petersburg. Edward Gardner, ENO’s Olivier Award-winning Music Director, conducts his first Wagner opera. American bass James Creswell (Timur in 2009’s Turandot) stars as the legendary ship’s captain fated to sail the seas for ever, with Orla Boylan – a ‘radiant’ (Independent on Sunday) Sieglinde in 2004’s The Valkyrie – as Senta, the girl sent to save him. From 28 April until 23 May. www.eno.org
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman - A programme of fascinating contrasts, juxtaposing the sunny temperament of Mozart with Shostakovich's haunting Symphony No.10. In his Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Mozart sends flurries of notes bustling across the orchestra, sparkling with a melodic brilliance that cannot fail to delight. The Fifth Violin Concerto reveals other facets of Mozart's character - graceful delicacy, and an exquisitely wistful slow movement. Written after Stalin's death, Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony veers from brooding contemplation to the scurrying second movement - when, as in Mozart's Overture, notes fly across the orchestra at breakneck speed. 23 May. www.southbankcentre.co.uk
- Jazz in the Crypt: Gill Cook - With vocals full of warmth and intimacy and exceptional phrasing Gill Cook gives a stirring interpretation of classic jazz ballads. 23 May. www.smitf.org
- Christian Blackshaw piano - Mozart - Turbulence, serenity, darkness and wit – Mozart's eighteen keyboard sonatas make a collective study in contrasts, and for several years now Christian Blackshaw has passionately championed the virtues of performing them together as a cycle. This selection groups three early, Salzburg-sketched examples with the aching beauty of the more mature K333. 23 May. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
- BBC Symphony Orchestra / Belohlavek - Brahms Violin Concerto - After all the adventures of the season the final concert returns to romanticism. Josef Suk's The Ripening portrays 'the joys and tragic shadows of life' and at the end brings in a wordless chorus to sing a 'hymn of affirmation'. Brahms's sunny Violin Concerto also ends with an affirmation, but it's more of an earthy dance than a hymn. 24 May. www.barbican.org.uk
- Berlin Symphony Orchestra - The Konzerthausorchester Berlin has been delighting audiences for more than 50 years. Their three-concert mini residency at Cadogan Hall in 2009 was a great success and we are delighted to welcome them back to close the 2011/12 Zurich season. The soloist for the evening is 18-year-old pianist Kit Armstrong, who, since making his concerto debut at the age of eight, has given recitals and concerto performances around the world to great critical acclaim. He joins the orchestra to play Schumann’s romantic Piano Concerto, written by the composer for his pianist wife Clara. The programme concludes with Beethoven’s mighty Eroica Symphony, a heady musical mix of revolutionary fervour and introspective angst. 25 May. www.cadoganhall.com
- Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - London Concertante with Chris M Grist - General Manager. Programme includes Mozart - Divertimento in D, Mozart - Piano Concerto in A K414, Schubert - Rondo for Violin and Strings, Chopin - Intermezzo from Piano Concerto No 2 and Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. 25 May. www.smitf.org
- Handel and Vivaldi - Trafalgar Sinfonia with Ivor Setterfield - Conductor. Programme includes Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Vivaldi - Violin Concerto op 3 No 12, Handel - 'Air' from Water Music, Purcell - Chacony, Vivaldi - 'Spring' from Four Seasons, Handel - Concerto grosso op 6 No 11, Mozart - Salzburg Symphony No 1, Pachelbel - Canon in D and Vivaldi - 'Summer' from Four Seasons. 26 May. www.smitf.org
- London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas - Mahler Symphony No 4 and Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 - Beethoven played the solo part for the premiere of Piano Concerto No 3 almost entirely from memory, using only the few Egyptian hieroglyphs scribbled onto the score as clues for the music he had no time to transcribe. Mahler’s Symphony No 4 meditates on themes of life and death; one movement summoning ‘Friend Henry’, a fiddle-playing skeleton from German folklore, and another, the touching naïvety of a child’s vision of heaven where ‘the angels bake the bread’. 27 June. www.barbican.org.uk
- Diamond Jubilee Proms - A Musical Celebration - Marking 60 years of The Queen's reign, this Diamond Jubilee Proms concert features one of Britain's busiest groups, the Locrian Ensemble, together with outstanding soprano Annette Wardell. From the rousing finale of the Pomp and Circumstance March, "Land of Hope and Glory", "Jerusalem", "Rule Britannia", "Dambusters March" and the Hornpipe, to the poignant dignity of Elgar's "Nimrod", the concert is a fitting tribute to this historic celebration in an Olympian year. Wardell will sing popular favourites such as Puccini's "O Mio Babino Caro", "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen. And "Swing Low Sweet Chariot". A special addition to the programme is a specially composed piece by composer Julie Cooper: a rhapsody called "Sceptre Of The Dove" , which the Queen carried down the aisle on her coronation, symbolising the spiritual journey of the monarchy. 31 May. www.smitf.org
- Danza Contemporánea de Cuba - Danza Contemporánea de Cuba returns to London following its first hugely popular visit in 2010. In this triple bill audiences will be treated to a rare opportunity to see the stand-out hit of 2010’s programme, George Céspedes’ Mambo 3XXI, as well as Kenneth Kvarnström’s playful Carmen?! and the world premiere of Sombrisa by renowned choreographer Itzik Galili. From 29 May until 1 June. www.sadlerswells.com
- Isango Ensemble: Aesop's Fables - A vibrant and moving new musical for all the family from 8 to 80, based on a brilliant script by Peter Terson. The recent history of South Africa provides a context for the story when, as a slave, Aesop realises that liberty comes with responsibility as he learns some real truths from animals he encounters on his journey to Mount Olympus. Inventive and beautiful choreography add to the atmosphere of this powerful moral tale. From 13 May until 2 June. www.hackneyempire.co.uk
- Madam Butterfly - Hailed by the Sunday Telegraph as ‘the most beautiful show of the year in operatic London’ and later staged by the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the late Anthony Minghella’s Olivier Award-winning take on Puccini’s culture-clash tragedy returns. With its breathtaking mix of cinematic images and traditional Japanese theatre, its riot of colourful costumes, stunning sets and unforgettable use of puppetry, Minghella’s only opera production brilliantly delivers what The Independent called ‘the simplest and the most sumptuous thing we’ve ever seen in this theatre’. Mary Plazas, who played the title-role in Minghella’s original production, makes a triumphant return as the teenage geisha girl seduced by a Yankee sailor. From 8 May until 2 June. www.eno.org
- London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas - Mahler Symphony No 5 - Mozart’s experimental Fifth Violin Concerto intersperses lyrical operatic passages with the loud, tongue-in-cheek bursts of traditional Turkish music which have lent the concerto its ‘Turkish’ nickname. Conductor Herbert von Karajan said that when listening to the haunting beauty of Mahler’s Symphony No 5 ‘you forget that time has passed. A great performance of the Fifth is a transforming experience. The fantastic finale almost forces you to hold your breath’. 3 June. www.barbican.org.uk
- Tragedy in Leicester Square - Stand Up Tragedy is a new monthly part cabaret, part variety show at Leicester Square Theatre. This new night features great performers who will make you sad, make you think and make you smile. Expect music, comedy, true stories and more, all playing up to the tragic form but not taking it too seriously. The night will end, not with a whimper, not with a bang, but with a cathartic sing-a-long. The show dates are 6th February, 5th March, 2nd April, 7th May, and 4th June. http://standuptragedy.co.uk/
- Timothy Andres - piano - Young Californian pianist and composer Timothy Andres makes his debut at Wigmore Hall in this recital focusing on his own music and that of his contemporaries. Praised for his 'acute ear' by the New York Times and a 'stubborn nose' by the New Yorker, Timothy Andres's work crosses boundaries and defies categorisation. When his debut album Shy and Mighty was released in 2010, the New Yorker observed 'an unhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music since John Adams came on the scene ... more mighty than shy'. 8 June. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
- Flamenco Extraordinaire - Hamed Nikpay - A fusion vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Nikpay’s electrifying voice has mesmerized audiences throughout North America, Asia and Europe. His music, richly layered with soulful melodies, combines his Persian musical traditions with the Latin rhythms of Flamenco and the fluid beats of jazz. Accompanying him is a world class ensemble of artists with eclectic musical backgrounds creating sounds that blend musical elements from east and west; they are Farhadi on soprano sax, Ellis on percussion, Narezo on flamenco guitar and Clerks on bass. The rapturous music of Hamed Nikpay is further intensified with aesthetic performances by the international artist, dancer/ choreographer Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, who has enthused audiences with his unparalleled and inspiring performances throughout the world, and renowned artist/dancer, the multi-talented Karen Gonzalez. 9 June. www.cadoganhall.com
- Nigel Kennedy - The title of Brahms' Academic Festival Overture has a rather studious ring to it, but in fact is one of his liveliest works, based on a series of student drinking songs and written to balance the more sombre style of his Tragic Overture. Brahms' Violin Concerto, performed by Nigel Kennedy, moves from a noble opening movement to the gorgeous Adagio, followed by an energetic finale. Sandwiched between these works is one of Elgar's best-loved creations, his glorious 'Enigma' Variations, with their mysterious 'hidden theme'. The variations sparkle with Elgar's finest melodic invention and orchestral flair, reaching great emotional depth in the profound nobility of Nimrod. 12 June. www.southbankcentre.co.uk
- Caligula - When his adored sister’s death awakes him to a realisation of life’s essential absurdity, the Roman emperor Caligula embarks upon an orgy of sexual depravity and sadistic cruelty in an apparently insane attempt to free himself from the shackles of mortality and morality. Based upon Albert Camus’s existentialist response to the rise of Hitler and Stalin, but as topical as ever in the era of Saddam Hussein and Colonel Gaddafi, Detlev Glanert’s 2006 opera – ‘perhaps the finest German opera of the 21st century’ (Tempo) – offers a disturbing insight into the self-destructive logic driving a decadent and dangerous dictatorship. Audacious young Australian director Benedict Andrews highlights the timeliness of the opera’s themes by setting his UK premiere production in a football stadium, the kind of vast public arena within which dictators habitually play out their political games. From 25 May until 14 June. www.eno.org
- Philharmonia Orchestra - András Schiff conducts and performs an all-Mozart programme, a composer who Schiff has described as 'a gift to mankind', his music of 'such sublime quality, its message so universal'. This evening Schiff conducts and directs from the keyboard, three of Mozart's most extraordinary works, including the darkly brooding D minor piano concerto, No.20, which is thought by many to anticipate the brooding and shadowy world of Don Giovanni, written two years later. The concert ends with his final - and to most, greatest - symphony, the Jupiter, in many ways the summation of his compositional life, notable for its dazzling final movement, combining six themes simultaneously. 14 June. www.southbankcentre.co.uk
- Vienna Philharmonic / Rattle - Music by Brahms, Webern and Schumann - Sir Simon Rattle needs no instruction to any audience, let alone a British one. Probably our most successful and acclaimed current classical music export, his stewardship of the mighty Berlin Philharmonic since 2002 has reaped coveted rewards. No less iconic an ensemble are the Vienna Philharmonic, and no less fruitful the collaboration - their recorded Beethoven cycle was a thrilling, richly-detailed survey of the symphonies.
Brahms's evocative, Romantic Symphony No 3 is here paired with Schumann's Symphony No 3, 'Rhenish' - the title reflecting the composer's captivating depictions of a happy visit to the Rhineland with his wife Clara. The two are linked, the Brahms quoting from the Schumann. Clara meanwhile, hearing Brahms's symphony many years later, was to exclaim 'What a work!'. Intense, highly expressive, at times fragile and exposed, at others explosive, the orchestral exploration of Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra is both a challenge and gift for an ensemble and conductor as skilled as the Vienna Philharmonic and Rattle. 17 June. www.barbican.org.uk
- Valentina Lisitsa - Sensational pianist and YouTube phenomenon Valentina Lisitsa is set to make her Royal Albert Hall debut. With her multi-faceted and expressive playing described as "dazzling", Valentina Lisitsa's vast repertoire, ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein, has earned her a staggering 30 million hits on YouTube, making her one of the most sought-after classical musicians on the web. Appreciation for Valentina is far from limited to the online world and she consistently garners rave reviews for her live performances, which include collaborations with the Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. 19 June. www.royalalberthall.com
- Goran Bregović : Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen - This wonderful new project from the celebrated composer and bandleader Goran Bregovic combines music and drama in a captivating evening of entertainment. Working with a gypsy brass band, a string quartet, a six piece Bulgarian choir, and an actress, Bregovic conjures an emotionally-charged mediation on war, loss, love and life - garlanded, as ever, by infectious and resonant melodies. www.barbican.org.uk
- Players from the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - Players from the world-famous Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra perform a mixture of Latin and classical music in a lively and informal atmosphere. 24 June. www.southbankcentre.co.uk
- Billy Budd - ENO continues to refresh its Britten repertoire with this new production by the team behind ENO’s award-winning Peter Grimes. A metaphysical battle between good and evil fought out aboard a British man-o'-war, Britten’s richly orchestrated all-male opera was originally commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain and is considered to be one of the composer’s finest works. Starring Benedict Nelson (a ‘standout’ Demetrius in 2011’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart, the malevolent master-at-arms, and Toby Spence (2010’s ‘world class’ Faust) as Vere, the morally conflicted captain, this new staging reunites the award-winning director-conductor partnership of David Alden and Edward Gardner from 2009’s Peter Grimes. From 18 June until 8 July. www.eno.org
- Peter Schaufuss Ballet - Sleeping Beauty - Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky's second and most romantic ballet, premiered in St Petersberg in 1890. Since its premiere there have been countless tradtional productions and some modern versions. The traditional emphasis is on dancing and technique; in the modern, psychological interpretation usually comes to the fore, focusing on the struggle between good and evil and a young girl's transition from child to woman. Danish superstar Alban Lendorf dances all performances of Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. Irek Mukhamedov, once entitled “best dancer in the world”, will be performing alongside the sensational 22-year-old Danish superstar, Alan Lendorf. 24th, 26th and 28th July. www.eno.org
- English National Ballet - Swan Lake - Praised by critics and audiences alike, English National Ballet’s Swan Lake brings the romance and high drama of the grand Russian ballet tradition alive. Set to Tchaikovsky’s memorable score played by English National Ballet’s full Orchestra, this traditional version of the timeless classic is sure to capture the heart of everyone who sees it. From 3 August until 11 August. www.eno.org
- The Danube Music Festival - Nine private concerts explore music of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in historic buildings which are among the most beautiful along the Danube. From 17 August until 24 August. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
- The Magic Flute - A mercurial mix of fairy-tale adventure, knockabout farce, moral allegory and, above all, marvellous music (including the thrilling Queen of the Night Aria), Mozart’s The Magic Flute was premiered just ten weeks before the composer’s tragically early death. It proved to be the biggest popular success of his short life, as well as arguably the most deeply moving of all his operas. Acclaimed as ‘a well-established jewel of ENO’s repertoire’ (Evening Standard) and ‘one of ENO’s most magical productions’ (The Times), National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner’s spectacular staging has thrilled audiences of all ages since it was first seen in 1988 and now returns – complete with giant serpent, dancing bears and live performing birds – to celebrate its 25th anniversary on the London Coliseum stage. With its panto-style storyline, catchy tunes, broad comedy and profound humanity, The Magic Fluteis the perfect introduction to opera for anyone who has never been before. From 13 September until 18 October. www.eno.org
- Disney Fantasia - Live in Concert - Enjoy Disney’s groundbreaking marriage of symphonic music and animation. These high definition screenings, accompanied by the live performance of some of the most memorable classical music ever composed, will be brought to life by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri. A selection of the magnificent repertoire from the original 1940 version of Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 including Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue will be performed live while iconic moments from Disney's stunning footage, including Mickey Mouse as he dabbles in magic in Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the mythical unicorns and winged horses that accompany Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony, are shown on the big screen. 21 October. www.royalalberthall.com
- Julius Caesar - The die is cast once Pompey’s corpse sprawls headless in the sand and Julius Caesar straddles the earth like a colossus, the unrivalled ruler of the Roman world. Will he really risk losing all for love of Cleopatra, the seductive Egyptian queen? The triumphant climax of the composer’s Royal Academy years, and arguably the grandest, most sumptuously tuneful opera seria of them all, Handel’s Julius Caesar returns to ENO’s repertoire for the first time since its legendary 1979 staging first established the company’s reputation as London’s reigning ‘House of Handel’. Featuring Lawrence Zazzo, ‘the king of countertenors’ (Financial Times), as Caesar and Anna Christy – 2010’s ‘mesmerising’ (The Times) Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor – as Cleopatra, this new production is conducted by Baroque expert Christian Curnyn, whose previous ENO credits include 2011’s Castor and Pollux. Directing is the innovative Michael Keegan-Dolan, who returns to ENO with his own Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre following their sensational 2009 Olivier Award-nominated staging of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. From 1 October until 2 November. www.eno.org
