Classical concerts in North London

24 February 2012
7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 7253 2135 £9 (concessions £7.50)	Angels Dining at the Ritz Darrie Gardner, vocals "Take Paris in the Spring, New York in the Fall, you can leave them behind for the best of them all, there’s no place like London”. Darrie Gardner celebrates the city with classic songs in jazz and cabaret style. www.londonlightsentertainment.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
26 February 2012
11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee)	Ivana Gavric, piano Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op 57 'Appassionata' Grieg: Sonata 3 Slåtter Op 72 Keys and Coffee Concert Series Join us for brunch after the concert at our onsite eatery
11am The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS6 United Kingdom Details: Web site	Olympic Music: an interactive recital for children
4.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8348 8716 £13 (concessions £11)	Jackie Marks supported by Will Tudor Jackie Marks, vocals Will Tudor, vocals Cabaret in the House Jackie Marks is a true legend! Having created the role of Factory Girl in Les Miserables at the RSC's Barbican, she later took over as the first British Fantine on its West End transfer. She played Nancy in Oliver and was the first-ever female narrator in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She appeared in the 2006 West End revival production of Evita and returned to Les Miserables to play Madame Thernardier in 2009/10, and last year was invited to reunite with the original cast at London’s O2. Since his recent graduation, Will Tudor has appeared in Single, But Living Toigether (BBC Radio 4), Great Expectations (BBC 1 drama) and Soho Cinders (Queen’s Theatre).
27 February 2012
7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site £10/8 online, £12/10 at the door (series passes available)	SCHUMANN + Fidelio Trio Darragh Morgan, violin Robin Michael, cello Mary Dullea, piano Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata in A Minor Op 105 Simon Bainbridge: Piano Trio (UK premiere) Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No 3 in G Minor Op 110
28 February 2012
1pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS United Kingdom Details: Web site	Guitar recital
8 February 2012 until 3 March 2012
7.30pm Upstairs at the Gatehouse Highgate Village London N6 4BD United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8340 3488 Tue, Wed, Thu and Sun £12 (concessions £10). Fri and Sat £16 (concessions £14)	Verdi: La Traviata Merry Opera Company Claire Egan, soprano Anna Jeruc-Kopec, soprano Paloma Bruce, soprano Joe Morgan, tenor Robin Bailey, tenor Matthew Quirk, baritone Stephen Svanholm, baritone Oliver Brignall, tenor Glenn Tweedie, tenor Marcin Kopec, baritone Marcin Gesla, bass Kristin Finnigan, mezzo-soprano Gemma Morsley, mezzo-soprano Niall Webb, clarinet Neill McTaggart, violin Mark Chivers, viola Nicholas Allen, cello Stephen Hose, conductor, piano, accordion Sunday at 4pm. Kit Hesketh-Harvey's new version of La Traviata is set in the cultural melting-pot of East London's galleries, clubs and cafes where burlesque artiste Violetta is the reigning queen, adored by everyone from barristers to baristas. But she's hiding a fearful secret. When she unexpectedly and unconditionally falls for young City trader Al, neither has any idea where it may lead - especially since Al harbours a secret too ...
4 March 2012
11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee)	Zilia String Trio Ruth Rimer, violin Laurie Anderson, viola Hester Chapman, cello Haydn: Divertimento No 2 in A minor Schubert: Trio in B flat major (D 471) Haydn: Divertimento No 3 in B minor Maxwell Davies: 'Farewell to Stromness' (arranged for String Trio) Keys and Coffee Concerts The name Zilia comes from the semi-fictional "Davidsbündler" league created by Robert Schumann. The composer used an imagery circle of fantasy people, inspired by his associates, to give himself multiple personalities as a music critic. Florestan and Eusebius are perhaps the best known, but also notable were Meister Raro (Friedrich Wieck) and Cilia or Zilia (Clara Wieck, later Clara Schumann). The Zilia String Trio is united by a desire to use music as a mature art form to make a difference to the wider community. Join us for brunch after the concert at our onsite eatery
11.30am Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site £7 (concessions £5, schoolchildren £1)	Elias Fawcett Trust Lunch Special: Jubilee Quartet Tereza Privatska, violin Atsuko Takao, violin Stephanie Edmundson, viola Lauren Steel, cello Haydn: String Quartet Op.20 No.4 Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op.80 No.6 in F minor Webern: Langsamer Satz Sunday Morning Family-Friendly Concerts The Quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, was awarded the John Barbirolli Prize in 2008 and won First Prize at the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competeition. They have toured the Czech Republic three times, and will tour Italy in June and appear at the Purcell Room. They have played at some of the country's most prestigious venues, including the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Colston Hall in Bristol. This recital is under the auspices of the Elias Fawcett Trust. Concert with Lunch is also available, which must be booked by 1pm on Friday 2nd March: £15 (Concessions £13. Schoolchildren £7.)
4.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site £13 (concessions £11)	Nadine Cox supported by Daniel Slade Nadine Cox, vocals Daniel Slade, vocals Cabaret in the House Nadine’s experience ranges from understudying Madame Morrible in the original London cast of Wicked to voicing the characters for Mrs Thatcher and Madame Delila for an audio of Dr Who: The Ultimate Adventure and recording as the Showgirl in the Love Never Dies cast album. Other West End shows include The Full Monty and Billy Elliott. Daniel Slade most recently performed in Sleeping Beauty (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford) and Naked Boys Singing (Charing Cross Theatre).
6 March 2012
6.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £11/9 online, £12/10 at the door	The Complete Beethoven - Concert 6 + Julian Jacobson Julian Jacobson, piano Beethoven: Sonata Op 2 No 3 in C Sonata Op 10 No 2 in F Sonata Op 13 in C minor 'Pathétique' Sonata Op 109 in E
7 March 2012
1pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS United Kingdom Details: Web site	Flute recital
8 March 2012
7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail Price: £10/8 online, £12/10 at the door	An ornithological anthology of song Sophie Bevan soprano Joseph Middleton piano Aviaries from around the world! Sophie Bevan was awarded the 2010 Critics' Circle award for Exceptional Young Talent for her outstanding work in opera and concert. Together with pianist Joseph Middleton (winner of the pianist's prize at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and Kathleen Ferrier Awards) she will present a recital exploring the many and colourful songs inspired by birdsong including works by Strauss, Schubert, Grieg, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Granados.
11 March 2012
4.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8348 8716 £13 (concessions £11)	Leanne Jones supported by Duncan Leighton Leanne Jones, vocals Duncan Leighton, vocals Cabaret in the House Leanne made her professional debut as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray in the West End, and was awarded the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer, the Theatregoers Choice Award 2008 for Best Actress in a Musical, and also the Laurence Olivier Award 2008 for Best Actress in a Musical. Leanne's one-woman show 'Have You Met Miss Jones?' has played all over the UK, and in April she’ll appear in Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn at The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Duncan’s credits include Zee in Fret (National Theatre Studio), Naked Boys Singing (Kings Head/Arts Theatre), Nunsense (Arts Theatre) and A Little Bit Of Sondheim (Jermyn Street Theatre).
7.30pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS United Kingdom Details: Web site	A Beethoven Odyssey
12 March 2012
7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door	Academy Composers at The Forge A showcase of original work by jazz and composition students at the Royal Academy of Music, as well as screenings of animation shorts in collaboration with Bristol School of Animation.
15 March 2012
8pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail +44 (0)7739 319 371 £10	Poetic Music with Deborah Rose Deborah Rose, vocals Martin Riley, piano Catherine Oldham, cello Emotive Welsh songstress Deborah performs songs from her forthcoming debut album 'Song Be My Soul', featuring the works of Shakespeare, Tennyson and Christina Rossetti amongst other original, self-penned classics. Also on the album is Dan Cassidy on violin, the late Eva Cassidy’s brother. Her timeless voice and poignant songwriting are spiced with the mystic energy gained from her Welsh roots and inspiration from some of the world's most gifted poetic minds. ‘One of the finest voices I've heard.’ (Folk legend Judy Collins.)
17 March 2012
7.30pm St Mary-the-Virgin Church Elsworthy Road London NW3 3DJ United Kingdom Details: Web site £8 (unwaged £7)	The Luther Legacy. German music inspired by the reformer Camden Chamber Choir Paula Muldoon, violin Peter Lea-Cox, pianoforte
18 March 2012
11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee)	Akiko Ono and Alexis White Falla, arr P Kochanski: Suite populaire espagnole - El pano moruno - Nana - Cancion - Polo - Asturiana - Jota Fauré: Sonata in A major op. 13 Allegro molto Andante Allegro vivo Allegro quasi presto André Previn: Tango, Song and Dance - Tango - Song - Dance Keys and Coffee Concert Series A Mother's Day treat for all! Spanish flare from De Falla opens the concert with his Suite populaire espagnole. Youthful, passionate energy and beautiful lyrical melodies follow in Fauré's Sonata in A major. The final piece of the programme by André Previn brings us a light-hearted finale with virtuosic performances from both Violin and Piano. A duo not to missed!
7pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £8 (concessions £6, incl. Equity/MU; children £1)	Mellow Sunday Anne Freeman, vocals Keith Abbs, clarinet Andrew Robinson, piano An early-evening, easy-going cabaret. Relax with popular songs and instrumentals, including jazz standards, show songs, international and traditional numbers, and even some (voluntary) joining-in! Have a drink, enjoy an hour's music and forget about Monday! Tickets at the door.
19 March 2012
7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door	Radar 3 - Mercury Quartet Vlad Maistorovici, violin/viola Corentin Chassard, cello Harry Cameron-Penny, clarinets Antoine Francoise, piano/sax Steve Daverson: new work Edmund Finnis: new work Colin Matthews/George Benjamin/Oliver Knussen: A Purcell Garland Matthew Shlomowitz: Fast Medium Swing
20 March 2012
6.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £11/9 online, £12/10 at the door	The Complete Beethoven - Concert 7 - Julian Jacobson Julian Jacobson, piano Beethoven: Sonatas Op 2 No 1 in F minor Op 31 No 3 in E flat Sonata quasi una Fantasia in C sharp minor - Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight) Op 110 in A flat
23 March 2012
7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgtate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)7769 259 402 £12 (concessions £10)	Jubilee Lines: Spring Upgrade Jubilee Quartet Luca Tieppo, piano The Jubilee Quartet, winners of the prestigious Val Tidone and John Barbirolli Prizes and artists in development at Kings Place, perform eclectic new works by London Composers Forum members, with Luca Tieppo at the piano. www.londoncomposersforum.org.uk
25 March 2012
11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door (incl tea/coffee)	Keys and Coffee Concert Series - Pavao String Quartet Kerenza Peacock, violin Jenny Sacha, violin Natalia Gomes, viola Bryony James, cello Britten: Simple Symphony Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor Brunch after the concert? Our onsite eatery offers a delicious brunch and lunch selection. To book a table, please ring +44 (0)20 7387 5959.
11.30am Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8348 8716	The Siskin Trio Sarah Brown, clarinet Elitsa Bogdanova, viola Pippa Willshire, piano Schumann: Marchenbilder (Fairy Tales) Kurtag: Hommage a Robert Schumann for clarinet, viola and piano Francaix: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano Family-Friendly Concerts Formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Siskin Trio have have enjoyed coaching sessions with the Belcea Quartet, David Dolan, Alastair Beatson, Caroline Palmer, Barnaby Robson and Joy Farrall. Last year they performed in Sofia and broadcast on Bulgarian National Radio, and also in Belfast, where they were featured on BBC Radio Ulster.
4.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8348 8716 £13 (concessions £11)	Louise Clayton supported by Joseph Davenport Louise Clayton, vocals Joseph Davenport, vocals Stephen Palfreman, vocals Rebecca McKinnis, vocals Cabaret in the House Louise Clayton joins us hot off the West End where she’s playing Linda in Blood Brothers, the third time she has reprised the role. Other recent credits include Popcorn (Liverpool Playhouse) and The Emperor and the Nightingale (Watermill Theatre). With guest performers Stephen Palfreman and Rebecca McKinnis, Louise promises a feast of song to warm even the coldest of nights. Joseph Davenport is currently making his West End debut in Mamma Mia! as ensemble and first cover Pepper.
26 March 2012
7.30pm The Red Hedgehog 255-257 Archway Road London N6 5BS6 United Kingdom Details: Web site	Clarinet and piano, with works by Montsalvatge, Yuste, Brahms, Weber, Berg and Françaix
28 March 2012
7.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail	Sound Park Austria presents an evening of World Music - The little band from Gingerland The little band from Gingerland When thought of as a concept rather than a genre, World Music can engage and challenge our view of music, and how it fits into our culture. Ángela Tröndle and Sophie Abraham aka ‘The little band from Gingerland’ discover the exciting world of music by using acoustic and electronic means of musical expression, both instrumentally and vocally. The audience will be taken on a thrilling journey through Gingerland. Versatile and playful, humorous and subtle is their first program, to be released in early 2012 on their debut album ‘Time out Time’, a mixture of original songs and lyrics as well as musical settings of several poems. ‘Listen listen, take my hand, let’s make a trip to Gingerland!’
29 March 2012
8pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £10/8 online, £12/10 at the door	Rowland Sutherland Sextet Rowland Sutherland, flute (George Benson, Flora Purim) Harry Brown, trombone (Skatalites, Roy Ayers) Nick Ramm, keyboard (Cinematic Orchestra, Bembe Segue) Phil Dawson, guitar (Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela) Dave O'Brien, bass (Brian Abraham's District 6, F-ire Collective) Rod Youngs, drums (Horace Andy, Gil Scott-Heron) Melodious and evocative jazz explorations of experiences in the UK, the Caribbean and Latin America emanate from this new expressive sextet led by celebrated flautist Rowland Sutherland. Having drawn inspirations from artists such as Ernest Ranglin, Rico, Monty Alexander and Airto Moreira in the late 1980s, the sextet have been taking Caribbean Nu Jazz, Brazilian and Latin jazz to new dimensions. Imaginative, expressive compositions exude from the band, all performed with enormous amounts of passion and verve.
30 March 2012
7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)20 8340 2983 £10 (concessions £8)	An Evening in Old Vienna International group Serenata Nine singers and one pianist bring a few classic favourites to life, with music by Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Lehar and Kalman.
1 April 2012
11am The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail £9/7 online, £10/8 at the door	Johan Hugosson and The Boyarsky String Trio Ben Baker, violin Konstantin Boyarsky, viola Amelia Jakobsson-Boyarsky, cello Johan Hugosson, piano Konstantin Boyarsky (born 1976): 'Dances with an Angel' piano quartet (2011) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Piano quartet in C minor, Op 60 No 3 - Allegro non troppo Scherzo: Allegro Andante Finale: Allegro comodo Keys and Coffee Classical Concert Series The Trio Boyarsky/Johan Hugosson piano quartet concert moves to London from Germany via Russia in this dramatic programme with a modern twist. Konstantin Boyarsky’s newly composed piano quartet (2011) is full of beautiful sweeping lines as well as dramatic rhythms. Brahms’ last piano quartet in c-minor, the most personal and powerful of the three concludes this recital. About this rather dark work Brahms wrote to his publisher: "On the cover you must have a picture, a head with a pistol pointed towards it. Now you can form an idea of the music!"
3 April 2012
6.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street London NW1 7NL United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail Price: £11/9 online, £12/10 on the door	The Complete Beethoven, concert 8 - Julian Jacobson Julian Jacobson, piano Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op 10 No 1 in C minor Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op 14 No 2 in G Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op 90 in E minor Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op 111 in C minor In his piano sonatas, we witness a vast range of music, following Beethoven's spiritual journey. Tonight is the final concert in a major series of eight concerts including all 35 piano sonatas composed by the great master of sonata form, including three early works never before performed in a Beethoven cycle. Each concert will be be introduced by a pre-concert interview with a Beethoven specialist.
1 May 2012
7.30pm Hall One, Kings Place 90 York Way London N1 9AG United Kingdom Details: Web site E-mail +44 (0)20 7520 1490 £14.50, 19.50, 24.50, 29.50	An Unattainable Ideal: The Dilemma of Romanticism Iakov Zats, viola Vsevolod Dvorkin, piano Dr Markus Ophälders, speaker J Brahms: Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 120 R Schumann: Three Romances Op 94 C Franck: Sonata in A Join us as we explore the Romantic dilemma of an Unattainable Ideal. In his pre-performance visual presentation, Dr Markus Ophälders will examine the philosophical and cultural aspects of the Romantic era, its mentality, and its search for reason, form and liberty. Then you will be able to immerse in the true spirit of Romanticism through the music of Brahms, Schumann and Franck. It is more than a concert … Book tickets at www.kingsplace.co.uk or call

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