UPCOMING EVENTS

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CANCELLED due Covid-19 - Diphonon Duo Concert in Andalusia, Spain

Our concert in Chipiona is cancelled due coronavirus, we hope we will be able to be there next year!

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Chipiona, 11550 Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain

Chipiona festival - Juventudes Musicales de Chipiona)

Diphonon Duo Lunchtime Concert at Leatherhead Methodist Church

Michael Iskas, viola  ♦  Iñigo Mikeeleiz Berrade, accordion

Händel: Sonata  for Viola da Gamba  ♦  Britten: Lachrymae 
de Falla: Popular Spanish Songs  ♦  Joaquin Taboada: El Crecimiento de la Hierba
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

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Leatherhead: Methodist Church, Church Road, KT22 8AY
disabled parking only on site, please use Swan Centre multi-storey at KT22 8AH

Diphonon Duo at Händel House - TBA

Details TBC

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PAST EVENTS

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POSTPONED - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Hollywood Head to Head - Bournemouth

Last year's sold-out sensation is back with more classic soundtracks from the two greatest film composers alive today – Hans Zimmer and John Williams. As well as returning favourites, the evening features music from Inception, Angels & Demons, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman Begins and many others.
Conductor: Pete Harrison

POSTPONED - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Hollywood Head to Head - Bath

Last year's sold-out sensation is back with more classic soundtracks from the two greatest film composers alive today – Hans Zimmer and John Williams. As well as returning favourites, the evening features music from Inception, Angels & Demons, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman Begins and many others.
Conductor: Pete Harrison

CANCELLED: CAVATINA Schools Concert: Viola’s Time-Travelling Musical Adventures

When a mysterious parcel arrives for our hero, Viola, she finds herself in the centre of an epic adventure through space and time. We invite you to travel with Viola, explore different musical times and places, and help her find her way home.

Join presenter Lucy Drever and the fantastic Diphonon Duo on this exciting musical journey suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and teachers.

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CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

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CAVATINA Family Concert: Viola’s Time-Travelling Musical Adventures

When a mysterious parcel arrives for Viola, she finds herself in the centre of an epic adventure through space and time. Travel with Viola, explore different musical times and places, and help her find her way home. Join presenter Lucy Drever and the fantastic Diphonon Duo on this exciting musical journey suitable for children aged 5-7 and their parents and carers. Arrive early for free arts activities in the Bechstein Room. Drop in between 1.45pm and 2.30pm.

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CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, renowned for bringing chamber music to young people and young people to chamber music, is delighted to present this concert in association with Wigmore Hall

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Hollywood Head to Head - Portsmouth

Last year's sold-out sensation is back with more classic soundtracks from the two greatest film composers alive today – Hans Zimmer and John Williams. As well as returning favourites, the evening features music from Inception, Angels & Demons, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman Begins and many others.
Conductor: Pete Harrison

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Portsmouth Guildhall

Guildhall Square, PO1 2AB Portsmouth

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Hollywood Head to Head - Poole

Last year's sold-out sensation is back with more classic soundtracks from the two greatest film composers alive today – Hans Zimmer and John Williams. As well as returning favourites, the evening features music from Inception, Angels & Demons, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman Begins and many others.
Conductor: Pete Harrison

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Lighthouse Poole

21 Kingland Road, BH15 1UG Poole, Dorset

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Hollywood Head to Head - Exeter

Last year's sold-out sensation is back with more classic soundtracks from the two greatest film composers alive today – Hans Zimmer and John Williams. As well as returning favourites, the evening features music from Inception, Angels & Demons, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman Begins and many others.
Conductor: Pete Harrison

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The Great Hall, University of Exeter

EX4 4 Exeter, Devon

THE BIG BAND…IS BACK! REBETIKO CARNIVAL FUNDRAISER 2020

Join us for the Rebetiko Big Band fundraiser of the year!

Musicians from bands all over London (Kourelou, Plastikes Karekles, Amalgama, Aman Aman and a Woman, Peran, Pakaw, Megla and more) join forces to create this raucous rebetiko big band, including
some of the most talented singers in this music who are currently gracing the stages of the UK and abroad.

We hope with your support to raise £2,000 from this event enabling us to organise a number of outreach projects in hospitals, care homes, prisons, and hospices during winter 2020. This is the most important work that we do, so please help us reach our goal and beyond so that we can bring a little bit of joy and relief into people’s lives, who cannot come to concerts and enjoy live music.


The band so far...



Marina Deligianni (voice),
Dunja Botic (voice),
Olcay Bayir, (voice),
Michalis Iskas (violin),
Ismini Nicolaou, (violin),
Aurel Qirjo, (violin),
Michalis Demetroudi, (bouzouki),
Konstantinos Rafaletos (lute),
Harry Cohen Christofidis, (bouzouki),
George Angelopoulos (lute/bouzouki),
Noonie Minogue (baglama),
Utkan Cagri Kocak (bouzouki),
Pavlos Carvalho (bouzouki),
Sarah Carvalho-Dubost, (guitar)
Nicos Nicholas, (tzoura)
Christos Antoniou, (guitar)
Yiannis Tsagkalos, (bouzouki)
Theodoulos Charalambous (bouzouki),
Simon Mercouris (bouzouki),
George Stamatis (guitar),
Maria Tsirodimitri(guitar),
Kostas Voros, (guitar),
Leandros Toupmas (guitar),
George Tsolakis (guitar),

Event Details

Doors open: 5.15pm
Music starts: 6pm
Tickets at the door: £18

All funds raised from ticket sales go to the Rebetiko Carnival Outreach programme.

12 Days till Christmas - Orpheus Sinfonia

Ealing Common Choir and Orpheus Sinfonia
Come and Listen!
Come and Sing!
From Handel to Hark the Herald

Listen to Buxtehude, Victoria, Handel, Tavener
Sing Carols and Christmas favourites
 

St Matthews Church, 7 North Common Rd, W5 2QA, London
£12 includes a mulled wine and mince pie
16 and under free!

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Mahler & Rachmaninov

BSO performing Mahler's formidable Symphony No.1 'Titan' and the brilliant pianist Vadym Kholodenko playing Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2

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Piano: Vadym Kholodenko

Conductor: James Feddek

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Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Rd, Poole BH15 1UG, United Kingdom

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Asterakia Christmassy Concert

Come and join us on the 1st of December at 15:00 at East Barnet High School for our Christmassy Concert! Asterakia is collaborating with great musicians from the Rebetiko Carnival.
With a fun storyline and live musical instruments, we will get ready for Christmas. After the concert we will have a Christmas Bazar.

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The doors will open at 14:45.

Parking available.

East Barnet School, Chestnut Grove, London, EN4 8PU
Adults: £10, Child: £8, Child under 1: Free
 

The Snowman/ Nutcracker - The British Museum - Concordia Foundation

Enjoy The Snowman as never before when this magical Christmas classic comes to the Museum’s iconic Great Court. This heart-warming story will be accompanied by a live chamber orchestra and soloists from the Concordia Foundation and specially lit to surround you in a wintry snowstorm, for a truly unforgettable evening. With much-loved classics such as Walking in the Air, you and the whole family can immerse yourselves in this animation masterpiece.

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Your evening will begin in the Enlightenment Gallery (Room 1), where you will enjoy live music performances and festive treats such as mulled cider and mince pies before entering the Great Court for the main performance. The orchestra will get you into the Christmas spirit with a selection of classics from the famous Nutcracker before the film and live soundtrack begin.

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The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom

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The Snowman/ Nutcracker - The British Museum - Concordia Foundation

Enjoy The Snowman as never before when this magical Christmas classic comes to the Museum’s iconic Great Court. This heart-warming story will be accompanied by a live chamber orchestra and soloists from the Concordia Foundation and specially lit to surround you in a wintry snowstorm, for a truly unforgettable evening. With much-loved classics such as Walking in the Air, you and the whole family can immerse yourselves in this animation masterpiece.

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Your evening will begin in the Enlightenment Gallery (Room 1), where you will enjoy live music performances and festive treats such as mulled cider and mince pies before entering the Great Court for the main performance. The orchestra will get you into the Christmas spirit with a selection of classics from the famous Nutcracker before the film and live soundtrack begin.

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The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom

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Rebetiko's Journey: From Greece to the World

Join us for a day of workshops, exhibitions and concerts mapping the journey of rebetiko via the ports of the world. Get on board the adventure of this treasured Greek music, as it journeys from its beginnings in Smyrna and Peiraias gradually spreading to the Americas and the rest of the world, absorbing the rich elements of different musical cultures and making it its own.

Schedule:
12:00 - 15:00 - Workshop for musicians (Foyer)
17:00 - 18:15 - concert 1 - including talk before or after (Auditorium)
18:15 - 18:45 - BREAK
18:45 - 20:30 - concert 2 - including talk before or after (Auditorium)
20:45 - 21:45 - drinks and live session (Foyer.)

Tickets:
Workshop - £5
Concert - £15 / £12 conc.
Talk - free
Concert - £15 / £12 conc.
Live acoustic Rebetiko jam session in the bar - free

The day will consist of:

1) Creating a Rebetiko band for amateur musicians! A 3 hour workshop given by Spiros Bolovinis and Pavlos Carvalho on rebetiko music. Mainly playing for everyone, not talking! This will be appropriate for experienced amateur instrumentalists and singers, as well as people who have just started and can only play open strings. We will find an important role for everyone and together form a big band of rebetiko musicians. Together with you, who take part, we will put together a set list of your favourite rebetika songs, chosen by the participants. We will work at melodic lines, how to support the singers, improvisations and how to structure them as well as harmonising with second and third voicings for those who are more advanced. All done on the spirit of an open jam session. This will end in an acoustic performance at the end of the day in the foyer and bar area of the Cockpit Theatre after Plastikes Karekles’ performance in the main auditorium.

2) Two performances (afternoon and evening) by Plastikes Karekles. Two different programmes of songs that show the exciting journey of rebetiko and how it developed from it’s early days through to the 50s.

Plastikes Karekles: Manolis Taouxis-bouzouki/voice, Michalis Iskas-violin, Maria Tsirodimitri-guitar/voice , Marina Deligianni-voice/hand-held percussion, Spiros Bolovinis-baglama/voice, Pavlos Carvalho-bouzouki/voice

3) An all day exhibition of instruments by one of Greece’s greatest instrument makers, Christos Spourdalakis. Here you will have the opportunity to try instruments and if you like even buy them!

4) A short talk on the music being performed by Plastikes Karekles.

Do join us for what will be a really fun, exciting, informative and interactive day for people of all nationalities and all ages. If you love music of the world, whether you are a seasoned connoisseur of rebetiko or you are just discovering Greek music and it’s treasures, this day is not to be missed.

Astor Piazzolla 'Maestro del Tango'

A.Piazzolla - Le grand Tango for viola and bandoneon

E.Granados - Orientale, Andaluza (viola and accordion)

A.Piazzolla - Double Concerto for guitar, bandoneon and strings

A.Piazzolla - Estaciones Porteñas (Winter, Spring)

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The musicians:

George Zacharias (violin)

Victoria Zora (violin)

Michael Iskas (viola)

Sarah Carvalho Dubost (cello)

Dimitris Soukaras (guitar)

Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade (accordion)

Hara Kostogianni (piano)

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The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Cross & St. Michael, Golders Green Rd, Golders Green, London NW11 8HL, United Kingdom

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Wigmore Hall Family Day: Journey to the Moon

Find your space boots and get ready for a musical adventure to the moon! To celebrate 50 years since the first moon landing, families are invited to join professional musicians and artists in this interactive day of workshops. You can expect singing, prop-making, movement and drama, so come prepared for an energetic day!

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Wigmore Hall is proud to meet the Family Arts Standards reflecting its commitment to offering family-friendly events and spaces.

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

Hampstead Arts Festival - The Dream of Gerontius - Orpheus Sinfonia

This performance of Elgar's masterpiece is made possible by a grant from the Hampstead Church Music Trust and is presented in association with the Friends of the Music.. Aidan Coburn makes his role debut as Gerontius, and contralto Jessica Dandy appears as the Angel, together with the choirs of Emmanuel and Fitzwilliam Colleges, Cambridge, Colla Voce Singers, and Orpheus Sinfonia.

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Choirs of Emmanuel & Fitzwilliam Colleges

Colla Voce Singers

Aidan Coburn: Tenor

Jessica Dandy: Contralto

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Orpheus Sinfonia

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Conductor: Peter Foggit

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Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

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Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU, United Kingdom

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Diphonon Duo Lunchtime Recital at St. Clement Danes

Delighted to invite you to our Lunchtime Recital at St Clement Danes. Please come to enjoy some beautiful music!

Central Church of the Royal Air Force, Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1DH

Concert is not ticketed; entry is free

Oxford Philharmonic - Music & Maths

DEBUSSY        

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86

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STRAVINSKY        

Symphony in Three Movements

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BARTÓK        

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114

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Marcus du Sautoy presenter

Marios Papadopoulos conductor

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University of Oxford Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science Marcus du Sautoy returns for our second exploration of Music and Maths, this time exploring 20th century works in which numbers can enlighten the notes. Balance and geometry were vital tools for Igor Stravinsky, whose Symphony in Three movements is a work of utter mathematical sense in which Stravinsky uses symmetry to create new harmonic structures. But the mathematics doesn’t stop there, as du Sautoy, Papadopoulos and the Orchestra turn their analytical gaze towards haunting Bartók and impressionistic Debussy.

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The concert is scheduled to end at approximately 22:10

Saffron Hall, Audley End Rd, CB11 4UH Saffron Walden

Evgeny Kissin - Oxford Philharmonic

A new dawn breaks with the first concert of our new season, as we inaugurate our Side-by-Side scheme for outstanding young instrumentalists (in a performance under the Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor, Hannah Schneider) and collaborate for the first time with a pianist who can be safely described as iconic. Evgeny Kissin has demonstrated his unparalleled way with the poetry, drama, virtuosity and sensitivity of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, which here comes before Marios Papadopoulos’s interpretation of Brahms’s second symphony whose gloom-tinged idyll leads to a glorious fanfare.


BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80*
(Side-by-Side)

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Evgeny Kissin piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Hannah Schneider conductor*


Pre-concert Talk 18:30
Welcome to the Oxford Philharmonic season, with Marios Papadopoulos and Katie Derham
Free admission

The Sheldonian Theatre, Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom
Tickets: £60 £40 £30 £20 (students from £5)

Windsor Festival : Verdi Requiem - Orpheus Sinfonia

Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most thrilling choral masterpieces ever composed. This great work appeared towards the end of Verdi’s life at a time when he had already created such famous operas as ‘Aida’, ‘Il Trovatore’ and ‘La Traviata, Verdi’s unique musical creation of the Requiem provides strong dramatic music, which is brilliantly contrasted with magical sections of music with a quieter nature. The ‘Dies irae’ and ‘Tuba mirum’ are two of the most exciting sections of choral music ever composed and there are many more different parts of the score featuring glorious choral music alongside wonderfully varied radiant and dramatic music for the four solo singers. Verdi’s outstanding setting of the Requiem Mass is a unique masterpiece.

Orpheus are delighted to be returning to Windsor Festival to perform with the wonderful Windsor and Eton Choral Society in Verdi's magnificent requiem for the closing concert of the 2019 festival.

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conductor: Tim Johnson

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Verdi - Requiem

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Eton College School Hall, Windsor SL4 6DW, United Kingdom

Orpheus Sinfonia - Fred and the fantastic Tub-Tub

We welcome you all to join us for the soft launch of a brand new work with music by EMI TV composer James Marangone and words by BBC Radio 4 Newsreader Zeb Soanes.

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Experience an adventure in sound as we discover the amazing, exotic and, dare we say it, unexpected noises the musical instruments of the wonderful Orpheus Sinfonia can make as they bring this new epic to life for the first time. Join Fred, her Grandpa and Attenborough for a journey of a lifetime.

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Be a part of the creation of this new symphonic, "cinematic" children's work is an adventure in sound and story, designed to open the doors to symphonic music for all ages, inspired by the likes of The Snowman, Peter and the Wolf, The Composer Is Dead and Babar the Elephant. This project aims to redefine young people's music for the twenty-first century with a fantastical and cinematic score utilising multiple sound effects.

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Project commissioned by Michael Close

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The Old Court, St Leonard's Road, Windsor SL4 3BL, United Kingdom

Wigmore Hall: Open House Day, Diphonon Duo

Open House at Wigmore Hall. An opportunity to look behind the scenes at Wigmore Hall, with free performances and workshops taking place throughout the day. Everyone is welcome and there will be special workshops for families with music leaders Lucy Drever and Georgia Duncan. Please sign up for workshops on the day.

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

free entrance

Diphonon Duo Lunchtime Recital At St James Piccadilly

We are delighted to invite you to our lunchtime recital at St James Piccadilly this Friday 20th of September, 1.10pm.

Programme:
- Fratres (A. Pärt)
- Sonata in G minor for Viola da Gamba BWV 1029 (J. S. Bach)
- Breathing Space (L. Murphy)
- Like Swans Leaving the Lake (Y. Takahasi)
- Pavane pour une Infante Dèfunte (M. Ravel)
- El Yeli (J. Cazcarra)

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Admission is free, no booking required, all welcome!

Near East Collective at Cafe Barcelona

The Near East Collective are a world music ensemble that explores and perform rebetika and folk music of Asia Minor, Istanbul, the Balkans and the Aegean sea.

Sotiris Georgiou: vocals, Michael Iskas: violin, Kostas Glynos: kanun,
George Maglaras: lute, oud, lavta, Nicki Maher: clarinet

Tickets £8 Adv/ £10 at door

Kingston String Sinfonia Summer Concert

Our advanced string ensemble will be performing a selection of chamber music as well as some solo items. It is sure to be a wonderful concert in the beautiful surroundings of All Saints Church.

Tickets are available on the door priced at £8 (£6 concessions).

Diphonon Duo concert and musical story at Towers Infant and St Alban's Catholic Primary School

Story telling and school concert at Towers Infant and St Alban's Catholic Primary Schools, adventures of little viola!!

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Closed event for school purposes

Family Concert with Asterakia and Rebetiko Carnival

Come and join us for our amazing Family Concert! With a fun storyline and live musical instruments we will explore the beauty of Greek music! After the concert you will have the Come and join us for our amazing Family Concert! With a fun storyline and live musical instruments we will explore the beauty of Greek music! After the concert you will have the chance to meet the violin, the cello, the bouzouki, the guitar , the clarinet and the percussion instruments! Asterakia is collaborating with great musicians from the Rebetiko Carnival.

For tickets: https://www.asterakia.co.uk/en/event
Adults: £10
Child:£7
Child under 1: Free

Oxford Philharmonic - Four Last Songs

Emma Bell joins Orchestra in a performance of Strauss's elegy for a lost world, his iconic Four Last Songs. Before it, Marios Papadopoulos conducts a swashbuckling overture from the other end of Strauss's career, and Mahler's deeply moving protestation of love – the Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony.

MAHLER

Adagietto from Symphony No.5

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RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan, Op. 20

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RICHARD STRAUSS

Four Last Songs

Emma Bell, soprano

Marios Papadopoulos, conductor

The concert is scheduled to end at 9:10 pm.

Tickets: £60 £40 £30 £20 (Students from £5)

Diphonon Duo Evening Concert at St. Mary's Lichfield

Works by J.S.Bach, G.Haendel, L.Murphy, B.Britten, M.de Falla, Y.Constantinidis, Y.Takahasi, A.Pärt, A.Makris, M.Ravel, A.Piazzolla, H.Purcell

entrance £19.50

St Mary’s Lichfield Market Square Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LG

Diphonon Duo Lunchtime Concert in Leatherhead (Music on Thursdays)

Works by J.S.Bach, Lewis Murphy, Yannis Constantinidis, Maurice Ravel, Astor Piazzolla, Juan Cazcarra

El Yeli

Concert duration: 35-40 minutes

​Venue: LMC - Leatherhead Methodist Church

Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after this concert.

Musical Story telling at Weald Rise Primary School (Wigmore Hall Learning)

Story telling and school concert at Wead Rise Primary School, adventures of little viola!!

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Closed event for school purposes

Diphonon Duo Recital in Pamplona

Viernes 15 febrero. 19:30. Diphonon Duo Iñigo Mikeleiz (acordeón, becado Fundación Caja Navarra), y Michail Iskas (viola). Un año más vuelve a Civivox Condestable el programa Pamplona Acción Musical PAM. Del 11 al 26 de febrero se celebrarán  diez conciertos y espectáculos de música y danza en el Patio de Civivox Condestable y auditorio de CIVICAN. Entrada gratuita hasta completar aforo.

Bechstein Sessions: Diphonon Duo

Join us for the latest of the Bechstein Sessions, a series of informal performances in the Bechstein Bar. We welcome the Diphonon Duo, a dynamic viola and accordion duo which last year was the Royal Academy of Music/Wigmore Hall Fellowship Ensemble, to perform a range of pieces inspired by our festival theme of Sense of Home.

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Michael Iskas viola

Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion

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This concert will be approximately 50 minutes in duration

Bechstein Room, Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

ticket price £5

Concert for St. Mary's Catholic School

Performance for St. Mary's Catholic School students with Diphonon Duo (Wigmore Hall music week)

1:30pm - Musical story

2:15pm - Interactive concert

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Hornchurch Rd, Hornchurch RM12 4TL

Turkish and Greek traditional music

You are invited to enjoy with us some Turkish and Greek traditional music in the Antique Hypermarket in Marylebone!

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Guitar/Vocals Sotiris Georgiou

Percussions/Vocals Gizem Altinordu

Kanun Kostas Glynos

Violin Michael Iskas

Antique Hypermarket Ltd, Alfies Antique Market, 13 - 25 Church Street, London NW8 8DT

free entrance

Diphonon Duo with Concordia Foundation at

Diphonon Duo (viola accordion)

G. F. Händel - Sonata in C major for Viola da Gamba and obbligato Harpsichord    
    II. Allegro   
    III. Adagio

H. Purcell - From "Dido & Aeneas"                                                                                            
    Air
    Dance 
    Ground (Dido's Lament)

G. Hermosa - Brehme                                                                                                                           

G. Finzi - Impression Tango                                                                                                     

J. Taboada - The Growth of the Grass                                                                                            

E. Granados - "12 Spanish Dances"                                                                                                 
    II. Orientale
A. Piazzolla - Le Grand Tango (excerpts)                                                                          

J. Cazcarra - El Yeli     

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Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Rd, Chelsea, London SW10 9NH

free entrance will play in various places in the hospital

Greek Music Evening at Tunbridge Wells

We are waiting you at Alexandra's Restaurant to enjoy together with Greek rebetiko and traditional music!

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Bouzouki/vocals Spyros Bolovinis

Guitar/vocals Giorgos Tsolakis

Violin Michael Iskas

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Alexandra's Restaurant, 155-157 Camden Rd, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2RF

Nine Muses Concert: Diphonon Duo in Ireland!

The Nine Muses Concert will be a dazzling musical journey guided by a promising pair of classical musicians, Michael Iskas from Greece and Inigo Mikeleiz from Spain. Violinist Michael and Accordionist Inigo play together at top London venues and they will bring the full range of their repertoire, from classical to folk music, when they appear at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Among their new offerings is a meditation by a young composer, Edmund Hunt, based on deep study of an early Irish poem. Their bow-and-bellows combination will be enriched even further by an Irish harpist and the mixture promises to be thrilling. The evening aims to raise money for Rethink, a mental health charity, and promote awareness of the mental benefits of art and creativity.

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Seamus Heaney HomePlace, 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, Northern Ireland

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The performance is free but donations to Rethink are encouraged. You can reserve your tickets via Eventbrite or via the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nine-muses-concert-tickets-51945405105

Orpheus Sinfonia Hampstead Arts Festival

Choir of Hampstead Parish Church

Gemma Rosefield, Cello

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Orpheus Sinfonia

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Conductors: George Vass & Peter Foggitt

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Elgar Cello Concerto

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Vaughan Williams

(arr. by Jonathan Rathbone)

Dona Nobis Pacem

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Hampstead parish Church, Church Row, London, NW3 6UU

Diphonon Duo at St Martin within Ludgate

Diphonon Duo concert in this warm and old church in the heart of the City of London!

St Martin, Ludgate, 40 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7DE

free entrance

Orpheus Sinfonia: Verdi Requiem

Hampstead Arts Festival

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Soloists and Choir of Hampstead Parish Church

Hampstead Arts Festival Chorus

Orpheus Sinfonia

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Conductor: Peter Foggitt

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Giuseppe Verdi

Messa di Requiem

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Hampstead parish Church, Church Row, London, NW3 6UU

Family Day: Autumn Senses (For ages 5 plus)

When autumn comes around, it brings with it (apart from the rainy weather!) some amazing sights, sounds and smells. Join music leader Georgia Duncan to explore our senses during this season, and be inspired to create your own music and soundscapes. We invite you to join us as a family in this interactive and exploratory day for children aged 5 plus and their families.

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

Children £10 Adults £16

Diphonon Duo concert in Faversham

Viola and Accordion concert in Faversham.

Faversham Assembly Rooms, 66 Preston St, Faversham ME13 8PG

free entrance

Diphonon Duo at St Martin-in-the -Fields (Concordia Foundation)

Diphonon Duo concert

PROGRAMME

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G. F. Händel: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and obbligato harpsichord in C Major.

    - II: Allegro

    -III: Adagio

B. Britten: Lachrymae op. 48

A. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel

A. Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango

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St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ

admission free

Open House Day at Wigmore Hall

Join us for an opportunity to look behind the scenes at Wigmore Hall, with free performances and workshops taking place throughout the day. Bring the family and join music leaders Lucy Drever and Georgia Duncan for a musical mystery trail around the building, as well as free music-making workshops at 11.00am, 12.15pm and 1.30pm.Please sign up for workshops on the day.

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

Free (no ticket required)

Orchestral concert GMF: Americana, Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of London

Conductor: Christopher Petrie
Bassoon: Matthew Petrie
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of London
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Programme:
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Delius: Two Aquarelles
Robert Matthew-Walker: April in Appalachia (Bassoon Concerto)
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
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*interval*
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Barber: Adagio for Strings from String Quartet Op. 11
Delius: Sonata for Strings (arr. Fenby)

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St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church St., SE109 London, United Kingdom

free entrance

Chamber Tots: In Space!

Chamber Tots: In Space!
Music-making workshop for children aged 1 – 2 and their parents or carers
Additional notes
The workshops are specifically designed for the set age groups so please ensure you book for the appropriate session. 

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!0:15 AM Music-making workshop for children aged 1 – 2 and their parents or carers

11:45 AM Music-making workshop for children aged 3 – 5 and their parents or carers

Paniyiri Pop-Up!

Kourelou & The London Greek Collective

Live traditional music by Kourelou and the London Greek Collective: Violin, Clarino, Bouzouki, Percussion, Guitar and Vocals. Dances from the Aegean, Ikaria, Thessalia, Macedonia, Epirus and all over Greece.

Access by car, bus and train: Edmonton Green. Free parking in the area.
http://www.saintdemetrios.org.uk/contact
Info: 02088034411

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2 Logan Rd, London N9 0LP

£2 entry

Hot off the press - Maxim Calver, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2018 Concerto Finalist will join us on 28th June to perform the Tchaikovsky Rocco Variations - the very same piece from that sensational final in Birmingham last month.

In our final London performance of this season in our home of St George's Hanover Square the programme will also feature Mozart's ever-popular 40th and Sibelius' Majestic 5th, all under the baton of Artistic Director Thomas Carroll. 
 

St George's Hanover Square Church, The Vestry, 2A Mill St, Mayfair, London W1S 1FX
Tickets £15, available in advance via the website or on the door. With a 3 for 2 special offer. 

This relaxed concert is open to everyone and provides a special opportunity to explore music in an informal environment.

Join the dynamic Diphonon Duo, alongside presenter Lucy Drever, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee afterwards.

There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement, and house lights will remain up. Audience members are able to move in and out of the auditorium as they need to, and there is a designated quiet area.

Diphonon Duo

Michael Iskas viola
Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion

Lucy Drever presenter

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Gorka Hermosa (b.1976) Milonga del ven

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Enrique Granados (1867-1916) 12 Danzas Españolas

​II. Orientale

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Gorka Hermosa Anantango

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Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Spiegel im Spiegel

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Viola da gamba Sonata in C major

II. Allegro

III. Adagio

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Juan Cazcarra (b.1991) El Yeli

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

ticket £5

Conductor Jessica Cottis 

Oliver Muxworthy Rigaudon
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor, Op 93

The highlight concert of our Symphony Orchestra year, join us at Cadogan Hall for a performance of Shostakovich’s highly complex 1953 Symphony No.10 in E minor, Op 93, conducted by Jessica Cottis. The concert also features Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire, performed by Helena Švigelj, winner of the Trinity Laban Soloists’ Competition 2018. 

Cadogan Hall is one of London’s most prestigious concert venues in the heart of Chelsea, and a fitting venue for the finale concert of our Symphony Orchestra’s year. 

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1X 9DQ
£12, £8, £5 students

Our third full-length concert - 9 pieces, by 9 different composers, for 9 different ensembles. An extravaganza of experimentation, improvisation, technology and interdisciplinary collaboration.

We have 3 World Premieres, and 4 UK Premieres, with some composers being performed in the UK for the very first time. Please see our website for the programme and audio examples!

https://www.kineticmanchester.co.uk/what-s-next

80 minutes of music with an interval and a Q&A round to conclude the concert.

Doors open at 7 - Music starts at 7:30

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LEAF on Portland St, 113-115 Portland Street, M1 6DW Manchester, United Kingdom

OTD tickets £5/£7
CHEAPER tickets online £4/£6, on sale here:

Diphono Duo at Wigmore Hall

The Wigmore Hall/Royal Academy of Music Fellowship Ensemble, Diphonon Duo, performs a range of repertoire including the world première of a new work by the 2017/18 RPS/Wigmore Hall Apprentice Composer.

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       Diphonon Duo

• Michael Iskas viola

• Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade accordion

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• Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
  Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op. 48

• Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
  Le grand tango

• Edmund Hunt
  The Wave-Bright Well (world première)

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

Free entrance (ticket required)

I would be really happy to see you at my final recital for my Postgraduate Advanced Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance with fantastic Irina Lyakhovskaya at piano.

Program to be performed:

-Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major
-Max Reger: Suite for Solo Viola No.2 in D major, op.131d
-York Bowen: Sonata for Viola and Piano No.1 in C minor, op.18
-Eduard Pütz: Blues for Benni

Michael Iskas - viola
Irina Lyakhovskaya - piano

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Peacock Room, Charles Court, Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance, SE10 9JF, London

free entrance

Dancing in the Breeze of Greek Islands // Live Music

Everybody Dance Now! !!!
Join us to our Greek Night and dance your shoes off!

Our house band will take you on another inclusive musical journey around the traditions of the Greek Islands!

•• Featuring ••

Dunja Botic : vocals
Nikos Ziarkas : lute
Michael Iskas : violin
Pav Mav : vocals | percussion

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Balabam, 58-60 High Road, Tottenham, N15 6JU London, United Kingdom

Tickets: £5 on the door

!0:15 AM Music-making workshop for children aged 1 – 2 and their parents or carers

11:45 AM Music-making workshop for children aged 3 – 5 and their parents or carers

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The workshops are specifically designed for the set age groups so please ensure you book for the appropriate session.

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We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we dive deep under the sea!

This interactive musicmaking workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles.

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Esther Sheridan Workshop Leader

Diphonon Duo

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Bechstein Room, Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

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Athena Scholar's concert at the Royal Academy of Music

Concert of current and former Scholars of the Athena Scholar

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Programme by Prokofiev, Piazzolla, Cazcarra, Brahms etc.

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Henry Wood Room, Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, London NW1 5HT

closed event

Melos Sinfonia orchestral concert

Private closed event at 4 seasons Hotel.

Trinity Laban String Ensemble concerts

String Ensemble Concert

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R.Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 strings

L.Janacek Idyll

A.Pärt Summa

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Nic Pendlebury conductor

a) 01:05pm Old Royal Naval Chapel, King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9JF

free entrance

b) 08:00pm Charterhouse School, Charterhouse Rd, Godalming GU7 2DX
closed event

Once Upon A Time in Greece… a celebration of music from the Mediterranean II

Calling all young musicians from 6-18
Choir, bouzouki, guitar, violin, viola, cello, flute, mandolin etc.

Get up, Sing, Play & Dance 

Greek Music Children's Workshop & Performance is designed for children and young people aged 6 to 18 years old from every community living in London.

The workshop, will be led by professional musicians and educationalists who are currently active in performing this genre of music in the UK.

The participants will have the opportunity to take part in a concert presented to parents and the community in the same afternoon, singing as part of the choir or playing alongside the professional musicians (Plastikes Karekles). 

Children will learn to sing and play beloved and popular Greek tunes on the guitar, bouzouki, baglama, violin and other instruments, songs from a wide range of Greek classic music including Rebetika songs by Tsitsanis and Vamvakaris as well as repertoire from Theodorakis, Hadjidakis and Xarhakos. The aim of the workshop is to introduce to and teach them about the rhythms and music of their culture, in a relaxed and fun environment.

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Teachers:

Pavlos Carvalho, workshop leader, bouzouki/cello/strings
Savvia Kozakou, choir
Marina Deligianni, choir
Michalis Iskas, violin/strings
Giorgos Alevizakis, guitar
Spiros Bolovinis, bouzouki, baglama
Kostas Kopanaris, percussion

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Children's Workshop: 11:45 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:30 (break / final rehearsal with musicians) 
Concert: 16:30 - 17:30

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Holy Cross & St Michaels Church, NW11 9 London, United Kingdom

General Admission: £15 per child

Free for parents & siblings of children taking part in the workshop
£10 for members of the public 

Family Day: Chamber Challenge

Interactive workshop day for families with children aged 5 plus

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Hannah Opstad workshop leader

Diphonon Duo

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Join music leader Hannah Opstad and the Wigmore Hall Learning/Open Academy Fellowship Ensemble, Diphonon Duo (viola and accordion), on a marvelous music-making adventure.

Take your seat in your very own chamber ensemble, create your own brand new pieces of music and perform together on the Wigmore Hall stage.

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP

Free entrance (ticket required)

The Near East Collective explores and performs rebetika and traditional music of Asia Minor, Istanbul, the Balkans and the Aegean Sea. Through collaboration with other musicians of similar interests they enrich their performance.

Panagiotis Toundas was the most prominent musical produce of the ‘Smyrna School’. Born in Smyrna in 1886, he travelled across the world playing music for the Greek communities and settled in Athens with the 1922 population exchange. In 1924 he becomes musical director for ODEON label with HIS MASTER’S VOICE following in 1931. Toundas has over 220 songs under his name with dozens of timeless rembetiko hits. He defined the early rembetiko sound of “santuroviolia” and featured great singers like Roza Eskenazi, Rita Abadji and Stelios Perpiniadis and Kostas Roukounas.

Panos Toundas shaped Greek music of the past century and his compositions and arrangements are complex, yet deeply expressive. The dynamism and musicality of his works is still felt today and firmly positions rebetiko within the modal oriental musical systems. In his last years leading to WWII, he adapted his music to more western styles, however his music always retained a smyrniotiko (from Smyrna) feel.

The Near East Collective is delighted to be revisiting his musical works, as they are profoundly influential. Toundas’ original arrangements would be faithfully reproduced with the Collective bringing the sensuality of Ottoman Smyrna and the dark soul of interwar Piraeus to modern day London through his songs.

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Green Note, 106 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7AN

tickets £12

Conductor Alexander Walker

Waghalter Mandragola Overture
Schreker Kleine Suite
Krenek Potpourri
Hindemith Ragtime
Waghalter New World Suite

An eclectic programme of jazz-infused 20th century classical music. Trinity Laban’s Shapeshifter ensemble evoke the Bohemian atmosphere of musical life in Berlin before 1933, rich in jazz and American influences. The second part of the programme features New World Suite, composed in Harlem when Waghalter arrived in America and worked with an African American Orchestra.

Laban Theatre,  Laban Building, 30 Creekside, London SE8 3DZ
tickets £5

Diphonon Duo at Faversham Assembly Rooms

J. S. Bach Gamba Sonata no.3 in G minor

A. Part Fratres

J. Taboada El crecimiento de la hierba

H. Purcell Dido and Aeneas fragments

A. Piazzolla Le Grand Tango

J. Cascarra El Yeli

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Diphonon Duo

Michael Iskas viola

Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade accordion

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The Faversham Assembly Rooms, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8PG

free entrance

Family Day at Wigmore Hall

TBA

Orchestral Concert with Orpheus Sinfonia

Conductor Thomas Carroll

Violin Jack Liebeck

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Prokoviev Classical Symphony

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor

Schumann Symphony No.2

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St George's church, Hanover Square, The Vestry, 2A Mill St, Mayfair, London W1S 1FX

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Trinity Laban String Ensemble Concert

Conductor Nic Pendlebury
 

Janáček Idyll for string orchestra, JW 6/3
John Adams Shaker Loops

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St Bartholemew the Great Church, Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7JQ

free entrance

Born in Kios, Asia Minor on January 18, 1913, Yiannis Papaioannou came to Greece as a refugee when he was 9-years old. He first moved with his mother and grandmother on the island of Samothrace before settling in Piraeus. After his brief stint as a footballer came to an end as a result of an injury, Papaioannou devoted himself to songwriting.
He is considered by many as the first song writer to have taken bouzouki music out of the "tekke" (drug den), making it more acceptable to the non-hashish smoking stratum of Greek society.
The multi-talented Papaioannou's music varies from old-style rebetika ("Pente Ellines ston Adi", "O boufetzis"), to oriental ("Cifteteli", "Karabiberim") and even island music (Kapetan Andrea Zeppo).
Although primarily a song writer, Papaioannou was also an accomplished bouzouki player whose "Taksim" remains a unique instrumental masterpiece to this day. He died in a traffic accident near Elefsina on August 3, 1972.

The Rebetiko Carnival musicians will present a programme of his greatest songs as well as lesser known gems. The music will be preceeded by a short talk about the life of Yannis Papaioannou.

Musicians

Marina Deligianni vocals
Spiros Bolovinis vocals, baglama
Manolis Taouxis vocals, bouzouki
Pavlos Carvalho bouzouki
Michalis Iskas violin
Maria Tsirodimitri guitar
Sarah Carvalho Dubost-guitar
Lydian Dhami double bass


Doors open: 16:30
Pre-concert talk: 17:00 

Music starts: 18:00
Music finishes: 20:00

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Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, N16 8AZ, London, United Kingdom

£11.66 – £16.88 (tickets will only be sold online, no concessions available)

Born on the island of Syros n 1905, from the humblest of roots, Markos Vamvakaris became revered as the Patriarch of Rebetiko music. His unique simple way of playing the bouzouki and his deep, earthy, “metallic” voice became the iconic sound of Rebetiko music.
“We all, we are but branches of a tree. Markos is that tree” - Mikis Theodorakis
The Rebetiko Carnival musicians will present a programme of his greatest songs as well as lesser known gems. The music will be preceded by a short talk about the life of Markos Vamvakaris.

Musicians

Marina Deligianni vocals
Spiros Bolovinis vocals, baglama
Manolis Taouxis vocals, bouzouki
Pavlos Carvalho bouzouki

Michailis Spyridakis bouzouki
Michalis Iskas violin
Maria Tsirodimitri guitar
Sarah Carvalho Dubost-guitar
Lydian Dhami double bass
 

Doors open: 19:00
Pre-concert talk: 19:30

Music start: 20:15
Music finish: 22:30

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Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, N16 8AZ, London, United Kingdom

£11.66 – £16.88 (tickets will only be sold online, no concessions available)

Diphonon Duo as the Wigmore Hall/Open Academy Fellow Learning Ensemble of 2017/18, participates in the Chamber Tots workshops for children!

We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we go on a Bear Hunt!

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This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles.

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This workshop will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London, W1U 2BP

Child£6, Adult£4

Relaxed concert at Wigmore Hall for parents or carers and their babies up to 1 year old

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Diphonon Duo

Michael Iskas viola

Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade accordion

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This concert will be approximately 45 minutes in duration, without an interval

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London, W1U 2BP

£8.50 (per adult, babies come free)

Trio performance for the Greek International Women Awards

Contemporary Repertoire
Greek Songs

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Kalliopi Mitropoulou Violin/Voice

Michael Iskas Viola

Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade Accordion

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British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG

tickets £125.00

Viola-Piano Chamber Music Concert at Faversham Assembly Rooms

Benjamin Britten Lachrymae
Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel

Graciane Finzi Impression Tango

Eduard Pütz Blues for Benni

Astor Piazzolla Le Grand Tango

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Michael Iskas viola

Giorgos Vardakis piano

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The Faversham Assembly Rooms, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8PG

free entrance

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Ein Deutsches Requiem - Brahms

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Reuiem 

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Dulwich Sympohny Orchestra

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Conductor Leigh O'Hara

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St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, London W6 7BS

free entrance

Viola-Piano Chamber Music Concert at St Alfege Church, Greenwich

Benjamin Britten Lachrymae
Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel

Graciane Finzi Impression Tango

Eduard Pütz Blues for Benni

Astor Piazzolla Le Grand Tango

Michael Iskas viola

Giorgos Vardakis piano

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St Alfege Church, Greenwich, 3 Greenwich Church St, London SE10 9BJ

free entrance

Trinity Laban String Ensemble present a wide ranging programme of works for strings, from Janáček’s second surviving large-scale instrumental work from 1878, to Arvo Pärt’s Summa, scored for string orchestra over a century later in 1990, and John Adams’ minimalist Shaker Loops. Also featuring the world premiere of a new work by Gregory Rose and a new commission from Trinity Laban composition student Kieron Smith.

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Conductor Nic Pendlebury
 

Janáček Idyll for string orchestra, JW 6/3
Gregory Rose Suite pour Cordes (UK premiere)
Arvo Pärt Summa
Kieron Smith (TL student) Allegro for String Orchestra (World premiere)
John Adams Shaker Loops

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Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Rd, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ

entrance £5

Colston Hall has joined forces with the Royal Academy of Music to present a special series of bite-sized afternoon performances from the rising stars of the classical world.

Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade –  accordion

Michael Iskas – viola

Programme

To include pieces by Berio, Scarlatti, Soler, Piazzolla and Britten

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Colston Hall, The Lantern, Colston St, Bristol, BS1 5AR, UK

£5.50 incl. booking fee

Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra’s major autumn performance features Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, his largest purely orchestral work for the concert hall written in 1940, alongside Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.5 from 1943. More recently, Sally Beamish’s 2012 work Diodati is inspired by the villa where Mary Shelley began to write Frankenstein, while a new work by Trinity Laban composition student Heather Stephenson completes the evening.
 

Douglas Boyd conductor

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Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Sally Beamish Diodati
Heather Stephenson (TL student) After Me Comes the Flood
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5
 

Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Rd, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ
entrance £5

Diphonon Duo as the Wigmore Hall/Open Academy Fellow Learning Ensemble of 2017/18, participates in the Chamber Tots workshops for children!

We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us as we head into the jungle!
 

This interactive music-making workshop features songs, percussion and the chance to meet some exciting instruments up close, led by our experienced Chamber Tots music leaders alongside emerging ensembles.

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This workshop will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London, W1U 2BP

Child£6, Adult£4

Trinity Laban’s Side by Side series brings together students with professional mentors for a performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Known as the ‘Romantic’ for its allusions to medieval castles and hunts in leafy woodland glades, this promises to be a lively performance.

Jonathan Tilbrook conductor

Bruckner Symphony No.4

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Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Rd, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ

admission free, ticket required

Sound and Seek

Performances on Sunday 24 September, 1-5pm

Composed by Andreas Papapetrou
Eye Music Rawsthorn Commission 2017

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Sound and Seek offers audience members of all ages the opportunity to explore the different spaces and hues of Colourscape, while experiencing a constantly shifting and transforming soundscape and engaging in creative interplay with the performers. It is a playful combination of music theatre and spatial music, which translates rules and visual references found in children’s games such as hide-and-seek, the treasure hunt and cat’s cradle, into a flowing musical environment.

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This immersive site-specific performance is created by a large group of musicians and dancers who weave colour and sound through the Colourscape’s compartments and around the audience. The textures of sound produced correspond to the colour of the space the musicians are in at any given time. Thus, the colours and structure of the Colourscape’s compartments function as a graphic score, through which both performers and audience navigate, creating a variety of sonic combinations and affecting the overall soundscape.

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Performers: Patricia Auchterlonie (voice), Collin Shay (voice), Jennifer Raven (flute), Boyan Ivanov (clarinet), Phil Pike (bassoon), Aileen Henry (harp), Kalliopi Mitropoulou (violin), Michael Iskas (viola), Raisa Zapryanova (viola), Maral Mohammadi (violoncello), Thodoris Ziarkas (double bass), Taylor Han (dancer), Phillip Hewit (dancer).

For more detailed information, download the festival's brochure here:
http://www.eyemusic.org.uk/resources/ClaphamBrochure.pdf

SITE AND ADMISSION:
Colourscape will be installed on Clapham Common, off Rookery Road, near the Long Pond boating lake and The Windmill pub. Colourscape will be open from 1 to 6pm at weekends, 12 to 1pm on weekdays.

Clapham Common, Windmill drive, London SW4 9DE

ADMISSION RATES
Weekend openings: 1 to 6pm (each ticket admits to Colourscape for up to an hour)

Adult – £10.00
Child – £5.00
Family Ticket (up to 2 adults and 3 children) – £28.00
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Children under 2 are free.

Join us for an opportunity to look behind the scenes at Wigmore Hall, with free performances and workshops taking place throughout the day.

Bring the family and join Detective Inspector Lucy Drever for a musical mystery trail around the building, as well as free musicmaking workshops at 11:00am, 12:30pm and 1:30pm.
Please sign up for the workshops on the day.

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Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2BP
free entrance

Michael Iskas and Inigo Berrade perform a wonderful opening afternoon concert of viola & accordion under the title of 'Europe Mon Amour'.
They will be performing all sorts from Bach to Britten ~ a celebration of European collaboration & culture.
Refreshments available during the interval.

No need to book - just turn up!

Venue: St Katherine's Church, East Woodlands, Sommerset
Price: Donations

Presenting the recently composed 'Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra' of V.R. Alevizos, inspired by the cancerous society of today’s Cosmos and the internal monologue that is being attributed by individuals who face derealization and depersonalization in a world of external and internal terrorism. A piece where music is truly a narrator of what human beings have gone through and are still evolving to become.

In this composition, Vasilis - being the performer and composer himself explores the artistic unity of Composer - Performer and the Questioning Attitude as Individuals that brings to the highest conflict with Society.
Through a music narrative, he depicts the relations between Society and Individuals – in this case, the society represented by a Symphony orchestra and the Individual as an 'artistic persona' represented by the soloist/pianist.
The Individual performer is shown as Aristotele's social animal by nature with the necessity to have his voice heard, becoming though ‘verbally desperate’ - like those who do not have a feeling for diplomacy but just an unquenched thirst for recognition.
The Orchestra, representing the loud society we live in, is making fun of the soloist. With sarcasm, irony and dramatic shouts, it swallows the individual performer as he does not have the strength of being free of attachments and influences from the now 'forgotten' past of musical history. Trying to find his own voice in the backbone of structuralistic evolution, chaos is unleashed.
A composition based on the questioning attitude that implies Unanswered Questions, Statements and Arguments, sounds from Eastern Europe’s Folklore, violent social conflicts and civil wars combined with the simple introspection and contemplation of a Schizophrenic Society. A combination of all the Piano Concerto’s we know till know in the need to seek the simulation of the Idea under which Piano Concerto’s used to be written.

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Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music NW1 5HT
free entrance

Calleva Collection Concert at Highclere Castle

Debussy Clair de Lune
Vivaldi Concerto for 2 guitars, RV 532, G major

Holst 'Brook Green Suite'

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Calleva Collection RAM Ensemble
Jo Cole conductor
Emmanuel Sowicz Garcia guitar
Giacomo Susani guitar

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Highclere Castle, Highclere Park, Highclere, Newbury RG20 9RN
closed event

Haydn workshop on the ‘London’ Symphony saw the largest ever period instrument ensemble on stage at the Academy. This year the intensive one-day project will be repeated, this time exploring the glories and wonders of ‘The Clock’ Symphony. Towards the end of the day the workshop will open to the public; we invite you to eavesdrop and witness the Historical Performance Department in action.

Haydn Symphony no.101 in D, Hob.I:101, ‘The Clock’ Last year’s

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Margaret Faultless director

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Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, London NW1 5HT
Free, no tickets required 

We are very happy to perform for Sofar Sounds concerts in an intimate and secret place! If interested follow the link on our event's title.

Dunja Botic vocals

Michael Iskas violin

Kostas Glynos kanun

Gizem Altinordu percussions

Join the Near East Collective at Jam in a Jar for a healthy dose of Istanbul spice, Balkan paprika and Aegean salt!

Dunja Botic vocals
Michael Iskas violin
George Maglaras lute, oud
Kostas Glynos kanun
Nicki Maher clarinet
Gizem Altinordu percussions

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Jam in a Jar, 599 Green Lanes, N8 0RE London

Solo voices and the timbre of a solo oboe predominate in today’s cantatas. Each of them has an unforgettable poetic tone that will linger in the memory long after the end of the concert. The wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (‘Begone, dismal shadows’) dates from Bach’s years at the Court of Anhalt-Köthen. During that time Bach had no call to write church cantatas, but he produced much of his finest instrumental music. It is not surprising, then, that each aria in this cantata highlights lavish solo instrumental writing, a feature perhaps at its most delectable in the opening movement — a melting cantilena for soprano and oboe. The work ends with a catchy gavotte celebrating the renewal of all things in springtime.

In contrast, Bach’s famous Candlemass cantata Ich habe genug (‘It is enough’) dwells on resignation and death at a moment of renewed hope.

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JS Bach Ich habe genug, BWV 82
JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543*
JS Bach Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202

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Iain Ledingham director
Madeleine Easton leader
James Orford organ*

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Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, London NW1 5HT

tickets £15.00

A programme of French Baroque music from the Historical Performance Department directed by Lisa Beznosiuk, professor of historical flute. Knowledge and understanding of the characterful dance rhythms and elegant melodic nuances of the French Baroque are essential for the stylish performance of all eighteenth-century music. Academy Baroque Ensemble perform a colourful programme of music spanning almost 100 years.

The intimate sophistication of Couperin’s Apothéose de Lully is framed by extrovert theatre dances by Lully and a selection of astonishingly inventive and ground-breaking instrumental movements from Rameau’s last opera, Les Boréades.

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Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Guildford GU4 7RT

free entrance