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CONCERT VISITS —
CLASSICAL & JAZZ
 Visits to classical
concerts, with the occasional foray into jazz and
world, in various London venues.Group Coordinator: Celia Ballantyne (click to contact) |
| When Our visits are on an ad hoc basis, depending on what's on. |
| Where London concert halls and churches. |
We go to a wide variety of concerts including
orchestral, choral, chamber, vocal, recital and big band.
Suggestions are always welcome. Concerts might be late
morning, lunchtime or evening and are in a variety of
venues. Wherever possible ticket prices are very reasonable
and chosen with the acoustics and sightlines of the venue in
mind. Some concerts are free.
The way it works is that the Group Coordinator
identifies a concert to visit, and notifies members on her
mailing list. Those expressing interest then receive all
relevant information, including guidance on which row to buy
tickets in, and then they buy their own tickets.
All iU3A members are entitled to be on the
mailing list to receive information and to join visits if
they wish. To join the mailing list, click here
Monday 13 March,
Wigmore Hall, 1.0
0pm: The wonderful
Concerto Italiano directed from the harpsichord by Rinaldo
Alessandrini perform a variety of works by Alessandro
Scarlatti, Francesco Mancini and Handel in
this lunchtime concert. Concerto Italiano; Sonia Tedla
soprano; Gabriele Lombardi bass; Marco Frezzato cello;
Rinaldo Alessandrini harpsichord
(wigmore-hall.org.uk). How to get there: Visit Us | Visit
Us (wigmore-hall.org.uk)
Wednesday 5 April, Barbican Centre, 6.30pm: You
may remember that last April
we went to a Half Six Fix for the highly entertaining Brecht/Weill
Seven Deadly Sins. This time Gianandrea Noseda will
be talking us through Prokofiev’s Third Symphony.
London Symphony
Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda | Barbican
Wednesday 31 May, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm:
Anyone wanting to
hear the King of Instruments could do worse than listening
to Olivier Latry on the organ of the Royal Festival Hall
for only £15.00! Olivier Latry
Plays Wagner (southbankcentre.co.uk) How to get
there: Getting here
& around | Southbank Centre
Friday 16 June, Pizza Express, The P
heasantry, 6.30pm for
8.00pm: This sounds like rather an exciting
concert: Gabrielle
Ducomble in ‘Parisian Jazz and Tango’. Gabrielle
Ducomble 'Parisian Jazz & Tango' | Live Jazz
Music & Great Food | PizzaExpress Live How to
get there: The Pheasantry,
Chelsea | London Cabaret Venue (pizzaexpresslive.com)
So far in 2023 we have heard:
A piano four hands recital with Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy performing works by Beethoven, Schubert and Britten at LSO St Luke’s.
In 2021-22 we heard:
Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton in J S Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at the Barbican
Soprano Veronique Gens and pianist Susan Manoff in a recital of songs by Reynaldo Hahn at St John’s, Smith Square
A harpsichord recital of Scarlatti Sonatas by Mahan Esfahani at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Zemlinsky Quartet performing Mozart and Dvorak at Wigmore Hall
The Academy of Ancient Music in a programme of Lully, Delalande, Campra and Rameau at Milton Court
A Half Six Fix of Brecht and Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins from the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle
The Fieri Consort in a programme entitled The Excellence of Women at King’s Place
Organist Anna Lapwood in a free lunchtime recital at Temple Church.
A highly original concert from the young players of the Southbank Sinfonia in a programme taking in Mendelssohn, Mozart, Holst and Jimi Hendrix.
For a record of what
we've been to earlier have a look in our archive.
From 2019 look here.
For 2018 to 2019 look here
For 2016 to 2017 look here.