This is a BBC lunchtime concert by the BBC Singers at LSO St Lukes in which they will perform settings of songs by Shakespeare. Their selection includes four songs set by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi. The concert is at 1.00pm.
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Meta4 performs works by Jouni Kaipainen and Jaakko Kuusisto
Meta4 returns to the Wigmore Hall as part of the European chamber Music Academy Showcase. They will play works by Webern, Fagerlund, Jouni Kaipainen, Jaakko Kuusisto and Beethoven. The concert starts at 3.00pm. Tickets are £5.
Sakari Oramo conducts BBC SO in a concert of English music
Sakari Oramo will conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of English music including Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad, the UK premiere of Anna Clyne’s violin concerto, The Seamstress, (soloist Jennifer Koh) and Elgar’s Symphony No 2. Venue: Barbican Hall at 7.30pm
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
The London Schools Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Leonore No 3, Brahms’ Double Concerto (soloists Roberto Gonzalez, violin, and Louise Hopkins, cello) and the Symphony No 5 by Sibelius. Venue: Barbican Hall at 7.30pm.
Dinner and Concert at Drapers’ Hall
The Anglo-Danish Society has kindly offered us part of their allocation of tickets for a dinner and concert to be held at Drapers’ Hall on Tuesday 23 February. The dinner will be at 6.00pm and the concert is expected to start at 7.15. The Royal Academy of Music Baroque Ensemble will perform J S Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No 5 for flute, violin, harpsichord and strings and Bach’s Coffee Cantata. Tickets are expected to £50. As the number of available tickets is strictly limited, preference will be given to members of the Society
Finland’s Economy – Positive Outlooks
Lasse Sinikallas, First Secretary at the Embassy of Finland for economic and EU affairs will give us a talk about the current state of the Finnish economy and why he optimistic for its future. Mr Sinikallas joined the Foreign Ministry in 2009 after more than a decade working in industry and consulting in Finland. Before coming to London in August 2013 he spent two years at the Embassy of Finland in Moscow. Any members wishing to attend this event should contact the Hon. Secretary in the usual way. Non-members should contact him using the contact form on this website. The meeting will be held at the premises of St Giles International, 154 Southampton Row, London WC1 at 6.30 for 7.00pm.
Book Launch Wednesday 4th November
Tony Lurcock will introduce the third volume of his anthologies of travel writing by British visitors to Finland. The title of his book is “A Life of Extremes”: the British discover modern Finland 1917-1941. Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the evening at the price of £12. The meeting will be held at a new venue for us, premises belonging to St Giles International at 154 Southampton Row, London WC1. Their building is next to the Imperial Hotel and is about a three-minute walk from Russell Square tube station or about double that from Holborn. The meeting will be held at 6.30 for 7.00pm. Please contact the Hon. Secretary in the usual way if you would like to attend this event.
Soile Isokoski performs Four Last Songs
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the LPO in a concert with two items which will be of interest to friends of Finland. In addition to Soile Isokoski singing the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, there will be a performance of Magnus Lindberg’s Gran Duo. The other woks in the programme are Mozart’s Serenade No 8 and the Duett-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon by Richard Strauss. Royal Festival Hall at 7.30pm
World Premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Violin Concerto no 2
Magnus Lindberg is the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s composer in residence. The world premiere of his Violin Concerto No 2 will be given by Frank Peter Zimmermann. The concert, which will be conducted by Jaap van Zweden, will include Wagenaar’s Overture, Cyrano de Bergerac and Beethoven’s Symphony No 7.
Royal Festival Hall at 7.30pm.Leonidas Kavakos performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto
Vladimir Jurowski will conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme starts with Scriabin Settings by Oliver Knussen, Sibelius’s violin concerto follows and the concert ends with Scriabin’s Symphony No 3 (The Divine Poem). Royal Festival Hall at 7.30pm.