Live Events
Upcoming Music Events across London and the Home Counties
If you have a live event and would like Classics Count to promote it on this website and radio show, we now promote live events across London and the Home Counties.
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This is a free service, we do it because we love live music!
Saturday 15th November at 7.30pm
St Albans Abbey, Sumpter Yard, St Albans AL1 1BY
St Cecilia Festival Concert – Biennial Concert of the St Cecilia Festival Society
Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Howells: Magnificat (Collegium Regale), Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer
Thursday 1st January 2026 at 7pm
St Albans Abbey, Sumpter Yard, St Albans AL1 1BY
New Year’s Day Family Concert – A Celebration of American Music (USA)
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Beach: Bal Masqué , Korngold: Straussiana,
Rodgers: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever,
Bernstein: Candide – Overture,
Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No.1, Gershwin: Girl Crazy – Overture, Bernstein:
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Saturday 14th March 2026 at 7.30pm
St Albans High School for Girls, Townsend Avenue, St Albans AL1 3SJ
De Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Suite No 2, Damase: Flute Concerto with soloist Hattie Jolly
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2
Sunday 19th April 2026 at 2.00pm and 3.30pm
St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF
Family Concert – Space
An introduction to the orchestra featuring space-themed pieces and popular Science Fiction film music – extracts from ET, Star Wars, 2001 and from other space and planetary themed classical music including Gustav Holst’s The Planets.
Saturday 27th June 2026 at 7.30pm
St Paul’s Church, Blandford Road, St Albans AL1 4JP
A Night at the Opera with soloists Erin Rossington and Robert Forrest
Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes – Overture, Verdi: La Traviata - Prelude Act 1, Brindisi, E Strano!, Ah fors' e lu, Sempre Libera, Verdi: Aida - Act II Grand March, Puccini: La Boheme - from Che gelida,
Weber: Oberon – Overture, Donizetti: L'elisir d'Amore - Una Furtiva Lagrime, Donizetti: L'elisir d'Amore - Chiedi all'aura Lusinghiera, Dvořák: Rusalka - Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém, Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Nuit d'hyménée, Rossini: Guillaume Tell - Overture
www.saso.org.uk
Kings Church, Raans Road, Amersham HP6 6LX
Kings Church, Amersham
Saturday 22nd November at 7.30pm
The Rite and Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff: Second Suite for Two Pianos, Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Chaminade: Duo Symphonique, Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Amersham HP7 0DB
Saturday 29th November at 7.30pm
South Bucks Choral Society Mozart Requiem and Coronation Mass
St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Amersham HP7 0DB
Saturday 20th December at 7.30pm
South Bucks Choral Society Carol Concert
St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Amersham HP7 0DB
Saturday 3rd January 2026 at 5pm
The Four Seasons by Candlelight
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Von Bingen: Three Antiphons, Nardini: Adagio, Purcell: Suite from Dido and Aeneas
St James’ Church, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross SL9 7DJ
Friday 13th February 2026 at 7.30pm
Love’s Philosophy
Hemel Symphony Orchestra Info
Saturday 15th November
St John’s Church, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JY
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, Grieg: Piano Concerto soloist Mario Miralle Garcia, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
At the Hemel Symphony Orchestra concert on 15th November, pictures from the artist Philip Worth will be projected during the performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an exhibition.
Saturday 7th February 2026
St John’s Church, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JY
Prokofiev: Troika from the Lieutenant Kije suite, Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus and Phrygia, Mussorkgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 Winter Daydreams
Saturday 9th May 2026
St John’s Church, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JY
Schubert: Rosamunde Overture, Schubert: Songs of a Wayfarer, Mahler: Symphony No 4
Saturday 11th July 2026
St John’s Church, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JY
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture, Beethoven: Violin Concerto soloist Gonzalo Acosta, Brahms: Symphony No 3
Wycombe Sinfonia Info
High Wycombe Parish Church HP13 6RF
Sunday 15th March 2026 at 3pm (doors open at 2:30pm)
A train journey through light-hearted music - A one hour musical trains concert
Saturday 6th June 2026 at 7.30pm
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila, Bruch: Violin Concerto with soloist Eva Thorarinsdottir, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5
Saturday 10th October 2026 at 7.30pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 with soloist Sofia Sacco
Audentior Symphony Orchestra Info
audentiorsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Saturday 13th December 2025
St Michael’s and All Angels’ Church, WD18 7DY
Winter Warmers
Beethoven: Symphony No 5, Brahms: Symphony No 1
Saturday 13th March 2026
St Michael’s and All Angels’ Church, WD18 7DY
Symphonies of Spring
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto with soloist Sarah Williamson, Schubert: Symphony No 8
Saturday 27th June 2026
St Luke’s Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG
Summer Spectacular
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture, Britten: Four sea Interludes, Holst: The Planets
Abbots Langley Orchestra Info
Sunday 30th November 2025
Abbots Langley Community Centre. High Street, Abbots Langley WD5 0AP
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture, Van Hal: Double Bassoon Concerto, Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in D minor
Sunday 8th March 2026
Abbots Langley Community Centre. High Street, Abbots Langley WD5 0AP
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Dvorak: Romanze for Violin and Orchestra, Wienlawski: Legende for
Violin and Orchestra, Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 Scottish
Sunday 28th June 2026
Abbots Langley Community Centre. High Street, Abbots Langley WD5 0AP
Weber: Oberon Overture, Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite,
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6
Chorleywood Orchestra Info
Sunday 16th November 2025 at 7pm
Amersham Free Church, Woodside Road, Amersham HP6 6AJ
Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 soloist Robby Cassels, Brahms: Symphony No 2
Saturday 7th March 2026 at 5pm
St Andrew’s Church, Quickly Lane, Chorleywood WD3 5AE
Family Concert
Bushey Symphony Orchestra Info
Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Sunday 16th November 2025 at 3pm
The Bushey Symphony Orchestra opens the 2025/26 season with a memorial concert for John Tatham (1922–2025), a much-loved stalwart of the second violin section. At 102, he played in the BSO’s 50th Anniversary concert, just weeks before his passing. John will be deeply missed – a true gentleman, devoted musician and cherished friend to the orchestra and its audience.
Bizet: Suite ‘Jeux d’enfants’, Op 22
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F, Op 102
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 ‘Scottish’
Annie Yim (Piano soloist) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian pianist, creative collaborator and founder of MusicArt, London. Praised by The Times for producing ‘the most beautiful sounds, radiantly coloured, thoughtfully articulated’, she is known for a wide-ranging repertoire from the classical canon to contemporary works. She has performed live on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and national broadcasts in Canada and Portugal, and made her UK concerto debut at LSO St Luke’s. Raised in Vancouver, she studied with Robert Silverman and later with Joan Havill at London’s Guildhall School. In 2023 she was appointed Lecturer and Course Leader in Music Performance at the London College of Music, University of West London.
Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Sunday 18th January 2026 at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Sunday 29th March 2026 at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Sunday 17th May 2026 at 3pm
Annie Yim
Hertfordshire Philharmonia Info
St Mary’s Church, The Walk, Potters Bar EN6 1QQ
Saturday 29th November at 7.30pm
Hummel, Beethoven and Haydn
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto with soloist Giovanni Re, Beethoven: Symphony No 3 Eroica, Haydn: Symphony No 101 The Clock
Saturday 7th March at 7.30pm
Spring Concert
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole with soloist Katy Smith, Bizet: Carmen Suite, Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Trinity Orchestra Info
Saturday 15th November at 7.30pm with pre concert talk at 7pm
St Edmund’s Church, Pinner Road, Northwood HA6 1QS
Sibelius: Symphony No 1
Saturday 24th January at 7.30pm with pre concert talk at 7pm
Harrow Arts Centre, 171 Uxbridge Rd, Pinner HA5 4EA
Holst: The Planets
Saturday 7th March afternoon
St Edmund’s Church, Pinner Road, Northwood HA6 1QS
Two family concerts: Musical Heroes
Saturday 16th May at 7.30pm with pre concert talk at 7pm
St Edmund’s Church, Pinner Road, Northwood HA6 1QS
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Trinity Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Murray
Trumpet Soloist: Imogen Whitehead
Leader: Arwen Newband
We are thrilled to welcome celebrated trumpeter Imogen Whitehead as soloist in this evocative
concert, which journeys from the sea to the gallery and paints vivid pictures in sound.
Saturday 27th June at 7.30pm with pre concert talk at 7pm
St Edmund’s Church, Pinner Road, Northwood HA6 1QS
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1
Imogen Whitehead
Octagon Music Society
Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Sunday 30th November at 4pm
Passamezzo
Old Christmas Returned : music, words and songs for Christmas performed in Elizabethan costume
Sunday 8th February at 4pm
Amiri Harewood piano
George Walker: Piano Sonata No 5, JS Bach: Partita No 4 in D, Lera Auerbach: Prelude No 23 in F, Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor
Sunday 8th March at 4pm
Warwick Piano Trio
Bridge: Miniatures, Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 in D, Schubert: Piano Trio No 2 in E flat
Watford Symphony Orchestra Info
www.watfordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
St Luke’s Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG
Saturday 29th November at 7.30pm
Verdi: La Forza del Destino, Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4
Saturday 28th February 2026 at 7.30pm
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, Handel: Water Music Suite No 2, Elgar: Symphony No 2
Saturday 25th April 2026 at 7.30pm
Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor with soloist to be announced, Haydn: Symphony No 104 ‘London’
