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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Monday 14th September - 6pm
St. Michael and All Angels Church,
70 Sycamore Road, Amersham. HP6 5DR
The Secret Life of JS Bach featuring Takane Funatsu on Violin and
Nicola Tait Baxter on Cello
Tickets are £10 under 18s £5 and under 12s go free
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
saso.org.uk
Saturday 10th October
St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF
Destiny
Liszt: Les Preludes
Schumann: Cello Concerto with soloist Tim Gill
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliettte - Romeo Alone, Festivities at Capulet’s
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Sunday 15th November 2.30pm and 4pm
St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF
Fairy Tales
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Andante
Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Stravinsky: Dance Infernal and Finale from Firebird
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Overture
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite, Laideronette, Empress of the Pagogas
Wolf-Ferrari: Suzanna’s Secret Overture
Friday 1st January 7pm
St Albans Abbey, Sumpter Yard, St Albans AL1 1BY
New Year’s Day Celebratory Concert - Encore
Saint-Saens: Danse Bacchanal
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F with soloist Michael McHale
Smetana: Dance of the Comedians
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust Hungarian March
De Falla: La Vida Breve Dana Espanol No 1
Josef Strauss: Die Libelle
Delius: La Calinda
Elgar: Chanson de Nuit
Elgar: The Wand of Youth The Wild Bears
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Pas de Deux
Marquez: Conga del Fuego
Saturday 6th March 7.30pm
St Paul’s Church, Blandford Road, St Albans AL1 4JP
English
Bay: Tintagel
Britten: Violin Concerto with soloist Fenella Humphreys
Smyth: The Wreckers Overture
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Saturday 8th May 7.30pm
St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF
Arrivals
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 with soloist Thomas Kelly
Sibelius: Symphony No 1
Saturday 3rd July 7.30pm
St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF
Nature
Dvorak: In Nature’s Realm
Martinu: Oboe Concerto with soloist Henrietta Cook
Mahler: Symphony No 1
Wycombe Sinfonia
wycombesinfonia.co.uk
High Wycombe Parish Church, Church Street, High Wycombe HP11 2DE
Saturday 10th October 7.30pm
Classical Dimensions
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor with soloist Sofia Sacco
Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 Classical
Brockless: An English Elegy
Mozart: Titus Overture
Sunday 28th February 3.30pm
Vienna’s Own
Beethoven: Corolian Overture
Mozart: Horn a concerto No 3 with soloist Matthew Sackman
Haydn: Symphony No 99
Audentior Symphony Orchestra
audentiorsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Saturday 24th October 4pm
Elliot Hall, Harrow Arts Centre, Harrow HA4 4EA
Magical Family Concert with live painting and narration from James Mayhew
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Saturday 13th February 7pm
St Michael and All Angels Church, Mildred Avenue, Watford WD18 7DY
Romantics
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Brahms: Symphony No 4
Another piece to be confirmed
Saturday 8th May 7pm
The Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Myths and Legends
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
Dukes: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Debussy: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune
Dvorak: The Noon Witch
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Saturday 17th July 7pm
The Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Evolution
Webern: Passacaglia
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10
Abbots Langley Orchestra
alorchestra.org
St Saviours Church, Abbots Langley WD5 0DS
Sunday 22nd November 7.30pm
Delius: On Heating the First Cuckoo in Spring
Bizet: Symphony in C
Zipoli: Elevazione with soloists Lizzie Drabble (oboe) and Rebecca Sackman Smith (cello)
Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D Prague
Sunday 21st March 7.30pm
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante with Claire Rutland (violin) and Maeve Lynch (viola)
Parry: Symphony No 3 in C The English
Sunday 27th June 7.30pm
Cowen: Reverie
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor with soloist Ellen Baumring Gledhill
Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D
Chorleywood Orchestra Info
St Andrew’s Church, Quickly Lane, Chorleywood WD3 5AE
Saturday 7th November 7pm
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 with soloist Yoko Afi
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
busheysymphony.org.uk
The Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
Sunday 15th November
Beethoven’s Emperor
Mendelssohn: Son and Stranger Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat Emperor with soloist Anjulie Chen
Jonathan Dove: Sunshine
Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D
Sunday 17th January 3pm
New Year Nutcracker
Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1
Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor with soloist Francesca Barritt
Grieg: Lyric Suite
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Sunday 21st March 3pm
Spring Classics
Lennox Berkeley: Divertimento in B flat
Saint Saens: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor with soloist Ben Tarlton
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D
Sunday 16th May 3pm
Appalachian Spring
Vaughan Williams: Suite English Folksongs
Elgar: Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit
Rodney Bennett: Lady Caroline Lamb Elegy for Viola and Orchestra with soloist Sarah Jane Bradley
Copeland: Letter from Home Ballet Suiet Appalachian Spring
Hertfordshire Philharmonia Info
hertsphil.org.uk
St Mary’s Church, The Walk, Potters Bar EN6 1QQ
Saturday 14th November 3pm
In Remembrance
Butterworth: Shropshire Lad
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 Pastoral
Saturday 13th February 7.30pm
A Tale of Two Fourths
Beethoven: Symphony No 4
Longstaff: Cello Concerto with soloist Ella Harrison
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 Italian
Saturday 24th April 7.30pm
Pipes, Pastorals and Passion
Rossini: Semiramide Overture
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations
Saint Saens: Symphony No 3 Organ Symphony with soloist Toby Wheatly
Saturday 19th June at 7.45pm
From the Steppes to the Soul
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 with soloist Chloe Harrison
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 Pathetique
Trinity Orchestra Info
St Edmund’s Church, Northwood Hills HA6 1QS
Saturday 3rd October 7.30pm pre-concert talk 7pm
Howell: Lamia
Sutton: Violin Concerto with soloist Fenella Humphreys
Dvorak: Symphony No 8
Saturday 21st November 7.30pm pre-concert talk 7pm
Bridge: The Sea
Elgar: Symphony No 1
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3 with soloist Madeleine Jones
Saturday 30th January 7.30pm pre-concert talk 7pm
Holst: Somerset Rhapsody
Tchaikovsky: Suite No 3
Goops: Oboe Concerto with soloist Nicola Hands
Saturday 13th March 7.30pm pre-concert talk 7pm
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Howard: Trombone Concerto with soloist Ned Pettitt
Saturday 22nd May 7.30pm pre-concert 7pm
TBC
Saturday 3rdJuly 7.30pm pre-concert talk 7pm
Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances
Beach: Eilende Walker with soloist soprano Hayley Meth
Gershwin: Cuba Overture
Copeland: Appalachian Spring
Watford Symphony Orchestra Info
www.watfordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
St Luke’s Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG
Saturday 21st November 7.30pm
Glinka: Overture to Russian and Ludmilla
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor with soloist Florian Mitrea
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F minor
Saturday 6th March 7.30pm
Mendelssohn: Overture to Ruy Blas
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor with soloist Yoko Afi
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor
Saturday 15th May 7.30pm
Debussy: Prelude a L’Apres Midi d’un Faune
Gliere: Horn Concertos in B flat major with soloist Chloe Harrison
Dvorak: Symphony No 5 in F major
Saturday 3rd July 7.30pm
Mendelssohn: Overture ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 ‘Pastorale’
