Classical & Jazz

Published: 28 July 2011

FRIDAY, July 29

IT was the biggest party in Egypt’s history. Between January 25 and February 11, the people turned Cairo’s Tahrir Square into a cross between Woodstock and a giant soapbox.

VOCAL music from around the globe is to be sung at the annual Voices Across the World celebration at the Royal Opera House on Sunday July 31, arranged by its ROH2 contemporary producing arm.

A FASCINATING recital illustrating the development of the fortepiano from the 18th to late-19th century is being given by Viviana Sofronitsky, a great exponent of the fortepiano, at Wigmore Hall on

FRIDAY JULY 22
Lazarus String Quartet play Mozart & Beethoven, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1pm, free

Problem child is back!

THE downfall of the short-lived yet legendary mod-rock hellraisers John’s Children – whose line-up included a young Marc Bolan – reads like an adu

JOHN’S Children may have had a short-lived career but they packed it with the kind of showbiz adventures rockstar hopefuls dream of.

FRIDAY, July 22
ROY Ayers feat Pete Rock. Jazz Cafe (Camden Town tube), 7pm, £22.50 adv

AS Benjamin Britten’s strong piece The Turn of the Screw is very much a chamber opera, it’s an excellent choice by Opera UpClose to join its repertoire of operas at the King’s Hea

IF you fancy a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park laced with some super jazz, then head for the Regent’s Park lakeside bandstand over the next four Sundays when musicians assembled by Chelse

TWO of the greatest baroque choral works are being performed at St Martin-in-the-Fields tomorrow evening (Friday).

FRIDAY JULY 15
Clarinet recital: Maximilian Krome accompanied by Annika Treutler, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1pm, free

ALWAYS one step ahead, ultra-cool promoters The Playground have been at it again, clambering all over the genres of the day and stealing the best artists for themselves.

DAVE Grohl simmered, sizzled, and seethed through his Roundhouse set on Monday, creating the biggest headlines of the iTunes Festival so far this month.