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Classical music in May
All of the classical music, operas and ballets in London during May
to • Holland Park Opera Opera Holland Park will be putting on a production of Mozart's comic opera Cosi Fan Tutte (The Magic Flute). • Cadogan Hall The Brussels Philharmonic will be playing some classical music by Guillaume and Leonard Bernstein at Cadogan Hall. • Barbican Hall Nicola Benedetti and the Academy of Ancient Music will be playing some classical music by Vivaldi and Telemann at Barbican Hall. • Purcell Room Judith Jauregui will be performing works by Chopin, Debussy, Szymanowski, Scriabin and Granados at the Purcell Room. to • Holland Park Opera Opera Holland Park will be putting on a production of 'La Traviata', one of Giuseppe Verdi's best-loved operas. • Queen Elizabeth Hall Benjamin Grosvenor will be performing some classical works by Brahms and Schubert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. • Barbican Hall Thomas Ades and the Britten Sinfonia will be performing some classical music by Beethoven and Gerald Barry at Barbican Hall. • Royal Albert Hall The husband and wife opera stars Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will be performing at the Royal Albert Hall. • Cadogan Hall The Dresden Philharmonic will be playing some classical music by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Weber at Cadogan Hall. • Barbican Hall Thomas Ades and the Britten Sinfonia will be performing some Beethoven and a UK premiere by Gerald Barry at Barbican Hall. • Barbican Hall Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra will be playing some classical music by Beethoven at Barbican Hall. • Cadogan Hall The London Chamber Orchestra will be playing some classical music by Poulenc, Piazolla and Ollie Howell at Cadogan Hall. • Queen Elizabeth Hall The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment will be performing some classical works by R Strauss at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. • Barbican Hall Janine Jansen and the London Symphony Orchestra will be playing some classical music by Sibelius at Barbican Hall. • Barbican Hall Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will be performing Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius' at Barbican Hall. • Queen Elizabeth Hall French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard will be performing Ligeti's complete 'Etudes' at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. • Barbican Hall The BBC Symphony Orchestra will be performing some works by Ravel, Respighi, Ghedini and Avner Dorman at Barbican Hall. • Cadogan Hall The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing some classical music by Chopin, Mussorgsky and Dukas at Cadogan Hall. • Queen Elizabeth Hall The City of London Sinfonia will be performing works by Beethoven and Brett Dean at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. • Barbican Hall Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will be performing some Beethoven and Bernstein at Barbican Hall. • Cadogan Hall The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing some classical music by Sibelius, Brahms and Gorecki at Cadogan Hall. • Purcell Room Claire Booth, Susan Bickley and Andrew Matthews-Owen will be performing some works by Debussy, Satie and Dove. • St. Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square usually puts on a free classical music recitals a couple of times each week. to • St. Paul’s Cathedral Every Sunday St Paul's Cathedral invites one of the world's finest organists to play on the Grand Organ for half-an-hour. to • Royal Albert Hall This guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall will take you inside one of the balcony boxes for a fantastic view of the auditorium.