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with Lounge Lizards, Michael Daugherty’s affectionate love letter to the American
diner. Propping up the bar too are Missy Mazzoli, Steve Reich and, tapping into
Shaman drumming, John Luther Adams.

Opera Rara

Cadogan Hall, London, 3 December

Based on a poem by Pushkin, Leoncavallo’s verismo slice of Gypsy
life Zingari received its 1912 world premiere in London. Conducted by Carl Rizzi (at
the head of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), the reconstructed full-length original
version returns to the capital with Krassimira Stoyanova as the ill-fated Fleana.

Heath Quartet

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, 3 December

It’s all change at the Heath Quartet, with ex-Navarra Quartet violinist Marije Johnston
replacing founding leader Oliver Heath. Haydn is added to the mix for Wigmore Hall
later in the month, but for York, Janáček’s Intimate Letters Quartet is paired with
Beethoven’s Op. 131 – a work that left Schubert despairing whether there was
anything more to be said.

Ulster Orchestra

Ulster Hall, Belfast, 3 December

En route to Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, the orchestra’s chief conductor
Daniele Rustioni is careful to balance a familiar warhorse with something less
familiar. Thomas Adès’s …but all shall be well and Elizabeth
Maconchy’s Nocturne frame Shostakovich’s birthday present to his son: Piano
Concerto No. 2. Steven Osborne is the soloist.

Brodsky Quartet

Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon, 4 December

The Doric Quartet might be the Centre’s quartet-in-residence, but that doesn’t
preclude visits by guests such as the Brodskys – joined by cellist Laura van der
Heijden for Schubert’s cello-rich Quintet in C, D956. Alongside Shostakovich’s
Quartet No. 8 there’s also an arrangement of Bach’s C major Sonata for solo violin,
BWV1005.

Ensemble 360

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 December