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Hungary beckons as the shape-shifting ensemble rounds off its Autumn ‘in the
round’ season. Athletic and acerbic, Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1 is paired with
Ligeti’s Horn Trio, completed in 1982 as a companion piece (and ‘hommage’) to
Brahms’s refulgent Op. 40 Trio.

Pianists Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen

John Innes Centre, Norwich, 4 December

The artistic directors of the London Piano Festival reunite for a recital of duets
bookended by Mozart – the sonatas K358 and K479. Schubert’s troubled A
minor Lebensstürme and A major Rondo sustain a Viennese dominance challenged
by Debussy’s evergreen Petite Suite and Stravinsky’s Cinq pièces faciles.

Manchester Collective

Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, 5 December

‘This is a noisy show’ promises the Collective’s latest tour featuring electronics,
percussion, amplified strings and an Ibanez Tube Screamer (distortion pedal). New
works by Ben Nobuto and Sebastian Gainsborough share the billing with music by
Dobrinka Tabakova, Michael Gordon and Bryce Dessner.

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall, London, 8 December

Vladimir Jurowski’s first concert as the LPO’s conductor emeritus is a typically
eclectic affair. Between Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with Leonidas Kavakos
and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3 there’s the world premiere of composer-in-
residence Brett Dean’s reworking of his 2018 Notturno inquieto.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9 December

Fantasy, folklore and fairy-tales underpin Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro’s
pairing of Ravel’s glittering Ma mère l’oye and Mahler’s songs culled from Des
Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn). Vocal honours are divided between
soprano Ana Quintans and baritone Julien Van Mellaerts.

The Hallé

Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 10 December

Following two performances in Manchester, Nicola Benedetti and the Hallé reprise
the Violin Concerto Wynton Marsalis composed for her, embedding her Scottish
roots, travels and love of diversity. Conducted by Cristian Macelaru it sits between