1 CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL

Highlights include the violinist Nicola Benedetti performing Debussy, Prokofiev and Brahms (Mon), and Valery Gergiev conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s gigantic Symphony No 8 (Wed, Thur).
Various London venues (www.colf.org), until Thur

2 MONTEVERDI CHOIR

Two beautiful funeral pieces – Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien and Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem – sung by John Eliot Gardiner’s choir.
St James, Spanish Place, W1 (www.monteverdi.co.uk 020-7730 4500), Mon

3 CROSSING THE SEA

The soprano Alison Wells and the Brodsky Quartet perform Deirdre Gribbin’s song-cycle, based on translations of Tang dynasty poems.
Wilton’s Music Hall, Grace’s Alley, Ensign Street, E1 (www.wiltons.org.uk 020-7702 2789), Sat

4 NADIA GILIOVA

The award-winning Russian pianist performs the premiere of Howard Blake’s Variations on a Theme of Bartók, plus Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Rachmaninov.
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1 (www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 020-7935 2141), Fri

5 ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS

Andreas Delfs conducts Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2 (www.barbican.org.uk 0845 1207550), Thur

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