Concerts in London

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RCM Rising Stars

7:30pm | 29 May 2012
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ

For the fifth year in a row, RCM soloists and chamber groups are heading to Cadogan Hall for this series of spectacular concerts.

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A Concert of Music and Words: The Ackroyd Trust

7:30pm | 31 May 2012
Britten Theatre

A gala fundraising evening showcasing some of the finest RCM musicians and readings from some very special guests.

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Junior Department Choral Concert

6:15pm | 9 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

This annual concert features all five of the RCM Junior Department's choirs.

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RCM Rising Stars

7:30pm | 12 June 2012
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ

For the fifth year in a row, RCM soloists and chamber groups are heading to Cadogan Hall for this series of spectacular concerts.

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Music from London Olympic Years

6:00pm | 20 June 2012
Recital Hall

In celebration of the London 2012 Olympics, this concert features significant British works premiered in the previous London Olympic years of 1908 and 1948.

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Cotswold Ways: Chamber Music of Gurney and Howells

6:00pm | 21 June 2012
Recital Hall

This concert celebrates the music of close friends and RCM alumni Ivor Gurney and Herbert Howells, and includes the world premiere of Ivor Gurney's Piano Sonata in D minor, recently discovered in the RCM Library by RCM Junior Fellow Jonathan Musgrave.

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24 Violons du Roi

8:00pm | 22 June 2012
Palace of Versailles, France

This thrilling collaboration with the CMBV in Versailles recreates what is often described as the "world's first orchestra" - Louis XIV's 24 Violons du Roi

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Junior Department Ensembles Platform

5:30pm | 23 June 2012
Recital Hall

Featuring the Wind Octet, Saxophone Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Clarinet Choir and a selection of the RCMJD’s finest chamber groups.

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24 Violons du Roi

10:30pm | 23 June 2012
Midsummer Festival, Palace of Hardelot

This thrilling collaboration with the CMBV in Versailles recreates what is often described as the "world's first orchestra" - Louis XIV's 24 Violons du Roi

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Bernard Haitink conducts Bruckner

7:30pm | 25 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Legendary maestro Bernard Haitink returns once again to the RCM to conduct the RCM Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's monumental Symphony no 8.

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Pre-concert talk

6:30pm | 26 June 2012
Museum

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Bernard Haitink conducts Bruckner

7:30pm | 26 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Legendary maestro Bernard Haitink returns once again to the RCM to conduct the RCM Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's monumental Symphony no 8.

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RCM Saxophone Ensemble

1:05pm | 27 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Chris Gumbley’s funky and rhythmically exhilarating work for sax choir, a joyful arrangement of Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso and three rousing premieres, completing this entertaining and varied programme.

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Chilingirian Quartet at 40

1:05pm | 28 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM Quartet in Residence the Chilingirian Quartet call in reinforcements for celebrated large-scale chamber works by Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss

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RCM Wind Ensemble

7:30pm | 28 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Simon Channing directs a varied programme that includes Dvorak's Slavonic Dances and Mozart's celebrated Serenade in C minor

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Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro)

7:00pm | 29 June 2012
Britten Theatre

Award-winning performers from the RCM International Opera School present one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire

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Junior Department Orchestra Platform

5:30pm | 30 June 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

This concert features the RCMJD's String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Orchestra and Sinfonia in a lively and entertaining programme.

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Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro)

7:00pm | 30 June 2012
Britten Theatre

Award-winning performers from the RCM International Opera School present one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire

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Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro)

2:00pm | 1 July 2012
Britten Theatre

Award-winning performers from the RCM International Opera School present one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire

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Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro)

7:00pm | 2 July 2012
Britten Theatre

Award-winning performers from the RCM International Opera School present one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire

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Suite française

7:30pm | 3 July 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The summer edition of our regular brass showcase has a distinctly French flavour, and features arrangements of favourite works such as Satie's Gymnopédies and Ravel's Bolero

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Variations – the art of change

7:30pm | 3 July 2012
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

For our annual celebration of string music, the very best RCM violinists, violists, cellists, bassists, guitarists and harpists once again to the Wigmore Hall for a programme of variations, including favourites by Brahms and Pagainini

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Percussion Showcase pre-concert event

6:00pm | 5 July 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Featuring solo and small-scale percussion works

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Percussion Showcase with Stewart Copeland and Rick Wakeman

7:30pm | 5 July 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

A celebratory concert of solos, duos, ensemble and orchestral works, including the European premiere of Stewart Copeland's Gamelan D'Drum for world percussion and orchestra

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Junior Department End of Year Concert & Prizegiving

2:30pm | 7 July 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Featuring selected performers from the RCM's celebrated Junior Department

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RCM Festival of Percussion

10:30am | 8 July 2012
Various

Following its hugely successful debut in 2011, the RCM Festival of Percussion returns in 2012, once again providing an entertaining and informative insight into the world of percussion

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Junior Department Symphony & Chamber Orchestras

7:30pm | 8 July 2012
St John's, Smith Square, London SW1

Rachmaninov's Symphony no 2 is the centrepiece of this barnstorming programme from the RCMJD Symphony and Chamber Orchestras

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Arakaendar Bolivia Choir: Pre-concert talk with Dr Piotr Nawrot

6:30pm | 9 July 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Ahead of this evening's concert, this talk comes from the inspirational Dr Piotr Nawrot, co-founder of the Arakaendar Bolivia Choir.

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Arakaendar Bolivia Choir

7:30pm | 9 July 2012
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

This joyful, life-affirming and award-winning choir present a celebration of Bolivian baroque choral music.

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24 Violons du Roi

8:00pm | 24 July 2012
Festival de Radio France et Montpellier

This thrilling collaboration with the CMBV in Versailles recreates what is often described as the "world's first orchestra" - Louis XIV's 24 Violons du Roi

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24 Violons du Roi: BBC Proms Saturday Matinee

3:00pm | 28 July 2012
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ

This thrilling collaboration with the CMBV in Versailles recreates what is often described as the "world's first orchestra" - Louis XIV's 24 Violons du Roi