1 FROM THE CANYONS TO THE STARS
Extensive celebration of the mystical music of Olivier Messiaen opens with Ensemble Intercontemporain performing Des Canyons aux ?toiles. Southbank Centre, SE1 (www.southbankcentre.co.uk 0871 6632500), Sat
2 SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
All-Beethoven programme, including the Fourth Piano Concerto with Maria Joao Pires, played by the LSO under the period-instrument specialist. Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2 (www.barbican.org.uk 0845 1207550), Thur
3 DANIEL BARENBOIM
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The epic voyage through Beethoven’s piano sonatas continues with Op 31, No 2, Tempest (Sun); Op 13, Path?tique (Mon); and five more sonatas on Wed. Royal Festival Hall, details left Sun, Mon & Wed
4 BRITTEN SINFONIA
A new work by Robin Holloway in a lunchtime concert that also includes Ravel and Beethoven. With the pianist Imogen Cooper. Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1 (www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 020-7935 2141), Wed (1pm)
5 EX CATHEDRA
The exceptional Birmingham-based choir sings an unusual American repertoire, including Whitacre’s When David Heard, Copland’s In the Beginning and Lauridsen’s Les Chansons des Roses. St John’s, Smith Square, SW1 (www.sjss.org.uk 020-7222 1061), Sat