The Leicester Symphony Orchestra celebrate their 98th season.

Conductor: John Andrews Soloists: Emily Sloan and Andrew Rawlings Barber Adagio for strings Grieg Peer Gynt Sibelius Finlandia Elgar Nimrod Faure Pavane Copland Fanfare for the Common Man popular arias for soprano and tenor Leicester’s local band Mia and the Moon – Midnight in London

Ilker Arcayürek may currently be something of an insider tip but his star is rising fast in the opera and lied firmament. Once you have heard his golden, velvety timbre with dark baritone foundations and solid heights, this tenor will have you hooked. With his slimmed-down, flexible use of the voice, crystal clear pronunciation and natural expressiveness, Arcayürek picks up the subtlest fluctuations in mood from the text. He is.

Ilker Arcayürek may currently be something of an insider tip but his star is rising fast in the opera and lied firmament. Once you have heard his golden, velvety timbre with dark baritone foundations and solid heights, this tenor will have you hooked. With his slimmed-down, flexible use of the voice, crystal clear pronunciation and natural expressiveness, Arcayürek picks up the subtlest fluctuations in mood from the text. He is the perfect lied performer! Bushakevitz’ richly chequered playing also reveals the deepest layers of the lieder. Go on a ‘Winterreise' with Arcayürek and Bushakevitz and their performance will give you goosebumps!

One of London's leading chamber choirs, The Purcell Singers is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019. They are marking the occasion with a performance of one of the masterpieces of Romantic choral music: Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem. This performance is of the composer's own arrangement of the work for piano duet. In stark contrast with the traditional Latin mass for the dead, Brahms' Requiem is a setting of seven passages from scripture that he chose himself in order to communicate a positive and optimistic message of consolation, hope and joy to come.

The Purcell Singers Mary Nelson SOPRANO Johannes Moore BARITONE Andrew Smith PIANO Christopher Hopkins PIANO Mark Ford CONDUCTOR

Celebrating its 37th year, l’Automne Musical de Taverny (The Autumn Music Festival of Taverny) presented a recital of Chopin, Debussy and Schubert from Philippe Cassard.

Celebrating its 37th year, l'Automne Musical de Taverny (The Autumn Music Festival of Taverny) presented a recital of Chopin, Debussy and Schubert from Philippe Cassard.

A charming confection with a beating heart, ETO’s period production of The Seraglio, directed by Stephen Medcalf and conducted by John Andrews, promises to be a good night out for all.

With The Seraglio, Mozart’s first real success in the theatre, the youthful genius was conscious of his Viennese audience’s fascination with all things eastern. The harem, or Seraglio, was its centre, surrounded by well-worn walls. Within, a young girl is clearly fascinated by a Pasha who rules by reason – he never sings, unlike his bumptious young rival, the boy from Seville. For Belmonte, and the girl called ‘Konstanze’ (like Mozart’s wife), the young composer wrote his most passionate and difficult music; for their servants, Pedrillo and Blonde, he wrote his wittiest. They are a bit like castaways on an island, free of practical skill, finding out their strengths and weaknesses by trial and error. Mozart up-ends all possible stereotyping in his singspiel. If you meet a more independent and assured maid than Blonde, maybe take cover; if you expect tyranny from everyone who frightens you, look closer at the Pasha. Sung in English with English surtitles