Joshua Bell (violin/director) & Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Beethoven Violin Concerto
Gabrieli Consort & Players (conductor: Paul McCreesh): Venetian Coronation
Chineke! Orchestra: Mozart, Joseph Bologne, Errollyn Wallen, Tchaikovsky
Michael Collins (clarinet/director) & Friends: Mozart Gran Partita, Marriage of Figaro overture and arias (arr for wind octet)
Recitals:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano): Bach Goldberg Variations
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord): Bach, Steve Reich, Kevin Volans
Chamber music:
BBC New Generation Artists – Amatis Trio (piano trio) and Van Wauwe/Ringstad/Kolesnikov (clarinet/viola/piano)
Free / new music events:
Ensemble Bash: Ghanaian & Senegalese drumming, Stephen Montague, Max Roach, Michael Daugherty
Young Composers’ Network: world premieres by 7 young composers – project led by Huw Watkins (composer/pianist) with Joy Lisney (cello) and Scott Lygate (clarinet)