FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18
OPERA Gala in aid of Amnesty International, by the Trans-Opera Orchestra. Operatic highlights. St James’s Piccadilly, SW1. 0870 0600 100. £20-£30. 7.30pm.
LONDON Phoenix Orchestra performs Wagner, Dvorak and Prokofiev. St John’s, Smith Square, SW1 (SJ). £9-£15. 7.30pm.
COUNTERTENOR Iestyn Davies, the Callino Quartet, the Saraband Consort and Xacona. Perform Handel, Monteverdi, Schumann, Muffay, Schutz, Monteverdi, Marenzio, Telemann. Wigmore Hall (WH). £12-£25. 7.30pm.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19
THE Great Service by William Byrd, with readings and organ solos by Peter Lea-Cox. St Mary’s, King Henry Road, NW3. 020 7435 1701. £10, concs £7. 7.30pm.
PIANIST Howard Shelley and the Bochmann Quartet perform Mozart, Shostakovich and Dvorak, in aid of the Shooting Star Children’s Hospice. St Michael’s Church, Highgate West Hill, N6. £15, concs £5. 7.30pm.
THE Kesh Piano Duo perform Mozart, Schubert, Ravel and Brahms. Christchurch, Highbury Grove, N5. Free. 7.30pm.
LONDON Orpheus Choir and the London Orpheus Orchestra performs Handel, Blow and Croft. SJ. £10-£15. 7.30pm.
NASH Ensemble, with mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, performs Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms. WH. £10-£22. 7.30pm.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20
EMNICA Duo performs Schubert, Ravel, Debussy, Schumann and others. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3, 020 7433 8191. £8, concs £5. 2.30pm.
GALLIARD Ensemble performs Mozart, Bridge, Williams, Stravinsky and Ligeti. Chamber Music Concert Series, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1, 020 7242 8032. £8, members £5. 6.30pm.
THE Hampstead Series with tenor Anando Mukerjee, accompanied by Richard Nunn, performing Scarlatti, Schumann, Liszt, Verdi and others. Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, NW3. 07721 592 869. £12, concs £8. 3pm.
BERGONZI Quartet performs Haydn and Tchaikovsky. Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6, 020 8348 8716. £7, concs £5. 11.30am.
HANDEL and the Wesleys: New Anecdotes and Three Hymns for Soprano. Soprano Sarah Moule and harpsichordist Kasia Tomzcak. Handel House Museum, Brook Street, W1. 020 7399 1953. £12, concs £10. 3pm.
THE Zemel Choir performs the Best of Jewish Choral Music, including Ernst Block, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin and others. SJ. £9-£18. 7.30pm.
UTRECHT String Quartet performs Sweelinck, Shostakovich and Mozart. WH. £10. 11.30am.
BARITONE Thomas Quasthoff, with Charles Spencer on piano, performs Schubert. WH. £18-£32. 4pm.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 21
SOPRANO Miah Persson and pianist Roger Vignoles performs Mozart, Schumann, Nystroem and Strauss. WH. £10, concs £8. BBC Radio Three Lunchtime Concert. 1pm.
PACIFICA Quartet performs Beethoven with TS Eliot. WH. £10-£20. 7.30pm.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22
HANDEL in Winter with sopranos Fflur Wyn and Claire Ormshaw and the London Handel Orchestra. St George’s Church, Hanover Square, W1. 01460 546 60. £12-£30. 7.15pm.
THE Kensington Symphony Orchestra performs Nagle, Tippett and Beethoven. SJ. £9-£12. 7.30pm.
BRITTEN-Pears Showcase, with tenor Philip Langridge and others. Music includes Britten, Maconchy, Purcell and Bridge. WH. £22-£10. 7.30pm.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23
PIANIST Artur Pizarro performs Ravel and Debussy. SJ. £8-£15, concs £10. SJ. 7.30pm.
LEOPOLD String Trio, with pianist Pascal Roge, performs Sibelius, Faure and Bingham. WH. £10-£20. 7.30pm.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24
VIOLINIST Ivo Stankov performs Ysaye, Beethoven, Saint-Saens and Vladigerov. SJ. £7, free to Friends of St John’s. SJ. 1pm.
MOZART’S early sonatas for violin and harpsichord and baritone arias, with Kasia Tomchak, on harpsichord, violinist Marianna Szucs and baritone Julian Hubbard. Handel House, Brook Street, W1, 020 7399 1953. £7.50, concs £6. 6.30pm.
PIANIST Ingrid Fujiko Hemming performs Chopin, Debussy, Grieg, Scarlatti and Liszt. SJ. £15-£30, concs £20 and £10. 7.30pm.
LEOPOLD String Trio, with pianist Pascal Roge, performs Schubert, Francaix, Faure, Francis Brown. WH. £10-£20. 7.30pm.

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
St John’s, Smith Square, SW1. 020 7222 1061
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1. 020 7935 2141

Grooves:

Thursday November 17
Incognito + Carleen Anderson: Local boys play with the Goddaughter of the Godfather of Soul (James Brown slowcoaches). Forum (Kentish Town Tube). £18.50.

Friday November 18
The Bluetones: Pin-up indie boys of the 1990s. Shepherd’s Bush Empire (Shepherd’s Bush Tube). £14.50.
Fractured + The Jackals + The Flow: Another legendary Sunday night session, this time with up-and-coming rock band The Flow. The Hope and Anchor (Angel Tube). £6 or £4.50 with flyer.
Xavier Rudd: The man can play hundreds of instruments at the same time. Islington Academy (Tube). £12.50.

Sunday November 20
Eddie Harvey + John Dankworth + Wally Fawkes + Henry Lowther + Tim Whitehead: Jazz man Eddie Harvey celebrates his 80th in style. Cecil Sharp House (Camden Town Tube) £10, concs £5.

Monday November 21
Sons and Daughters: Their country punk sound has earned them the thumbs up from those jaded music hacks. King’s College (Goodge Street Tube). £10.
The Steve Reid Ensemble + Four Tet: Decades in the jazz biz. Luminaire (Kilburn Tube). £10.
Anna Bengo: singer-songwriter touring for the first time. The Comedy Pub (Leicester Square Tube). £5.

Tuesday November 22
Teenage Fanclub: Scottish indie legends. Koko (Mornington Crescent Tube). £16.
Wednesday November 23
Roots Manuva: Son of a preacher Rodney Smith has won lots of awards. You like him. Forum (Kentish Town Tube). £16.