FRIDAY OCTOBER 28
Al Nichols Quartet, Spice of Life, Moor Street, W1, 020 8647 027 017, 12.30pm, £5
Piano recital: Evi Giampoulou, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, 020 7766 1100, 1pm, free
Piano recital: Bing Bing Li, St James’s Piccadilly, 020 6381 0441, 1.10pm, free
Liverpool singer-songwriter: Alex Higton, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2, 020 7306 0055, 6.30pm, free
Fundraiser: Japan Tohoku earthquake victims/ mezzo-sop Tatsumi-Margaritoff, St George’s Bloomsbury, 07984 153 737, 7pm, £8/pair £15
Yoruba jazz: Femi Temowo, The Forge, Delancey Street, NW1, 020 7383 7808, 7pm, £10/cons £8
Kings Place/ London Guitar Festival
Hall one: Forcione/ Seckou/ Adriano trio 7.30
Hall two: Groanbox 8pm each £9.50 online
Paris Washboard, Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, WC1, 020 7388 8822, 7.30pm, £25/cons & students £10

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
Fundraiser: Japan Tohoku earthquake relief fund/composer-pianist Motoki Hirai, Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, 020 7935 2141, 3pm,     from £12
Scott Bayliss Trio, Palm Court, The Langham, 1 Portland Place, W1, 020 7965 0195, 6.30pm, free
London Gay Symphonic Winds, St George’s Bloomsbury, 7.30pm, £5
Odyssey Symphony Orchestra, St James’s Piccadilly, 7.30pm, £10/cons £5
Kings Place:
Hall one: American roots played by Corinne West & Kelly Joe Phelps 7.30pm
Hall two: Stefan Grasse Trio play Latin Jazz 8.30pm each £9.50 online

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30
Poulenc/Mozart: Rose Trio & guests, The Forge, 11am, £10/ cons £8
Elisa Caleb, Searcys, St Pancras Grand, N1, 020 7870  9900, 1pm, free
Glorious sax veteran Art Themen joins Pete Chapman Trio, Princess of Wales, 22 Chalcot Road, NW1, 0207 722 0345, 2pm, free
Double bill: Chris Batchelor Group + Nadim Teimoori Quintet, North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Road, NW6, 07941 962 356, 7pm, £5
St Martin-in-the-Fields: London Musical Arts Orchestra, Beethoven’s 5th & Ode to Joy, family-friendly intro 4.30pm, £8.50/under-16s £6.50. Concert 7.30pm, from £8
Schumann piano concerto: Saleem Ashkar with LSO conducted by Nikolij Sander, Barbican, 7.30pm, from £10

MONDAY OCTOBER 31
Piano competition: students from the four main conservatoires, St James’s Piccadilly, 11am/4pm, free
Double bass recital: Paul Kimber, Crush Room, Royal Opera House, 1pm, free from ROH box office10am
Contralto recital: Sara Mingardo, Wigmore Hall, 1pm, £12/cons £10 phone 020 7935 2141
Double bill: Gail Brand Duo/Rachel Musson Duo, The Oxford, 256 Kentish Town Road, NW5, 0207 485 3521, 9pm, £5

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1
Beethoven symphony cycle: Gewandhous Orchestra Leipzin/ Ricardo Chailly, Barbican, Silk Street, EC2, 020 7638 8891, 7.30pm, from £15 (continues Wed/Thurs)
Opera East/ROH2: Heart of Darkness world premiere, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 020 7304 4000, 7.45pm, from (till Sat)
Kelvin Christiane, Lower Ground Bar, 269a West End Lane, NW6, 020 7431 2211, 9.30pm, £5

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
Jazz standards/gospel tunes: saxophonist Jenny Boston, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 8pm, from £5.50
Exploratory music fest: Fado singer Claudia Aurora, Kings Place, 7.30pm, online £9.50
Witches & devils: Academy of Ancient Music, Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm, from £18

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3
Piano recital: Nicholas Angelich plays Beethoven sonatas, LSO St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, EC1, 020 7638 8891, 1pm, £10/cons £9
Cello recital: Helen Neilson, St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road,  NW1, 020 7388 1461, 1.15pm, free
Exploratory music: Vietnamese singer Huong Thanh, Kings Place, 7.30pm, online £9.50
Alex Garnett Quartet, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6, 020 8348 8716, 8.30pm, £9/cons £7.50