FRIDAY JULY 22
Lazarus String Quartet play Mozart & Beethoven, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1pm, free

Problem child is back!

JOHN’S Children may have had a short-lived career but they packed it with the kind of showbiz adventures rockstar hopefuls dream of.

FRIDAY, July 22
ROY Ayers feat Pete Rock. Jazz Cafe (Camden Town tube), 7pm, £22.50 adv

AS Benjamin Britten’s strong piece The Turn of the Screw is very much a chamber opera, it’s an excellent choice by Opera UpClose to join its repertoire of operas at the King’s Hea

IF you fancy a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park laced with some super jazz, then head for the Regent’s Park lakeside bandstand over the next four Sundays when musicians assembled by Chelse

TWO of the greatest baroque choral works are being performed at St Martin-in-the-Fields tomorrow evening (Friday).

FRIDAY JULY 15
Clarinet recital: Maximilian Krome accompanied by Annika Treutler, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1pm, free

ALWAYS one step ahead, ultra-cool promoters The Playground have been at it again, clambering all over the genres of the day and stealing the best artists for themselves.

DAVE Grohl simmered, sizzled, and seethed through his Roundhouse set on Monday, creating the biggest headlines of the iTunes Festival so far this month.

THIS is the kind of club tune I can live with – vocal-led, urgent electro backing, a speedy drumbeat and a consistent sense of building towards something.

QUEUES of people desperate to cram into Pete Doherty’s pre-curfew appearance at The Blues Kitchen, lined up along Camden High Street on Saturday.

FRIDAY, July 15
THE Crooked Fiddle Band. Relentless Garage (Highbury & Islington tube), 7pm, £5

Published: 7 July, 2011
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR

BIRTHDAY concerts are being given by two choral societies over the next few days.

Published: 7 July, 2011
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR