Published: 22 December, 2011

FRIDAY DECEMBER 23
Carols: The Grove Singers, St James’s Piccadilly, 1.10pm
Christmas from Sweden: seasonal cornucopia/ Swedish mulled wine & gingerbread, Wigmore Hall, NB start-time 7pm, from £12
Raymond Gubbay’s Xmas-fest: The joy of Christmas/ Bach Choir & London Concert Orchestra, Barbican, 7.30pm, from £17
English Christmas music; Orchestra of St John’s, Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1, 020 7520 1490, www. kingsplace.co.uk, 7.30pm, online £9.50
Messiah: English Chamber Choir, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 7.30pm, from £8
Dan Spanner Big Band, Round Midnight, 13 Liverpool Rd, N1, 020 7837 8758, 8.30pm, £4
Brazilian singer/ song-writer: Monica Vasconcelos, Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, N16, 020 7254 4097, 8.30pm, 10

SATURDAY DECEMBER 24
John Watson Trio, Palm Court, The Langham, 1c Portland Place, W1, 020 7636 1000, 7pm, free

MONDAY DECEMBER 26
Nina Simone Song Book: Gill Manley, Ronnie Scott’s, doors: 12am & 6pm, from £28

TUESDAY DECEMBER 27
Raymond Gubbay’s Xmas-fest: Mozart masterpieces, Barbican, 3pm, from £16.50
Liane Carroll’s Xmas carols, Ronnie Scott’s, doors 6pm, from £28
Alex & Willie Garnett Quartet, Lower Ground Bar, 269a West End Lane, NW6, 020 7431 2211, 9.30pm, £5

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28
Come & Sing choral favourites by Handel, Bach, Brahms, Schutz & Berlioz, St Martin-in-the Fields, 2.30pm, doors open 2.45pm, workshop, 5pm, performance, £10
RG’s Xmas-fest: Sound of Musicals, Barbican, 3pm, from £17.50
RG’s Xmas-fest: Opera Gala, Barbican, 7.30pm, from £19.50

THURSDAY DECEMBER 29
RG’s Xmas-fest: Johann Straus Gala, Barbican, 3pm, from £16.50
All the Brandenburgs, London Octave, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 7.30pm, from £8
Latvian sisters Baiba Skride violin & Lauma Skride piano, Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm, from £15

Venues
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2, 020 7638 8891, www.barbican.org.uk
Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, Soho, 020 7439 0747, www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, W1, 020 7935 2141, www.wigmore-hall.org.uk