EVENTS
CHRISTMAS CONCERT | HARLESTON CHORAL SOCIETY
Baritone soloist in Harleston Choral Society’s Christmas Concert, conducted by Justin Bindley. The programme will include Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai.
WINTER CONCERT | BROUGHTON CHORAL SOCIETY
Broughton Choral Society’s Winter Concert, conducted by Callum Hüseyin. Baritone soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F K192.
DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN | ST MICHAEL’S HIGHGATE
Franz Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin with Jocelyn Freeman, in St Michael’s Highgate concert series Saturdays at Six.
Die schöne Müllerin completes the set of Schubert’s three great song cycles that Aleksi and Jocelyn will have performed throughout 2024.
DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN | ANNUNCIATION MARBLE ARCH
Franz Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin with Jocelyn Freeman, in Annunciation Marble Arch. Part of a series of the three great Schubert song cycles. (The other dates are Wednesday 20 March for Winterreise, and Wednesday 10 July for Schwanengesang)
POSTPONED: WINTERREISE | CRUACHAN COURT ORCHESTRA
POSTPONED TO 25 OCTOBER 2025
Cruachan Court Orchestra’s concert of Schubert’s Winterreise, with a new arrangement for the orchestra by Callum Hüseyin.
CONCERT | CRUACHAN COURT ORCHESTRA
Cruachan Court Orchestra’s inaugural concert, conducted by Callum Hüseyin, in which Aleksi will sing Modest Mussorgsky's Song's and Dances of Death, arranged for the orchestra.
The programme also includes Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs sung by the soprano Corinne Hart, and a suite from Joe Hisaishi’s score to the film Spirited Away.
SCHWANENGESANG | ST MICHAEL’S HIGHGATE
Franz Schubert’s Schwanengesang with Jocelyn Freeman, in St Michael’s Highgate concert series Saturdays at Six.
SCHWANENGESANG | ANNUNCIATION MARBLE ARCH
Franz Schubert’s Schwanengesang with Jocelyn Freeman, in Annunciation Marble Arch. Part of a series of the three great Schubert song cycles. (The other dates are Wednesday 20 March for Winterreise, and Thursday 7 November for Die schöne Müllerin)
SUMMER CONCERT | HARLESTON CHORAL SOCIETY
Baritone soloist in Harleston Choral Society’s Summer Concert, conducted by Justin Bindley. The programme will include Saint-Saens’ Requiem and Dvorak’s Mass in D Major.
CONCERT | BURGH HOUSE
Koponen/Soltan lieder duo (baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Maya Soltan) return to Burgh House, this time hosted by the Hampstead Music Club.
The programme will include Mussorgsky’s two song cycles: Sunless and Songs and Dances of Death, Shostakovich’s Four Poems of Captain Lebyadkin, and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Six Pieces, op. 19.
Tickets £10 / £5 for HMC members.
Tickets and enquiries from claire_crescendo@icloud.com / 07939277242
CONCERT | BROUGHTON CHORAL SOCIETY
Baritone soloist in the Broughton Choral Society Summer Concert. Programme includes Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G, D. 167. Conducted by Callum Hüseyin.
CONCERT | AYLESBURY OPERA
Baritone soloist for Aylesbury Opera’s recital.
With Elinor Popham, soprano; Chiara Carbone, mezzo soprano; Philip Hayes, tenor; and Harriet Lawson, piano.
SALOME | GREAT HALL, DULWICH COLLEGE
Jochanaan in Strauss’s Salome. A concert performance conducted by Orlando Jopling.
WINTERREISE | ANNUNCIATION MARBLE ARCH
Franz Schubert’s Winterreise with Jocelyn Freeman, in Annunciation Marble Arch. Part of a series of the three major Schubert song cycles. (The other dates are Wednesday 10 July for Schwanengesang, and Wednesday 7 November for Die schöne Müllerin)
MACBETH | TEALEAF OPERA PRODUCTIONS
The title role of Verdi’s Macbeth for Tealeaf Opera Productions, conducted by Callum Morton Hüseyin.
MACBETH | TEALEAF OPERA PRODUCTIONS
The title role of Verdi’s Macbeth for Tealeaf Opera Productions, conducted by Callum Morton Hüseyin.
WINTERREISE | ST MARY'S, BATTERSEA
Franz Schubert’s Winterreise with Jocelyn Freeman, as part of St Mary’s Church’s recital series in Battersea.
KEEPER OF THE MADHOUSE | THE RAKE’S PROGRESS
Keeper of the Madhouse (and Nick Shadow, cover) in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress for New Palace Opera.
WALBROOK MUSIC TRUST LUNCHTIME CONCERTS | ST STEPHEN WALBROOK
Baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Adam Cigman-Mark present a recital of Arnold Schönberg’s Das Buch der hängenden Gärten and Johannes Brahms’ Vier ernste Gesänge.
SIEGFRIED | GREAT HALL, DULWICH COLLEGE
Alberich in Wagner’s Siegfried. A concert performance conducted by Orlando Jopling.
RECITAL | ST MARGARET'S, PUTNEY
Baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Maya Soltan present a programme including Modest Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death and Dmitri Shostakovich's Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin.
LUNCHTIME CONCERT | ST JAMES SUSSEX GARDENS
Baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Maya Soltan present a programme including Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death and Dmitri Shostakovich's Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin.
RECITAL | ST CYPRIAN'S, CLARENCE GATE
Baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Jean Bernard Marie present a recital programme including Arnold Schönberg’s Das Buch der hängenden Gärten and Olga Neuwirth’s Tintarella di Luna.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL | CHARLTON HOUSE
Aleksi Koponen and Maya Soltan will present a recital of Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Shostakovich’s Four Songs of Captain Lebyadkin, and Sally Beamish’s Four Songs from Hafez.
LUNCHTIME CONCERT | WESTMINSTER MUSIC LIBRARY
Baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Maya Soltan will present a recital of Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Shostakovich’s Four Songs of Captain Lebyadkin, and Sally Beamish’s Four Songs from Hafez.
SUMMER CONCERT | HARLESTON CHORAL SOCIETY
Baritone soloist in Harleston Choral Society’s Summer Concert, conducted by Justin Bindley. The programme will include Haydn’s Stabat Mater as well as Mozart arias and duets.
NOTTING HILL CONCERTS | ST PETER'S, NOTTING HILL
Baritone Aleksi Koponen and pianist Maya Soltan present a recital programme including Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Shostakovich’s Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin, and a selection from Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives.