The Fidelio Café, if you haven't already discovered it, is a gem of a venue set in Clerkenwell, between Chancery Lane and Farringdon. Informal concerts happen regularly, fine music with known names offering beautiful programmes in a laid-back space. The informal setting is deliberate - the audience is

Enescu, Poulenc, PatKop, Bartók, Milhaud, Schoenfield. Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin); Reto Bieri (clarinet); Polina Leschenko (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, 24.09.2023 Enescu   Impressions d’enfance, Op. 28 (1940)  - Ménétrier. Violin Sonata No.       3 in A minor, Op. 25 (1926) Poulenc  Suite, L’Invitation au château, FP 138 (1947, excerpts)

Earthcycle. Orchestra of the Swan / David Le Page (violin) with Jackie Oates (folk singer). Stratford Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon, 07.02.2023 Trad., arr. Le Page  The Birds in Spring David Gordon      Windigo Vivaldi (arr. Gordon)  La Primavera (Spring), RV 269 Trad., arr. Le Page  The Lark in the Morning David Gordon