So Nice

What lovely weather we're having!  Aren't we lucky.  It looks like we're in for a delightful weekend, full of sun, fun, and Bach.  That's right, the Southbank Centre's hosting their Bach Weekend 2009, which will include six concerts in the Purcell Room and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.  First up will be Saturday's 11:30 Coffee Concert, where James Johnstone playing the two- and three-part inventions, then it's on to Jonathan Manson and Matthew Halls, who'll be performing the gamba sonatas at 3:00.  Saturday evening will see Martin Feinstein direct the Brendenburg Concertos, and the next morning cellist Alison McGillivray will perform solo suites three and four.  We'll see more of Mr. Feinstein and company on Sunday afternoon, when they'll perform the flute sonatas, and then the whole business will be capped off that night with Catherine Manson and Nicholas Parle's performance of the sonatas for violin and harpsichord.  You can buy a ticket for the entire weekend, which will set you back £80, or you can hack away at it piecemeal.  Programme and ticket information can be found here.