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Zoffany Ensemble. Photo: Patrick Allen   There’s nowhere I’d rather be early on a Sunday evening than the Conway Hall, and the sight of its wood-panelled stage brought a pang of nostalgia even before the Zoffany Ensemble took to the stage. Sound and camerawork on the hall’s channel were rather homespun compared to rival London venues, though if anything they heightened the sense of music made among and for friends. The programme was one that might have delighted a London audience at any time in the last two centuries, opening with a beautifully sprung account of Boccherini’s C major ...

Warmth from other Suns. View here until April 29. 7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents Women in Music. Women’s History Month is marked with instrumental and vocal music by Maddalena Sirmen, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clara Schumann. Featured guests include harpsichordist Byron Schenkman, violinist Shelby Yamin, and soprano Michele Kennedy, who share a commitment to researching, performing, and recording music by women composers. View here. 8 pm ET: EnsembleNEWSRQ presents Nightfall! The ensemble performs Gerard Grisey’s Stelé for two percussionist...

Verdi’s La Traviata. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti, director: Simon Stone. With Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Flórez, Igor Golovatenko, and Margaret Plummer. Register for free and view here. LIVE 2 pm ET: London Symphony Orchestra presents Rattle conducts Stravinsky. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO in Stravinsky’s Octet for Wind Instruments, Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920), Four Norwegian Moods, Suite No 1, and Suite No 2. View here. 2 pm ET: VOCES8 Live from London, Spring presents Joanna MacGregor. To celebrate International Women’s Day, pianist Joanna MacGregor curates a jour...