City of London Sinfonia
Village Underground, London, 1 February
Web: cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk
The devil doesn’t necessarily have all the best tunes, but he’s on scintillating form as demonstrated in this concert, ‘Dance with the Devil’, in which director and violinist Alexandra Wood charts a demonic course through Locatelli’s ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata, Mephistophelean Piazzolla, and the Charlie Daniels Band’s The Devil went down to Georgia. Irish, Scottish and Appalachian reels bestow exorcism.
Academy of Ancient Music
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 1 February
Web: aam.co.uk
Part contrapuntal companion to his , part subversive dig at King Frederick the Great of Prussia, the sits at the heart of an all-Bach programme. Bookended by sonatas for viola da gamba and flute are the
