{"title": "Albion Chamber Orchestra: Echoes of the Folk", "start": "2026-11-21T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St James", "address": "N1 8PF London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "The Albion Chamber Orchestra performs a concert titled Echoes of the Folk at St James. The programme pairs folk traditions, ancient dances and lyrical miniatures, moving from Warlock's Renaissance-inspired Capriol Suite and Bartók's Romanian Dances to the Nordic landscapes of Sibelius. Alongside them come works by Górecki, Holst, Rutter and Grieg's Two Melodies, Op 53. The evening is framed as a celebration of melody across Europe, tracing threads connecting past and present through elegance, warmth and rhythm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/albion-chamber-orchestra-echoes-of-the-folk-96319/", "official_url": "https://stjamesislington.org/?event=albion-chamber-orchestra-echoes-of-the-folk", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St James", "address": "N1 8PF London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "RCM at St James’s Piccadilly", "start": "2026-11-13T13:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St James Piccadilly", "address": "197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL", "price": "Free, no ticket required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A lunchtime concert of chamber music at St James's Piccadilly. The Almería Duo plays Debussy's Sonata L 135, Rachmaninov's Two Pieces op 2 and Franck's Sonata in A major FWV 8. 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The programme opens with Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, a powerful response to the devastation of war that moves towards a defiant conclusion, and culminates in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, written under intense political pressure in Soviet Russia, journeying from profound sorrow to a monumental finale. Refreshments including wine and soft drinks are available throughout, and concession tickets are available for over 60s, under 18s and individuals with access needs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/albion-orchestra-resustance-74845/", "official_url": "https://www.stgabrielspimlico.org.uk/event-list/https/wegotticketscom/f/30194tickets", "image": "https://noky.io/images/42a5a90b6815319eb82758337fc8abf8974799fbd3330f9bd76f947fef5f58a9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Concert: Music at St James’", "start": "2026-11-15T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St James", "address": "N1 8PF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert at St James in Islington, London. Performers include David Bogle on violin, Elle Bogle on cello and Lilian Strange on piano in Beethoven's Piano Trio No.6 Op 97 'Archduke', followed by Rupert Bawden, David Bogle, Paula Tysall and Norman Starritt in Haydn's String Quartet in E flat Op 76 Nr 6. Admission is free, with a retiring collection in aid of Target Ovarian Cancer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/concert-music-at-st-james-96318/", "official_url": "https://stjamesislington.org/?event=concert-music-at-st-james", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sound and Fury", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£20-£40", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "40.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "An orchestral concert called Sound and Fury, part of the Wimbledon International Music Festival. Sinfonia Smith Square performs a deeply atmospheric programme with flugelhorn player Imogen Whitehead, principal trumpet of the Britten Sinfonia. The programme includes Anna Clyne's Sound and Fury, Gabriel Jackson's new flugelhorn concerto Hargrove, dedicated to jazz legend Roy Hargrove, and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'. The orchestra is directed by Charlotte Corderoy, Critics' Circle Conductor of the Year 2025.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sound-and-fury-74806/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/sound-and-fury/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/230ca3282357a95ca75928da7a8d48212cf4cf9a06824decd8a280527c998d99-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Emme Hensel", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Albert", "address": "New Cross Road 460, SE14 6TJ London", "price": "£14 (including booking fee)", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music recital held in the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Classical Coffee Mornings series. It features Royal College of Music musician Emme Hensel on flute, performing a varied programme spanning Romantic, Baroque and 20th-century works by Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, Bach and Morlacchi, ending with the showpiece The Swiss Shepherd. A hot drink and a pastry are included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-coffee-mornings-at-the-royal-albert-hall-emme-hens-38300/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3872277", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f613d7fb1bdc26d42878af9450a46f118f723a31c620200304b374cbf2d56bc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "RCM at St Mary Abbots Church", "start": "2026-11-13T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free, no ticket required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A lunchtime concert of chamber music performed by Royal College of Music musicians at St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington. The varied programme includes Rebecca Clarke's Two pieces for viola and cello, Debussy's Estampes L108, Kenji Sakai's Piano Sonata no 1 'quinta essentia', and Prokofiev's Flute Sonata op 94. Admission is free and no ticket is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-at-st-mary-abbots-church-38283/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3848128", "image": "https://noky.io/images/007c872276856f2f3e86f5c30ec0505a91fe2734e0f3f6ebcb1f6d038d9f8e5d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£13.50 – £28.00 full price | £11.00 – £25.50 concession", "price_from": "13.50", "price_to": "28.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral", "society/migration"], "description": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True is a 75-minute evening of orchestral music, words and stories at Wilton's Music Hall, with no interval. The concert was born from a year of conversations in a community kitchen between musicians and people seeking asylum in the UK, and explores what home means, how we hold onto it and how we carry it with us when we have to leave. The programme moves across continents and centuries with music by Reena Esmail, Bushra el-Turk, Lembit Beecher, Piazzolla, Vaughan Williams and Copland, and forms part of City of London Sinfonia's wider season exploring asylum and migration in the UK. The orchestra was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, and the evening features Alexandra Wood, CLS Creative Director and Leader, with projection design by visual artist Majid Adin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true-40343/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c928c52d2c79db515bf1118b6cba39d2f5366d85b79017f2b3e131976c57fcd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: A Winter’s Journey - from Nocturne to Party", "start": "2026-11-20T13:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Saint Mary's Church", "address": "Upper Street, N1 2TX London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A free lunchtime recital at St Mary's Church, part of the church's eleventh Free Friday Lunchtime Recital of 2026. Francis Bushell and Emma Howarth explore the bassoon's diverse characteristics through a winter lens, opening with Elgar's dark and brooding Romance, moving through Schubert and Fauré songs arranged by Francis, and closing with repertoire that pushes the bassoon to its limits. Free hot drinks and cake are served from 12.45pm, and no ticket is needed. The recital series is made possible by the legacy gift of Denise Antenen and donations from St Mary's congregation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/free-friday-lunchtime-recital-a-winters-journey-from-nocturn-65088/", "official_url": "https://www.stmaryislington.org/events/free-friday-lunchtime-recital-friday-20-november-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1db387d2c49e24e516b17d44369ba5ff221fdfabeeb35ccfab0ed2998d755d2a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "QUIET FOLK AND DETTA DANFORD ALBUM LAUNCH", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T23:30:00Z", "place": "The Old Church", "address": "Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES London", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "A transporting evening of folk music celebrating the release of two debut albums. The albums come from Quiet Folk (Rhia Parker on mandolin and voice, Natasha Zielazinski on banjo and voice) and Detta Danford on solo shakuhachi, alongside new and original works.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/quiet-folk-and-detta-danford-album-launch-65747/", "official_url": "https://events.humanitix.com/quiet-folk-detta-danford-double-album-launch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1165eeac084b5f7f0e5f62d073ddb19e9bddefd8e5498f2965282d02c97e91cd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Celtic Session", "start": "2026-11-10T20:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jamboree", "address": "St Chad's Place 6, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/traditional"], "description": "The Celtic Session is Jamboree's weekly evening of live traditional folk music. Established musicians from the London trad session scene play mainly Irish tunes, with a few Scottish and other related traditional styles thrown in. Listeners are invited to come and enjoy the warmth and beauty of this special music. The venue's 'Zer' kitchen serves Middle Eastern fusion food from 5pm, with a happy hour between 5 and 7pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/celtic-session-36704/", "official_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-irish-and-celtic-folk-music-in-london-31/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Afternoon Concert", "start": "2026-11-19T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chiswick Parish Church", "address": "Church Street, W4 2PH London", "price": "£10 (Students £5); tea and cake £5", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "An afternoon concert by the trumpet trio Natrio at Chiswick Parish Church, featuring music by J.S. Bach, Nicole Piunno, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Harold Arlen, with tea and cake afterwards. Formed in 2022 at the Royal Academy of Music, Natrio is an award-winning London-based trio of freelance trumpeters, winners of the 2022 Musicians' Company Brass Ensemble Prize, performing on both modern and natural trumpets. The concert is part of the Charlotte Fraser Foundation Concert Series, and all profits support emerging local young musicians at St Nicholas Church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/afternoon-concert-45735/", "official_url": "https://stnicholaschiswick.org/events/afternoon-concert-sunday-19th-november-3pm/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight at St Paul's Covent Garden", "start": "2026-11-21T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Paul's Church", "address": "", "price": "From £30.00", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "An evening of baroque and classical music by candlelight, centred on Vivaldi's The Four Seasons performed in St Paul's Church in Covent Garden. The programme that day also features Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041, played by violin soloist Viviane Plekhotkine. The concert is given by the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, an acclaimed ensemble led by pianist Warren Mailley-Smith that gives over 200 performances a year. All ages are welcome and the venue is accessible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vivaldi-four-seasons-by-candlelight-at-st-pauls-covent-garde-69777/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/81426ece3f51f433e1723bfff9e5965c5ede9d9d9b2f9479190f85c91d22a9d9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Evensong Recital", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "place": "Parish Church of the Holy Spirit", "address": "SW4 9JU London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/organ"], "description": "An organ recital given before Evensong at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Clapham. Organist Philip Balkan plays works by Johann Sebastian Bach alongside pieces by George Thalben-Ball, Arthur Sullivan and Edward Elgar, several in arrangements by other organists, ending with Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/evensong-recital-49305/", "official_url": "https://holyspiritclapham.churchsuite.com/events/4reqka4z", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e29ebd7da395ce96a08c059e1639c2dc50abf110c3e9280dc63756ed54960055-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Greenwich Trio & Boris Bizjak", "start": "2026-11-08T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T20:30:00Z", "place": "Conway Hall", "address": "Red Lion Square 25, WC1R 4RL London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "An evening of chamber music at Conway Hall. Flautist Boris Bizjak joins the Greenwich Trio for a programme of colour, charm and surprising juxtapositions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/greenwich-trio-boris-bizjak-35424/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f55b23493882fce3178b72ac82c402271d6ba73121e9428171627f94dacd423-600.webp"}, {"title": "Alkanna Graeca - EP Launch", "start": "2026-11-20T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T23:00:00Z", "place": "The Round Chapel", "address": "1D Glenarm Road, London, E5 0LY, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/balkan-folk"], "description": "Alkanna Graeca - EP Launch is a concert at which the vocal trio presents its new EP. Fire in the Mountain and The Hackney Folk Club present the trio of Dunja Botic, Alexandra Achillea, and Irini Arabatzi, whose singing blends raw folk traditions from the Balkans, East Mediterranean, and Black Sea with improvisation and expansive soundscapes. Hailed as \"rising stars of polyphonic singing\", they have been selling out venues and drawing audiences across festival stages in the UK and Greece.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alkanna-graeca-ep-launch-65873/", "official_url": "https://www.roundchapel.org/listings/2026/11/20/concert-alkanna-graeca", "image": "https://noky.io/images/209376d7e124865419bec13c291f68b8ac4d8ce63e02ece93d93c7a55100678d-2000.webp"}]}