{"title": "Bach: Mass in B Minor", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£25-£45", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/book-online/100802", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral/sacred"], "description": "La Nuova Musica under David Bates performs J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor, one of the great landmarks of Baroque sacred music. The London Festival of Baroque Music 2026 closes with this work, which brings together virtuosic choruses and expressive arias in a piece of extraordinary spiritual and emotional range. The ensemble, praised for vivid and deeply expressive early music performances, aims to reveal the Mass as not only monumental, but vividly alive. The performance lasts two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bach-mass-in-b-minor-74817/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/bach-mass-in-b-minor/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4985a07e011f7f102fac7ea87821bff8c4a37486896e1b068d799e62d209060c-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Arcangelo; Hilary Cronin soprano; Daisy Livesey soprano; James Hall countertenor; Jeremy Budd tenor; Hugo Brady tenor; Matthew Long tenor; Malachy Frame bass; William Gaunt bass; Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18–£50", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A choral concert called 'An English Baroque Journey I: Sacred Music – ‘The Music More Full Than It Was’' performed by the ensemble Arcangelo with a team of eight singers led by director and harpsichordist Jonathan Cohen. 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The evening's performance will be given by The L'Inviti Singers, accompanied by Alexander Pott (organ) and directed by David Guest, and lasts about 65 minutes without interval. Jenkins is a contemporary Welsh composer whose breakthrough came with the crossover project Adiemus; the work has achieved '1000 Weeks' in the UK Classical chart and ranked fifth in the Classic FM Hall of Fame. St Mary le Strand, James Gibbs' baroque masterpiece, is arguably the most beautiful of the Queen Anne Churches.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/karl-jenkins-the-armed-man-a-mass-for-peace-by-candlelight-47728/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/karl-jenkins-the-armed-man-a-mass-for-peace-by-candlelight/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2b2c6a29b57dec9975d7a296ac69c5d2493668a610c1209c9d2b7f7e1d64e393-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight (6pm and 8pm)", "start": "2026-10-31T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary le Strand", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/63c82ca274fb184f4eebf902/e/69f0d32e835d741f659a00e3?lang=en", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A candlelit evening concert in a historic baroque church in central London, with performances at 6pm and 8pm. The programme features Vivaldi's iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons, described as a vivid and revolutionary work capturing the essence of nature, alongside other much-loved works including Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacht Musik. It is performed by the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, an acclaimed ensemble with over 200 performances annually, under the artistic direction of concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith. The church's ornate ceilings, historic charm and stunning acoustics are said to offer the perfect candlelit setting for the music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vivaldi-four-seasons-by-candlelight-6pm-and-8pm-47722/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/vivaldi-four-seasons-by-candlelight-6pm-and-8pm-31/2026-10-31/1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c8e51a9620a92b27e90f9e481dd954c33a11686c70fe7314fc3dcc146ab6060-2000.webp"}, {"title": "WIMF - SACRED SPLENDOUR Music from Venice and Madrid", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St John the Baptist", "address": "Spencer Hill, SW19 4NZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A concert of sacred music from Venice and Madrid, part of the Wimbledon Music Festival. It is performed by Academy Choir Wimbledon with George Inscoe conducting and His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts. 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It is listed by St Alban the Martyr among the church's forthcoming services.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/solemn-mass-47491/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Festival Pass", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£185 / £95 Students & U21s", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5150", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "A festival pass giving access to all events of LIFEM26, the four-day London International Festival of Early Music at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels Church, Blackheath. The pass covers the lunchtime and evening concerts, the exhibition, and the full programme of workshops, talks and recitals. It offers a discount of up to £25 on events across the festival and supports LIFEM's world-leading programme of early music in 2026 and beyond. Included acts range from Phantasm with Elizabeth Kenny and Erik Bosgraaf & Baltic Baroque Orchestra to Nigel North, Ensemble Inventio, L'Artefice and Eun Sol Lee.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-festival-pass-69566/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-festival-pass-wed-11th-sat-14th-nov/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/996210157896a97ca90e547193f0b30b0cadedefef3639c44aedeb18b0af2f03-2000.webp"}]}