{"title": "Belshazzar's Feast", "start": "2026-11-21T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£15-£35", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "35.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A choral concert evening dedicated to the music of William Walton, centred on his monumental 'Belshazzar's Feast'. It is performed by the Cantus Ensemble, celebrating its 15th anniversary, together with the Hampstead Chamber Choir marking 50 years, the Covent Garden Chorus and the Orchestra of the City, conducted by Dominic Brennan with baritone Jerome Knox. The programme pairs the work's blazing choral drama of judgement with Walton's Orb and Sceptre March, A Litany and the Coronation Te Deum, lasting one hour and 45 minutes including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/belshazzars-feast-74815/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/belshazzars-feast/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d0abdb25393ec995953a8a845c602d5edb800d915262fab4239e68947e538b7f-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Mozart Requiem", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£25-£55", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "55.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A choral and orchestral concert built around Mozart's Requiem, a final masterwork left unfinished at his death, lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes without an interval. It is performed by The Parliament Choir with the orchestra Istante Collective and soloists Ana Beard Fernàndez, Emma Lewis, Hugo Brady and Neal Davies. The choir, founded in 2000 by Lord Filkin and Simon Over for people working in Parliament, also sings Nicholas O'Neill's 'Of All Persons and Estates' and Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mozart-requiem-74808/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/mozart-requiem-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f72b8a5398d7aae7671ed40fac08d18e0128f06aeaeb5afd92afb177393309a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "St Martin-in-the-Fields 300th Anniversary Concert", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "£10, £25, £35, £45, £65, £75", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "75.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "A concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, described as the nation's parish church, completed in 1726. It is compered by Clive Myrie and features the church's own choir St Martin's Voices together with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, soprano Danielle de Niese and trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo, plus musicians from the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. The programme mixes Handel, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Rutter, Britten and Parry, including a world premiere of Philip Wilby's 'The Ever-Open Door – Fanfare for St Martins'. The evening runs one hour and fifteen minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/st-martin-in-the-fields-300th-anniversary-concert-47693/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/st-martin-in-the-fields-300th-anniversary-concert/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f8158d48416f3901689fa9f15d0ea88058545c8994e53365207304c08e685b6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lunchtime Concert: Orpheus Britannicus - A celebration of Henry Purcell", "start": "2026-11-18T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T14:00:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "£0-£10", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A lunchtime concert at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, celebrating the music of Henry Purcell, the Abbey's most famous organist. The St Margaret's Consort, directed by Greg Morris, performs some of Purcell's finest church music alongside his solo songs from the stage as realised by Benjamin Britten. Purcell, organist of the Abbey from 1679 to 1695, was lamented after his early death as the 'Orpheus Britannicus' and excelled in every genre of his day. Britten, a composer whom Purcell greatly influenced, adorned the solo songs with his own imaginative piano accompaniments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-concert-orpheus-britannicus-a-celebration-of-henry-122348/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/choral-and-music/2026/november/lunchtime-concert-henry-purcell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/630ebb3e6dc02b7b1805f69c161ac0701fdddab92191a2999b8132d67e4b0b13-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lunchtime Concert – Onyx Brass", "start": "2026-11-19T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T13:45:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/brass"], "description": "A lunchtime concert by the brass ensemble Onyx Brass at Holy Trinity Church. The programme features Crystalla Serghiou's Horns of Triton, a new RPS commission, alongside recently discovered archive brass chamber music by Benjamin Britten. Entry is first come first served. It is part of Imperial College London's series of lunchtime concerts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-concert-onyx-brass-36616/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212783/lunchtime-concert-onyx-brass-11/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fe9cd27b2fd4c4f726886f45e733befdf1db9349a0186dd70abebe4e4f7d5e5f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "When David Heard", "start": "2026-11-15T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£15-£25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "The Purcell Singers perform a candlelit a cappella choral programme of contrasts between darkness and light, despair and hope, anguish and love. Conductor Benjamin Kirk leads the choir through works by Eric Whitacre, Brahms, Sandström, Rautavaara and Tõnu Kõrvits, ending with Kõrvits' The Night is Darkening Round Me for eight voices and mezzo solo. Whitacre's When David Heard, the thrilling centrepiece, builds its simple repeated text into a heart-stopping climax of raw emotion. The evening lasts about two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/when-david-heard-74809/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/when-david-heard/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/133411847592e821dc1856795d18fe37a07ca877f1f28272cf5f07b3ac5b272b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio | The London Chorus", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T21:00:00Z", "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "From £10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "A choral concert performance of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio, a monumental festive masterpiece composed in 1734 that recounts the Nativity story across the 12 days of Christmas. It is performed by The London Chorus, led by musical director William Vann, with four soloists and the Meridian Sinfonia. The programme features parts 1, 3, 5 and 6 of the work, sung in German, mixing joyful arias with sacred poetry. The event takes place at Southwark Cathedral in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/js-bach-christmas-oratorio-the-london-chorus-47465/", "official_url": "https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/1811-js-bach-christmas-oratorio-the-london-chorus/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f8c1f1123b19511810dd0a1bd93f9296b98e771e20016b6104e387674c45575-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Choral Eucharist – Second before Advent", "start": "2026-11-15T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T11:00:00Z", "place": "St Bride's Church", "address": "St. Bride's Avenue, EC4Y 8AU London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "Choral Eucharist – Second before Advent is a service of Holy Communion at the heart of St Bride's community's weekly cycle of worship, and all are welcome. The music is performed by the professional St Bride's Choir and organist, with a setting of Lennox Berkeley's Mass for five voices, Psalm 90: 1-8, anthems by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Henry Loosemore, and a sermon by The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's. Refreshments will be served after the service, which lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Each Sunday morning a specially created short online reflection in words and music is released for those who cannot make it to church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-eucharist-second-before-advent-80849/", "official_url": "https://www.stbrides.com/events/choral-eucharist-18-2026-11-15/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/03643da310e0e4bb1da94295527641231a9b71cdb6fe971852f2ff9971691df4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Great Sacred Music: St Cecilia", "start": "2026-11-19T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "Great Sacred Music: St Cecilia is a 35-minute lunchtime programme of words and music held in the church. It is led by St Martin's Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, with Rev Dr Sam Wells, and explores the richness of the sacred musical heritage through choral works and readings, with pieces by Peter Anglea, William Byrd, Herbert Howells, Kenneth Leighton and Will Todd. Each performance is also livestreamed, and the season is supported by the St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/great-sacred-music-st-cecilia-80867/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/great-sacred-music-st-cecilia/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lunchtime Concerts", "start": "2026-11-19T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£6", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Lunchtime Concerts are a series of short weekday concerts at Smith Square Hall. They are presented by Sinfonia Smith Square and run from chamber music and solo performances to organ recitals and full orchestral works at 1.05pm. World-class musicians and rising chamber ensembles turn an ordinary lunch break into something extraordinary. You can grab lunch in the Footstool Café and enjoy a moment of calm or a burst of inspiration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-concerts-38644/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cde75c46da984a4bbbbabf313d177545ae5a88fc867bddb60117ab27cbcd1842-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Choral Evensong & Benediction– in St Bartholomew The Great and Online", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "place": "St Bartholomew-The Great", "address": "London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/anglican"], "description": "Choral Evensong & Benediction– in St Bartholomew The Great and Online is a church service of choral evensong followed by benediction. It is officiated by Fr Taylor Wilton-Morgan, Assistant Priest, with music including Rose's responses, Parry's Evening Service no. 2 in D and Harwood's anthem O how glorious is the Kingdom. The service is held in the church and streamed to an online congregation on YouTube, with the recording remaining available for two months.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-evensong-benediction-in-st-bartholomew-the-great-and-70482/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Choral Eucharist – in St Bartholomew The Great and Online", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T12:00:00Z", "place": "St Bartholomew-The Great", "address": "London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/anglican"], "description": "Choral Eucharist – in St Bartholomew The Great and Online is a church service with music, held in the church and streamed to an online congregation on YouTube, where the recording stays available for two months. It is led by Fr Marcus Walker, The Rector, as celebrant, with Fr Taylor Wilton Morgan, Assistant Priest, as deacon and preacher. The music includes Stanford's Communion Service in G and motets by Stanford, and a postlude by Dupré. Readings are from Revelation, 1 John and Matthew.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-eucharist-in-st-bartholomew-the-great-and-online-70480/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Music for remembrance, hope and peace", "start": "2026-11-15T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T19:00:00Z", "place": "Saint Mary the Virgin", "address": "Church Street, TW1 3NJ Twickenham", "price": "Free with a retiring collection", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A choral concert titled Music for remembrance, hope and peace, held at St Mary's Church in Twickenham. Concordia Voices take part in St Mary's 'Sunday @ 6' series, with all proceeds supporting the Parish Church. The programme includes Louis Vierne's Messe Solennelle, Richard Rodney Bennett's A Good-Night and Richard Farrant's Call to Remembrance. Entrance is free with a retiring collection, and refreshments are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/music-for-remembrance-hope-and-peace-47395/", "official_url": "https://www.stmarytwick.org.uk/event-details/music-for-remembrance-hope-and-peace", "image": "https://noky.io/images/524d32c6a7d98c3064694dbafb56f558b03e7cbff9cd8c19a1b544732dd0299e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Albion Orchestra - Resustance", "start": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T20:30:00Z", "place": "St Gabriel's Church", "address": "Aldersbrook Road, E12 5HH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "The Albion Orchestra performs an evening of drama and resilience at St Gabriel's, Pimlico, conducted by Stone Tung. 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": "Choral Classics: Fireworks", "start": "2026-11-08T15:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "Choral Classics: Fireworks is a 30-minute sequence of words and music exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields. It is led by the St Martin-in-the-Fields Choral Scholars, with each week's programme introduced by a different member of the choir offering insight into the music and the stories behind it. This week's programme includes works by Croft, Byrd, Weelkes, Dering, Phillips and Gibbons.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-classics-fireworks-80861/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/choral-classics-fireworks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35170d6cd48469bb5518915d37ff7b68f252ffc73649995bad7986ee451ed866-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Handel Messiah by Candlelight", "start": "2026-11-21T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "£9, £17, £25, £32, £35", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "35.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/sacred-music", "religion/christian"], "description": "Handel Messiah by Candlelight is a candlelit concert performance of Part I of Handel's Messiah at St Martin-in-the-Fields. St Martin's Chamber Choir and St Martin's Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Olivia Price, perform this beloved masterpiece, which tells the story of the prophecy and birth of Christ. The one-hour performance, with no interval, features some of the most celebrated choruses and arias, culminating in the famous Hallelujah Chorus and the triumphant final Amen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/handel-messiah-by-candlelight-80868/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/handel-messiah-by-candlelight/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2e3da3c3f0b55f4264443928388f2de6435fc6050839108c548da2918e8264c-2000.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"}]}