{"title": "Brahms, Carlos Simon and Haydn", "start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£45, £38, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "45.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "The Takács Quartet, Wigmore Hall's Associate Artist, performs a string quartet concert pairing Haydn and Brahms with Carlos Simon's contemporary work 'Warmth from Other Suns'. Simon's three-movement score, inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's book, evokes the Great Migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban West, Midwest and Northeast. The concert, roughly two hours including an interval, features Haydn's String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 and Brahms's String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1. It is dedicated to Lilian Hochhauser in celebration of her 100th birthday.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/brahms-carlos-simon-and-haydn-66017/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611161930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3c47f0fddd0cac811888fccf503fd75d0c518de1de9fb8e471ecf3128f67922-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Takács Quartet", "start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£45 £38 £33 £27 £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "45.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A string quartet concert at Wigmore Hall. The Takács Quartet, Wigmore Hall's Associate Artist, with Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes on violin, Richard O'Neill on viola and Mihai Marica on cello, plays Haydn's String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1, Carlos Simon's Warmth from Other Suns, and Brahms's String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1. Simon's three-movement score, inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's book of the same name, evokes the Great Migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban West, Midwest and Northeast, and confronts society's deepest divisions and injustices.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/takacs-quartet-113519/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611161930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fab5b9dcb4ef02d9f3859cb5b5ef96584b49cf66b6a43ab3d66b20146f9e2764-600.webp"}, {"title": "Gabriela Lena Frank, Haydn and Schubert", "start": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£45 £38 £33 £27 £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "45.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "The Takács Quartet plays an evening of string quartets at Wigmore Hall, pairing works by Haydn and Schubert with Gabriela Lena Frank's Quijotadas. The programme opens with Haydn's String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2, followed by Frank's Quijotadas (2007), inspired by episodes from Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote and reflecting upon the hopelessly romantic ideals of its hero. After the interval, the ensemble devotes the second half to Schubert's String Quartet in D minor D810 'Death and the Maiden'. The four players are Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes on violin, Richard O'Neill on viola and Mihai Marica on cello.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gabriela-lena-frank-haydn-and-schubert-66021/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611181930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3c47f0fddd0cac811888fccf503fd75d0c518de1de9fb8e471ecf3128f67922-600.webp"}, {"title": "Haydn and Nielsen", "start": "2026-11-15T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16), including coffee/sherry/juice", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music/string-quartet"], "description": "A Sunday morning string quartet concert lasting about an hour without an interval, with coffee, sherry or juice included in the ticket. The Kleio Quartet — Yume Fujise on violin, Katherine Yoon on violin, Jaren Ziegler on viola and Gerard Flotats on cello — winner of the First Prize and Commission Prize at the 2023 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, plays Haydn's String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1 and Nielsen's String Quartet in G minor Op. 13. The Scotsman has called them 'surely an ensemble to watch, and one with plenty to say'. The concert forms part of Wigmore Hall's Sunday Morning Concerts series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/haydn-and-nielsen-66014/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611151130", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2a2c972a0a7e1d2c599a3873240b6b7919710bbbf43bfb657ef1c2b1d361de4-600.webp"}, {"title": "Kleio Quartet", "start": "2026-11-15T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music/string-quartet"], "description": "A morning concert of string quartet music lasting about an hour without an interval, with coffee, sherry or juice included. The Kleio Quartet — Yume Fujise and Katherine Yoon on violin, Jaren Ziegler on viola and Gerard Flotats on cello — play Haydn's String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1 and Nielsen's String Quartet in G minor Op. 13. First Prize and Commission Prize winner at the 2023 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, the quartet was described by The Scotsman as 'surely an ensemble to watch, and one with plenty to say'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kleio-quartet-114345/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611151130", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e7efe228476275dc965ce5baed76b5bbcad67a8b91f83f63879f4d517ffdc10e-600.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": "Friday Music in the Museum", "start": "2026-11-13T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£6.50 (incl ticket fee)", "price_from": "6.50", "price_to": "6.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Friday Music in the Museum is a lunchtime chamber concert held at the Royal College of Music Museum. It is given by the Royal College of Music, whose students benefit from ticket income. The performance features Dvořák's String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 \"American\" and Haydn's Op. 76 No. 2 \"Fifths\". Listeners can enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/friday-music-in-the-museum-38282/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3840900", "image": "https://noky.io/images/670bc75b2f0d593795a30d56b42847d65a75cf37b9f527dab343a32cb78a348e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jerusalem Quartet", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£45, £38, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "45.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert by a string quartet at Wigmore Hall, pairing three works for four string instruments. The Jerusalem Quartet - Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler on violin, Alexander Gordon on viola and Kyril Zlotnikov on cello - play Mozart's String Quartet No. 17 in B flat K458 'The Hunt', Bartók's String Quartet No. 6 BB119 and Ravel's String Quartet in F. The concert runs about two hours with an interval, and its programme places Mozart beside Bartók's final quartet, written before its composer found refuge in the United States, and closes with Ravel. Critics have praised the ensemble's 'immaculate, spirited playing' and its 'gold blend' of 'passion, precision, warmth'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jerusalem-quartet-65996/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611071930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fb5c5a7af4ff07130ffda3b146c6220da4d33b59bf4c4913369a76bbcccc6e01-600.webp"}]}