{"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": "9.50", "price_to": "28.00", "tickets_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/flat-and-the-curves-rose-tinted/#Tickets_in", "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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Music & Memories: An afternoon of music, memories and good company for older people", "start": "2026-11-11T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Efg London Jazz Festival", "address": "Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Music & Memories is a relaxed social afternoon of music, memories and good company, created especially for older people. It is part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, which is produced by Serious, and takes place at The Jazz Social. Guests can enjoy live music from SAHRA, hear favourite records from across the decades, and share stories and memories sparked by familiar songs. No knowledge of jazz is needed and there is no pressure to join in; attendees are welcome to bring a favourite record from their younger years and talk about what it means to them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/music-memories-an-afternoon-of-music-memories-and-good-compa-69744/", "official_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/music-memories-an-afternoon-of-music-memories-and-good-company-for-older-people", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9b2ce816d91baf5d2dab8ada63d9ff155568869550366e79618f4cf158edeadd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Percussion Orchestra: 10th Anniversary Concert", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "City Lit", "address": "Keeley Street 1-10, WC2B 4BA London", "price": "Free admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "The City Lit Percussion Orchestra marks its 10th anniversary with a concert of original works composed and performed by the ensemble. The orchestra is a group for adults with learning disabilities, joined by Open Academy students. 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The London Ambient Orchestra brings together conservatoire-trained contemporary classical players and avant-garde improvisers from diverse backgrounds, creating an improvisational language that defies traditional thinking of what an orchestra can be. The fourteen musicians perform dreamy sound worlds reminiscent of ambient pioneers like Brian Eno, alongside Pauline Oliveros-like sound meditations, minimalism and raucous free improvisation. The lineup spans flutes, harp, clarinets, saxophone, trombone, strings, live effects processing, piano, double bass and percussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-m-40188/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-music-and-sonic-exploration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ff7dd774fd07f9a912ce91247bf9524b4484602c6148fafde9574c4ea80816a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Hear it Live!", "start": "2026-11-12T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horniman Museum", "address": "London Road 100, SE23 3PQ London", "price": "Free, drop in", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/members-musical-instruments-declassified/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world"], "description": "Hear it Live! is a free, drop-in series of performances and talks at the Horniman Museum, drawing on its musical instrument collection and often featuring its historical keyboard instruments. On 12 November it features Saied Silbak, a London-based Palestinian composer and oud player born in the lower Galilee, performing at Gallery Square. Trained in both classical piano and the oud, he blends Arabic, Turkish, Indian, jazz, and Western classical influences, and has contributed to projects including Ken Loach's film The Old Oak. The series is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which helped restore instruments including a 1668 Neapolitan virginals, an 1777 square piano, and an 1772 Kirckman harpsichord.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hear-it-live-78806/", "official_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/hear-it-live/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab40356bba28a958581acf045c015a5270efcfcc3ab00ffb3b674c4bfbd2df4a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Free Lunchtime Concert: Royal College of Music Violinist Sasha Parker", "start": "2026-11-03T13:05:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T13:50:00Z", "place": "Lincoln's Inn", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/shop/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A free lunchtime concert of 45 minutes held in the Chapel at Lincoln's Inn, open to all with no booking needed. It features violinist Sasha Parker, a young musician from the Royal College of Music, performing works by Telemann and Bach in the chapel's beautiful setting. The recital is the third in a series showcasing talented young musicians from the Royal College of Music, one of the world's leading conservatoires. Sasha Parker, a British-born violinist, conductor and arranger, performs across Europe as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/free-lunchtime-concert-royal-college-of-music-violinist-sash-50437/", "official_url": "https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/whats-on/rcm-lunchtime-concert-november/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/85393bc4b608af5fe16cbaba5c8edcdb0a7a493f49948dc18c6d44bbdc893b85-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lovemusic", "start": "2026-11-01T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£15, conc. £13, student £5", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7109158.TcsSection_1931314", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical", "art/mixed-media"], "description": "Lovemusic is a concert evening where music, theatre, dance, video, light and technology blend into one experience, with six short and very different works. It is performed by lovemusic, a Strasbourg-based ensemble, and continues the WACK x lovemusic project supported by the Diaphonique fund. The programme includes a bass flute in dialogue with sign language, violin and cello as extensions of the performers' bodies, an abstract city portrait, a piece for flute, screens and ASMR, an audience participation work using the public's own phones, and an excerpt from Neil Luck's Respect for Reality. No expertise is needed to enjoy it, just curiosity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lovemusic-74175/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/lovemusic/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4d30ac15be2f90ed2c6b770c5e497857ba9b6104dc185e27a68ba1b92e9b4209-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Voices Raised in Remembrance", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T15:30:00Z", "place": "Saint Paul's Knightsbridge", "address": "Wilton Place 32a, SW1X 8SH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voices-raised-in-remembrance-tickets-2002837710507?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/singing", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "An afternoon concert of songs, arias, duets and ensembles from opera, musical theatre and more, with a mystery guest and a singalong for everyone. 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The programme of Schubert, Purcell, Monteverdi, Schumann, Dvořák, Granados and Vaughan Williams, including 'Serenade to Music', is performed by Samling alumni such as Nardus Williams, Cláudia Ribas, Euan McDonald, Felix Gygli with pianists Jonathan Ware and Alfred Fardell, clarinettist Eliott Berdugo, the Samling Academy Quartet and speaker Adrian Lester. It lasts about two hours including an interval. Under-35 discounted and free tickets for young people are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/samling-showcase-65994/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611061930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1b079f3a7800cf9a53cbb2b4fb4d3abb72b33fc540ef821e9b79103bb2dbd927-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Life is a Song: Live Sets from BA (Hons) Music Performance & Industry", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5237", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "Life is a Song: Live Sets from BA (Hons) Music Performance & Industry is a live music showcase at Blackheath Halls' Hearn Recital Room. After a week-long journey of songwriting, first-year students from Trinity Laban's BA (Hons) Music Performance & Industry, Strings, Wind, Brass, and Percussion programmes perform an electrifying showcase. Audiences can experience fresh, experimental, and collaborative pieces as the musicians bring their creative visions to life, with original songwriting and great new music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/life-is-a-song-live-sets-from-ba-hons-music-performance-indu-69555/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/life-is-a-song-live-sets-from-ba-hons-music-performance-industry/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/85f72632c1b22fd14580dc2154def3177c77c158565d728955b95c9f4d7f6185-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Concert for Remembrance Day – Dona nobis pacem", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£52.50, £42.50, £34.50, £24.50", "price_from": "24.50", "price_to": "52.50", "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/a-concert-for-remembrance-day/book/1354434", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "music/classical/choral", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "A Remembrance Day concert at Cadogan Hall centred on Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem, together with Finzi's Requiem da camera and Judith Weir's O sweet spontaneous earth. The City of London Choir presents two British war requiems to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918, joined by Britten Sinfonia, soprano Hilary Cronin, baritone Gareth Brynmor John and conductor Daniel Hyde. Vaughan Williams' powerful work decries the cruelty of war and cries for peace, while Finzi's secular Requiem laments lost youth and a rural way of life changed by war. Weir's setting of American poetry reflects on our place on Earth today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-concert-for-remembrance-day-dona-nobis-pacem-35209/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/a-concert-for-remembrance-day/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7a894e2cd689ffd96c77f2fce6b8b2a502bf061f2b0855af11648805507600aa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Maryam Wocial and Archie Bonham", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A Classical Coffee Morning chamber concert in the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room. Soprano Maryam Wocial and pianist Archie Bonham, who have performed as a duo for three years, present 'What Love Left Behind', a programme of art song and cabaret with music by Bridge, Fauré, Debussy, Wolf, Weill, Britten, Strauss, Schubert, Poulenc and Quilter. 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-maryam-wo-38286/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3872276", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9eaba5ab29fafc84e7d1e02645378b68d1fb1b85897beaf17595bb2069915714-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Yellow Barn Showcase Day", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Yellow Barn Showcase Day is a chamber music concert at Wigmore Hall devoted to the programming of Yellow Barn, a Vermont chamber music centre where international artists work alongside rising talents. This concert explores spiritual transcendence and intercultural dialogue, featuring music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Johann Sebastian Bach, Travis Laplante, Willie Johnson and Ludwig van Beethoven, together with sounds from The Golden Record carried on the Voyager spacecraft from 1977. Performers include soprano Melissa Wimbish, violinists Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Anthony Marwood and Katherine Yoon, violist Pauline Sachse, cellists Gerard Flotats, Leland Ko and John Myerscough, saxophonist Travis Laplante and pianist Julian Chan.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/yellow-barn-showcase-day-65995/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611071100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e8b652d7d8e1b1dfab1bb78d5373ae260ef8e1494ce57bd607dffcf8c1228d1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Classical Kate Bush (2026) – Cloudbusting", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£55.50, £47.50, £40.50", "price_from": "40.50", "price_to": "55.50", "tickets_url": "http://cadoganhall.com/your-visit/booking-information/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/crossover"], "description": "Classical Kate Bush is an orchestral concert celebrating the music of Kate Bush, billed as a symphony of This Woman's Work. It brings together the ensemble Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush with more than 40 musicians from the West London Sinfonia. The programme spans Kate Bush's career with original arrangements by Michael Kamen, Michael Nyman and Andrew Powell, plus orchestral reimaginings of other songs. The artist herself will not be performing; the show runs about two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-kate-bush-2026-cloudbusting-35205/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/classical-kate-bush-with-cloudbusting-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/53aec8d82332f187c25d026fbfa5dbe83b48ef8d2db63398a5e69d3ae670a54f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Reimagined histories: Spoken word and choir", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/singing/choir", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "An evening of spoken word and choir at the National Gallery, held in the Pigott Theatre on level -1 of the Sainsbury Wing. It is led by poet and lawyer Dave Neita together with composer, artist and double bassist Dr Deborah Pritchard, joined by a choral ensemble. The performance is inspired by the exhibition 'Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation', exploring themes of identity, dialogue, social justice and freedom. Blending historical and newly commissioned work, it places classical music of Gainsborough's era alongside contemporary compositions and bespoke poetry, reflecting on the legacies of empire and the transatlantic slave trade.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reimagined-histories-spoken-word-and-choir-78903/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/reimagined-histories-spoken-word-and-choir-06-11-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3f5d42008a43fbc58de46f3e82c460b9f2c079a38af17ff9475f542dbca29080-2000.webp"}]}