{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T13:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Saint Mary's Church", "address": "Upper Street, N1 2TX London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-18T13:15:00Z", "end": "2026-12-18T14:00:00Z", "place": "Saint Mary's Church", "address": "Upper Street, N1 2TX London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lunchtime Recital - Will Jowett (voice) and Lucy Barratt (piano)", "start": "2026-11-12T13:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Pancras Church", "address": "London", "price": "free entry with a suggested donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/lieder"], "description": "A lunchtime recital for voice and piano with works by Schubert, Stravinsky, Ravel, Saint-Säens and Ireland. 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It takes place at St Pancras Church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-recital-julia-klampfer-flute-nicolas-absalom-piano-120145/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f2b59202f2f9a75232ceec82c0bcb86260f7fcf04bfa478a6839bc8a8ca2d905-600.webp"}, {"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": "Lunchtime Recital", "start": "2026-11-10T13:05:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T13:50:00Z", "place": "Wesley's Chapel", "address": "City Road 49, EC1Y 1AU London", "price": "Free Entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A lunchtime recital of piano music held in the sanctuary of Wesley's Chapel & Leysian Mission. Today's recitalist is Zeju Fan on piano, one of the musicians who performs in this free series. Entry is free, and the recitals take place except in July, August and December.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-recital-41714/", "official_url": "https://wesleyschapel.churchsuite.com/events/rrmkwyem", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd36a1ec72b171b306adbf46337f38811324de66f8daacc1ef2a94e0e616d814-1200.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": "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": "WIMF - TERTIS MEMORIAL CONCERT", "start": "2026-11-13T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St John the Baptist", "address": "Spencer Hill, SW19 4NZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "WIMF - TERTIS MEMORIAL CONCERT is a viola and piano recital at St John the Baptist. Edgar Francis and Jâms Coleman play music by Schumann, Clarke and Bridge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wimf-tertis-memorial-concert-49476/", "official_url": "https://www.stjohnswimbledon.co.uk/church-concerts/wimf-tertis-memorial-concert/", "image": ""}, {"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. The event is presented by the Royal College of Music. Admission is free and no ticket is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-at-st-jamess-piccadilly-80829/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3893229", "image": "https://noky.io/images/75dbbf1ccdfc7b1cdc298d27d8765a63aa345f41ff6955508393c69b722f0cff-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Thursday Lunchtime Concert – Aron Tian, Michelle Téibo, Yuyao Qu", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T14:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary le Strand", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A lunchtime classical concert at St Mary le Strand, part of the church's Lunchtime Concerts series, lasting one hour. It features young musicians Aaron Tian on violin and piano, soprano Michelle Téibo and pianist Yuyao Qu. The programme spans Beethoven sonatas for piano and violin, songs by Fauré, Quilter, Mahler and Handel, Szymanowski's La fontaine d'Aréthuse and Milstein's Paganiniana. Aaron Tian and Michelle Téibo both study at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and are pupils at Eltham College.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thursday-lunchtime-concert-aron-tian-michelle-teibo-yuyao-qu-65316/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/thursday-lunchtime-concert-violin-soprano-piano/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fd848ca55775433be63438f83db4c3de5c32a2da77c9401a908752e11eafff88-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Morwenna del Mar (cello) William Galton (piano) Rachmaninov: Prelude for cello and piano Op 2 no 1, Rachmaninov: Prelude for piano in E flat Op 23 no 6, Nadia Boulanger: Three pieces for cello and piano, Liszt: Liebestraum no 3, Rachmaninov: Sonata in G minor Op 19 for cello and piano", "start": "2026-11-15T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ancient Church of St Mary The Virgin", "address": "Perivale Lane, UB6 8SS Perivale", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A cello and piano recital at the Ancient Church of St Mary The Virgin, also streamed live on YouTube and Facebook and available afterwards as a recording. Cellist Morwenna Del Mar, a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, is joined by pianist William Galton, winner of the 2008 Vienna International Piano Competition. Their programme pairs Rachmaninov's Sonata in G minor Op 19 with his Prelude for cello and piano Op 2 no 1 and a Prelude for solo piano in E flat Op 23 no 6, alongside Nadia Boulanger's Three pieces for cello and piano and Liszt's Liebestraum no 3. Donations are invited to support the musicians and maintain the church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/morwenna-del-mar-cello-william-galton-piano-rachmaninov-prel-40775/", "official_url": "https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-11-15.shtml", "image": ""}, {"title": "Bach Concertos by Candlelight", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary le Strand", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "An evening concert of J.S. Bach's concertos performed by candlelight in the church of St Mary le Strand. The acclaimed Piccadilly Sinfonietta, with guest virtuoso soloists and pianist Warren Mailley-Smith, plays a selection of Bach's sublime concertos. The programme includes a Partita and two of Bach's keyboard concertos, performed with invention, emotional depth and vibrant interplay between soloist and ensemble. The architectural beauty of St Mary le Strand is said to be the perfect setting for Bach's music to shine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bach-concertos-by-candlelight-47731/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/bach-concertos-by-candlelight-9/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c8e51a9620a92b27e90f9e481dd954c33a11686c70fe7314fc3dcc146ab6060-2000.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": ""}]}