{"title": "Guildhall Cantata Project", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Milton Court Concert Hall", "address": "Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "The Guildhall Cantata Project is a free evening performance of early-eighteenth-century cantata music. Harpsichordist James Johnstone directs Guildhall singers, keyboard players and lutenists from the Historical Performance department. The programme pairs voice and continuo in works by composers such as Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Rosenmüller, Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude and Adam Krieger. It takes place in the Milton Court Concert Hall and no tickets are required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guildhall-cantata-project-80625/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-cantata-project-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47af27ab70caa9e6222d07315c6f90e08bb2b2b78721e11bf6c72bac6d19d923-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Milton Court Concert Hall", "address": "Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Arthur Keegan, Bach and Dowland", "start": "2026-11-03T13:00:00Z", "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": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611031300", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/guitar"], "description": "A lunchtime guitar recital lasting about an hour without an interval, given by Samrat Majumder. The programme celebrates the lute legacy of John Dowland and Johann Sebastian Bach that the guitar has inherited, with works including Dowland's The Earl of Essex Galliard, Lachrimae Pavan and The Frog Galliard, Bach's Suite in E minor BWV996, a YCAT Composer Fellow commission by Arthur Keegan, and a selection of Scottish lute manuscripts. The concert is promoted by the Young Classical Artists Trust as part of its YCAT Lunchtime Series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/arthur-keegan-bach-and-dowland-81025/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611031300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/155af1b30a7594e3860e1870b4c27ec5c9fd6176b96f008a366664aa140f5c3a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Postgraduate Strings Concert", "start": "2026-11-05T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "The Postgraduate Strings Concert is an informal classical music performance in Silk Street Music Hall. Students from the Strings department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama share a varied programme showcasing developing artistry across the year group. Performers include harpist Bethany Caswell, violinists Anna Perl, Helen Rutledge and Ayaka Hisa, violist Isobel Neary-Adams and pianists Jen Carter and Riho Akagi, playing works by Rosetti, Fauré, Szymanowski, Bach and Franck. Admission is free and no tickets are required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/postgraduate-strings-concert-80624/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/postgraduate-strings-concert-4", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1772eb868121c534cf52e24c406b62f0c11dafc5d050719b267da43b67f74cf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Morley Consort: A musical experience at Ham House", "start": "2026-11-01T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ham House", "address": "", "price": "This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A historical musical experience with live 17th-century music performed in the Long Gallery of Ham House. The Morley Consort, a 4-piece group, plays 17th-century repertoire on historical instruments as visitors explore Ham's rare cabinet collection on the last day of Cabinets Unlocked. The programme includes pieces by composers on the Royalist side of the English Civil War, as well as music from Playford's English Dancing Master paying tribute to Ham House and its Cherry Garden. The performers take breaks and there is time to chat with audience members; the free event needs no booking, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-morley-consort-a-musical-experience-at-ham-house-36377/", "official_url": "https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/ham-house-and-garden/events/9693b995-307a-4a32-b382-f0f4fb50fbd1", "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, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/63c82ca274fb184f4eebf902/e/6a09d725f8f7694166a25d97?lang=en", "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/0299f672e8ddeba6a5bdd37be2c633f32145d927d00617828c01d76c0ce65e06-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Vivaldi and Handel by Candlelight", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/booking?event-id=52008&instances-id=463203", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "Vivaldi and Handel by Candlelight is a candlelit concert of eighteenth-century Baroque music. St Martin's Chamber Ensemble, with violinist Hilaryjane Parker, brings Vivaldi and Handel to life in masterful concertos and suites. The programme features movements from Vivaldi's Four Seasons alongside works by Telemann, Bach and Handel. The evening lasts one hour with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vivaldi-and-handel-by-candlelight-80853/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/vivaldi-and-handel-by-candlelight/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0b1086cac313088cb4ec28c4ad16af4c113ee145b3bca3a332e5cfe7166e38fc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Samrat Majumder guitar", "start": "2026-11-03T13:00:00Z", "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"], "description": "A lunchtime guitar recital by Samrat Majumder. Promoted by the Young Classical Artists Trust, the programme celebrates the lute legacy of John Dowland and Johann Sebastian Bach inherited by the guitar, with works by Dowland, Bach's Suite in E minor, a commission from YCAT Composer Fellow Arthur Keegan, and a selection of Scottish lute manuscripts. The concert lasts approximately one hour without an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/samrat-majumder-guitar-65989/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611031300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/af63879accf3b475ad4ea55a6fb02a29ef4e4d191ff16021c71cdbfdea75d3d8-600.webp"}, {"title": "Strings at Six", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Milton Court Concert Hall", "address": "Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH", "price": "Free, no tickets required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "Strings at Six is a classical concert in the Milton Court Concert Hall. Guildhall string students perform a programme of varied repertoire, with works by Bach and Prokofiev. It is part of the School's at Six series. Entry is free with no tickets required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/strings-at-six-80626/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/strings-at-six-1", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c848e587afc425f5aa8218dc4a886c2839c7a9dd941c17f060073e6a0d565b8a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fireworks Music by Candlelight", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/booking?event-id=52061&instances-id=476003", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "Fireworks Music by Candlelight is a candlelit concert of eighteenth-century choral and orchestral music lasting one hour with no interval. St Martin's Voices and St Martin's Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Andrew Earis, perform Haydn's Insanae et Vanae Curae and Nelson Mass alongside Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks, combining pageantry, drama, and choral majesty.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/fireworks-music-by-candlelight-80857/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/fireworks-music-by-candlelight-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bf2d1b88a78001753fee6dd7e8871ee4ba4d30e655bfa4a1bdb2618ed1832847-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Great Sacred Music: Remember, remember the Fifth of November", "start": "2026-11-05T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/sacred-music"], "description": "Great Sacred Music: Remember, remember the Fifth of November is a 35-minute lunchtime programme of words and sacred choral music, part of a series held every Thursday at 1.00pm in the church. It is led by St Martin's Voices and directed by Andrew Earis, with Rev Dr Sam Wells, exploring the richness of the sacred musical heritage through choral works and thoughtfully chosen readings. This programme features music by William Byrd, Richard Dering, Thomas Weelkes and Peter Philips, alongside hymns. Each performance is also livestreamed on St Martin's Digital, YouTube and Facebook.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/great-sacred-music-remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november-80856/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/great-sacred-music-remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Thomas Dunford artistic director, lute; Jupiter Ensemble", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£50, £43, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611041930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/renaissance"], "description": "A concert of music by the Elizabethan composer John Dowland, given as 'John Dowland: Another Retrospective' by Jupiter Ensemble. Lutenist Thomas Dunford directs an ensemble of four singers — soprano Melissa Petit, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, countertenor Hugh Cutting, tenor Thomas Hobbs and bass Florian Störtz — plus five viola da gamba players. The programme, lasting about two hours with an interval, draws on Dowland's songbooks and his Lachrimae pieces for viol consort, marking the 400th anniversary of the composer's death. Dunford, whose ensemble recorded Songs of Passion for Warner Classics in 2025, calls Dowland 'the John Lennon of the 16th Century.'", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thomas-dunford-artistic-director-lute-jupiter-ensemble-65991/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611041930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74be64c7119b1599a4b85b32fd98883babff13e92690f6cb661f63128f2e6dfb-600.webp"}, {"title": "John Dowland: Another Retrospective", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£50 £43 £33 £27 £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611041930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/renaissance"], "description": "A concert titled 'John Dowland: Another Retrospective' performed at Wigmore Hall. It features the Jupiter Ensemble under artistic director and lutenist Thomas Dunford, joined by soprano Melissa Petit, four singers and five viola da gamba players. Marking the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death in 2026, the programme presents excerpts from his songbooks and Lachrimae, spanning music that is joyful, playful, mysterious, introspective, meditative and amorous. The concert runs approximately two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/john-dowland-another-retrospective-81027/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611041930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9fbd1d0d408f2b27017df11c1365315162a8bb25d9785cba3a657dac938622ae-600.webp"}, {"title": "Handel in Italy", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£6.50 (incl ticket fee)", "price_from": "6.50", "price_to": "6.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3825330", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "\"Handel in Italy\" is a concert of sparkling works by Handel from his time in Italy, where he was a great hit with audiences. It is directed from the harpsichord by Luke Mitchell and features countertenor Zheng Jiang. The programme also includes works by Monteverdi, Carissimi and Vivaldi. The performance takes place in the Performance Hall of the Royal College of Music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/handel-in-italy-38295/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3825330", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40d1fffc0442f4601ef61b90c8907a909f99103925ac482c3e0176a05d83d627-1200.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, "tickets_url": "", "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": "A Handel Celebration", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "price": "£25 | Concert Only; £100 | Reception & Concert; £150 | Reception, Concert & Donation", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.handelhendrix.org/#event_110", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A Handel Celebration is a one-night concert of George Frideric Handel's music staged in the composer's own parish church, St George's Hanover Square. The Brook Street Band and The London Handel Players join forces, with mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, for a programme including the Trio Sonata in B minor (HWV386), the Sonata in A major (HWV361) and the cantata Mi palpita il cor (HWV132c). The concert marks the 25th anniversary of Handel's house on nearby Brook Street, now Handel Hendrix House, first opening to the public, and celebrates the music Handel wrote there. There is also an optional pre-concert reception at Handel Hendrix House before walking to the church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-handel-celebration-36432/", "official_url": "https://handelhendrix.org/events/celebrating-25-year-of-handel-house", "image": "https://noky.io/images/42d60cac040fd347ba21bc06ab85a5f553780b6c602bf577f7e411133be2f1cf-600.webp"}, {"title": "Samling Showcase", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£40 £37 £33 £27 £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611061930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/vocal"], "description": "A recital evening at Wigmore Hall celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Samling Institute, which trains young voices and pianists. 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"}]}