{"title": "Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Hannah Kendall, Shostakovich & Sibelius", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music & Drama", "address": "", "price": "from £14", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra performs a programme spanning three centuries of works at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Guest conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Artistic and General Director of Bergen National Opera and Chief Conductor of the Noord Nederlands Orkest, leads Shostakovich's tender Piano Concerto No 2 and Sibelius' brooding First Symphony. Before he takes to the podium, Guildhall conductor Antoine Veillerette leads Hannah Kendall's The Spark Catchers, inspired by a poem about the 1888 Bow Matchgirls' Strike. Tickets are from £14 and should be reserved in advance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guildhall-symphony-orchestra-hannah-kendall-shostakovich-sib-63695/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-symphony-orchestra-hannah-kendall-shostakovich-sibelius", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2742d1bb6461fbe255f859f8bf4642e3aff04a37dcf5697f8c7cbca007eb6862-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music & Drama", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Hannah Kendall, Shostakovich & Sibelius", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "£14-£25 (£12 concessions)", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/your-visit/getting-here/car-parking-", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "A symphony orchestra concert playing Hannah Kendall's The Spark Catchers, Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 2 and Sibelius's Symphony No 1. It is given by the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra with pianist Ryan Sheng, conductor Antoine Veillerette leading the Kendall work, and guest conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen directing the rest of the programme. The pieces move from an electrifying, socially resonant work inspired by a poem about the 1888 Bow Matchgirls' Strike, to a playful yet tender concerto written for the composer's son's piano exam, to a brooding yet romantic symphony.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guildhall-symphony-orchestra-hannah-kendall-shostakovich-sib-36325/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-symphony-orchestra-hannah-kendall-shostakovich-sibelius", "image": "https://noky.io/images/615e166f60343fa746c744a26f5eb626aac3bb1b65a3df45f39099dded8af62b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: The Firebird", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "From £16.50 (incl ticket fee), Under 35 discount available", "price_from": "16.50", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "A concert by the RCM Symphony Orchestra and RCM Chorus, conducted by Naomi Woo, pairing Stravinsky with Beethoven. 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The concert runs for about two hours including an interval and forms part of the Zurich International Orchestra Series 2026-27 at the hall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/flanders-symphony-orchestra-with-alexandra-soumm-violin-35203/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/zios-2026-27-flanders-symphony-orchestra-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c0a270e867c454dea27365b6233b53216ad39c10775df76a357fbf331b1d385-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Orchestral Masterworks with Martyn Brabbins", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "From £9.50 (incl ticket fee), Under 35 discount available", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "An orchestral concert in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal College of Music. 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The concert sheds light on Schoenberg, still considered an enfant terrible of classical music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/orchestral-masterworks-with-martyn-brabbins-74709/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3723735", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bae781bc460d0e782f10832e42803dac54c1d4dce6b40e58e6d1f70a37dc2c0f-1200.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": "", "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. 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Internationally acclaimed British violinist Alex Redington, Head of Strings at The Purcell School of Music and founding first violinist of the Doric String Quartet, leads The Purcell School Chamber Soloists in Enescu's monumental Octet and Bacewicz's Quartet for Four Violins.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-purcell-school-chamber-soloists-alex-redington-director-65992/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611051300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2e83f8163f7901b17857dd422f6721a6a28c2e69f89e8ce65d4e00592e7bc20-600.webp"}, {"title": "National Symphony Orchestra – Variations and Virtuosity", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£39.50, £29.50, £19.50 (prices from £18.00, £13.50 + £4.50 transaction fee)", "price_from": "19.50", "price_to": "39.50", "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/national-symphony-orchestra-williams-mendelssohn-and-elgar/book/1265434", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "A symphony concert titled 'Variations and Virtuosity', the grand finale of the National Symphony Orchestra's 2026 season. It is led by conductor Rimma Sushanskaya and features acclaimed violinist Mathilde Milwidsky as soloist. The programme opens with Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, continues with Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, and concludes with Elgar's Enigma Variations, whose ninth variation, Nimrod, became a feature of the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in 1920. The concert lasts approximately 1 hour 45 minutes including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/national-symphony-orchestra-variations-and-virtuosity-35207/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/national-symphony-orchestra-vaughan-williams-mendelssohn-and-elgar/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/649590895fc1bf2214350684c2879045a41b06f374fb8da21119d6768e21049b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Thames Philharmonia", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "An evening of classical music by the Thames Philharmonia, conducted by Byung-Yun Yu. The programme centres on Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, with Yuri Inoshita as piano soloist, alongside Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain, and extracts from Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. Fittingly for Halloween, the works promise romance, drama and the supernatural.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thames-philharmonia-36884/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/shows/thames-philharmonia-aut26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3a431f12d40dd87d44b6c2505d812cf9c55fd37160681257b790b01182840b54-2000.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", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "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": "Steven Isserlis cello; Connie Shih piano", "start": "2026-11-09T13:00:00Z", "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": "A lunchtime chamber concert of cello and piano music lasting about an hour without an interval. Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Connie Shih play works by William Sterndale Bennett, Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn. The programme recalls Leipzig in the mid-1800s, where Bennett's melodic gift so impressed Mendelssohn that he invited him to the city, and where Bennett met and befriended Schumann. Two pieces are arranged by Steven Isserlis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/steven-isserlis-cello-connie-shih-piano-65999/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611091300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a21e09ca02f2841826b969cdfaf7fbc827426a82b2be2132afe9d0eebec27aa1-1200.webp"}]}