{"title": "Handel's Salon with Chantefable", "start": "2026-10-27T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "Handel's Salon with Chantefable is an evening of music called Heaven & Hell, held in the rooms where Handel once lived and entertained. The duo Chantefable, soprano Mariana Rodrigues and harpsichordist Andrew Cowie, perform music by Handel and his European contemporaries, woven together with spoken poetry and improvisation on heaven and hell. Their programme features libretti in English, Italian and German, the languages Handel set to music. Chantefable blends early music, folk, jazz, opera and oratorio in a form echoing the 13th-century French tradition of alternating song and story.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/handels-salon-with-chantefable-36431/", "official_url": "https://handelhendrix.org/events/handels-salon-with-chantefable", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fddf3a1f9490236055b2d99a23c271a0be6e397eab809357c8e3db1300b4b3a8-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-27T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "", "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": "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/boxoffice/", "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": "The Hallelujah House: Inside Handel's HQ", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "price": "Included in general admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "An exhibition at the house where the composer Handel lived, marking 25 years since it opened to the public. It explores the music he composed and performed while living there, showing how the house was far more than a place to live. The exhibition brings together loans from museums such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Foundling Museum, alongside rarely displayed objects from the house's own collection. Visitors can see works including The Music Party by Philip Mercier, manuscripts in Handel's own hand, and rarely seen portraits of his musical colleagues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-hallelujah-house-inside-handels-hq-41472/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30eb47f2080c850b74278584fa6da2c3c5bf8abcec933f6b9e8986242326533a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Arcangelo; Hilary Cronin soprano; Daisy Livesey soprano; James Hall countertenor; Jeremy Budd tenor; Hugo Brady tenor; Matthew Long tenor; Malachy Frame bass; William Gaunt bass; Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18–£50", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A choral concert called 'An English Baroque Journey I: Sacred Music – ‘The Music More Full Than It Was’' performed by the ensemble Arcangelo with a team of eight singers led by director and harpsichordist Jonathan Cohen. The programme explores sacred music from England’s Chapel Royal around the time of Oliver Cromwell’s Republic and the restoration of Charles II, with anthems by Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke, Pelham Humfrey, John Blow, Maurice Greene, Henry Purcell and a finale of Handel’s 'O praise the Lord with one consent'. The concert, dedicated to the memory of Greta Hemus, runs approximately two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/arcangelo-hilary-cronin-soprano-daisy-livesey-soprano-james-40316/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610301930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f2273751396916d5ce54d1990ececbf4fdf99947f97e086dcac51cf376ce76cd-600.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": "Evening Concerts at the Queen's House: Harpists Gloria Rappo and Xinyi Wu", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T20:30:00Z", "place": "Queen's House", "address": "SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult: £16, Adult Members and Patrons: £14.40, Child: £8, Child Members: £7.20, Students: £10", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=VALQH&c=QHCON#12688", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "An evening concert of harp music held in the Great Hall of the Queen's House, a former royal residence. Harpists Gloria Rappo and Xinyi Wu from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance perform works by Grandjany, Renié, Spohr and Fauré. The concert is part of a series of evening performances at the Queen's House organised in partnership with the Faculty of Music at Trinity Laban, and tickets include a welcome drink.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/evening-concerts-at-the-queens-house-harpists-gloria-rappo-a-78993/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/queens-house/evening-concerts-queens-house-harpists-gloria-rappo-xinyi-wu", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d9ea59ec8b91edc20274d1b5e412298a15ee284b2374b434dc1e797b935d2709-1200.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": "Music and Poetry from the Burlingtons’ Chiswick", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chiswick House", "address": "", "price": "£25 (Concession £15)", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk/community-schools/growing-green-school-visits/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["history/local-history", "music/classical"], "description": "An evening of words and music inspired by the history and people of Chiswick House & Gardens. Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved is joined by speaker Malene Sheppard Skærved, flautist Anna Wolstenholme and the Kreutzer Quartet in a programme moving between the 18th century and today. It includes music written for the Burlingtons by Geminiani, Rousseau's Consolations, Haydn's \"Lark\" Quartet, new works including a world premiere by David Hackbridge Johnson and Sadie Harrison's A House of Countless Rooms, and poetry by Pope and Malene Sheppard Skærved. The evening also features an 18th century violin made for this very space and carved by John Boson, who was responsible for much of the decoration of Chiswick House.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/music-and-poetry-from-the-burlingtons-chiswick-35306/", "official_url": "https://chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk/event/music-and-poetry-from-the-burlingtons-chiswick/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f0a9cd5e7384348547688f2b731f80b954d42dc2e1a11df7429a7920c6b7abd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight (6pm and 8pm)", "start": "2026-10-31T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "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/69f0d32e835d741f659a00e3?lang=en", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A candlelit evening concert in a historic baroque church in central London, with performances at 6pm and 8pm. The programme features Vivaldi's iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons, described as a vivid and revolutionary work capturing the essence of nature, alongside other much-loved works including Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacht Musik. It is performed by the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, an acclaimed ensemble with over 200 performances annually, under the artistic direction of concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith. The church's ornate ceilings, historic charm and stunning acoustics are said to offer the perfect candlelit setting for the music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vivaldi-four-seasons-by-candlelight-6pm-and-8pm-47722/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/vivaldi-four-seasons-by-candlelight-6pm-and-8pm-31/2026-10-31/1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a80cb156c2120a1566adcce7c264855d44db704fc2cc766d97caa0391f2c3e8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Pre-Concert Talk: An English Baroque Journey begins", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque", "history/early-modern"], "description": "A pre-concert talk held ahead of the opening concert of Arcangelo's English Baroque Journey series at Wigmore Hall. Nicholas Kenyon, Kirsten Gibson and Julian Forbes introduce a new illustrated companion book to the series, offering new perspectives and the latest research on one of the great periods of national creativity. Copies of the book will be on sale in the Foyer. The event lasts approximately 45 minutes and takes place in the David Wolf Kaye Room.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pre-concert-talk-an-english-baroque-journey-begins-40315/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610301800", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3d70f60513174f70840c02449922104af1c85838ef0eb216e1f24ce7125fa9c-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": "", "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"}, {"title": "The Fourth Choir The Gloaming Between Worlds", "start": "2026-10-31T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Heaven", "address": "Villiers Street 10A, WC2N 6NG London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thefourthchoir/2402282", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "occasion/halloween", "religion"], "description": "A Halloween concert of atmospheric music for choir and cello, performed a cappella and with cello, at Heaven. The Fourth Choir, London's critically-acclaimed LGBTQ+ classical chamber choir, and leading cellist Katherine Jenkinson perform under conductor Jamie Powe. The Gloaming: Between Worlds moves from eerie, elemental and folk-influenced works, including Katerina Gimon's Air and Fire and pieces by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Coleridge-Taylor, to sacred music for All Hallow's Eve. It features the UK première of Paweł Łukaszewski's Seven Last Words of Christ, John Taverner's Svyati, Alexander Campkin's The Ghost of Shadwell Stair and the Dies Irae woven throughout the evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-fourth-choir-the-gloaming-between-worlds-36456/", "official_url": "https://g-a-yandheaven.co.uk/event/the-fourth-choir/", "image": ""}, {"title": "An English Baroque Journey I: Sacred Music – ‘The Music More Full Than It Was’", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "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": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque", "religion/christian"], "description": "A concert of English Baroque sacred music, performed by Arcangelo with a group of eight singers. Directed by Jonathan Cohen from the harpsichord, the programme, titled 'An English Baroque Journey I: Sacred Music – 'The Music More Full Than It Was'', explores works connected with England's Chapel Royal in the years before and after Oliver Cromwell's Republic. It takes in emotionally-charged anthems by Pelham Humfrey, Maurice Greene and Matthew Locke, alongside pieces by Christopher Gibbons, John Blow and Henry Purcell, and ends with Handel's majestic setting of words from the Book of Psalms. The title recalls Samuel Pepys, who after attending a Chapel Royal service in 1662 noted how 'the music was more full than it was', referring to improvements made since the restoration of Charles II.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-english-baroque-journey-i-sacred-music-the-music-more-ful-49731/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610301930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/affde1cf43695ee11ee5b8fb783286c99d66c736b8345c0b59477edfff1a8e6e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Shut the Gate Against My Thoughts", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£15-£20", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/book-online/101601", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "\"Shut the Gate Against My Thoughts\" is a one-hour concert of songs for voice and theorbo tracing the musical expression of melancholy in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, with works by composers including John Dowland, Francesca Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi and Barbara Strozzi. It is performed by soprano Nardus Williams, winner of the Rising Star award at the 2022 International Opera Awards, with Liz Kenny, one of Europe's leading lute and theorbo specialists, as part of the London Festival of Baroque Music. The programme explores the many shades of melancholy—introspective, romantic, forlorn and deeply expressive—lifting moments of profound lament with flashes of wit and light.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shut-the-gate-against-my-thoughts-74816/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/shut-the-gate-against-my-thoughts/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73fbe42e283877b9b685f47386038c355bb83a251b5da357693557ddb5a7952c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Ensemble Inventio", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£30 / £20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5179", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/renaissance"], "description": "A 75-minute concert of motets, chansons, dances and improvisations from the court of Marguerite of Austria, one of the most powerful women of her age, who kept her own court in Mechelen with a chapel choir of leading composers. It is performed by Ensemble Inventio, an improvising renaissance wind ensemble directed by Ian Harrison, a virtuoso player of the shawm, cornett and bagpipes. The programme draws on Marguerite's library, including manuscripts of polyphonic music and one of the first surviving collections of dance music with choreographies. The concert is included in the LIFEM Festival Pass.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-ensemble-inventio-69565/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-ensemble-inventio/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7332aedc54dac4e93db9cc223828232d07ec64df81f488a9c7fb832a5aa2d82e-1200.webp"}, {"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/6a09d7b58041533aaabaa3d1", "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"}]}