{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "LIFEM26: Festival Day Pass", "start": "2026-11-12T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5179", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "LIFEM26: Festival Day Pass is a day ticket for the London International Festival of Early Music that gives access to all festival events on the chosen day. It includes the lunchtime and evening concerts in St Michael & All Angels Church, the exhibition, and the full programme of workshops, talks, and recitals. For this day the pass covers performances by Phantasm with Elizabeth Kenny and Nigel North, a Performers' Platform Concert, Fringe Performances, and talks, demos and workshops. It is presented by Blackheath Halls.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-festival-day-pass-69567/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-festival-day-pass/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd393c9ac721a1810c5a099a2507ee74fb6fdee7579e2a4f8dc14c3bf21e8a5b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Festival Pass", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£185 / £95 Students & U21s", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5150", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "A festival pass giving access to all events of LIFEM26, the four-day London International Festival of Early Music at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels Church, Blackheath. The pass covers the lunchtime and evening concerts, the exhibition, and the full programme of workshops, talks and recitals. It offers a discount of up to £25 on events across the festival and supports LIFEM's world-leading programme of early music in 2026 and beyond. Included acts range from Phantasm with Elizabeth Kenny and Erik Bosgraaf & Baltic Baroque Orchestra to Nigel North, Ensemble Inventio, L'Artefice and Eun Sol Lee.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-festival-pass-69566/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-festival-pass-wed-11th-sat-14th-nov/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/996210157896a97ca90e547193f0b30b0cadedefef3639c44aedeb18b0af2f03-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Thomas Dunford artistic director, lute; Jupiter Ensemble — 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": "", "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-john-65991/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611041930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74be64c7119b1599a4b85b32fd98883babff13e92690f6cb661f63128f2e6dfb-600.webp"}, {"title": "WIMF - FRENCH IMPRESSIONS for Flute, Voice & Harp", "start": "2026-11-09T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St John the Baptist", "address": "Spencer Hill, SW19 4NZ London", "price": "£25/£15 and £10 students", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimf2026-programme/french-impressions-for-flute-voice-and-harp/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A concert by the Erda Ensemble, a trio of mezzo-soprano, flute and harp formed by Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Chloë Vincent and Olivia Jageurs. The programme explores the rich, impressionistic soundworld of French music for voice, flute and harp. Praised for their 'beguiling blend of voice and instruments' (BBC Radio 3), the ensemble champions rarely heard repertoire and music by women composers. It takes place at the church of St John the Baptist on Spencer Hill as part of the Wimbledon International Music Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wimf-french-impressions-for-flute-voice-harp-49475/", "official_url": "https://wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimf2026-programme/french-impressions-for-flute-voice-and-harp/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/21b646502d69a98dcedcb93b8226ce219c6603e4d499414da72a3779cd9a74ea-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Stile Antico — Discord to Harmony: Renaissance music of war and peace", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "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/early-music"], "description": "Stile Antico brings 'Discord to Harmony: Renaissance music of war and peace' to Wigmore Hall, a choral concert lasting about two hours with an interval. The vocal ensemble Stile Antico performs works by composers from Dufay to Schütz exploring how music responded to Renaissance Europe's wars, alliances and peace treaties. The programme ranges from Janequin's battle chanson La guerre to laments for fallen cities and serene motets welcoming longed-for peace.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stile-antico-discord-to-harmony-renaissance-music-of-war-and-66004/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611111930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1fa56e0d4927d3c5d54d507797ae00e7c3619b00fede09731acbeb761d76135-600.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Exhibition Only", "start": "2026-11-12T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "Free, Booking Required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5179", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "An exhibition of early music held in the Great Hall of Blackheath Halls, bringing together makers, publishers, and early music organisations in a marketplace for professionals, students, and enthusiasts. It is the annual exhibition of the festival, continuing a tradition of early music exhibitions in London spanning over half a century. Established brands appear alongside highly respected individual makers in a vibrant atmosphere. Entry is free to all this year for the first time, with booking required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-exhibition-only-69568/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-exhibition-only/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1ac9d664dc0a37ac0f2db2bf38f1c3f134de66a296568d030d785ed3b866f752-2000.webp"}, {"title": "WIMF - SACRED SPLENDOUR Music from Venice and Madrid", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St John the Baptist", "address": "Spencer Hill, SW19 4NZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A concert of sacred music from Venice and Madrid, part of the Wimbledon Music Festival. It is performed by Academy Choir Wimbledon with George Inscoe conducting and His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts. The event takes place at the church St John the Baptist in Wimbledon, London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wimf-sacred-splendour-music-from-venice-and-madrid-49474/", "official_url": "https://www.stjohnswimbledon.co.uk/church-concerts/wimf-sacred-splendour-music-from-venice-and-madrid/", "image": ""}, {"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": "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": "ALBA ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: LES FLEURS", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "from £20 per person", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ra.co/events/2498463", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "An evening of live orchestral music, where a thirty-piece string orchestra with a rhythm section and vocalists performs new arrangements of songs by artists such as Minnie Riperton, D'Angelo, Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Lianne La Havas and RAYE, followed by DJs until 1am. Alba Ensemble, a London-based collective of musicians who play contemporary classical, baroque, folk, jazz and beyond, presents Les Fleurs as its biggest show to date, built around collaboration between old friends.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alba-ensemble-presents-les-fleurs-42959/", "official_url": "https://bigpennysocial.co.uk/whats-on/alba-ensemble-les-fleurs", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e222578e4a589c933d3e5a2be17b2bae0a76761ea207109cc77f49daa9e78cad-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Samling Showcase — Serenade: To Music", "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-serenade-to-music-65994/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611061930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1b079f3a7800cf9a53cbb2b4fb4d3abb72b33fc540ef821e9b79103bb2dbd927-1200.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": "LIFEM26: Exhibition ‘Plus’ 2 day Pass", "start": "2026-11-12T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£25 / Free Students & U21s", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5184", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "LIFEM26: Exhibition ‘Plus’ 2 day Pass Thu & Fri is a two-day pass to the LIFEM26 exhibition of early music at Blackheath Halls, held alongside the festival's music events. The pass gives access to the exhibition itself, plus all the Makers' Demonstrations and Performers' Platforms, and a full range of talks, presentations and fringe events, many in The Hearn Recital Room. It offers an insight into the world of early music, with celebrated performers, instrument makers showcasing their instruments up close, and performances from emerging early music talent. On the Friday, it also includes access to the final of the Early Music Young Ensemble Competition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-exhibition-plus-2-day-pass-69570/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-exhibition-plus-2-day-pass-thu-fri/", "image": ""}, {"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": "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": "Rachel Musson, Magda Drozd, Iris Casling & Douglas Benford", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash entry", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of live quartet improvisation at Hundred Years Gallery. Saxophonist Rachel Musson, violinist Magda Drozd, double bassist Iris Casling and Douglas Benford on recorders and objects each bring their own backgrounds in improvised and experimental music to the session. Doors open at 15:30, with the music starting at 16:00. Entry is £10 in cash.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rachel-musson-magda-drozd-iris-casling-douglas-benford-36573/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-musson-drozd-casling-benford/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9b5b1abce7bfbe52ac937d40dffd4bc89f45bbd472a2d6e5e7f87aeb5d2aecc5-2000.webp"}]}