{"title": "LIFEM26: L’Artefice", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£30 / £20 U21s & Students", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5196", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "A concert by the early music ensemble L’Artefice exploring the playful virtuosity and artful inventiveness of 16th- and 17th-century instrumental music. It features ornamented vocal pieces, variations on popular melodies, and works in genres such as the Canzona, Ricercar, Toccata and Sonata. The ensemble adapts, arranges and creates music for their own instruments to foster connections with each other and their audience. They are Filip Rekieć on nyckelharpa and baroque violin, Leonardo Bortolotto on bass viol and Vincent Kibildis on harp.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-lartefice-78553/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-lartefice/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/19f07d56edbe093ecbf70e9e29f30c6eb8bfafaf8b55eb98cdf82722b69c904a-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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/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": "LIFEM26: Phantasm & Elizabeth Kenny", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£35 / £25 Students & U21s", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5198", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/renaissance"], "description": "A concert at the London International Festival of Early Music in which the viol consort Phantasm and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny reunite to perform their award-winning interpretation of John Dowland's Lachrimae or Seven Tears in the composer's anniversary year. Phantasm, founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus, is an acclaimed viol consort whose recording of this programme won the 2017 Gramophone Award and the 2017 Diapason d'or de l'année. The programme of dance music for viols and lute centres on the seven variants of the Lachrimae theme and sums up the Renaissance preoccupation with melancholy, including Dowland's signature piece Semper Dowland Semper Dolens.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-phantasm-elizabeth-kenny-78549/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-phantasm-elizabeth-kenny/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/666bdee6b543f02ef1389cba9aaaa13daeabda867444ad6b440d0bea5cd068d9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Nigel North", "start": "2026-11-12T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£25 / £15 u21s/full-time students", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5197", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/renaissance"], "description": "A 60-minute lute recital, part of the London International Festival of Early Music, given in a church. The performer is Nigel North, a London-born lutenist of over 50 years who taught at Indiana University until 2024 and now lives in Belgium. His programme, The Beginning of the World: Dances, Dumps and Divisions, offers short Tudor-era pieces on an 8-course lute, including works by William Byrd, John Johnson and Peter Philips alongside anonymous dances.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-nigel-north-78548/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-nigel-north/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2546d93ff571d751378a9c4070f4c7c959f590328911c850bd37fef70fff739d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Stile Antico", "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-66004/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611111930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1fa56e0d4927d3c5d54d507797ae00e7c3619b00fede09731acbeb761d76135-600.webp"}, {"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": "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": "£18–£40", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611111930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "This is a choral concert of Renaissance music titled \"Discord to Harmony: Renaissance music of war and peace\". It is performed by the vocal ensemble Stile Antico, a group of twelve singers led by sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. The programme explores how composers from Du Fay to Schütz responded to the wars, religious conflicts and diplomatic peacemaking of the Renaissance, spanning nearly two centuries of music. It features works such as Clément Janequin's chanson \"La guerre\" and Tomás Luis de Victoria's \"Missa pro victoria\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/discord-to-harmony-renaissance-music-of-war-and-peace-81030/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611111930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1fa56e0d4927d3c5d54d507797ae00e7c3619b00fede09731acbeb761d76135-600.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Festival Pass Wed 11th–Sat 14th Nov", "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": "185.00", "price_to": "185.00", "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-wed-11thsat-14th-nov-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": "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/book/?bookevent=5189", "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": "LIFEM26: Eun Sol Lee", "start": "2026-11-13T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£20 / £12 under 21s & students", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5182", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "A lunchtime recital forming part of the LIFEM26 festival. It is the Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition winner's recital by the Korean recorder player Eun Sol Lee, who won the competition at age 23 and trained in Vienna and Salzburg. Titled 밤새[bamsæ]—overnight, the 60-minute programme explores nocturnal scenes under four sub-themes: Darkness, Sigh of love, Sleep and Wake-up call. She is joined by Réka Nagy on viola da gamba and Sophie Esterbauer on lute, playing music from Couperin and Hotteterre to Markus Zahnhausen and Korean traditional melodies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-eun-sol-lee-78551/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-eun-sol-lee/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/628293073fd728dbdb316af813606a647fc23483291d704d180df0e18d45bbd6-2000.webp"}, {"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/book/?bookevent=5192", "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": "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"}, {"title": "Josè Maria Lo Monaco mezzo-soprano; Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri; Giulio Prandi conductor", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "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/202611131930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A concert of 18th-century music on the myth of Ariadne, tracing its narrative variations and its path through Europe's musical capitals from London to Vienna via Naples and Dresden. Mezzo-soprano Josè Maria Lo Monaco performs with the Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri under conductor Giulio Prandi. The programme includes works by Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Alberto Ristori, Benedetto Marcello, Nicola Porpora, Johann Adolf Hasse and Joseph Haydn, including Haydn's Arianna a Naxos. The concert lasts approximately two hours, including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jose-maria-lo-monaco-mezzo-soprano-coro-e-orchestra-ghislier-66008/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611131930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/77de1c26f17a1a7bd3b4ad4b4d3b474775accb55c03833bbdba026d7ed0f7d6c-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": ""}]}