{"title": "Matthew Martin, Organ Passacaglia", "start": "2026-10-29T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£6", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/book-online/100801", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/organ"], "description": "A lunchtime organ recital of about 55 minutes without interval, titled \"Passacaglia\", given at Smith Square Hall as part of the London Festival of Baroque Music. Organist Matthew Martin, Precentor and Director of Music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, explores how musical ideas change as they pass through different composers and centuries. At the programme's centre stand two monumental passacaglias: J S Bach's famous Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582, and the powerful Passacaille by Swiss composer Frank Martin, written nearly two centuries later and refracting Bach's work through a twentieth-century harmonic language. The programme also links the French organ tradition through Nicolas de Grigny and Gaston Litaize, and adds lighter English works by Peter Hurford and the recitalist before concluding with Bach's Contrapunctus XI from The Art of Fugue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/matthew-martin-organ-passacaglia-38646/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/passacaglia/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ec6e73188b78ef86efb1405b124637802629273eec8ff9d14b3f44b113a1f24d-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Evensong Recital", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "place": "Parish Church of the Holy Spirit", "address": "SW4 9JU London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/organ"], "description": "An organ recital given before Evensong at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Clapham. 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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": "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": "Hannes Minnaar piano", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "Free live stream", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611031900", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A piano recital by the Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar at Wigmore Hall. He performs Dmitry Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87, one of the great keyboard works of the last century. Gramophone praised Minnaar's recording of the cycle for the adroitness of his virtuoso playing and his patient expressivity in the more brooding pieces, drawing out the work's astonishing inventive wealth. The concert lasts approximately three hours, including an interval between Nos. 12 and 13.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hannes-minnaar-piano-65990/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611031900", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c1a5dd117c1f91e0912fe065c55a336bfb55260943ccb09cde0aafecb3ac68a1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Orgelkonzert Ann-Helena Schlüter (Würzburg)", "start": "2026-11-08T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T14:00:00Z", "place": "St Boniface German Church", "address": "Adler Street 47, E1 1EE London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/organ"], "description": "An organ concert at St Boniface German Church titled 'Flötenuhr und Fantasie: Sehnsuchtsort Orgel', following the church service and community coffee. The organist Ann-Helena Schlüter from Würzburg performs works by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as well as her own compositions. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/orgelkonzert-ann-helena-schluter-wurzburg-47543/", "official_url": "https://dkg-london.org/veranstaltung/young-cage-workshop-konzert-444/?occurrence=2026-11-08", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0098b26e8ef721ee8555d0cbfdc478b2fd939d582b2ff557808fb4e1251cc39b-1200.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": "THE ORGAN COLLABORATIONS PROJECT 5.0", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T23:00:00Z", "place": "The Old Church", "address": "Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "The Organ Collaborations Project is an evening of live music built around the organ at The Old Church. It is organised by Cerulean Dancer Ltd and returns for its fifth edition with sets from Josephine Illingworth, Catrin Vincent, Matthew Herd and Will Smith. Music by Illingworth, Herd and Vincent has been reworked by Laurence Carden to add organ, and he will also perform a set with Will Smith on electronics. Doors open at 19:30, the show starts at 20:15, latecomers are not admitted, and there is a bar in the church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-organ-collaborations-project-50-39496/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/25a3a3ef2550e89766954275c33f4b6a29c4043953bc88ae9dd248777ddcb112-2000.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": "Alan Wilson Memorial Organ Recital Series – Thomas Allery (St Mary-le-Bow)", "start": "2026-11-12T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St. Mary-Le-Bow", "address": "Cheapside, EC2V 6AU London", "price": "Free, retiring collection", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/organ"], "description": "An organ recital forming part of the Alan Wilson Memorial Organ Recital Series, taking place at St. Mary-Le-Bow church. The recital is given by organist Thomas Allery of St Mary-le-Bow, London. It features a special programme platforming works by Alan Wilson and Bach. Admission is free, with a retiring collection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alan-wilson-memorial-organ-recital-series-thomas-allery-st-m-47714/", "official_url": "https://www.organrecitals.uk/event/st-mary-le-bow-12-nov-2026", "image": ""}, {"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": "Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "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": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A piano recital of Dmitry Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87, one of the greatest keyboard works of the last century. The Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar performs the complete set, whose recording Gramophone praised for his adroitness and patient expressivity. His sensitive interpretation draws out the astonishing inventive wealth of the composition. The concert lasts approximately three hours, including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shostakovich-preludes-and-fugues-81026/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611031900", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9e7218131fc40e73dccb4415670fd4f7321432131e9658c820e5c188544bc50f-600.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": "Bach, Beethoven and Ravel", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "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/piano"], "description": "A piano recital titled 'Bach, Beethoven and Ravel' lasting about two hours with an interval. It features pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze, who won the Honens International Piano Competition in 2018. The programme pairs original works by Beethoven, Bach and Ravel with Namoradze's own arrangements of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge and Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2. The concert will also be live streamed in HD and available on demand for 90 days.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bach-beethoven-and-ravel-81032/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611121930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b6f06d407e327552888d52ace5968613480a5337be854cc8bf04a86d0ae9434e-600.webp"}, {"title": "St Martin-in-the-Fields 300th Anniversary Concert", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "£10, £25, £35, £45, £65, £75", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "75.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/booking?event-id=52386&instances-id=484203", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "A concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, described as the nation's parish church, completed in 1726. It is compered by Clive Myrie and features the church's own choir St Martin's Voices together with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, soprano Danielle de Niese and trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo, plus musicians from the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. The programme mixes Handel, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Rutter, Britten and Parry, including a world premiere of Philip Wilby's 'The Ever-Open Door – Fanfare for St Martins'. The evening runs one hour and fifteen minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/st-martin-in-the-fields-300th-anniversary-concert-47693/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/st-martin-in-the-fields-300th-anniversary-concert/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f8158d48416f3901689fa9f15d0ea88058545c8994e53365207304c08e685b6-2000.webp"}]}