{"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. 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Conductor Karina Canellakis leads the orchestra with violinist Christian Tetzlaff. 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The programme pairs George Butterworth's 'A Shropshire Lad' rhapsody and Vaughan Williams' 'The Lark Ascending', both inspired by English poetry, with Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto and Dvořák's genial Eighth Symphony. 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": "Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Hannah Kendall, Shostakovich & Sibelius", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "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. 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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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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": "A Concert for Remembrance Day – Dona nobis pacem", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£52.50, £42.50, £34.50, £24.50", "price_from": "24.50", "price_to": "52.50", "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/a-concert-for-remembrance-day/book/1354434", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "music/classical/choral", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "A Remembrance Day concert at Cadogan Hall centred on Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem, together with Finzi's Requiem da camera and Judith Weir's O sweet spontaneous earth. The City of London Choir presents two British war requiems to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918, joined by Britten Sinfonia, soprano Hilary Cronin, baritone Gareth Brynmor John and conductor Daniel Hyde. Vaughan Williams' powerful work decries the cruelty of war and cries for peace, while Finzi's secular Requiem laments lost youth and a rural way of life changed by war. Weir's setting of American poetry reflects on our place on Earth today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-concert-for-remembrance-day-dona-nobis-pacem-35209/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/a-concert-for-remembrance-day/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7a894e2cd689ffd96c77f2fce6b8b2a502bf061f2b0855af11648805507600aa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Prom Concert: Jenny Clark Memorial Concert", "start": "2026-11-01T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St John's Hyde Park", "address": "Hyde Park Crescent, W2 2QD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "The Jenny Clark Memorial Concert, part of the Prom Concert series at St John's Hyde Park, will be given by concert pianist Cyrill Ibrahim, described by the Daily Telegraph as one of the most exciting pianists of his generation. The programme includes Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Chopin's Heroic Polonaise alongside other works.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/prom-concert-jenny-clark-memorial-concert-65290/", "official_url": "https://www.stjohns-hydepark.com/concerts-and-music-events/2026/11/1/prom-concert-jenny-clark-memorial-concert", "image": "https://noky.io/images/59f3f6041206ab084f4e966c149bf9a9e13da384470a3f71ef288d5ee7ee229e-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": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£13.50 – £28.00 full price | £11.00 – £25.50 concession", "price_from": "9.50", "price_to": "28.00", "tickets_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/flat-and-the-curves-rose-tinted/#Tickets_in", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral", "society/migration"], "description": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True is a 75-minute evening of orchestral music, words and stories at Wilton's Music Hall, with no interval. The concert was born from a year of conversations in a community kitchen between musicians and people seeking asylum in the UK, and explores what home means, how we hold onto it and how we carry it with us when we have to leave. The programme moves across continents and centuries with music by Reena Esmail, Bushra el-Turk, Lembit Beecher, Piazzolla, Vaughan Williams and Copland, and forms part of City of London Sinfonia's wider season exploring asylum and migration in the UK. The orchestra was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, and the evening features Alexandra Wood, CLS Creative Director and Leader, with projection design by visual artist Majid Adin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true-40343/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c928c52d2c79db515bf1118b6cba39d2f5366d85b79017f2b3e131976c57fcd-1200.webp"}]}