{"title": "Viola Day (7.30pm)", "start": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "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", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Viola Day is a concert series whose finale is an evening celebrating the viola and the breadth of its repertoire. Violist Timothy Ridout, the hall's Associate Artist, leads six violists – Hélène Clément, Ting-Ru Lai, Matthew Lipman, Eivind Ringstad and Georgy Kovalev – joined by pianist James Baillieu and harpsichordist George Herbert. The programme spans Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in a version for five violas, George Benjamin's Viola, Viola, York Bowen's rarely performed Fantasie Quartet for four violas, and Frank Bridge's Lament, first performed at this hall with Lionel Tertis in 1912. It closes with Benjamin Dale's Introduction and Andante for six violas, written for Tertis and his Royal Academy of Music class.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/viola-day-730pm-96503/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611141930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cdf401bd57462c09546c6be6c48d86253e86ae6a52043492b165631c923688ed-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Viola Day (3.00pm)", "start": "2026-11-14T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber concert titled Viola Day, part of Wigmore Hall's programme. Violists Timothy Ridout, Hélène Clément, Ting-Ru Lai, Matthew Lipman, Eivind Ringstad and Georgy Kovalev perform with pianist James Baillieu. The programme spans works for viola by York Bowen, Paul Hindemith, Frank Bridge, Cecil Forsyth, Benjamin Britten and Franz Waxman, celebrating the flowering of new viola music in the early last century inspired by Lionel Tertis. The concert lasts about an hour without an interval and is supported by The Tertis Foundation in memory of Lillian Tertis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/viola-day-300pm-66012/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611141500", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c5916d88bf5ad341dd3489da24b323bad56a0bea79697ceae4ec47f3237daa9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Viola Day (11.30am)", "start": "2026-11-14T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Viola Day is a chamber concert devoted to the viola, with works for two to five violas by composers including Alessandro Rolla, Beethoven, Alan Shulman and Dvořák. It is led by violist Timothy Ridout, Wigmore Hall's Associate Artist, joined by fellow violists Hélène Clément, Ting-Ru Lai, Matthew Lipman, Eivind Ringstad and Georgy Kovalev, with pianist James Baillieu. The programme opens with Rolla's Duo in F and includes Lionel Tertis's arrangement for three violas of Beethoven's Trio in C Op. 87, originally for two oboes and cor anglais. Shulman's Theme and Variations and Sancho Egnaño's arrangement of Dvořák's Czech Suite round off this roughly hour-long concert without interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/viola-day-1130am-95210/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611141130", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bc66984749cd48691419c142aa2d36254b12fc0c3168a19f9f28c8500d3125d5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Annual Viola Day 2026", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T16:30:00Z", "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "Free, no tickets required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "Annual Viola Day 2026 is a free open day of celebration of the viola at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Silk Street Music Hall. It is packed with masterclasses and performances by faculty members and students, plus a masterclass and workshop with guest William Coleman visiting from the Mozarteum, Salzburg. Faculty members Gary Pomeroy, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Scott Dickinson and Matthew Jones perform and give masterclasses, and participants can join group workshops and playthroughs, so bring your instruments. Visitors can also meet staff and students, explore the facilities and learn about the audition process and studying strings at Guildhall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/annual-viola-day-2026-80630/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/annual-viola-day-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6602aaca2665c4ac5bb79106b36966566d6819552b77b8e19b83b17c021cfc54-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Purcell School Chamber Soloists; Alex Redington director", "start": "2026-11-05T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber concert of about one hour, without interval, featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz and George Enescu. 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": "Brodsky Quartet: Bach, Britten and Bridge", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£11.50 (incl ticket fee)", "price_from": "11.50", "price_to": "11.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber concert by the Brodsky Quartet, joined by RCM string players, in the Performance Hall. The programme features arrangements of Bach solo sonatas for string quartet, Beethoven's String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4, Bridge's Second Idyll from Three Idylls H67, and Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Bridge dedicated his Three Idylls to Ethel Elmore Sinclair, whom he met while performing in the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, and Britten, his most notable pupil and fellow RCM alumnus, wrote his Variations inspired by the second Idyll. The performance hints at the personality of Britten's mentor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/brodsky-quartet-bach-britten-and-bridge-38292/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3823063", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9bf70f8e58d816fd0b1e37f238d98076386df4dbad82cc05ddbcbfd133430a3e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hina & Fiona violin duo; Maximilian Maisky piano — Ernst, Felix Mendelssohn, Rózsa, Schubert and Zarzycki", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A one-hour chamber concert without an interval, given at Wigmore Hall as part of the Pentatone 25th Anniversary Festival. The violin duo Hina & Fiona — New York-born sisters — are joined by pianist Maximilian Maisky for works by Ernst, Felix Mendelssohn, Rózsa, Schubert and Zarzycki, including Schubert's Fantasie in F minor D940 arranged for two violins and piano. Their playing reflects a profound connection shaped by lifelong collaboration, honest artistic dialogue, and complementary interpretations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hina-fiona-violin-duo-maximilian-maisky-piano-ernst-felix-me-66005/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611121300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c19fefc3f5bf8f1d0f3eb6664891ce4676ae502a8124010ecd2cad7ea6bae578-600.webp"}, {"title": "WIMF - TERTIS MEMORIAL CONCERT", "start": "2026-11-13T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St John the Baptist", "address": "Spencer Hill, SW19 4NZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "WIMF - TERTIS MEMORIAL CONCERT is a viola and piano recital at St John the Baptist. Edgar Francis and Jâms Coleman play music by Schumann, Clarke and Bridge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wimf-tertis-memorial-concert-49476/", "official_url": "https://www.stjohnswimbledon.co.uk/church-concerts/wimf-tertis-memorial-concert/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Concert: Music at St James’", "start": "2026-11-15T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St James", "address": "N1 8PF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert at St James in Islington, London. Performers include David Bogle on violin, Elle Bogle on cello and Lilian Strange on piano in Beethoven's Piano Trio No.6 Op 97 'Archduke', followed by Rupert Bawden, David Bogle, Paula Tysall and Norman Starritt in Haydn's String Quartet in E flat Op 76 Nr 6. Admission is free, with a retiring collection in aid of Target Ovarian Cancer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/concert-music-at-st-james-96318/", "official_url": "https://stjamesislington.org/?event=concert-music-at-st-james", "image": ""}, {"title": "Flanders Symphony Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-03T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "From £22.50 (including a £4.50 transaction fee per booking)", "price_from": "22.50", "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "An evening of orchestral music built around nature, played by the Flanders Symphony Orchestra under conductor Duncan Ward, with violinist Alexandra Soumm as soloist. 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-35203/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/zios-2026-27-flanders-symphony-orchestra-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c0a270e867c454dea27365b6233b53216ad39c10775df76a357fbf331b1d385-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wyatt Li and Anson Lam (Viola & Piano)", "start": "2026-11-04T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Botolph's Aldgate", "address": "Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AB London", "price": "Free entry with a retiring collection", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A viola and piano performance at St Botolph's Aldgate, a church on Aldgate High Street in London. It features Wyatt Li and Anson Lam.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wyatt-li-and-anson-lam-viola-piano-93231/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Elias String Quartet", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "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", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert by the Elias String Quartet at Wigmore Hall. The quartet — Sara Bitlloch and Donald Grant on violin, Simone van der Giessen on viola and Marie Bitlloch on cello — marks Sally Beamish's 70th birthday year with two of the three quartets she wrote for them, each taking a Robert Schumann string quartet as its point of departure. The programme also includes Schumann's String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 and a selection of folk songs arranged by Donald Grant, a master of the Scottish fiddle tradition. The concert lasts approximately 2 hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/elias-string-quartet-65993/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611051930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a3319c0fcc703b59cc2d9ee8b1b4a00bde54d71d8bf8078076835bf784b1ca2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Ankit Tripathi – violin", "start": "2026-11-06T13:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T13:15:00Z", "place": "St Bride's Church", "address": "St. Bride's Avenue, EC4Y 8AU London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A lunchtime recital at St Bride's church featuring violin music by Beethoven and Brahms, including the Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor and the Scherzo from the F–A–E Sonata. The performer is Ankit Tripathi, a violinist from Latvia studying at the Royal College of Music in London under Sasha Rozhdestvensky, with regular lessons from Kirill Troussov. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe and is a prize-winner of several international competitions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ankit-tripathi-violin-49418/", "official_url": "https://www.stbrides.com/events/ankit-tripathi-violin/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/78a9693f03e3b1996fe77ab93649a329e58a526211f6d89711a57091abac8e7f-600.webp"}, {"title": "RCM at St Mary Abbots Church", "start": "2026-11-06T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free, no ticket required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A lunchtime concert of chamber music performed by Royal College of Music musicians at St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington. The varied programme includes Rebecca Clarke's Two pieces for viola and cello, Debussy's Estampes L108, Kenji Sakai's Piano Sonata no 1 'quinta essentia', and Prokofiev's Flute Sonata op 94. Admission is free and no ticket is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-at-st-mary-abbots-church-38283/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3848128", "image": "https://noky.io/images/007c872276856f2f3e86f5c30ec0505a91fe2734e0f3f6ebcb1f6d038d9f8e5d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Yellow Barn Showcase Day", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Yellow Barn Showcase Day is a chamber music concert at Wigmore Hall devoted to the programming of Yellow Barn, a Vermont chamber music centre where international artists work alongside rising talents. This concert explores spiritual transcendence and intercultural dialogue, featuring music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Johann Sebastian Bach, Travis Laplante, Willie Johnson and Ludwig van Beethoven, together with sounds from The Golden Record carried on the Voyager spacecraft from 1977. Performers include soprano Melissa Wimbish, violinists Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Anthony Marwood and Katherine Yoon, violist Pauline Sachse, cellists Gerard Flotats, Leland Ko and John Myerscough, saxophonist Travis Laplante and pianist Julian Chan.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/yellow-barn-showcase-day-65995/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611071100", "image": ""}, {"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", "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": "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", "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"}]}