{"title": "When David Heard", "start": "2026-11-15T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£15-£25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "The Purcell Singers perform a candlelit a cappella choral programme of contrasts between darkness and light, despair and hope, anguish and love. Conductor Benjamin Kirk leads the choir through works by Eric Whitacre, Brahms, Sandström, Rautavaara and Tõnu Kõrvits, ending with Kõrvits' The Night is Darkening Round Me for eight voices and mezzo solo. Whitacre's When David Heard, the thrilling centrepiece, builds its simple repeated text into a heart-stopping climax of raw emotion. The evening lasts about two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/when-david-heard-74809/", "official_url": "https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/when-david-heard/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/133411847592e821dc1856795d18fe37a07ca877f1f28272cf5f07b3ac5b272b-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-15T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "BBC Singers: Songs of Farewell", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "£10, £16, £20, £25, £30", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "The BBC Singers, conducted by Krista Audere, perform Parry's Songs of Farewell, a moving cycle of six wartime laments written in response to the First World War and the composer's declining health. The first half pairs Caroline Shaw's Companion Planting with Palestrina's radiant early Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas, looking to renewal and the natural world.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bbc-singers-songs-of-farewell-80864/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/bbc-singers-songs-of-farewell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/81673be9bed1000a7bbdc287ce4b2ad6c360a6c483bb48a343dfc38dc03ec16e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Upon Your Heart", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Peter", "address": "Belsize Park, NW3 4HY London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "\"Upon Your Heart\" is an evening concert of music for the season of Remembrance, performed by the Symbel Choir. 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It is led by the St Martin-in-the-Fields Choral Scholars, with each week's programme introduced by a different member of the choir to offer insight into the music and the stories behind it. This edition features works including Purcell's 'Thou Knowest Lord', Ireland's 'Greater love hath no man', Parry's 'My Soul there is a Country' and Greenhow's 'For the Fallen'. 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Instead of a spoken sermon, it features a Sermon in Music, with works by Thomas Tomkins, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Weelkes. Afterwards there are refreshments and a chance to mingle at the Fleet Street Social, where newcomers are warmly welcome. All are welcome to attend this beautiful and reflective weekly event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-evensong-with-sermon-in-music-second-before-advent-80850/", "official_url": "https://www.stbrides.com/events/choral-evensong-18-2026-11-15/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Choral Classics: Fireworks", "start": "2026-11-08T15:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "Choral Classics: Fireworks is a 30-minute sequence of words and music exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields. It is led by the St Martin-in-the-Fields Choral Scholars, with each week's programme introduced by a different member of the choir offering insight into the music and the stories behind it. This week's programme includes works by Croft, Byrd, Weelkes, Dering, Phillips and Gibbons.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-classics-fireworks-80861/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/choral-classics-fireworks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35170d6cd48469bb5518915d37ff7b68f252ffc73649995bad7986ee451ed866-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Music for remembrance, hope and peace", "start": "2026-11-15T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T19:00:00Z", "place": "Saint Mary the Virgin", "address": "Church Street, TW1 3NJ Twickenham", "price": "Free with a retiring collection", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A choral concert titled Music for remembrance, hope and peace, held at St Mary's Church in Twickenham. Concordia Voices take part in St Mary's 'Sunday @ 6' series, with all proceeds supporting the Parish Church. The programme includes Louis Vierne's Messe Solennelle, Richard Rodney Bennett's A Good-Night and Richard Farrant's Call to Remembrance. Entrance is free with a retiring collection, and refreshments are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/music-for-remembrance-hope-and-peace-47395/", "official_url": "https://www.stmarytwick.org.uk/event-details/music-for-remembrance-hope-and-peace", "image": "https://noky.io/images/524d32c6a7d98c3064694dbafb56f558b03e7cbff9cd8c19a1b544732dd0299e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Great Sacred Music: Remembrance", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral/sacred", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "Great Sacred Music: Remembrance is a 35-minute lunchtime programme of words and music held in church. It is led by St Martin's Voices and directed by Andrew Earis, exploring the richness of sacred musical heritage through choral music and readings. This Remembrance edition features works including Farrant, Ireland, Greenhow, McDowall and Johnson Manning, with hymns. Each performance is also livestreamed online.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/great-sacred-music-remembrance-80863/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/great-sacred-music-remembrance/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/77d12021ba4166e9c348234802a4fe8ffd2300fa54c10f4713e04b171ef0d33b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Great Sacred Music: St Cecilia", "start": "2026-11-19T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "Great Sacred Music: St Cecilia is a 35-minute lunchtime programme of words and music held in the church. It is led by St Martin's Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, with Rev Dr Sam Wells, and explores the richness of the sacred musical heritage through choral works and readings, with pieces by Peter Anglea, William Byrd, Herbert Howells, Kenneth Leighton and Will Todd. Each performance is also livestreamed, and the season is supported by the St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/great-sacred-music-st-cecilia-80867/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/great-sacred-music-st-cecilia/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Come and Sing: Choral Evensong for St Cecilia, with Dan Hyde", "start": "2026-11-18T17:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T18:30:00Z", "place": "St. Sepulchre's Church", "address": "Holborn Viaduct, London", "price": "£3", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "3.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/service/evensong", "music/classical/choral"], "description": "Come and Sing: Choral Evensong for St Cecilia, with Dan Hyde is a choral evensong service at which singers can join in. Daniel Hyde, Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, conducts the service, in which participants sing Finzi's God is Gone Up in the very service for which it was written in 1954. The rest of the service is sung by The Choir of Holy Sepulchre and includes a new commission, Heavenly Harmony, by composer Joshua Pacey. Singing places are limited to ensure a balance of parts, cost £3 to cover music hire, require a reasonable level of sight reading, and singers arrive at 4.00pm for a 4.15pm rehearsal.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/come-and-sing-choral-evensong-for-st-cecilia-with-dan-hyde-47820/", "official_url": "https://hsl.church/events/stcecilia", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9b326a6937ed875550043d37333329ed8a5c3d4a1da91ee4f9aeb2122ba8c46d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "RCM Cello Ensemble: All-Night Vigil", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£6.50 (incl ticket fee)", "price_from": "6.50", "price_to": "6.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "RCM Cello Ensemble: All-Night Vigil is a concert in which eight cellos play specially arranged repertoire in rich, layered harmonies. The RCM Cello Ensemble performs, with Raphael Wallfisch as curator. The programme includes Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil in an arrangement by White, Elgar's Serenade for Strings arranged by Seymour, Villa-Lobos' Bachianas brasileiras no 1 and the Largo from Dvořák's Symphony No. 9. The atmosphere shifts from Rachmaninov's emotional, goosebump-inducing masterpiece to Villa-Lobos' rousing first Bachianas brasileiras, whose title roughly translates as 'Bach-inspired Brazilian pieces.'", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-cello-ensemble-all-night-vigil-122290/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3792301", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e2caace634f8195cba251f41eca9a4a7ac4de9ff589b5ccc7e1e8ba7ec7fa0f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ealing Choral Society Concert - From Darkness to Light", "start": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T22:00:00Z", "place": "St Barnabas", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral"], "description": "A choral concert titled 'From Darkness to Light' takes place at St Barnabas in London. It is performed by the Ealing Choral Society and runs into the evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ealing-choral-society-concert-from-darkness-to-light-65240/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Choral Evensong & Benediction– in St Bartholomew The Great and Online", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "place": "St Bartholomew-The Great", "address": "London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/anglican"], "description": "Choral Evensong & Benediction– in St Bartholomew The Great and Online is a church service of choral evensong followed by benediction. It is officiated by Fr Taylor Wilton-Morgan, Assistant Priest, with music including Rose's responses, Parry's Evening Service no. 2 in D and Harwood's anthem O how glorious is the Kingdom. The service is held in the church and streamed to an online congregation on YouTube, with the recording remaining available for two months.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-evensong-benediction-in-st-bartholomew-the-great-and-70482/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Choral Mattins", "start": "2026-11-15T11:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T12:15:00Z", "place": "Temple Church", "address": "Temple, EC4Y 7BB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "Choral Mattins, a sung church service at Temple Church. The music is sung by the Temple Singers, with works including Murrill's introit 'The souls of the righteous', Dyson's Te Deum & Benedictus in F, and Howells's anthem 'O pray for the peace of Jerusalem', together with organ music by Whitlock and Francis Pott.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/choral-mattins-49588/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}