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| 18 October 2026 | |
| 2.30pm Smith Square Hall London SW1P 3HA Details: Web site | Tristan und Isolde Singers: Cara McHardy, Harriet Williams, Neal Cooper, Simon Thorpe, Paul Putnins, Ronald Samm and James Robinson London Opera Company Peter Selwyn, conductor Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 Back by popular demand, the London Opera Company revives its critically acclaimed production of Wagner's romantic tragedy, Tristan und Isolde. Featuring a full orchestra of professionals and the crème de la crème of London's music graduates, alongside a stellar cast of singers with world-renowned expertise in Wagner, this promises to be an unmissable event for Wagner fans. Since its inception in 2020, the London Opera Company has earned an enviable reputation for its world-class concert performances of Wagner's operas. The orchestra is led by musical director Peter Selwyn, one of the UK's most experienced opera conductors with a particular specialism for Wagner, having worked on multiple productions at Bayreuth and the Royal Opera & Ballet. The orchestra consists of a core body of top professionals alongside postgraduates from London's prestigious conservatories and excellent non-professional players drawn from London's top amateur orchestras. The London Opera Company works with home grown world-class singers who perform regularly at some of the most celebrated opera venues, including the Royal Ballet & Opera, English National Opera, Opera North and Longborough Festival Opera. Cast can also be seen regularly performing a range of repertoire elsewhere, including at the BBC Proms and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. |
| 24 October 2026 | |
| Northamptonshire Details: Web site | Malcolm Arnold Festival A day of live music celebrating Northampton's internationally-renowned composer |
| 15 October 2026 | |
| 6.30pm Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL Details: Herbie Clarke Web site +44 (0)7710 292681 £8-22 | The Peaceful Crystallographer - and other songs Frances M Lynch Electric Voice Theatre UC8 Clerkenwell Community Choir Join Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for a special 20th Bloomsbury Festival singing celebration of Crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971) - the first female professor at UCL and the first female Fellow of the Royal Society. Defying all odds, her pioneering science led to breakthroughs in organic chemistry and medical treatments. Beyond science, Lonsdale was a prison reformer, women's rights activist and pacifist, warning of the dangers of nuclear physics and wealth inequality in her book Is Peace Possible? Electric Voice Theatre will be joined by some wonderful young acappella singers from University College London who call themselves UC8 and a group of singers from the exceptional Clerkenwell Community Choir, to perform music which reflects Lonsdale's eclectic life. Ranging through Irish folk song, music-hall, stirring anthems and ethical hymns. The performance features works by Judith Weir and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Lonsdale's contemporaries like Elizabeth Maconchy, Shena Fraser and Clara Novello Davies and Conway Hall's radical thinkers, Eliza Flower and Emily Josephine Troup. A British Sign Language Interpreted Performance |
| 16 October 2026 | |
| 1.30pm Calthorpe Community Garden 258-274 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LH Details: Owen Ho Web site Free entrance | Forest Time Dancers: Sara Augieras, Lesly Avendaño, Francesca Matthys from Company Concentric Musicians: Lara Ali (flute), Fred Bareham (clarinet), Hayun Lee (violin), Catherine Cotter (cello), Owen Ho (piano) from Ensemble Matters Owen Ho (music) - Waldszenen, with choreographic input from Sara Augieras, Lesly Avendaño, and Francesca Matthys from Company Concentric Bloomsbury Festival What if music and movement could grow, compost and bloom again like a garden? Forest Time is a free, relaxed, family-friendly outdoor music and dance show inspired by time, nature, and movement. We invite you to travel through the trees, flowers, picnic benches, and open spaces of Calthorpe Community Garden in a relaxed, hour-long performance. Wander, pause, and follow your curiosity. Move around, leave, and return as you please. Supported by the Fenton Arts Trust and Gemma Classical Music Trust. Community Partners Calthorpe Community Garden and Goodenough College |