the latest news and features from London’s classical music scene.
This week's live classical music in London
Despite London’s shift to tier 2, live music lives on in the capital - here are our highlights this week, featuring a load of free performances
Series of immersive chamber concerts announced
Bandstand Chamber Festival and St John’s Waterloo present: Spotlight Chamber Concerts - a series of five events running from 28 Nov - 19 Dec
72-year-old lunchtime series restarts today
Bishopsgate Institute’s lunchtime performance series, started in 1948, is back up and running with free events 16 October - 27 November
Live in London: this week's classical music concerts
Our picks of things to go to this week - including free events, performances in converted warehouses, an open-air festival, and more
English National Opera offer free tickets for under 21s
The ballot for 50 free tickets to the first performance of Mozart’s Requiem by English National Opera at the London Coliseum is now open
BBC broadcast two classical music documentaries
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History & Bernard Haitink: The Enigmatic Maestro are available to watch on iPlayer
Which live music venues are open in London right now?
A comprehensive guide to the live music venues in London which are open and are putting on regular events right now
You can test the BBC's new orchestra app
Test a new interactive experience from the BBC Philharmonic which gives you an immersive sense of being in the centre of the music
This week's classical music events in London
Our picks of things to go to this week - including free events, performances in cafes and restaurants, concerts with world-leading soloists, and more.
New opera company debut in Islington
Let Us Make Noise was set up to get live opera up and running again - they debut with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci in Islington this weekend
Free live-stream tracing migrant journeys through music & readings
NW Live Arts premiere Music & Body: an evening of words and music tracing the migrant journey from Africa and the Middle East to Europe
What's on this week: classical music in London
Our picks of things to go to this week - including free events, the last outdoor performances of the year, and the first reopening of a large concert hall
Series of weekly free foyer concerts to take place at the Barbican Centre
Barbican announces Live at Lunchtime – a series of free foyer concerts, featuring musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama
London Symphony Orchestra announce weekend of free events
LSO Local will run from 26-27 September with a series of performances all over London, bringing live music to the local community
Mile End museum hosts international soloists for three-day festival
The second Ragged Music Festival takes place in the unfurnished Victorian top floor of the Ragged School Museum from 2-4 October
The West End's largest theatre to reopen with Mozart's Requiem
The London Coliseum will reopen to audiences on 6 & 7 November for special performances of Mozart’s Requiem
Live in London: this week's classical music events
Our picks of what’s on this week - including free events, super informal performances, and a live drive-in opera
London's first concert hall to welcome audiences opens tonight
Wigmore Hall opens its new season of over 100 concerts with all attended by an audience and streamed for free
Tate Modern's Turbine Hall to host free choral concert
ORA Singers perform a free live-stream of Spem in Alium in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall as the piece celebrates its 450th anniversary
Shows in COVID-secure environments to go ahead despite policy change
New changes to lockdown rules meaning social gatherings of more than six individuals are forbidden will not affect indoor & outdoor shows in England
