LIFEM

Programme

Wednesday 11 November

Ensemble Inventio

La Margarita

£30 / £20
7pm (Doors 6.30pm)

LIFEM 2026 Festival Pass

£185/£95

£185/£95
Various Times

Thursday 12 November

A Recorder Builder’s Odyssey

with Alan Cantor

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
14:00-14:45

Makers’ Demonstration: Viols from The Early Music Shop

with Susanna Pell

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
11:45am – 12:15pm

Performers’ Platform: Royal College of Music

Directed by Ashley Solomon

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
11am (Doors 10.30am)

Recorder Masterclass

With Sarah Jeffery

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
12pm – 1:30pm

Sarah Jeffery on Moeck Amaranth Recorders

With The Early Music Shop

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
3pm – 3:30pm

Maker’s Demonstration: Daniela Gaidano

Introducing the Violoncello da Spalla

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
12:45pm – 1:15pm

Vincenta Prüger & Nik Tarasov: How Does History Sound?

with The Early Music Shop

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Day Pass
10:30am – 11:20am

Nigel North

The Beginning of the World

£25 / £15
2pm (Doors 1.30pm)

Phantasm & Elizabeth Kenny

Dowland Lachrimae

£35 / £25
7.30pm (Doors 7pm)

LIFEM 2026 Festival Pass

£185/£95

£185/£95
Various Times

LIFEM 2026 Day Pass

From £35

From £35
10am-late

LIFEM 2026 Exhibition ‘Plus’ Pass

Access to workshops, talks & demos

From £15
9.30am–5pm

LIFEM 2026 Exhibition Pass

Access to exhibition only

FREE
10am-5pm

Friday 13 November

Performers’ Platform: Junior Royal Academy of Music

Directed by Barbara Law

Included with Friday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Friday Day Pass
10:15am (Doors 9:45am)

Frame Drum Workshop

with Jordan Murray

Included with Friday Exhibition Plus Ticket & Friday Day Pass
12pm – 12:45pm

Maker’s Demonstration: Markku Luolajan-Mikkola on Lu-Mi Cellos

With The Early Music Shop

Included with Friday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Friday Day Pass
11am – 11:45am

Eun Sol Lee

Bamsæ – Overnight

£20 / £12
1pm (Doors 12.30pm)

LIFEM Early Music Young Ensemble Competition

2026 Final

Pay What You Can
2.30pm-5pm

L’Artefice

Capriccio et Invenzione

£30 / £20
7.30pm (Doors 7pm)

LIFEM 2026 Festival Pass

£185/£95

£185/£95
Various Times

LIFEM 2026 Day Pass

From £35

From £35
10am-late

LIFEM 2026 Exhibition ‘Plus’ Pass

Access to workshops, talks & demos

From £15
9.30am–5pm

LIFEM 2026 Exhibition Pass

Access to exhibition only

FREE
10am-5pm

Saturday 14 November

Festival Evensong

The Choir of All Saints Church, Fulham

FREE
3pm

Makers’ Demonstration: Lutes from The Early Music Shop

with Jacob Heringman

Included with Saturday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Saturday Day Pass
11:30am – 12pm

Dialogue Viols

Boismortier & Bach

Included with Saturday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Saturday Day Pass
12:30pm – 1:15pm

Recorder Playing Workshop with Chris Orton

Open to all players of Grade 1 standard and above

£10
2pm – 3:30pm

Family Concert: ‘The Wrong Recorder’

with Sarah Jeffery and Wallace & Gromit!

Pay What You Can
11am (Doors 10.30am)

Erik Bosgraaf & Baltic Baroque Orchestra

Bach Orchestral Suites

£35 / £25
6pm (Doors 5.30pm)

LIFEM 2026 Festival Pass

£185/£95

£185/£95
Various Times

LIFEM 2026 Day Pass

From £35

From £35
10am-late

LIFEM 2026 Exhibition ‘Plus’ Pass

Access to workshops, talks & demos

From £15
9.30am–5pm

LIFEM 2026 Exhibition Pass

Access to exhibition only

FREE
10am-5pm

Workshops & Talks programme and timings subject to change