Jordi Saval plays the Queen Elizabeth Hall [David Ignaszewski]

THERE’S a fragile difference between noise and music; and if you want to look into it, try the works of composer-guru John Cage, who spent a lifetime playfully turning one into the other. But it’s on this week’s agenda for another reason: an event at Camden Town’s Koko, which is not a venue you’d normally associate with classical music but happens to be hosting something of the sort called Through the Noise on June 6.

Delivered by the robustly over-the-top ensemble Barokksolistene who are known for recreating the sounds, atmosphere and music of 17th-century English taverns, it’s a mix of Purcell overtures, English sea shanties, folk songs and whatever else the performers feel like. So not for sitting still in silence as expected at the Wigmore Hall, but a rousing free-for-all you might be tempted to down-value as a bit of fun except the musicians are accomplished, serious, and exploring ways to present old music in new contexts. That said, ear-plugs might be useful. Details: throughthenoise.co.uk

• Not totally unconnected is the idea behind Tasting Notes, a venture by the London Mozart Players at Smith Square, June 6, that involves matching music with wine – which means you listen, drink, and hope the programme doesn’t run so long it leaves you legless. Part of a series, this concert homes in on England, which probably means you’ll get Elgar and Vaughan Williams paired with Chapel Down and Nyetimber. Could be worse. sinfoniasmithsquare.org.uk

• Sadly there’s no Chateau Lafite Rothschild on offer at Wigmore Hall’s French Song Exchange this week, but it’s an interesting annual project for young French and British singers who get coached in the very particular art of French song by Felicity Lott and Francois Le Roux – and then show what they’ve learned in a series of concerts. Hear them, stone cold sober but with passionate intensity, on June 6, 7 & 12. wigmore-hall.org.uk

• Another showcase for young artists is the Rising Stars weekend staged by ECHO (the European Concert Halls Organisation) and running June 6-7 at London venues around the Barbican including St Giles Cripplegate and the Charterhouse. A place to spot the hottest of young European talent. barbican.org.uk

• Established artists in London this week include the pianist Alim Beisembeyev who won the 2021 Leeds Competition and is at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, June 7, playing Ravel, Ligeti, and a new work by Jamaican-British composer Eleanor Alberga. southbankcentre.co.uk

Also at the QEH, June 9, is the veteran star of period-style string playing Jordi Savall with his ensemble Hesperion XXI. They’re playing a programme about “baroque trailblazers” – though as many of the composers are unfamiliar names you’ll have to take that on trust. southbankcentre.co.uk

• Finally, Flanders & Swann, who were very big names on the cabaret circuit in the 1960s and whose comic songs should never be dismissed as trifles, because they’re classics of their kind (often heard on Radio 3 these days). A year ago the Salon Music series that runs in Hampstead Lane N6 ran a Flanders & Swann evening with ex-MP Michael Mates that proved so popular it’s happening again, on June 12. The temptation to sing along will be great and probably not discouraged. salonmusic.co.uk