Pulling out all the stops for Organ Day

New ventures in opera at All Hallows’ and St James’s

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Trombonist Peter Moore; Bang on a Can All-Stars; Songs of Motherhood and Childhood; Handel Festival

Venus in all shades and guises: Kings Place festival of women composers

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: St Michael’s Highgate; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; LSO Discovery Day; Rebel Yell; Elizabeth Llewellyn

Baroque at the Edge Festival showcases leading musicians from all backgrounds

From Jingle Belles to James Bond: Raymond Gubbay’s festival of Christmas at the Barbican

A chorus of Hallelujahs for the festive period

Gala opening of Little Fir Tree musical at Kings Place

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Christmas Carols; Jingle Bell Brass; Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur; Helen Keating; Professor Longhair

Schumann being: madness, music and marriage

Jazz fusion as venues team up for gigs

Look out for an LSO odyssey of opera, jazz and folk

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: North London Chorus; Ensemble Insieme; London Vocal Project; Carole Cerasi; Sing for Freedom Choir

Join a rhythm session at a Green Note drum workshop

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Sheku Kanneh-Mason; LSO Brass Ensemble; city farm Songhaven duo concert; Jazz in Lauderdale House

A feastful of classical festival offerings

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Richard Galliano; Scordatura Women’s Collective; Belsize Baroque; Leon Greening

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Jazz pianist Tim Penn; Verdi Requiem at Hampstead Parish Church; Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra at St Cyprian’s

Mulled wine, mince pies and sonatas by candlelight – all part of this year’s Highgate International Chamber Music Festival