Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Barb Jungr; Handel’s Messiah; Tamsin Waley-Cohen; Belsize Baroque; Six Windows at Burgh House

All creatures great and small celebrated in the world premiere of Animal Requiem

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

Choir inspired by sound of Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium

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