St Martin-in-the-Fields
Experience the grandeur of the Baroque era with a captivating programme featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.
From the joyful choral energy of Lobet den Herrn and the intricate Fugue in G minor by Bach, to Handel’s regal Water Music Suite in G major and the powerful choral masterpiece Dixit Dominus, this concert promises a journey through some of the most exhilarating music of the 18th century.
Join us from a candlelit St Martin’s to enjoy a concert of lovingly performed works for voices and solo piano including John Legend’s All of Me, and Billy Joel’s And So It Goes alongside works by Bach, Brahms and Clara Schumann. The perfect romantic escape!
Join St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for an hour-long programme of uplifting Romantic classics by Tchaikovsky, Massenet and others.
Step into the ever-changing beauty of nature through Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, a stunning musical journey that vividly captures spring’s rebirth, summer’s heat, autumn’s harvest, and winter’s chill. This timeless masterpiece brings the essence of each season to life like no other, accompanied by elegant dances and Baroque treasures from Mozart, Purcell, and Sancho.
An evocative musical journey through some of America’s most beloved and timeless compositions.
This thoughtfully crafted collection features the poignant elegance of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, the lyrical warmth of Aaron Copland’s Finale from Appalachian Spring, and the soulful harmonies of Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs. Interwoven with spirituals, folk-inspired arrangements, and jazz-inflected standards by George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein, the program celebrates the rich tapestry of American music – from sacred to theatrical.
St Martin’s Voices present an ethereal programme for Holy Saturday, including Allegri’s stunningly beautiful Miserere and James MacMillan’s evocative contemporary setting of the same text.
Performed alongside the haunting polyphony of Victoria and movements from Scarlatti’s transcendent Stabat Mater, these unaccompanied choral works form an exquisite contemplation on the themes of Eastertide.
The highly acclaimed Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir bring their unique soulful groove to the St Martin’s stage, presenting an invigorating programme of live gospel and soul.
Gospel music is a wonder of the world, a blend of authentic Spirit-filled praise, artistic greatness and sheer musical emotion. A product of the horror of trans-Atlantic slavery, gospel music is inseparable from the Christian gospel, both being stories of hope and beauty stemming from suffering and abuse. Meanwhile gospel music lies at the core of all African-American music and has thereby reached every cultural corner of the world, secular as well as sacred.
In A Brief History of Gospel Music, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir tells this story in twelve songs, interspersed by brief texts prepared for the occasion under the guidance of Robert Marovich. Beginning with the sounds of West Africa and their synthesis into antebellum Spirituals, the evening’s programme consists of archetypes of the genre’s evolution – from the Jubilee era from 1870, the jazz/blues fusion from 1930, the “Golden Age” of 1940-1960, the civil rights and soul era from 1960, the popular era from 1980 and the urban era from 2000.
Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir is a London-based gospel choir committed to creating and performing contemporary gospel of the highest standard as widely as possible, especially in the places where gospel’s power to raise the human spirit is most needed. Author and radio host Robert Marovich is the founder and editor of the Chicago-based “Journal of Gospel Music” and is one of the world’s premier authorities on gospel music.
Celebrate the season with a captivating programme of choral music for upper voices and harp, centred on Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols – a luminous and uplifting work that has become a cornerstone of the Christmas repertoire.
The concert also features the timeless beauty of Veni, Veni Emmanuel, vibrant contemporary works by Emma Johnson and Matthew Larkin, and the joyful rhythms of Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, arranged by John Rutter. A rich tapestry of ancient and modern sounds, this performance offers both reflection and festive cheer.
Violinist Miki Takahashi performs Vivaldi’s much-loved Four Seasons with Baroque Chamber Orchestra of London, alongside other works by Mozart and Bach.
Violinist Miki Takahashi performs Vivaldi’s much-loved Four Seasons with Baroque Chamber Orchestra of London, alongside other works by Mozart and Pachelbel.
Please note this performance will last for approximately 60 minutes without an interval.
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