St Martin’s Voices: There is a Flower
Part of the Choral Discovery Concerts series – inviting you to discover some lesser known but utterly beautiful choral music in short concerts with St Martin’s Voices. In this beautiful hour-long concert, St Martin’s Voices present a selection of uplifting choral…
A Mozart Celebration by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble and acclaimed pianist Adam Johnson for a captivating evening of music by Mozart, including the stirring Piano Concerto in D minor, one of his most glorious operatic overtures, and the timelessly elegant Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Programme Mozart…
Carice Singers: A Prayer of Peace & Light
May eternal light shine…as the nights draw in, The Carice Singers present an evening of music that seems to glow from within. Ligeti’s stunning Lux Aeterna is a true classic (you might recognise it from 2001: A Space Odyssey), and a magnificent…
Dunedin Consort: Bach’s St John Passion
The handpicked musicians of the Dunedin Consort give a uniquely intimate – and intensely dramatic – performance of Bach’s St John Passion. “Ah, my soul where will you go at last? Where shall I find relief?”. For Johann Sebastian Bach, the story…
Ex Cathedra: Christmas Music by Candlelight
Chamber choir Ex Cathedra presents a candlelit sequence of seasonal music: some old, some new, but all utterly enchanting in the atmospheric surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields. In the deep, still darkness of St Martin-in-the-Fields, only candles pierce the winter gloom. And then,…
Handel: L’Allegro, Penseroso ed il Moderato
Joy, melancholy or reason: which is best? There’s only one way to find out in this performance of Handel’s extraordinary L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. “Dissolve me into ecstasies / And bring all Heav’n before mine eyes!” We all know how…
The Consone Quartet: Brahms Sextet No. 2
The BBC New Generation Artists scheme has a reputation for spotting emerging talent, but even so, the Consone Quartet is something special – the very first string quartet on the scheme to play on period instruments, using the techniques and instruments of…
La Serenissima: Vivaldi & Telemann – Crossing Borders
Baroque music never stood still. Musicians travelled, and inspirations sped across 18th century Europe with all the speed of a Vivaldi concerto. But you don’t need to tell that to Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima – the flamboyant British ensemble that takes…
English Concert: Handel – Amadigi di Gaula
The noble Amadigi loves the beautiful Oriana – but when there’s a jealous sorceress in the frame, the course of true love never did run smooth. Handel’s extraordinary “magic opera” Amadigi di Gaula was the hit of the 1715 London season, brimming…
