I Fagiolini / Tamsin Greig: Re-Wilding The Waste Land
100 years after TS Eliot published The Waste Land, actress Tamsin Greig and I Fagiolini combine poetry and music, to explore the roots of the poem that defined a century. ‘What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this…
I Fagiolini: Super-Choral, Super-Excellent
Inspired by a 17th century travel writer, I Fagiolini serves up a sumptuous banquet of Baroque music for multiple choirs, from Italy, Spain, Peru, Germany and England. 1608: Thomas Coryat – joker, foodie and travel-writer extraordinaire – arrives in Venice, and hears…
Chineke! Voices: The music of Vicente Lusitano
Chineke! Voices rediscovers the powerfully original music of 16th century Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano – one of Europe’s earliest composers of African descent. Vicente Lusitano was a composer, a scholar, a priest and a rule-breaker – a man whose career spanned the…
Ex Cathedra: Summer Music by Candlelight
In a candlelit St Martin in the Fields, virtuoso chamber choir Ex Cathedra presents music and readings inspired by the spirit of summer. Pure enchantment… As a summer day fades into evening, there’s something unforgettable about the atmosphere in St Martin in…
Baroque Passion: Music of Heartbreak and Healing
Part of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Easter Festival Programme J.S. Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV 1007 Purcell – Hear my Prayer, O Lord Lotti – Crucifixus Scarlatti – Stabat mater Monteverdi – Maria, quid ploras? J.S. Bach…
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
Programme Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Violins Op 3 No 2 Bach – Air ‘on a G String’ Elgar – Serenade for Strings Albinoni – Adagio for Strings Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor Vivaldi – Four Seasons Performers…
A Concert for Remembrance, with St Martin’s Chamber Choir
The St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Choir perform choral music marking the season of Remembrance, including work by Parry and Elgar. Programme to include Elgar – They are at rest Ireland – Greater love Nils Greenhow – For the fallen Eleanor Daley – In…
Joy and Devotion: Tenebrae
Programme Jerzy Liban – Ortus de Polonia Marcin Leopolita – Missa Paschalis Mieczysław Surzyński – Improvisations on the Polish sacred song Holy God Henryk Mikołaj Górecki – Totus tuus Paweł Łukaszewski – Prayer for those who shall return (w. Katharine Tynan) Paweł…
Joy and Devotion: Echo
Programme Wacław of Szamotuły – Nunc scio vere Wacław of Szamotuły – Ego sum pastor bonus Aleksandra Chmielewska – Nunc scio vere Aleksandra Chmielewska – Hail O Mother Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Kyrie and Gloria from Missa Paschalis Roxanna Panufnik – Love…
