Handel’s Unsung Heroes
Passion, poetry and vocal pyrotechnics, as renowned countertenor Tim Mead sings some of Handel’s most flamboyant (and beautiful) arias. Praised for his elegant and warm tone, with faultless projection and stylish interpretations, Tim Mead’s virtuosic performances have drawn much international attention, and…
Elgar, Mozart & Britten from London Mozart Players
The London Mozart Players perform music by Elgar, Mozart and McDowall, and join tenor James Gilchrist and Ben Goldscheider in Britten’s haunting Serenade. “Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying!” When Benjamin Britten combined a tenor voice, a string orchestra and…
London Mozart Players: Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Music by – and inspired by – Mozart, as the London Mozart Players perform Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and Mozart’s magnificent Sinfonia Concertante. Two’s company: Mozart was a viola player, and when he paired the viola with a solo violin, the result…
Music for a Summer’s Evening: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Classics for a summer night: the Academy of St Martin in the Fields plays music by Vaughan Williams and his friends, including The Lark Ascending. In the suburbs of Edwardian West London, Gustav Holst dreams of an idealised English countryside. Maurice Ravel…
Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Mozart, Haydn & Caroline Shaw
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K218 Caroline Shaw Entr’acte Haydn Symphony No. 91 in E flat major Academy of St Martin in the Fields Tomo Keller leader/violin The Academy of St Martin in the Fields plays at home:…
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
The pioneering 12 Ensemble perform Max Richter’s chart-topping reworking of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. 12 Ensemble Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, reinvented by the imagination of Max Richter and performed live by London’s own ground-breaking 12 Ensemble. Fresh, direct, and dazzlingly virtuosic, 12 Ensemble…
Tenebrae and Christian Forshaw: Drop, slow tears: A Meditation for Choir and Sax
Part of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Easter Festival Saxophonist Christian Forshaw joins vocal ensemble Tenebrae for an emotionally-charged meditation on the music of Eastertide – from Hildegard of Bingen to 21st century London. Drop, drop, slow tears…throughout two millennia, the music of Eastertide…
Romantic Bach by Candlelight
Beautiful Bach, reimagined by the Great Romantic Pianists Pianist Jayson Gillham explores the special magic that occurs when Bach meets the grand piano. Melody, majesty, and pure romance. Genius loves company, and from the serenity of the Ave Maria to the grandeur…
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason: London debut recital
Following her stellar performance at the 2021 BBC Proms St Martin-in-the-Fields presents the debut London solo recital by the young British pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. No-one who cares about the future of classical music can have missed the buzz around the Kanneh-Mason family…
