Mozart and Moonlight by Candlelight
Join British-Azerbaijani pianist Gunel Mirzayeva for a beautiful hour-long programme of Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Beethoven. Please note this performance will last for approximately 60 minutes without an interval.
Bach: St John Passion by Candlelight
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and St Martin’s Voices join forces to perform Bach’s sacred masterpiece. The St John Passion is an iconic musical retelling of the Easter story, featuring Bach’s vocal and instrumental writing at its most dramatic…
Crypt Close-Ups: Mark Padmore & Morgan Szymanski
Grab a drink and get close-up to artists performing by candlelight in St Martin’s dramatic crypt. These informal concerts are immersive and atmospheric and are a great way to experience sublime music in a whole new way, in the intimate candlelit surroundings…
Choral Classics: Lord Thou Hast Been Our Refuge
A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Introduced by Oscar Simms Performed by St Martin’s Chamber Choir and St Martin’s Voices Directed by Jennifer Sterling Choral Classics is FREE…
English Baroque Soloists – Mozart Double Piano Concerto
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras return to their London home with the English Baroque Soloists, joined by renowned conductor Marc Minkowski and Katia & Marielle Labèque for an evening of spectacular music including Mozart’s Symphony No.38, known as the ‘Prague’ symphony and Concerto…
Tenebrae: Tallis Lamentations for Holy Week
Nigel Short’s virtuoso chamber choir Tenebrae takes “passion and precision” as its motto, and both qualities will be in play in this beautifully-conceived sequence of Easter music from across cultures and centuries. Tonight, as part of the St Martin’s Easter Festival, they…
The Gesualdo Six: Lux Aeterna
Holy Week is a poignant moment in the year, and grief touches all of us at some point during our lives, affecting each person differently. This beautiful programme explores mourning and loss, uncertainty and hope. Byrd and Bingham beautifully capture a sense…
SANSARA: Arvo Pärt at Passiontide
Global audiences have loved every note of Pärt’s profoundly communicative music; SANSARA choir’s Passiontide concert marks his 90th birthday year with a sequence of his best-loved masterpieces, including Fratres and the heart-rending Stabat Mater. They visit Tudor England too: ‘Not even the…
Ex Cathedra: Latin American Baroque – Ritual, 1631
Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra have pioneered the rediscovery of the vibrant sounds of South American Baroque music – a fusion of music from Europe, Africa and South America. The iconic Inca liturgy ‘Hanac pachap cussicuinin’ – the oldest printed polyphony in…
